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China to launch second lunar probe: state media

AFP - 57 minutes ago

China will launch its second moon orbiter next October, state media reported Friday, as it powers ahead with a space programme that has sparked concerns abroad.

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South China Sea disputes to intensify, experts say
EARTHtimes.org - 2 hours 2 minutes ago
Hanoi - Territorial disputes in the South China Sea are likely to drag on for decades, and mounting demand for resources could intensify them, experts said at a conference on the region that closes Friday. The conference addressed one of the most sen...
China vows to dramatically slow emissions growth
Charleston Daily Mail - Thu Nov 26, 8:02 pm ET
BEIJING - China promised Thursday to slow its carbon emissions, saying it would nearly halve the ratio of pollution to GDP over the next decade - a major move by the worlds largest emitter, whose cooperation is crucial to any deal as a global climate summi...
China New Energy Shares Rise on Emission Cut Pledge (Update1)
Bloomberg - 38 minutes ago
Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Chinese alternative energy stocks, led by Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co. rose in Shanghai and Shenzhen trading after the government announced its target to curb carbon emissions.
China Joins U.S. In Pledge Of Hard Targets On Emissions
Free Internet Press - Thu Nov 26, 4:40 pm ET
The Chinese government said Thursday that it had set a target to slow the growth of greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 even as its economy continues to grow. China is aiming to reduce so-called carbon intensity by 40 to 45 percent compared with 2005 levels, according to Xinhua, the state news agency.
China reports 8 cases of mutated swine flu virus
AP via Yahoo! News - Wed Nov 25, 11:45 am ET
China has detected eight people infected with mutated forms of the swine flu virus, a health official said Wednesday, but flu drugs and vaccines still work against it.
Ajax to cooperate with China youth program
AP via Yahoo! Sports - Wed Nov 25, 6:11 am ET
Ajax has signed a three-year contract to cooperate with the China Football Association's youth program. Ajax says the club's commercial director Henri van der Aat signed the deal Wednesday in Beijing. Van der Aat said that the "China Football Association youth trainers will be given insight into our training methods and the association will send a delegation of coaches each year for...
China targets 40-per-cent cut in carbon intensity by 2020 - Update
EARTHtimes.org - Thu Nov 26, 4:56 am ET
Beijing - China on Thursday set a target of reducing its carbon intensity by at least 40 per cent by 2020 compared with 2005 levels. The State Council, or cabinet, announced on its website and through state media that it aimed to cut the nation's car...
China vows to slow carbon emissions growth
MSNBC - Thu Nov 26, 3:08 am ET
China announced plans to cut its carbon emissions by up to 45 percent as measured against its economic output.
China says it will cut its carbon emissions by up to 45 percent by 2020
Washington Post - 2 hours 43 minutes ago
China announced Thursday that it will lower its carbon emissions relative to the size of its economy by as much as 45 percent by 2020, the official New China News Agency reported, and that Premier Wen Jiabao will participate in international climate negotiations in Copenhagen next month.
Asia Markets: China Minsheng's Hong Kong debut disappoints
Market Watch - Wed Nov 25, 11:51 pm ET
Shares of China Minsheng Banking Corp. make a tepid debut in spite of heavy subscriptions for Hong Kong’s largest initial public offering of 2009, as the bank’s high valuations and an overhang of policy tightening in China’s banking industry damp investor sentiment.
China Stocks Fall, Set for Biggest Weekly Drop in Three Months
Bloomberg - 20 minutes ago
Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- China’s stocks fell, sending the benchmark index to its biggest weekly loss in three months, as a slump in commodity prices and share-sale concerns dragged raw- materials producers and financial companies lower.
China Sells 50-Year Debt at Lower-Than-Expected Yield (Update1)
Bloomberg - 1 hour 21 minutes ago
Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- China’s finance ministry completed its first sale of 50-year debt at a lower-than-expected yield as brokerages said life insurers purchased the securities.
Oriental Watch Forecasts China, Hong Kong Sales Growth in 2010
Bloomberg - Thu Nov 26, 9:39 pm ET
Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Oriental Watch Holdings Ltd. , Hong Kong’s second-biggest listed watch retailer, forecast sales will grow by at least 10 percent next year on resurgent Chinese demand for brands such as Rolex and Swatch Group AG’s Omega.
China's backing on Iran followed dire predictions
Washington Post - Thu Nov 26, 12:00 am ET
Two weeks before President Obama visited China, two senior White House officials traveled to Beijing on a "special mission" to try to persuade China to pressure Iran to give up its alleged nuclear weapons program.
China Follows U.S. With Carbon Vow Before Copenhagen (Update2)
Bloomberg - Thu Nov 26, 9:13 pm ET
Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) -- China, the biggest producer of greenhouse gases, set its first numerical target to slow their growth a day after the U.S. offered its own goal, giving impetus to next month’s global climate-protection talks.
China, U.S. Greenhouse Gas Pledges May Drive UN Deal (Update1)
Bloomberg - 20 minutes ago
Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Pledges by China and the U.S. to set numerical targets for their greenhouse-gas emissions through 2020 may improve chances for a global climate agreement at negotiations next month in Copenhagen.
China, U.S. Greenhouse Gas Pledges May Drive UN Deal (Update1)
Bloomberg - 54 minutes ago
Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Pledges by China and the U.S. to set numerical targets for their greenhouse-gas emissions through 2020 may improve chances for a global climate agreement at negotiations next month in Copenhagen.
China, U.S. Greenhouse Gas Pledges May Drive UN Deal (Update1)
Bloomberg - 1 hour 6 minutes ago
Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Pledges by China and the U.S. to set numerical targets for their greenhouse-gas emissions through 2020 may improve chances for a global climate agreement at negotiations next month in Copenhagen.
China executes 2 for child abductions
MSNBC - 2 hours 34 minutes ago
China has executed two men for abducting and selling 15 children, many of whom were taken as babies or toddlers and have not yet been reunited with their parents, state media said Friday.
China Follows U.S. With Carbon Vow Before Copenhagen (Update2)
Bloomberg - Thu Nov 26, 5:44 pm ET
Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) -- China, the biggest producer of greenhouse gases, set its first numerical target to slow their growth a day after the U.S. offered its own goal, giving impetus to next month’s global climate-protection talks.