Three Chinese astronauts safely returned to Earth today after a 15-day trip to a proposed space lab set to be ready by 2020, marking the latest success for China`s manned space programme.
Reported by Zee News 1 hour ago.
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China’s Shenzhou-10 crew returns home
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China's Shenzhou 10 capsule falls safely back to Earth
China has completed its longest manned space mission, with the return of its Shenzhou 10 spacecraft to Earth. The descent module and its three astronauts touched down after 15 days in space.
Reported by Deutsche Welle 1 hour ago.
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China's central bank calms markets, but tighter policy looms
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's financial markets were calmed on Wednesday after days of turmoil by the central bank's pledge to prevent any lasting credit crunch, but stocks kept slipping as investors braced for tougher conditions in the world's second-largest economy.
Reported by Reuters India 17 minutes ago.
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China markets still under pressure depite Wall St rally
Asian Market Update: China markets still under pressure depite Wall St rally and rumors of PBoC...
For more information, read our latest forex news and reports. Reported by FXstreet.com 25 minutes ago.
For more information, read our latest forex news and reports. Reported by FXstreet.com 25 minutes ago.
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China Completes Longest Manned Space Mission
China has completed its longest manned space mission yet, marking an important step toward the goal of building its own space station. The return capsule of the Shenzhou-10 spacecraft touched down safely early Wednesday in China's remote Inner Mongolia region. The three astronauts aboard waved and smiled for the cameras after emerging from the capsule. During their 15 days in space, the astronauts successfully docked with and carried out other tests on the Tiangong-1 experimental space ...
Reported by VOA News 36 minutes ago.
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Riots in China's Xinjiang region kill 27
Riots in China's ethnically divided western region of Xinjiang on Wednesday killed at least 27 people, state media said.
Reported by IndiaTimes 18 minutes ago.
Reported by IndiaTimes 18 minutes ago.
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Japan dumbfounded by ex-PM's remarks over China island row claim
June 26, 2013 1:08 PM
TOKYO (AFP) - Japan's top government spokesman on Wednesday declared himself dumbfounded after a recent prime minister said he understood China's claim to islands at the centre of a bitter row between Tokyo and Beijing.
Reported by Straits Times 36 minutes ago.
TOKYO (AFP) - Japan's top government spokesman on Wednesday declared himself dumbfounded after a recent prime minister said he understood China's claim to islands at the centre of a bitter row between Tokyo and Beijing.
Reported by Straits Times 36 minutes ago.
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Riots in China’s Xinjiang region kill 27
Riots in China’s ethnically divided western region of Xinjiang on Wednesday killed at least 27 people, state media said.
“Seventeen people had been killed... before police opened fire and shot dead 10 rioters”, Xinhua news agency said. The report came after 21 people died in violence in the region in April. Reported by S.China Morning Post 15 minutes ago.
“Seventeen people had been killed... before police opened fire and shot dead 10 rioters”, Xinhua news agency said. The report came after 21 people died in violence in the region in April. Reported by S.China Morning Post 15 minutes ago.
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State media: Riots in restive minority region in far western China leave 27 dead - @AP
State media: Riots in restive minority region in far western China leave 27 dead - @AP
Reported by Breaking News 25 minutes ago.
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Asian Markets Calmed by China Central Bank’s Change in Tone
Mainland Chinese stocks were down slightly Wednesday morning while other regional markets rose, after China’s central bank pledged to support banks facing cash shortfalls.
Reported by NYTimes.com 5 minutes ago.
Reported by NYTimes.com 5 minutes ago.
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Violence in China's Xinjiang 'kills 27'
Twenty-seven people are killed in riots in China's restive far western region of Xinjiang, Chinese state media report.
Reported by BBC News 11 seconds ago.
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Dozens killed in riots in western China
At least 27 killed in clashes in troubled region of Xinjiang in western China, state media reports.
Reported by Al Jazeera 5 minutes ago.
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Riots kill 27 in minority region of far west China
BEIJING (AP) - Chinese state media say riots in a restive far western region of China have killed 27 and left at least three injured. The official Xinhua News Agency says knife-wielding mobs attacked police stations, a local government building and a construction site Wednesday morning in a remote town in the Turkic-speaking Xinjiang (shihn-jahng) region. Xinhua says the unrest in Lukqun township left 17 people dead, including nine policemen, before police shot and killed 10 rioters. Xinjiang is home to a large population of minority Uighurs (WEE-gurs), but is ruled by Chinas Han ethnic majority.
Reported by MyNorthwest.com 14 minutes ago.
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China's Space Program Tries To Catch Up
China's strategic focus on space is less about national pride than about the importance of space for both the military and economic progress of the country. The Chinese space program has developed rapidly over the past decade, illustrating the importance of the program to Beijing. Shenzhou 10, a 15-day mission that began June 11 and returned to Earth the morning of June 26 marked China's fifth manned mission to space. An increasing, ongoing presence in space is essential for civilian and military communications. Satellites' functions include navigation systems such as GPS, weather data and communications relays. But the significance of space goes beyond satellites. Technological advancement and development is required for countries such as China that want to participate in future resource development in space.
Reported by Forbes.com 12 hours ago.
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28Tbps undersea fiber backed by Google, China Telecom, NEC goes live
An 8,900 kilometer undersea fiber cable system in Asia, backed by a consortium including Google, China Telecom, NEC and a host of local telecommunications companies, went live Thursday.
The Southeast Asia-Japan Cable (SJC) system has an initial capacity of 28Tbps and connects China, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Singapore and Brunei with Japan and its link to transpacific fiber that runs to the U.S. The project will provide the lowest latency connection from Singapore to Los Angeles, said its main supplier, Japan's NEC.
The project was first announced in 2009 and construction started in April of 2011. Total costs were about US$400 million. NEC said the cable system consists of six fiber pairs that can carry the equivalent of 3 million HD video streams at the same time.
The majority of the investors in the project are large telecommunications providers and mobile operators that operate in the countries that were connected. In addition to China Telecom, these include China Mobile, Hong Kong's Donghwa Telecom, Globe in the Philippines, SingTel, and TOT in Thailand.
To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Reported by PC World 12 hours ago.
The Southeast Asia-Japan Cable (SJC) system has an initial capacity of 28Tbps and connects China, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Singapore and Brunei with Japan and its link to transpacific fiber that runs to the U.S. The project will provide the lowest latency connection from Singapore to Los Angeles, said its main supplier, Japan's NEC.
The project was first announced in 2009 and construction started in April of 2011. Total costs were about US$400 million. NEC said the cable system consists of six fiber pairs that can carry the equivalent of 3 million HD video streams at the same time.
The majority of the investors in the project are large telecommunications providers and mobile operators that operate in the countries that were connected. In addition to China Telecom, these include China Mobile, Hong Kong's Donghwa Telecom, Globe in the Philippines, SingTel, and TOT in Thailand.
To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Reported by PC World 12 hours ago.
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China, South Korea push for North Korea talks
China's president welcomed his South Korean counterpart on Thursday as an "old friend of China" and agreed to make a push for new talks with North Korea on Thursday as two of Asia's newest leaders met...
Reported by NDTV.com 11 hours ago.
Reported by NDTV.com 11 hours ago.
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Armed police block site of deadly China Xinjiang riot
June 27, 2013 7:14 PM
TURPAN, China (AFP) - Armed police in China's ethnically divided Xinjiang blocked the road Thursday to the site of riots that left 27 people dead a day earlier, in the restive region's deadliest violence in years.
Reported by Straits Times 12 hours ago.
TURPAN, China (AFP) - Armed police in China's ethnically divided Xinjiang blocked the road Thursday to the site of riots that left 27 people dead a day earlier, in the restive region's deadliest violence in years.
Reported by Straits Times 12 hours ago.
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US boss held in China leaves plant after payout
US boss held in China leaves plant after payout
Associated Press
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Updated 4:36 am, Thursday, June 27, 2013
BEIJING (AP) — An American boss detained nearly a week by his company's Chinese workers left the Beijing factory Thursday after he and a labor representative said the two sides had reached agreement in a pay dispute. Chip Starnes, who said he was "saddened" by the experience, told The Associated Press a deal was reached overnight to pay the scores of workers who had demanded severance packages similar to ones given to laid-off co-workers in a phased-out division, even though the company said the remaining workers weren't being laid off. The workers at the medical supply plant in Huairou district, on the outskirts of Beijing, said that the company owed them unpaid salary, that they believed the entire factory was shutting down and that they saw equipment being packed and itemized for shipping to India. Starnes, a co-owner of Florida-based Specialty Medical Supplies, had quietly departed the factory grounds by the time Chu spoke, returning to his hotel in Beijing. The labor action reflected growing uneasiness among workers about their jobs amid China's slowing economic growth and the sense that growing labor costs make the country less attractive for some foreign-owned factories. Reported by SeattlePI.com 11 hours ago.
Associated Press
Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Updated 4:36 am, Thursday, June 27, 2013
BEIJING (AP) — An American boss detained nearly a week by his company's Chinese workers left the Beijing factory Thursday after he and a labor representative said the two sides had reached agreement in a pay dispute. Chip Starnes, who said he was "saddened" by the experience, told The Associated Press a deal was reached overnight to pay the scores of workers who had demanded severance packages similar to ones given to laid-off co-workers in a phased-out division, even though the company said the remaining workers weren't being laid off. The workers at the medical supply plant in Huairou district, on the outskirts of Beijing, said that the company owed them unpaid salary, that they believed the entire factory was shutting down and that they saw equipment being packed and itemized for shipping to India. Starnes, a co-owner of Florida-based Specialty Medical Supplies, had quietly departed the factory grounds by the time Chu spoke, returning to his hotel in Beijing. The labor action reflected growing uneasiness among workers about their jobs amid China's slowing economic growth and the sense that growing labor costs make the country less attractive for some foreign-owned factories. Reported by SeattlePI.com 11 hours ago.
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Rioting in western China: Why are 27 dead? (+video)
Rioting in western China: In one of the deadliest incidents since 2009, rioting broke out and assailants attacked police and other people with knives and set fire to police cars in western China Wednesday.
Reported by Christian Science Monitor 10 hours ago.
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War games near California: Are the US and Japan sending a message to China?
The joint military exercises are in response to Japan's nervousness about China's interest in disputed islands in the East China Sea.
Reported by Christian Science Monitor 10 hours ago.
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