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China Becomes A Physics Powerhouse Posted: 1 year ago by maxriter
Judged by the astonishing increase in journal papers written by scientists in China, there can be little doubt that China is finding its place as one of the world's scientific power houses.
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China Dismissed U.S. Accusations Posted: 3 years ago by Green84
China denied the criticism of the United States that accused it of military build-up. The US thinks China is not ready to maintain world peace and stability. A defense white paper showed that China spends less per capita on military forces than the U.S. itself. How ironic.
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China Combating Pollution by Paying People Not to Drive Posted: 11 months ago by mattgup
China is so desperate to get high-polluting cars off the roads of Beijing, the city government is willing to pay drivers $3,600 not to use their cars.
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Panda born from frozen sperm in China Posted: 4 months ago by AutumnLotus
China announced the first successful birth of a panda cub from artificial insemination using frozen sperm, giving a new option for the famously unfertile endangered species, officials said today.
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China executes two over tainted milk powder scandal Posted: 6 days ago by equinox
China has executed two people for their role in a scandal involving tainted milk powder that resulted in six children dying, officials have said. More than 300,000 other infants were made ill from milk powder contaminated with melamine, an industrial chemical.
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Climbers explore the murky abyss of 3,100ft deep underground shaft in China Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
This rocky chasm in China is one of the world's deepest underground shafts. It stretches down for an astonishing 3,100ft, or 1,026 metres.
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China May End One-Child Policy Posted: 2 years ago by dollyllama
China may consider changing its one-child policy because it has helped slow population growth over the last three decades, a Chinese official said Sunday.
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Senator: China plans to spy on Olympic hotel guests Posted: 2 years ago by deEPCHill
A Senate lawmaker accused the Chinese government on Thursday of ordering U.S.-owned hotels in China to install Internet filters that can spy on international visitors coming to see the summer Olympic games.
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China will zap Olympic rain clouds with rockets Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
China is promising the 2008 Olympics in Beijing will be bathed in sunshine - because it is planning to disperse any rain clouds with special rockets.
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Magnitude 5.3 aftershock hits quake-battered China Posted: 1 year ago by bevissimo
MIANYANG, China - A 5.3 magnitude aftershock struck China's quake-battered Sichuan province Thursday amid concerns over rising water levels in a lake formed by landslides from the massive May 12 temblor.
The U.S. Geological Survey reported the aftershock struck at 12:41 p.m. (12:41 a.m. EDT) just south of the town of Qingchuan at the relatively shallow depth of 6 miles.
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China sacks officials over faked big cat snaps Posted: 1 year ago by topofall
South China tiger makes surprise appearance
and the original -
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China recalls "sexual sounds" on airwaves Posted: 2 years ago by buddha
China has banned "sexually provocative sounds" on television and pulled the plug on a show reconstructing infamous crimes by women.
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China reports it's tied US for most Internet users Posted: 2 years ago by 2longdogs
China has tied the United States as the online population leader with its government reporting that the number of Internet users there has soared to 221 million.
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Baby Love born to quake victim in China Posted: 1 year ago by bevissimo
URUMQI, China - The rosy-cheeked infant swaddled in a blanket snuggled tenderly next to her mother in their hospital bed, hours after her birth Wednesday.
A little over a month ago, Zhang Xiaoyan lay in the rubble of her earthquake-shattered apartment building. Trapped for more than 50 hours, she prayed for the life of her unborn child.
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Injured Bears Rescued From Bile Farms in China Posted: 10 months ago by suebe
A dozen Asiatic black bears, malnourished and diseased from years spent on abusive bile-harvesting farms in southwest China, were recovering Saturday after being handed over to an animal charity group. The Animals Asia Foundation took in the bears from state-approved farms where holes were cut in their abdomens so that their bile could drip out to be harvested and used in Chinese traditional medicine.
More on the rescue organization.
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Meet the man who wants to shut down the internet in China Posted: 5 months ago by beaplourde
Censorship in China is nothing new, but the level of action taken to force Chinese citizens to comply has garnered global recognition. China marked the date July 1st, 2009 as the day manufacturers will be forced to install filtering software on all new PCs. While many have resorted to digitally lashing out against Green Dam, Chinese artist and designer of the famous Bird's Nest at the Beijing Olympics, Ai Weiwei has decided upon a different approach. He wants “a general internet strike — no work, no games, no email or anything else online — for 24 hours on the date the government plans to require censorship software on all new computers, he says, will be a quiet act of rebellion.”
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Massive 7.8 Earthquake Hits China Posted: 2 years ago by 2manyusernames
A massive earthquake struck central China on Monday, killing up to 5,000 people in a single county and trapping nearly 900 students under the rubble of their school
80 percent of the buildings had collapsed in Beichuan county in Sichuan province
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China Uncovers "Worms, Substandard Goods" From U.S. Posted: 2 years ago by Neiako
China has found microscopic worms in wooden packaging from the United States and uncovered substandard U.S. vitamin pills and fish oil for children, Chinese media said on Friday in the latest volley of cross-border accusations.
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China reveals Iran's nuclear secrets to UN Posted: 2 years ago by topofall
Could this be the excuse for action against Iran or perhaps it's China trying to take some of the pressure off itself?
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China mobile users face jail for sexy texts Posted: 4 months ago by soreen
BEIJING — Mobile phone users in central China could face jail for sending unwanted erotic text messages while in the north, one local Communist Party branch has held 480 meetings on the problem in the past month.
Henan province has announced that firing off just one such message could see the sender slapped in detention for up to five days, the China Daily reported on Tuesday.
Three messages could result in 10 days behind bars and a fine of 500 yuan (73 dollars), the English-language newspaper reported.
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