China Plans Big Production of Small Satellites
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China, which put its first man in orbit  last year, has built a national engineering and research center  for small satellites, paving the way for large-scale  production, state media said on Wednesday.
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China plans to build reactors on a scale and pace comparable to the peak of the United States' nuclear energy push in the 1970's.
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China is devoting more resources to its military and the Pentagon wants Beijing to be more open about its intentions.
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The Pentagon said Wednesday that China is concealing its spending on weapons programs, including technology to disrupt U.S. space efforts. Testifying before a mostly supportive House Armed Services Committee, the deputy undersecretary of defense for Asia said, "What we see is a deliberate effort on the part of China's leaders to mask the nature of Chinese military capabilities."
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China's preparations to launch its  first lunar orbiter are on schedule for lift-off later this  week, a Chinese official said on Monday, as the country steps  up efforts in a new international race for the moon.
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XICHANG, China  - China launched its first moon orbiter on Wednesday accompanied by a blaze of live-to-air patriotic propaganda celebrating the country's space ambitions and technological prowess.
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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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Chinese scientists have optimized the spacecraft&#39;s configuration to reduce its weight and improve the performance of onboard equipment.
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The US military has been quietly working on an array of defenses against attacks on its satellites, including tiny new satellites that could one day be armed for wars in space, analysts say.
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China plans to launch more than 100 satellites before 2020 to watch every corner of the country, state-run China Central Television quoted a government official as saying Tuesday.
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China and the developing world need lots of what the big mining companies can give them.
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XICHANG, China  - China readied to launch its first moon orbiter on Wednesday accompanied by a blaze of patriotic propaganda celebrating the country's space ambitions and technological prowess.
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China offered a rare glimpse of its manned space flight center Wednesday, drawing back -- if only slightly -- the veil of secrecy around China's ambitions in outer space.
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MICRON Technology, the worldâs number two maker of computer memory chips, is planning to build its first plant in China by 2005.
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China&#39;s second manned space mission would take place in September 2005, the Beijing News quoted a high-ranking space official as saying Thursday.
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China Sunday launched a satellite that will carry out land surveys and mapping for several days before returning to earth, the Xinhua news agency said.
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By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN  BEIJING - China's burgeoning space program has announced plans to launch its first astronomy satellite and participate in joint projects with Russia and France, state media reported Monday.