Archive for the ‘China’ Category

Will “Buy American” Solar provision anger Chinese?

TweetWill Chinese President Hu Jintao express displeasure over the "Buy American" solar panel law to Obama?
During its lame-duck session last month, Congress put a “Buy America” …

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Posted by Dave Landis on January 13th, 2011 in China, China | No Comments

5.0 magnitude Yellow Sea quake felt in Shanghai

Tweet5.0 quake felt NE of Shanghai in the Yellow Sea. Google Maps
An  earthquake that was 5.0 on the Richter scale with an epicenter in the Yellow Sea was felt as far away as Shanghai.
The Yellow Se…

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Posted by Dave Landis on January 12th, 2011 in China | No Comments

Gates visits Great Wall, China confirms J-20 stealth fighter

TweetUS Secretary of Defense Robert Gates with Chinese President Hu Jintao. Hu will visit Washington next week.
As would any visitor to Beijing should, US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates visited a …

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Posted by Dave Landis on January 12th, 2011 in China | No Comments

Triple Suns over Changchun China interesting optical illusion

TweetPeople in China treated to "phantom sun" optical illusion. ITN
In Changchun the capital of Jilin Province in northeast China on January 8, people were treated to an interesting optical…

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Posted by Dave Landis on January 12th, 2011 in China | No Comments

American and Chinese Defense leaders desire stronger military ties

TweetDefense counterparts Gates and Liang wrap up press conference in Beijing. Getty Images/Larry Dowing
US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates met with his Chinese counterpart, Defense Minister Gener…

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Posted by Dave Landis on January 11th, 2011 in China, India | No Comments

Scotland’s Edinburgh Zoo to receive two pandas, called “panda politics”

TweetTiantian, will be off to Scotland soon! BBC
Scotland’s Edinburgh Zoo will be receiving two pandas from China.  The pandas will be the first to live in the United Kingdom in 17 years and w…

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Posted by Dave Landis on January 11th, 2011 in China | No Comments

US opens first consumer safety office in China

TweetCPSC will open its first overseas office in the US Embassy in Beijing.
In a first move of its kind, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is planning to open an office outside the United …

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Posted by Dave Landis on January 10th, 2011 in China | No Comments

China to have Deep Space Monitoring network online in 2016

TweetKashgar, China site of one of their space monitoring stations.
To support future space missions,China is ready to put in place a deep space monitoring network by 2016, a senior scientist has sai…

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Posted by Dave Landis on January 7th, 2011 in China | No Comments