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China to collect samples from Mars by 2030: XinhuaBeijing (AFP) Oct 10, 2012 China is planning to collect samples from the surface of Mars by 2030, according to the chief scientist of the country's lunar orbiter project, state media reported Wednesday. Ouyang Ziyuan said the mission would have three stages - remote sensing, soft-landing and exploration, and return after automatic sampling, Xinhua news agency quoted him as saying in a lecture organised by the Chinese Society of Astronautics. Ouyang also briefed attendees on the tests and work to be carried out by China's ... read more |
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  Japan calls for more Myanmar support Japan vowed Thursday to resume loans to a reforming Myanmar and called on global creditors of the one-time pariah state to chip in more, chiding China for skipping a key lenders' meeting. ... more | .. |
 China 'gaining fast' on US, warns Romney Mitt Romney on Wednesday warned that China was "gaining fast" on the United States and could become the world's top economy, but insisted American manufacturers will compete with China and win if fair trade prevails. ... more | .. |
 Chinese nationalists covet Japan's Okinawa In a glass case at Beijing's Imperial College, an 18th century book with a yellowed title page in bold, black characters is evidence - some Chinese say - that a swathe of modern-day Japan belongs to China. ... 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 ZTE says Cisco has ended cooperation Chinese telecom firm ZTE, accused by American lawmakers of doing business with Iran and posing a security threat, says US network giant Cisco Systems has ended a cooperation deal with it. ... more | .. |
  US air passenger held after arsenal seized A 28-year-old man on a plane from Asia was arrested in Los Angeles after he was found wearing body armor and transporting a small arsenal of weapons including a smoke grenade, officials said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  China bloggers expose more corruption: reports Chinese officials have launched a probe after microbloggers said they had uncovered another allegedly corrupt leader who owns millions of dollars worth of property, state press said on Thursday. ... more | .. |
  China forced evictions on the rise: rights group Violent forced evictions are increasing in China as local governments seek to pay off debts by seizing land and selling usage rights to property developers, Amnesty International said in a report on Thursday. ... more |
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Iran Guards unveil underground naval base
Israel intercepts missiles fired from Yemen
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Liu still China's invisible man two years after Nobel Two years after his Nobel peace prize, Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo remains imprisoned, relatives are under house arrest or cowed into silence and, supporters say, the democratic change he sought seems further away than ever. ... more | .. |
  12 Chinese workers killed, 24 hurt in dormitory blaze Twelve Chinese construction workers were killed and 24 injured in a fire at their dormitory early Wednesday, state media reported. ... more | .. |
 Outrage in China over luxury spending claims Chinese social media websites erupted in outrage Wednesday over claims that a provincial official tried to suppress a newspaper report detailing his expensive tastes in luxury accessories. ... more | .. |
  US confirms heavy duties on Chinese solar cells The United States confirmed Wednesday hefty anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties on Chinese solar cell makers that have added to trade tensions between the two economic powers. ... more |
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  China to 'lose out' by Tokyo IMF no-shows: Lagarde China will "lose out" by not sending its top two finance officials to global economic talks in Japan this week, the IMF's chief said Thursday, weighing into a bitter dispute between the Asian giants. ... more | .. |
China calls on US to rescind solar-cell duties Beijing on Thursday urged the United States to rescind hefty anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties on China's solar-cell makers amid an intensifying row in the sector dominated by Chinese companies. ... more | .. |
  Tycoon offers Chinese cars for Japanese amid row A Chinese philanthropist known for his populist gestures has pledged to give domestically made cars to more than 40 people whose vehicles were damaged in widespread anti-Japan protests last month. ... more | .. |
  Lenovo tops HP as world's biggest PC maker Chinese manufacturer Lenovo has overtaken US-based Hewlett-Packard as the largest global vendor of personal computers, according to a survey Wednesday highlighting a struggling PC market. ... 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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  German foreign minister due in China for talks German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle will travel to China on Wednesday with a delegation of major business figures to mark 40 years of diplomatic relations between the countries, a spokesman said. ... more | .. |
 China finance chiefs to skip Japan IMF meetings Two of China's top economic figures will boycott IMF and World Bank meetings in Japan, officials said Wednesday, as a territorial row between Tokyo and Beijing spills over into financial diplomacy. ... more | .. |
 An operating system in the cloud A new-cloud based operating system for all kinds of computer is being developed by researchers in China. Details of the TransOS system are reported in a forthcoming special issue of the Internationa ... more | .. |
  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 |
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 China rejects US claims over telecom firms A US Congressional report that warns two Chinese telecom companies pose a national security risk and should face restrictions in the US market is "groundless", China has said. ... more | .. |
  EADS, BAE Systems: how they measure up EADS and BAE Systems are complementary European titans in the global aerospace industry where the main competitors today are in the United States and tomorrow possibly also in emerging countries such as China and Brazil. ... more | .. |
 ChangE-2 Mission To Lagrange L2 Point Last week, the 63rd International Astronautical Congress was held in Naples, Italy. One of the more interesting papers addresses the recent Chinese Chang'e-2 mission to the Earth-Sun L2 Lagrange poi ... more | .. |
 China's September auto sales fall on Japan row China's auto sales fell 1.8 percent year-on-year in September as a territorial row between China and Japan hurt demand for Japanese-brand vehicles, an industry group said Wednesday. ... more |
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 Mongolia's white-hot growth slows on China woes Mongolia's white-hot economic growth has cooled this year as the ripple effects of the global economic downturn - and especially slowing Chinese growth - start to hit home. ... more | .. |
China finance chiefs to skip Japan IMF meetings Two of China's most senior finance officials will skip International Monetary Fund meetings in Japan, the Fund and a report said Wednesday, as Tokyo and Beijing remain locked in a diplomatic row. ... more | .. |
Meeting of heads of ESA and China Manned Space Agency Wang Zhaoyao, Director General of the China Manned Space Agency, accompanied by the first Chinese female astronaut, Liu Yang, met ESA Director General Jean-Jacques Dordain at the Agency's headquarte ... more | .. |
  Iran denies new offer made to Europe Iran never made a reported proposal to Europe in a bid to end its nuclear standoff with the West, the country's chief negotiator says. ... more |
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  Two flights grounded in China after phone threats: airline Two planes were grounded at Chinese airports on Tuesday after anonymous threatening phone calls were received, an airline said, a day after a hoax threat forced a plane to make an emergency landing. ... more | .. |
China banks to skip World Bank, IMF talks in Japan Major Chinese banks will skip World Bank and International Monetary Fund meetings this week in Japan, China's state media said, in apparent protest over a territorial dispute between the two countries. ... more | .. |
  Taiwan to ask Apple to blur sensitive military images Taiwan said Tuesday it will ask US tech giant Apple to blur satellite images of sensitive military installations which are freely available to iPhone 5 users. ... more | .. |
 Calls to free China activist Liu two years Activists on Tuesday urged democracies to speak out for the release of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, fearing that pressure on Beijing has eased two years after he won the Nobel peace prize. ... more |
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