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Chinese developer delivers Liqing-2 rocket engine![]() ![]() Sydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 12, 2025 China's CAS Space has successfully completed the delivery of its Liqing-2 liquid oxygen kerosene engine, the company announced on Thursday. The Liqing-2, a first-stage engine for the Lijian series rockets, features a 110-tonne thrust capacity utilizing pin injection technology in both its gas generator and thrust chamber. CAS Space noted that the engine's thrust ratio can be adjusted between 50 to 100 percent, with a maximum ground thrust of 110 tons. The development of the Liqing-2 engine w ... read more |
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![]() Sydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 05, 2025 China's Chang'e 7 mission is on track for a 2026 launch, with its sights set on the moon's southern polar region. The goal, China Media Group reported Monday, is to identify water ice deposits and t ... more ![]() ![]() Washington (AFP) Feb 13, 2025 Donald Trump unveiled an extraordinary vision of a shake-up to the world order Thursday, eyeing a three-way summit with the Russian and Chinese leaders just a day after saying he had agreed with Vladimir Putin to start Ukraine peace talks. ... more ![]() ![]() Beijing (AFP) Feb 14, 2025 Beijing said on Friday the United States should take the lead on reducing military spending after US President Donald Trump said he wanted to hold talks with Russia and China on the topic. ... more ![]() ![]() Beijing (AFP) Feb 10, 2025 Beijing said on Monday that a joint statement by the United States and Japan condemning its "provocative activities" in the contested South China Sea "attacks and smears" China. ... more |
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Taipei (AFP) Feb 7, 2025 Taiwan detected six Chinese balloons off the island, the defence ministry said Friday, as Beijing maintains military pressure to push its claim of sovereignty. ... more |
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![]() Sydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 10, 2025 China's commercial reusable rocket industry is making significant strides, driven by increasing demand from major satellite internet constellations such as Guowang and Spacesail, which plan to deplo ... more ![]() ![]() Washington DC (UPI) Feb 6, 2025 As the principal author of "shock and awe," I believe Donald Trump is in great debt to me for all the shock and awe he is applying at home and abroad with strokes of a Sharpie and verbal dictates. ... more ![]() ![]() Beijing (AFP) Feb 7, 2025 China on Friday condemned a "Cold War mentality" by the United States in Latin America, saying it had complained over comments by Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a visit to the region. ... more ![]() ![]() Washington (AFP) Feb 7, 2025 US lawmakers on Thursday brought forth a bill to ban Chinese artificial intelligence program DeepSeek from being used on government devices over concerns about user data security. ... more |
![]() Sydney (AFP) Feb 6, 2025 The Cook Islands prime minister will agree on a plan for a strategic partnership with China on a state visit starting Monday, his office has confirmed, despite a public rebuke from close partner New Zealand. ... more ![]() ![]() ![]() Available on Amazon Books |
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![]() Jakarta (AFP) Feb 7, 2025 The Indonesian government has blocked a billion-dollar real estate development outside Jakarta that was to include luxury properties under US President Donald Trump's brand, citing environmental damage, officials said Friday. ... more ![]() ![]() Sydney (AFP) Feb 9, 2025 New Zealand's foreign minister voiced "significant concern" on Sunday as close Pacific partner the Cook Islands prepared to sign a cooperation deal with China. ... more ![]() ![]() Washington (AFP) Feb 12, 2025 When President Donald Trump froze nearly all US foreign aid, Cambodia was forced to suspend workers removing dangerous mines from the country - until China stepped in with the necessary funding. ... more ![]() ![]() Hong Kong (AFP) Feb 11, 2025 A deluge of disinformation about a flu-like virus called HMPV is stoking anti-China sentiment across Asia and spurring unfounded concerns of renewed lockdowns, despite experts dismissing comparisons with the Covid-19 pandemic five years ago. ... more |
![]() London (AFP) Feb 7, 2025 British Foreign Secretary David Lammy on Friday warned that US President Donald Trump's moves to freeze foreign aid and dismantle the USAID agency could see "China and others step into that gap". ... more ![]() ![]() Manila (AFP) Feb 9, 2025 Canada and the Philippines are in the final stages of negotiating a pact to allow them to deploy troops on each other's soil, the Canadian envoy to Manila said Sunday. ... more ![]() ![]() London (AFP) Feb 8, 2025 Hundreds of demonstrators on Saturday protested at a site earmarked for Beijing's controversial new embassy in London over human rights and security concerns. ... more ![]() ![]() Sydney (AFP) Feb 7, 2025 New Zealand said Friday it had been "blindsided" by the Cook Islands' plans to sign a major agreement with China and issue its own passports. ... more |
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![]() Shanghai (AFP) Feb 9, 2025 A landslide in China's southwestern Sichuan province triggered by heavy rain has killed at least one person, with nearly 30 more missing, state media said Sunday. ... more ![]() ![]() Tai Po (AFP) Feb 7, 2025 Geneticist Zhang Huarong walks through the forest near his Hong Kong research lab, gesturing towards a rotting incense tree stump that is one of over a dozen illegally felled for the valuable wood inside. ... more ![]() ![]() Beijing (AFP) Feb 13, 2025 China last year began construction on projects with the greatest combined coal power capacity since 2015, jeopardising the country's goal to peak carbon emissions by 2030, according to a report published Thursday. ... more ![]() ![]() Beijing (AFP) Feb 11, 2025 China's top chipmaker SMIC said Tuesday its 2024 profit had plunged significantly from the previous year, against a backdrop of surging trade tensions between the United States and China. ... more |
![]() ![]() Available on Amazon Books ![]() ![]() Beijing (AFP) Feb 11, 2025 Shares in Chinese automaker BYD jumped on Tuesday after it unveiled plans to unroll advanced self-driving technology on nearly all its cars, including budget models priced below $10,000. ... more |
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![]() Shanghai (AFP) Feb 9, 2025 China's top economic planner said on Sunday it would reduce some renewable energy subsidies in reforms intended to open the booming sector to market forces. ... more ![]() ![]() Washington (AFP) Feb 6, 2025 The US Treasury announced financial sanctions on Thursday, the first under the new administration of Donald Trump, that target an "international network" accused of shipping Iranian oil to China to fund Tehran's military activities. ... more ![]() ![]() Beijing (AFP) Feb 6, 2025 China's former ambassador to France, who earned a reputation for his fierce defence of national interests, has been appointed to a prestigious post in charge of European affairs, Beijing announced Thursday. ... more ![]() ![]() Shanghai (AFP) Feb 9, 2025 Inflation picked up in China last month, official figures showed Sunday, as the Lunar New Year holiday boosted January spending. ... more |
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