China News From Sino Daily - Business, Environment and Technology

December 07, 2012

China prepares to grow vegetables on Mars: state media
Beijing (AFP) Dec 4, 2012
Chinese astronauts are preparing to grow fresh vegetables on Mars and the moon after researchers successfully completed a preliminary test in Beijing, state media reported. Four kinds of vegetables were grown in an "ecological life support system", a 300 cubic metre cabin which will allow astronauts to develop their own stocks of air, water and food while on space missions, Xinhua news agency said Monday. The system, which relies on plants and algae, is "expected to be used in extra-terrestrial ... read more

Previous Issues

Dec 06

Dec 05

Dec 04

Dec 03

Nov 30

Diplomatic efforts to halt N. Korea rocket launch South Korea's top nuclear envoy left for Washington Tuesday for talks on North Korea's planned rocket launch, as Seoul urged China to play an active role in getting Pyongyang to cancel the mission. ... more		Asia's King Power snaps up Bordeaux estate Asian duty-free specialist King Power has acquired the Bordeaux wine estate Chateau Bernadotte from Champagne Louis Roederer for an undisclosed sum, the company said Thursday. ... more		China aims to reduce air pollution China has announced a new air pollution reduction plan. ... more
				China mayor watch scandal stirs online resentment Photographs of a Chinese city mayor apparently wearing expensive luxury watches have provoked widespread derision online, with some web users comparing officials to watch models. ... more		Mo Yan: Chronicler of a turbulent Chinese century Mo Yan has focused an unflinching eye on what he calls the darkness and ugliness of 20th-century Chinese society in a prolific writing career that brought him the 2012 Nobel prize for literature. ... more

274 dead, hundreds missing in Philippines typhoon The death toll from a typhoon that ravaged the Philippines jumped to 274 Wednesday with hundreds more missing, as rescuers battled to reach areas cut off by floods and mudslides. ... more		World's tallest woman dies in China: authorities A Chinese woman who was certified as the tallest in the world has died, an official from her hometown said Wednesday. ... more		Ukraine foreign minister calls Russian nuclear 'saber-rattling' European powers, US seek to censure Iran at UN nuclear watchdog board Iran moves to stop increasing enriched uranium stockpile: IAEA		China to press murder charges for inciting Tibet immolations China will charge anyone caught aiding or inciting Tibetan self-immolations with murder, state press said Wednesday, after more than 90 Tibetans set themselves alight in protest at Beijing's rule. ... more
				China war veteran, 80, sent to labour camp: son An 80 year old Chinese war veteran spent a year and a half in a "re-education" camp for trying to complain about a policeman, his son said Wednesday, the latest in a series of high-profile labour camp cases. ... more		Chinese workers stage new protest in Singapore Two crane operators staged a high-rise protest at a construction site in Singapore on Thursday, its second industrial incident involving mainland Chinese workers in less than two weeks. ... more

CubeSats, SmallSats and MicroSats

Solar systems for home and business

Tempur-Pedic Mattress Comparison & Memory Foam Mattress Review

Apple's CEO to bring production back to US Apple plans to bring some manufacturing of its computers from China to the United States next year, chief executive Tim Cook said, in a move aimed at sparking more domestic high-tech production. ... more		Hong Kong leader warns of talent drain over housing Hong Kong's leader on Thursday said the Chinese city needed to boost its housing supply and create more living space or the "best and the brightest" talents of the next generation would go elsewhere. ... more		Deal in sight to greenlight new EU top team after standoff Europe's pivotal role in bid to strike COP29 climate deal Russian invasion toll on environment $71 billion, Ukraine says		GM says China car sales on track for record 2012 US auto giant General Motors (GM) said Thursday that its full-year sales in China, the world's biggest car market, will surpass last year's 2.55 million and set a new record. ... more
				China demands Vietnam stop oil probe China demanded Thursday that Vietnam end oil exploration and stop its navy harassing Chinese boats in disputed waters near the Gulf of Tonkin, in the latest tit-for-tat between the neighbours. ... more		Beijing to allow visa-free transit trips China will allow transit passengers from 45 countries including the US, Canada and most members of the EU to spend up to 72 hours in Beijing without a visa from next month, city authorities said. ... more

China island row takes bite out of Japan tourism

Hong Kong leader warns of talent drain over housing

Chinese workers stage new protest in Singapore

Invasive grass fuels increased fire activity in the West

Prioritizing rather than canvassing entire plant genome may lead to improved crops

Discovery of 100 million-year-old regions of DNA shows short cut to crop science advances

Africa's vanishing savannahs threaten lions: study

Pentagon says would serve a support role in Mali force

S.Africa hunters try to clean up image

GM says China car sales on track for record 2012

Work on automatic control of driverless vehicles through intersections receives recognition

Volvo eyes 'no-death' goal in its new cars by 2020

	China island row takes bite out of Japan tourism The sound of Mandarin-speaking tourists and the cash tills they set ringing have become rare in Tokyo's upmarket Ginza district, retailers say, since a flare-up in an island row between China and Japan. ... more		Taiwan concerned over China high-tech talent poaching Taiwan Wednesday voiced concern over "malicious talent poaching" in reaction to a report that a high-tech firm run by former Chinese president Jiang Zemin's son was aggressively recruiting staff from the island. ... more		Activists slam Singapore crackdown on China strikers Activists expressed outrage Wednesday over Singapore's crackdown on Chinese bus drivers who staged the city-state's first industrial strike in 26 years to demand better pay and conditions. ... more		China grabs Mideast oil as U.S. power dips China is muscling into Iraq's oil sector as Baghdad grapples with defections by international majors like Exxon Mobil and Chevron of the United States and France's Total. ... more

SpaceX fails to repeat Starship booster catch, orbiter makes on target splashdown

Can the Trump-Musk 'bromance' last?

Living microbes identified in Earth's driest desert using new technique

New China leaders urge end to 'pointless meetings'		China mine blast kills 17: state media		China Southern to buy 10 A330-300 aircraft		Chinese astronauts may grow veg on Moon		Four injured in China fighter jet crash: reports
China's Xi vows to rule by law		Taiwan students demand right to protest freely		India stands firm on South China Sea		Vietnam in sabotage claim against Chinese boats		Chinese ship enters disputed waters: Japan

Volvo eyes 'no-death' goal in its new cars by 2020

China opposes US bill on island dispute

SEC charges top accounting firms over China data

Making sustainability policies sustainable

S. Korea readies new bid to join global space club

US fines Chinese firm for re-sales to Pakistan nuclear plant

Indian navy chief says Chinese build-up a 'major concern'

China dissident brands nephew's conviction 'revenge'

Chinese bus driver jailed in Singapore over strike

'Life of Pi' shows bond, but tigers face human threat

China, EU protect each others' asparagus and ham

British ministers 'banned from meeting Dalai Lama'

China unearths ancient palace ruins: state media

China jails local government 'interceptors': report

AIDS: Chinese study raises flag over drugs-as-prevention hope

Singapore to deport Chinese bus drivers in strike

Blind Chinese lawyer's nephew jailed for 3 years

Investors turn to car parks as H.K. property cools

Singapore deports striking Chinese bus drivers

Asia manufacturing rises, analysts warn of headwinds

Free Newsletters - Space - Defense - Environment - Energy

Buy Advertising

Media Advertising Kit

Editorial & Other Enquiries

Privacy statement

The contents herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2013 - SpaceDaily. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy statement