29 Aug 2011 at 7:51pm
China blasted off a new data relay satellite, Tianlian I-02, on Monday at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwestern Sichuan province.
The new satellite will bolster the country's satellite communication network for space docking.
The satellite was launched on a Long March-3C carrier rocket at 11:41 pm, sources at the center told Xinhua News Agency.
The satellite separated from the rocket 26 minutes after its launch and was then successfully delivered into a geostationary tr ...
29 Aug 2011 at 7:52pm
According to China Manned Space Engineering (CMSE), the Tiangong 1 target spacecraft, which will carry out China's first space rendezvous and docking task, has been successfully gone through a series of evaluation test and was transmitted to Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on June 29 to be given a final check before launching.
Since the Shenzhou 7 successfully accomplished a series of extra-vehicular activities on Sept. 9, 2008, China has proceeded to develop space rendezvous and docking rela ...
29 Aug 2011 at 8:07pm
China is satisfied with preparatory work completed thus far for the launching of two unmanned space modules, the Tiangong-1 and Shenzhou-8, in the second half of this year, said deputy head of China's Manned Space Engineering Office Yang Liwei on Friday.
The two space modules will participate in the first space docking maneuver ever conducted by Chinese astronauts, said Yang.
More than 50 reporters from 33 foreign media organs visited the center on Friday to hear his remarks.
The 8.5-to ...
29 Aug 2011 at 8:07pm
China’s female astronauts could fly into space as soon as the latter half of next year, said a senior official in charge of the manned space program on Friday.
According to the program schedule, a space module Tiangong-1 and the Shenzhou VIII spacecraft will be launched in the latter half of this year in the first unmanned rendezvous and docking mission.
Yang Liwei, deputy director of China Manned Space Engineering Office and also China’s first astronaut in space, said that next year C ...
29 Aug 2011 at 8:07pm
China officially initiated soliciting names for the country’s first manned space station from Chinese people around the world on Monday. The activity will take place over several months.
An official micro-blog was launched to solicit name and logo for the space station.
Wang Wenbao, director of the China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO), said during a news conference that China’s manned space station program should also have a distinctive logo to match its magnificent blueprin ...
29 Aug 2011 at 8:58pm
Authorities in charge of the manned space program unveiled plans on Monday to build a 60-ton space station, made up of three capsules, and develop a cargo spaceship to transport supplies.
The China Manned Space Engineering Office said at a news conference that it also wants the public to get involved by suggesting names for the space station, due to completed around 2020.
According to documents provided by the office, the space station, weighing about 60 tons, is composed of a core ...
29 Aug 2011 at 8:35pm
China plans to launch two manned spacecraft next year to dock with its space module, Tiangong-1, which will itself lift off later in 2011, according to a spokesman for the China Manned Space Engineering Office.
The 8.5-ton Tiangong-1, or Heavenly Palace-1, is slated to blast off on top of a Long March 2F carrier rocket in the second half of this year, the spokesman said via a press release posted on the office's website late Wednesday.
The space module, which is now undergoing tests, wil ...
29 Aug 2011 at 8:33pm
China will launch its first space laboratory before 2016, a senior space technology expert said on Thursday.
"With the technological program ready, the lab's research and development are going smoothly," said Qi Faren, former chief designer of Shenzhou （divine –ship） spaceships.
As the second phase of China's manned space program, the lab - likely to be named Tiangong-2 - will gradually be developed into the core module or experiment module, said Qi.
Qi, a member of the 11th Natio ...
29 Aug 2011 at 8:35pm
A research project to train astronauts and study their ability to endure space missions has been launched as the country gears up for the launching of two unmanned space modules later this year, aimed at future space dockings.
The research looks into the impact of prolonged stays of astronauts in conditions of zero gravity, rapid day and night shifts, and limited living quarters, so as to guarantee their safety, health and work efficiency in space, the People's Liberation Army Daily reported ...
29 Aug 2011 at 8:34pm
Qi Faren, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and chief designer of Shenzhou spaceships, indicated on Jan. 16 that China is expected to launch the first Mars probe in 2013.
The probe, Yinghuo-1(YH-1), was due to blast off in October 2009 with Russia's "Phobos Explorer" from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, but the launch was postponed.
Qi Faren disclosed that China and Russia will launch the first Mars probe this year. By 2013, there will be a minimum distance betwee ...
29 Aug 2011 at 8:36pm
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Chinese scientists have made a breakthrough in spent fuel reprocessing technology that could potentially solve China's uranium supply problem, Chinese television reported on Monday.
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29 Aug 2011 at 8:36pm
The country surprised the world with its engineering and technical feats in 2010, when it completed several monumental projects high in the sky, deep in the seas and in-between.
China last year completed 15 successful space launches, including that of its second lunar probe, Chang'e-2, which will determine a site for the country's first unmanned moon landing around 2013.
The Long March launch vehicles also sent five Beidou navigation satellites into orbit. The launches were part of the ...
29 Aug 2011 at 8:37pm
It is reported that China will launch the Shenzhou 9 and Shenzhou 10 spacecraft in 2012, according to the website of China Manned Space Engineering.
China has formally begun its manned space station program, aiming to complete construction of a "relatively large" manned space laboratory around 2020, said a spokesman for the national manned space program.
China hopes to develop and launch the first part of a space laboratory before 2016, focusing on breakthroughs in living conditions for as ...
29 Aug 2011 at 8:37pm
China will launch its first unmanned space module, Tiangong-1, also known as the "target spacecraft," next year, Yan Zhongwen of the China Academy of Space Technology told Guangzhou Daily on Monday.
Tiangong-1, a spacecraft module equipped with two docking ports to serve as a target for a rendezvous docking operation, is expected to enter into orbit in October 2011. It will first dock with the unmanned Shenzhou 8 spacecraft and then the manned Shenzhou 9 spacecraft, according to Yan Zhongwen ...
29 Aug 2011 at 8:38pm
China will launch Tiangong 1 target spacecraft and Shenzhou VIII unmanned spacecraft in the coming five years and the two spacecrafts will undertake China's first docking mission with each other. After this, China's space industry will achieve leap-forward development from a manned space program to building a space laboratory, China's Central Television reported on Tuesday.
Chinese on Monday unveiled pictures of the moon's Sinus Iridum, or Bay of Rainbows, marking the success of China's Chan ...
6 Feb 2012 at 1:59pm
NEW YORK - Citigroup's Chinese subsidiary has been granted permission to offer its credit cards in China, becoming the first US based bank and the second foreign bank to receive the nod.
7 Feb 2012 at 2:10am
The main business revenue of the China's telecommunication sector reached 988 billion yuan ($157 billion) in 2011, up 10 percent year-on-year, authorities said Tuesday.
7 Feb 2012 at 2:01am
China will roll out more policies tailored to boosting the development of small and micro-sized firms, an official said Tuesday.
7 Feb 2012 at 2:01am
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper left Monday on a five-day official visit to China to enhance strategic partnership between the two countries.
6 Feb 2012 at 5:15pm
Russia and China are defending their veto of a United Nations Security Council resolution that would have endorsed an Arab League plan for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to transfer power to a deput
6 Feb 2012 at 8:10am
A group of 27 visitors to a Chinese zoo had the shock of their life when their bus was attacked by enraged Bengal tigers. The trauma continued for 20 mintues since the tiger zone's gatekeeper had gone
6 Feb 2012 at 8:10am
A man in China stunned many people Monday when he jumped off a Metro station overpass amid rain, following a quarrel with his girlfriend, but soon got up and left the spot.
6 Feb 2012 at 7:30am
Top Indian scientists have stressed on the urgent need to design a well-thought-out strategy to develop science and make it economically competitive to catch up with the fast surging China.
6 Feb 2012 at 6:50am
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has stopped Chinese airlines to pay charge on carbon emissions forced by the Europe Union (EU), and neither to hike freights, nor to add other fees ac
6 Feb 2012 at 5:00am
China Monday asked the US to abandon its "Cold War mentality" and cease making groundless accusations against Beijing, a foreign ministry spokesperson said.
6 Feb 2012 at 1:00am
Russian helicopter maker Rostvertol has partnered with a Chinese firm to set up a plant in northern China, authorities said.
6 Feb 2012 at 12:40am
Three Tibetans have reportedly set themselves on fire in protest against China's political and religious repression.
6 Feb 2012 at 12:18pm
NEW YORK - The IMF has warned of lower growth in China in view of the economic slump in Europe, and cut its forecast for the world's second largest economy this year to 8.25 per cent from 9 per cent
7 Feb 2012 at 12:06am
BEIJING (AP) — State media say the body of a Chinese worker who went missing during a rebel attack on a work site in Sudan has been found and that 29 others abducted in the assault would be ...
7 Feb 2012 at 12:01am
Rowers Wenyi Huang and Feihong Pan of China win gold during the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, Nov. 18, 2010. Chinese athletes have their own food supply chain--but even then, keep away from pork ...
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7 Feb 2012 at 3:19am
China's Telecom Revenue Rises 10% in 2011 Revenue from China's telecommunications industry rose 10% to 988 billion and telecommunications fees dropped 4.8% on average in 2011, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said.
7 Feb 2012 at 12:57am
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is visiting China to discuss oil sales and other economic ties following U.S. President Barack Obama's rejection of a pipeline carrying Canadian oil across the continental United States.
6 Feb 2012 at 9:53pm
The body of a Chinese worker who went missing during a rebel attack on a work site in Sudan has been found, state media reported Tuesday.
6 Feb 2012 at 7:48pm
China's State Council on Monday appointed Song Tao and Cheng Guoping as vice foreign ministers, replacing Lu Guozeng and Li Jinzhang.
6 Feb 2012 at 6:43pm
In this Aug. 21, 2011, file photo U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, right, walks with Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, left, as they visit the South Bridge in Dujiangyan on the outskirts of Chengdu, in southwestern China's Sichuan province.
6 Feb 2012 at 2:34pm
Police shot dead an armed robbery suspect after he opened fire on arresting officers on Saturday evening in Shenyang, capital of Northeast China 's Liaoning province, police said on Sunday.
6 Feb 2012 at 10:24am
Beijing, Feb 6 : A group of 27 visitors to a Chinese zoo had the shock of their life when their bus was attacked by enraged Bengal tigers.
6 Feb 2012 at 6:09am
Miss Chen stares curiously at the iPad. Even though she works overtime in a factory in southwestern China that manufactures them, she's never seen the finished product.
6 Feb 2012 at 3:31am
China's Steel Profits Sink 4.5% on Costlier Iron Ore Imports China's major steel mills reported 3.62 trillion in revenues and 87.53 billion gross profits in 2011, up 18.7% and down 4.5% respectively from the year before, according to the China Iron & Steel Association.
6 Feb 2012 at 3:05am
China's mountainous region of Tibet is facing an urgent task to maintain stability, and all government workers must be on their highest guard ahead of the Tibetan New Year and the fourth anniversary of riots there, a top newspaper said on Monday.
6 Feb 2012 at 1:04am
The Chinese government has banned the country's airlines from paying controversial charges on carbon emissions imposed by the European Union.
5 Feb 2012 at 9:04pm
Police in China's eastern province of Zhejiang have detained a Wenzhou educational company boss for allegedly failing to repay large debts, the official Shanghai Securities News reported on Monday, the latest fallout from a credit crunch in the entrepreneurial hub.
5 Feb 2012 at 7:00pm
Several matters of "international peace and security," including the Syrian crisis, will be on Prime Minister Stephen Harper's agenda as he ventures to China Monday.
5 Feb 2012 at 3:50pm
In part two of DX's four-part series of Hip Hop globe-trotting, writer Alex Dwyer visits Beijing, China speaking with Hip Hop messenger DJ Wordy, a friend of Dame Dash who is helping bridge the gap.
5 Feb 2012 at 11:31am
China has a stake in helping euro zone countries get through their debt crisis, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said in comments published on Sunday, pointing to Europe's importance as a market and hinting at more possible support for beleaguered exporters.
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7 Feb 2012 at 3:21am
 AP - In 1985, Xi Jinping led a delegation to Muscatine, Iowa, to study advanced hog-raising techniques. He comes back next week, preparing to lead the world's most populous nation.
7 Feb 2012 at 2:51am
 Reuters - China and the United States suffer a "trust deficit" that Vice President Xi Jinping's trip to Washington could help ease, a Chinese diplomat said in a speech published on Tuesday, playing down Chinese fears about a U.S. "pivot" towards Asia.
7 Feb 2012 at 2:13am
 AP - To celebrate Chinese New Year last month, Dubai's swankiest hotel bathed its sail-shaped facade in red lighting accented with an image of a twisting golden dragon.
7 Feb 2012 at 2:11am
AP - China says it is considering sending envoys to discuss ways to end the violence in Syria.
7 Feb 2012 at 2:09am
Reuters - More than half of Chinese farmers are unsatisfied with rural policies, according to a survey published on Tuesday that showed rising cases of agricultural land seizures by the state and a trend towards bigger farms as millions leave villages for work in cities.
7 Feb 2012 at 1:23am
Reuters - Wal-Mart Stores Inc named company executive Greg Foran as the president and chief executive of Walmart China, capping a series of leadership changes at the China unit that has been tainted by food scandals.
7 Feb 2012 at 12:05am
AP - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is visiting China to discuss oil sales and other economic ties following U.S. President Barack Obama's rejection of a pipeline carrying Canadian oil across the continental United States.
6 Feb 2012 at 9:33pm
Reuters - Mainland Chinese who have a second child in Hong Kong will be fined for breaching China's one-child policy, Chinese media quoted a family planning official as saying, as mainland Chinese women flock to the former British colony to give birth.
6 Feb 2012 at 8:41pm
AP - The body of a Chinese worker who went missing during a rebel attack on a work site in Sudan has been found, state media reported Tuesday.
6 Feb 2012 at 8:11pm
AP - Chinese state media say the government plans to conduct a nationwide income survey to help it calculate a politically sensitive measure of wealth inequality.
6 Feb 2012 at 6:44pm
Reuters - Canada will focus on exporting oil and other goods to China and other booming Asian economies even if Washington overturns its decision to block a pipeline that would have sent more Canadian crude to the United States.
6 Feb 2012 at 2:31pm
AP - As China's future president makes plans for a trip to the United States next week, he has made sure that there's time between stops in Washington and California to visit Iowa.
6 Feb 2012 at 1:31pm
Reuters - Vice President Joe Biden warned on Monday that there is no way that China will be able to sustain its current level of economic growth because of what he called its "God-awful" one-child policy.
6 Feb 2012 at 11:31am
AP - Citigroup Inc.'s Chinese subsidiary is set to become the first U.S.-based bank to issue its own credit cards in China.
6 Feb 2012 at 9:33am
Reuters - Syrian and Libyan demonstrators hurled rocks, eggs and tomatoes at the Chinese embassy in Tripoli on Monday, after Russia and China vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution backing an Arab plan urging Syria's President Bashar al-Assad to give up power.
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