Items tagged with China

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The Dirtiest Air in China is in Beijing Tuesday, July 8th, 2008 - 14:05:57 - Ehud Rattner Despite advertised measures to decrease pollution, as we approach the one month countdown to the Beijing Olympics, the government's numbers rank... read more

MIT Shows China Quake was a Rare Event Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008 - 20:27:27 - Anuradha Menon A new analysis of the setting for last month's devastating earthquake in China by a team of geoscientists at MIT shows that the quake resulted from... read more

Did China Hacked US Government Computers? Saturday, June 14th, 2008 - 12:02:19 - Iddo Genuth Having recently been accused of pressuring US hotel chains in China to censor Internet traffic during the upcoming Olympic Games in Beijing, the... read more

China First Space Walk Set to October Friday, June 13th, 2008 - 14:43:51 - Iddo Genuth China will launch its historic third manned space mission in October, a spokesman for the national space agency said yesterday. One member of the... read more

China's Great Firewall Sunday, June 8th, 2008 - 10:08:02 - Ehud Rattner In light of the upcoming Olympic Games in Beijing, more scrutiny is being placed on China's Web-filtering practices. For more than a decade, the... read more

Rescue Robots Compete Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 - 22:43:00 - Ehud Rattner Robots are competing in Germany this week to traverse a maze that simulates the aftermath of a natural disaster. It is part of the largest warm-up... read more

Intel to Spend $500 Million in Asia Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 - 08:02:48 - Ehud Rattner Intel plans to spend as much as US$500 million in Taiwan over the next five years on procurement and investing activities, the company said Monday. A... read more

China Added to Space Debris Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 - 23:51:17 - Iddo Genuth A successful Chinese missile test last year that destroyed one of China's own aging satellites has substantially added to space debris around Earth... read more

China to Launch Lunar Probe in 2009 Saturday, February 23rd, 2008 - 14:43:19 - Iddo Genuth China plans to launch its second lunar probe, Chang'e-2, around 2009, according to the People's Daily magazine. The 2,350-kilogram satellite... read more

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