China aims artillery for a blue-sky Olympics
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A silver bullet, not a silver lining The Chinese government's weather-control programme, more accustomed to bringing down rains on parched crops, has announced a new and ambitious mission. The People's Republic is due to host the Summer Olympics next year, and if the weather dares to defy the commies it will be brought into line by force.â¦
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STUTTGART, Germany -- China powered their way to another men's gymnastics world championship Thursday, and now the questions are: Can anyone catch them in time for the Olympics in Beijing, and if so, how?
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BEIJING -- As China continues a rapid build-up of its armed forces, it is also investing heavily in educating and training the people who operate the array of sophisticated weapons now in service with the world's biggest military.
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AS the excitement of the Athens Olympic Games fades, the build-up to Beijing 2008 is in full swing. The countdown to China began last weekend when Beijing&#39;s mayor took possession of the Olympic flag at the Athens closing ceremony.
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Chinese authorities say they have set up a special military unit to provide security for the Beijing Olympics.
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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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Activists are using the coming games as leverage to prod Beijing on issues like factory working conditions. Will it pay off?
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The Chinese army has formed a security unit, consisting of ground, navy and air force personnel, for next year's Olympic Games, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Thursday.
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Security analysts say that Beijing's newly-proven ability to shoot down satellites could upend the balance of power in the Taiwan strait
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China will expand the trial of TD-SCDMA technology to include the Beijing Olympics.
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China plans to build a highway on the side of Mount Everest to ease the Olympic torch's journey to the peak before the 2008 Beijing Games, state media reports.
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China exuded optimism on Tuesday about the 2008 Beijing Olympics, saying its centuries of culture and history would light up the world, even as organizers came under renewed pressure to fulfill a media freedom pledge.
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The Jingpo Lake Geopark has drawn blueprints for its sustainable development.
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BEIJING : As the Olympic flame leaves Athens, the eyes of the sporting world are turning towards Beijing. When China hosts the games for the first time in 2008, it will cap an extraordinary 30-year journey
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China on Sunday launched a satellite that will carry out land surveying and other scientific projects for several days and return to Earth, government media reported.
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China's first plan for climate change will seek to fortify the country against damage from global warming but also against international pressure to cut greenhouse gas pollution that Beijing calls the cost of growth.
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CHENGDU, China - Americans get up for the big events - the Olympics, for instance, or the Super Bowl.