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Beijing (AFP) March 10, 2010 – China has selected its first two women astronauts to serve on a team that will undertake future missions launched by the nation’s burgeoning space programme, state media reported Wednesday.
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Beijing, China (XNA) Mar 11, 2010 –
China plans to launch its third unmanned probe to the moon, Chang’e-3, around 2013 and expects to complete the three-phase moon mission in 2017, an official said here Wednesday.
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Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Mar 10, 2010 –
China’s fourth space center, Wenchang, will be put into service between 2014 and 2015, not in 2013 as it was previously announced, the CCTV channel reported on Tuesday.
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Beijing, China (XNA) Mar 05, 2010 –
China plans to launch an unmanned space module, Tiangong-1, in 2011, which is expected to accomplish the country’s first space docking and regarded as an essential step toward building a space station, an expert said Wednesday.
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Sydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 05, 2010 –
We’ve recently had another short “up periscope” moment in monitoring China’s human spaceflight program. This latest scan, produced from some Chinese media statements, suggests that the Tiangong space laboratory will be launched in 2011, and three Shenzhou missions will be sent to it in the future.
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Beijing (XNA) Mar 05, 2010 –
China’s first lunar probe program had been delayed as the country had to wait for the belated arrival of an imported component, an official in charge of the country’s moon probe mission said here Thursday.
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Beijing (UPI) Mar 4, 2009 –
China Thursday announced plans for its second lunar probe in October ahead of its launch of an unmanned space module set for next year.
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Beijing (AFP) March 3, 2010 – China has postponed the next step in its ambitious space station programme until 2011 for technical reasons, state media said Wednesday.
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I’m sure many of you guys have already heard this news. In case you have not, you can check some of the latest on the different news sites and channels. I don’t have much to say at the moment other than let’s keep the Chilean people in our prayers. And I hope that the international community can help Chileans as much as Haitians.

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Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 25, 2010 – China’s next manned space mission, expected in 2011, will carry three astronauts to China’s first space laboratory. The laboratory module that will host them, dubbed Tiangong-1, is expected to fly in late 2010 or early 2011. China will then perform rendezvous and docking tests with an unmanned Shenzhou spacecraft launched to Tiangong, to prove that astronauts can visit the lab.
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Funnel removed, Towed Array shielded, Electronics gone. Clearly, it is more than a standard mid-life refit.
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Happy Year Of The Tiger!
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Deng Xiaoping, as the Chief of Staff and Vice-Chairman of the Central Military Commission, famously remarked in 1975 on the state of the PLA as “arrogant, lazy, overstaffed, and incompetent to fight modern warfare.” To address this short coming, the PLAAF formed its own “flying circus” by pulling all available resources into a few combat ready units and then shifted them to trouble spots all
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Is this a small step to move the Sino-US relations back to “normal”? http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN1124247220100211China approves US carrier visit to Hong KongWASHINGTON, Feb 11 (Reuters) – China has cleared a U.S. aircraft carrier to visit Hong Kong next week, U.S. officials said on Thursday, despite its announced plan to trim contacts to protest the latest proposed U.S. arms sales to
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As other Chinese bloggers have noted, adding extra police units does not really address the long term underlying issue in Xinjiang and Tibet.Anyways, the newly commissioned 6th Zhi-Du 武警新疆总队第六支队 is organic to the Xinjiang General Unit 新疆总队 for “anti-terror” operations. (here). A PAP Zhi-Du is equal to an army regiment in size, minus the heavy equipment and support elements, of course.Xinjiang
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There is nothing to get excited about — The AC313 is just a civilian variant of the Z-8, something the flightblobal article failed to mention.China poised to fly AC313 helicopterBy Leithen Francishttp://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/02/09/338145/china-poised-to-fly-ac313-helicopter.htmlChina is preparing to fly its AC313 medium-lift helicopter for the first time in March, leading to
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“I Fight For China, Do Something Big With Us.” I don’t get it, why the gas mask?According to Daniel Erikson’s latest China Brief write up, China is not doing anything “big” in the Haitian earthquake relief (here) The original source of the photos above.Chinese peacekeepers step up security in Haitihttp://eng.chinamil.com.cn/news-channels/2010-02/04/content_4132332.htm(Source: CCTV
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The U.S. military training system is the envy of many countries around the world, but the militaries of China, France, the UK, India, and Israel can help the U.S. identify different approaches to readiness, adaptability, and operational issues.
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Perhaps Shenyang Liming is trying to win back public confident by releasing Taihang production photos after the SAC outed the “Engine-Less-J-11b” last month. (here)Counter-public relations strike, PRC SOE style.Chief designer Zhong Enhe
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