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BEIJING, Aug. 30 (Xinhuaent) -- Chinese train manufacturer Nanche Sifang Locomotive and six Japanese companies have won the bid for China&#39;s new bullet train.
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TOKYO, Oct 23  - A high-speed bullet train jumped the tracks when a strong earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale hit Tokyo and its surrounding areas Saturday, railway officials said.
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China&#039;s first train from Beijing to Tibet zipped past coal country and farm fields Sunday, turning farmers&#039; heads while making the slow climb to the Himalayan region&#039;s forbiddingly high Tanggula Pass.
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Experts are concerned that some high-tech exports could help China modernize its military.
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China will spend more on its remote, poor border regions, building roads and new houses, but will also keep up the pressure on separatist groups and their activities, the government said on Friday.
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China and Russia will hold their first joint military exercise next year, the Chinese government said Monday, as President Hu Jintao called for an expansion of the rapidly growing alliance between the former Cold War rivals.
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Chinese soldiers will be given more extensive training ahead of this year's Beijing Olympics to deal with potential terrorist attacks, including nuclear and biochemical threats, state media said on Monday.
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A travel book published by China's military will be distributed around the world by a publishing arm of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. in time for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the People's Liberation Army Daily said.
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China will maintain current troop levels at 2.3 million soldiers and promote technological warfare to thwart any independence attempt by Taiwan, the Chinese government said in its 2004 Defense White Paper.
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Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency)  [OSC Transcribed Text] ["China To Use 55 Billion Yuan To Settle Problems in Three Gorges Region" - Xinhua headline]  Beijing, Feb.
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GUANGZHOU, China  - China's snow-stricken railways were creaking back into action on Friday, but with power cuts still crippling swathes of the country, President Hu Jintao visited a coal mine and urged workers to boost production.
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China will expand the use of lethal  injections to replace execution by gunshot, state media said on  Thursday of a country which kills more convicts than anywhere  else.
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China has said it plans to strengthen controls on the export of nuclear equipment, days after an international agreement was reached on phasing out North Korea's nuclear programme.
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Chinese scientists to continue study of Qinghai-Tibet railway's impact on wildlife    BEIJING, Sept.
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China and the United States plan to  set up a defense hotline, one of Beijing&#39;s top generals said on  Saturday, a move aimed at improving military relations as  Washington grows increasingly wary of China&#39;s military buildup.
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China's snow-stricken railways  were creaking back into action on Friday, but with power cuts  still crippling swathes of the country, President Hu Jintao  visited a coal mine and urged workers to boost production.
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BEIJING - A consortium of Japanese firms led by Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. won a $12 billion contract to provide high-speed trains to China, Xinhua news agency said on Monday.