A newspaper based in Hong Kong cited unnamed sources that China has brought forward the launch date of Shenzhou VII. It is now expected to be launched between September 17, the end of the Beijing Paralympics and October 1, China's National Day.
The Satellites "Environment A" and "Environment B" which were slated for launch on Friday have been postponed. According to an official in the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, no reason was given and no new launch date has been announced.
China handed a report on its military spending to the United Nations last year as part of efforts to enhance trust with other countries, the Foreign Ministry said yesterday.
China, Japan and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) will sign an agreement to establish an information sharing mechanism on nuclear safety in Tokyo on Friday.
US trade officials are close to filing a case against China at the World Trade Organization challenging export restrictions on raw materials used in steel-making and other industries.
Cai Fang, director for the Institute of Population and Labor Economics, reveals his insight into the Chinese economy and economic policy, and how China can avoid both inflation and unemployment.
An HSBC survey found that more than 40 percent of privately owned mainland businesses plan to do business overseas through exports and joint ventures with foreign partners.
The official experts said bad building designs and poor materials were partly to blame for the heavy death toll of students in the May 12 earthquake in Sichuan.
The death toll from the May 12 earthquake in Sichuan Province may reach 88,000 and the direct economic loss has topped 845.1 billion yuan (US$123.62 billion).
More than 150 community service centers have been built, totaling 45,814 square meters, to benefit more than 45,000 people with impairment in the city, said Zhao Chunluan, Chief Director of the Beijing Disabled Persons' Federation.
China is emerging as a popular destination for overseas students, with their numbers on the rise in the last three years, the People's Daily reported on Tuesday.
China likes to link Xinjiang's troubles to the militant Islamism roiling other countries in the region. But there is no official certification that the series of explosives were done by "terrorists".
