Beijing-Shanghai hi-speed rail marks milestone in rail history
The Beijing–Shanghai High-Speed Railway, which is scheduled to open soon, represents a milestone in Chinese and even world railway history. It is even more significant than the high-speed railways...
China successfully launches new communication satellite
China successfully launched a new communication satellite, the Zhongxing-10, from its Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest Sichuan Province on early Tuesday.
The satellite, carried by a Long March-3B rocket...
Shanghai Cooperation Organization expands, not Asia’s NATO
Russia has won the backing of China and other members of the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation in criticising the US plan for a missile shield system.
The bloc says the system...
Sino-Vietnamese tensions boil over South China Sea
China's constant search for natural resources to fuel its burgeoning economy has driven Beijing's helmsmen to the far reaches of Africa, South America and the embattled Middle East.
But bubbling...
Putin: IMF Chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn Jailed For Discovering All US Gold is Gone
A new report prepared for Prime Minister Putin by the Federal Security Service (FSB) says that former International Monetary Fund (IMF) Chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was charged and jailed in the US...
South Korea raids Google over illegal data collection
Police in South Korea said they had raided Google's Korea head office in Seoul on Tuesday on suspicion that the subsidiary of the search engine company had illegally collected location...
Japan ups nuke crisis severity to match Chernobyl
TOKYO (AP) – Japan ranked its nuclear crisis at the highest possible severity on an international scale — the same level as the 1986 Chernobyl disaster — even as...
BRIEFING: Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Update, March 29, 2011
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Overview
A powerful 9.0-magnitude earthquake hit Japan on March 11 at 1446 local time (0546 GMT), unleashing massive tsunami waves that...
BRIEFING: Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Update March 20, 2011
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Overview
A powerful 9.0-magnitude earthquake hit Japan on Friday (March 11) at 1446 local time (0546 GMT), unleashing massive tsunami waves...
BRIEFING: Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Update March 19, 2011
Overview
A powerful 9.0-magnitude earthquake hit Japan on Friday (March 11) at 1446 local time (0546 GMT), unleashing massive tsunami waves that crashed into Japan’s northeastern coast of Honshu, the...
Japan’s Coastline Before and After the Tsunami
Japan's Coastline Before and After the Tsunami
These images show the effects of the tsunami on Japan's coastline. The image on the left was taken on Sept. 5, 2010; the...
Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Update
Overview A powerful 8.9-magnitude earthquake hit Japan on Friday (March 11) at 1446 local time (0546 GMT), unleashing massive tsunami waves that crashed into Japan’s eastern coast, leaving...
