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China launches another 2 navigation system satellitesXichang, China (XNA) Sep 20, 2012 China successfully launched another two satellites into space for its indigenous global navigation and positioning network at 3:10 a.m. Beijing time on Wednesday. They were the 14th and 15th satellites for the Beidou, or Compass, system. The satellites, launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, were boosted by a Long March-3B carrier rocket. Since it started to provide services on a trial basis on Dec. 27, 2011, the Beidou system has been stable ... read more |
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  We are not alone Space exploration has become a national priority for China - and a Hong Kong scientist appointed to an international body searching for alien life says he is confident many of us will live to see th ... more | .. |
  China leaders debate Bo trial, prison: analysts China's communist party appears to be fiercely debating whether to put Bo Xilai on criminal trial for trying to protect his wife from murder charges, analysts said Thursday. ... more | .. |
  China cyberattacks hit Japan in island row: police At least 19 Japanese websites, including those of a government ministry, courts and a hospital, have come under cyberattack, apparently from China, police said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong to restrict foreign homebuyers from 2013 US judge OKs partial settlement in e-book case Nordic-Baltic states seek more cooperation Outside View: Jobs outlook grim Empire-style computers? Frenchman takes PCs to lap of luxury Google-Microsoft field smartphones to take on iPhone 5 EU businesses urge China's new leaders to speed reforms |
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 China's Bo Xilai 'implicated in criminal act' Fallen top politician Bo Xilai knew his wife was suspected of murdering a British businessman, Chinese state media implicitly alleged Wednesday, linking him to a criminal act for the first time. ... more | .. |
 Philippines says coup plotter in secret China talks The Philippines said Wednesday a politician who was once jailed for coup plotting had been in secret talks with China over a territorial row, as the tactic appeared to backfire amid bitter infighting. ... more | .. |
 Anti-Japan protests ease off in China Anti-Japan protests in China over a bitter territorial row died down on Wednesday as authorities apparently sought to ease tensions on the ground, although political leaders maintained their rhetoric. ... more | .. |
 US tilt to Asia not aimed against China: Panetta US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta sought to reassure Beijing on Wednesday over Washington's strategic tilt to the Pacific, telling a military audience it was not an attempt to curb Chinese power. ... more |
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Iran Guards unveil underground naval base
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  Taiwan's top China officials resign Two top Taiwanese officials in charge of China affairs on Wednesday announced their resignations ahead of an anticipated government reshuffle. ... more | .. |
 China's military academy launches website China's College of Defense Studies has opened a multilingual website. ... more | .. |
  Israel's now one of top arms exporters Israel has become one of the world's leading arms exporters with deals worth $12.9 billion from 2004-11, mostly with developing countries, the United States' Congressional Research Service says. ... more | .. |
  New Chinese 'commitments' to tackle spiralling emissions: EU China has made a "commitment" to tackle spiralling greenhouse gas emissions in return for EU financial aid and expertise, the European Union announced Thursday. ... more |
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  Apple fans complain of missing landmarks in new map system Apple faced growing criticism on Thursday from users around the world who complained that the tech giant's new mapping system is riddled with errors. ... more | .. |
  Mozambique gets Chinese-funded sea-bridge Mozambique on Thursday kicked off construction of a $980-million-dollar Chinese-funded suspension bridge across Maputo Bay as President Armando Guebuza laid the foundation stone of Catembe Bridge. ... more | .. |
 Taiwan's export orders from China rise Taiwan said Thursday export orders from China in August rose for the first time in five months, even as most of the trade-dependent island's other markets remained sluggish. ... more | .. |
  Taiwan LCD titan fined $500 mn for price fixing A US judge on Thursday fined Taiwan's AU Optronics $500 million and sentenced two former executives to prison for rigging prices of displays for smartphones, computers and other gadgets. ... more |
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Companies slam delay on deep-sea mining rules
Slew of satellite projects aims to head off future wildfires
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  China pledges continued support to resolve euro crisis China pledged continued assistance Thursday to help tackle the eurozone debt crisis, saying Europe was "on the right track" but needed to implement the measures agreed to fix its problems. ... more | .. |
  Nexen shareholders approve takeover by China's CNOOC Nexen shareholders on Thursday overwhelmingly approved Chinese state-owned energy giant CNOOC's $15.1 billion takeover bid for the Canadian oil and gas company. ... more | .. |
  China solar dumping a topic for EU talks? The European Union's anti-dumping investigation into Chinese solar panels is likely to be included on the agenda during a two-day, China-EU meeting this week. ... more | .. |
 Taiwan boosts airport amid China tourism boom Taiwan, which is seeing a boom in tourism from China, will spend Tw$463 billion ($15.4 billion) on a new terminal and other facilities at its main airport, the government said Wednesday. ... more |
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  China's manned spacecraft in final preparations for mid-June launch China's Shenzhou-9 manned spacecraft is in final preparations for its launch in mid-June, paving the way for China's first manned space docking mission, as well as the country's first space mission ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong cracks down on parallel Chinese traders Hong Kong has launched a crackdown on the thousands of mainland Chinese who travel across the border every day to buy products to resell at a profit in China, officials said. ... more | .. |
 China's Wen to meet EU amid debt crisis, trade row Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao meets Europe's leaders Thursday as the world's second-biggest economy falters in the eurozone debt crisis downdraft and the two sides face a long list of trade disputes. ... more | .. |
 Japan Inc. padlocks China factories amid violence Some of Japan's biggest corporate names padlocked factories in China Tuesday as violent anti-Japan protests sparked safety fears, and threatened economic ties worth more than $300 billion a year. ... more |
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Pentagon chief calls for calm in Japan-China spat US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta called for diplomatic efforts to resolve a worsening territorial spat between Japan and China on Monday, the day after warning disputes could draw East Asia into war. ... more | .. |
 Handbags, hate and Mao at China anti-Japan protest Giggling together, arm-in-arm as they clutched designer handbags and iPhones, the teenage girls' faces contorted with anger as they screamed in unison "Japan leave Diaoyu, China fight, fight, fight!" ... more | .. |
 China ex-police chief does not contest charges China put the ex-police chief who set off the Communist party's biggest scandal in years on "public" trial Tuesday, and the court said he did not contest charges including defection and bribery. ... more | .. |
 Despite concerns, most in US back China ties Despite the tough talk on China in the US election, most Americans support a strong relationship with the Asian power and do not view its rise as a major concern, a survey said Tuesday. ... more |
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  Major powers recognize Mongolia as nuclear weapons free Mongolia, jammed between nuclear arms giants Russia and China, on Monday secured a unique pledge from the major powers not to breach its self-declared nuclear weapons-free zone. ... more | .. |
 Anti-Japan protests across China on war anniversary Thousands of anti-Japan protesters rallied across China over a territorial row on Tuesday, a key historical anniversary, as Japanese firms including car giant Toyota shut or scaled back production. ... more | .. |
 Myanmar's Suu Kyi reassures China about US ties Opposition icon Aung San Suu Kyi sought Tuesday to reassure China that Myanmar's warming relations with the United States were not at its expense and signaled she was open to an end to US sanctions. ... more | .. |
 Japanese activists land on disputed island Two Japanese activists landed on an island at the centre of a bitter dispute with China on Tuesday, the government in Tokyo said, as fresh anti-Japanese protests rocked Chinese cities. ... more |
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