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12 March 2008: Within two years, Chinese emissions of greenhouse gases will have vastly outstripped the reductions achieved by all the countries that have signed up to the Kyoto protocol combined. Read more

11 March 2008: The growth in China's carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions is far outpacing previous estimates, making the goal of stabilizing atmospheric greenhouse gases even more difficult, according to a new analysis by economists at the University of California, Berkeley, and UC San Diego. Read more

5 March 2008: Pentagon worried by China in space and cyberspace. Read more

4 March 2008: A marathon contest longer and more complex than any race at the Olympic Games is unfolding behind the windowless facade of Digital Beijing. Read more

4 March 2008: China saw a rise of almost a third in food-poisoning deaths last year even as the total number of incidents dropped, underscoring the food safety challenge China still faces. Read more

4 March 2008: China cracks down on illegal online wildlife trade. Read more

3 March 2008: China is considering scrapping its controversial one-child policy after three decades, a senior official says. Read more

3 March 2008: China plans first spacewalk in 2008. Read more

29 February 2008: China has begun an ambitious project to survey the country's major sources of pollution. Read more

28 February 2008: Water supplies in central China have been contaminated by pollution, which has turned branches of a major river system red. Read more

28 February 2008: China plans to introduce by 2015 a nationwide liability insurance program that will pay compensation to victims of industrial pollution. Read more

28 February 2008: China has announced unprecedented measures to cut air pollution during this year's Olympic Games. Read more

28 February 2008: Chinese plastic bag maker shuts down. Read more

26 February 2008: Chinese scientists are trying to find out which errant genes are responsible for diabetes and certain forms of cancer that have long plagued Chinese populations. Read more

25 February 2008: China reports rise in sexually transmitted diseases. Read more

25 February 2008: China and South Korea are climbing up the ranks of the world's leading inventors, according to figures released by the U.N. patent agency. Read more

25 February 2008: China to test deep-sea submersible: report. Read more

25 February 2008: China hopes to launch its second moon-orbiting satellite in 2009, state media reported, as the country steps up its space programme. Read more

22 February 2008: The European Commission is set to inject a further EUR 12 million into an initiative which provides scientists in the Asia-Pacific region with high speed internet access to enable their participation in international research projects. Read more

22 February 2008: China to set new AIDS prevention policy. Read more

20 February 2008: China set to launch record number of spacecraft in 2008. Read more

5 February 2008: In a modern-day counterpart to Mao Zedong's program to modernize the Chinese economy, China's pharmaceutical industry is quietly taking its own Great Leap Forward -- as a major force in drug discovery and development, according to an article scheduled for the Feb. 4 issue of Chemical & Engineering News. Read more

30 January 2008: Commercial satellite operators last year worked harder to prevent space debris, although a Chinese anti-satellite test sharply worsened the problem of orbital junk, a French official said on Tuesday. Read more

29 January 2008: A new study of worldwide technological competitiveness suggests China may soon rival the United States as the principal driver of the world's economy -- a position the U.S. has held since the end of World War II. Read more

23 January 2008: Researchers on three continents will join together to catalog the genomes of 1,000 people in an ambitious project that they hope will help determine genetic roots and factors for human disease, the group announced Tuesday. Read more

10 January 2008: A team of researchers, led by biologists at Dartmouth, has found potentially dangerous levels of mercury and arsenic in Lake Baiyangdian, the largest lake in the North China Plain and a source of both food and drinking water for the people who live around it. Read more  

9 January 2008: China plans to launch its third manned space mission that will feature its first-ever space walk during 2008, state media said Tuesday. Read more

8 January 2008: China is to launch 15 rockets, 17 satellites and its third manned mission in 2008, flexing its muscle in space in a year in which it will host the summer Olympics. Read more

7 December 2007: China's space program will maintain steady long-term growth to serve strategic national interests, but it is peaceful in nature and costs just a fraction of NASA's spending. Read more

7 December 2007: A new report by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) states that developed countries must step up international agricultural research in order to help the world's poor and curb rising food prices. Read more

7 December 2007: Conservationists say a roundworm called Baylisascaris schroederi is killing China's wild pandas. Read more

5 December 2007: A cooperation agreement between the Finnish national nanotechnology initiative (FinNano) and the China International Nanotech Innovation Cluster (CINIC) was inaugurated on 1 December in the Chinese city of Shuzou. Read more

4 December 2007: Leaders from the EU and China agreed to move towards more strategic scientific cooperation through the launch of EU-China joint research projects when they met at the China-EU Summit on 28 November. Read more

3 December 2007: The head of the European satellite launch group Arianespace, Jean-Yves Le Gall, warned the United States Friday against Chinese "dumping" in the market and suggested Washington should improve its oversight. Read more

27 November 2007: CHINA is leaving the US in the dust in its spending on clean energy - but it still has plenty to do if it is to shake off its sooty reputation Read more

23 November 2007: The UK and China have launched a common initiative to help joint research teams commercialise their research results. Read more

21 November 2007: China overtook Japan and the UK to become the world's second most prolific producer of scientific research papers after the US in 2006, according to new figures from the Institute of Science and Technology Information of China (ISTIC). Read more

21 November 2007: China’s CO₂ emissions from using coal are set to double by 2030, the scale of which is significant in the context of mitigating global climate change. In view of the essential role of coal in China’s energy system, it is vital to minimise emissions where coal is used. Read more

21 November 2007: China's lunar orbiter is set to begin switching on its science instruments. The spacecraft should help determine the thickness of the lunar soil and shed new light on the Moon's internal composition, which could help in understanding its origins. Read more

21 November 2007: China will launch its third manned space mission after next year's Beijing Olympics, a newspaper reported Tuesday. Read more

20 November 2007: The year-old Three Gorges Dam along the Yangtze River has spawned environmental problems such as water pollution and landslides, Chinese officials admitted. Read more

19 November 2007: The air smells acrid from the squat gas burners that sit outside homes, melting wires to recover copper and cooking computer motherboards to release gold. Migrant workers in filthy clothes smash picture tubes by hand to recover glass and electronic parts, releasing as much as 6.5 pounds of lead dust. Read more

19 November 2007: A draft statement obtained by AFP on Saturday said the leaders will also throw their support behind a UN plan as the "core mechanism" for tackling global warming.  Read more

16 November 2007: China is on target to meet or exceed an ambitious renewable energy goal, but this will not be enough to stem runaway carbon dioxide emissions, according to a pair of recent reports. Read more

16 November 2007: More Chinese children are becoming overweight and prone to diet-related diseases like diabetes due to unhealthy lifestyles and high stress linked to their studies Read more

14 November 2007: "Dragon's blood" may sound like an exotic ingredient in a witch's brew or magic potion. But researchers in China are reporting that the material -- which is actually a bright red plant sap used for thousands of years in traditional Chinese medicine -- contains chemicals that were effective in laboratory experiments in fighting bacteria that cause millions of cases of gastrointestinal disease each year. Read more

8 November 2007: China is aiming to place a 20-tonne space station into orbit around Earth in 2020, state media reported Wednesday, in the latest indication of Beijing's lofty space ambitions. Read more

7 November 2007: The UK has strengthened its scientific and academic links with China with the opening of a Research Councils UK (RCUK) office in China - the first of its kind outside of Europe. Read more

7 November 2007: Aluminum Corporation of China Limited and Monash University from Australia have jointly set up a Sino-Australia Light Alloy Research Center to focus on energy use and energy saving as well as the comprehensive use of energy, clean production and ecological recovery technology.  Read more

7 November 2007: The Chinese Academy of Sciences has signed an agreement with the Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands to study the feasibility of operating a wind energy research centre in Baoding, Hebei province. Read more

7 November 2007: Chinese oil company Sinopec and Icelandic bank Glitnir intend to increase geothermal energy investments and develop geothermal technology in China. Read more

7 November 2007: The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion is to help develop an integrated renewable energy system for Dangan Island, a 13.2 sq km island in the Pearl River Delta. Read more

7 November 2007: Energy officials from China and the United States signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to cooperate on increasing energy efficiency in China's industrial sector Read more

7 November 2007: The Foundation for Research, Science and Technology (FRST) reported in August on their support for Auckland company Vital Foods. The company carried out two independent clinical trials of their proprietary kiwifruit extract Zyactinase™, which involved the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention in China. Vital Foods is working in partnership with Auckland-based Bioactives Research New Zealand, which has strong connections with China. Read more

7 November 2007: Coca-Cola has opened The Coca-Cola Research Center for Chinese Medicine at the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences in Beijing. Read more

7 November 2007: The HRC has awarded $400,000 for 24 months to a partnership led by Assoc Prof Peter Black at the University of Auckland Medical School for research into the development of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in non-smokers. The lead Chinese partner is Prof Bai Chunxue, of Fudan University in Shanghai. The project is being funded through Objective 1 of the International Investment Opportunities Fund (IIOF). Read more.

7 November 2007: BBC News has reported on China’s plans to develop the ‘world’s largest human genebank’, with aims to collect samples from five million people over the next decade. Read more

2 November 2007: China's lunar exploration is to drive scientific and technological innovation, and not for military purposes, space officials said on Thursday, giving a glowing report on the country's moon-bound orbiter. Read more

29 October 2007: Almost nonstop, gargantuan 145-ton trucks rumble through China's biggest open-pit coal mine, sending up clouds of soot as they dump their loads into mechanized sorters. Read more

24 October 2007: China's preparations to launch its first lunar orbiter are on schedule for lift-off later this week Read more

23 October 2007: People who live near electronics recycling sites in China have higher levels of harmful chemical compounds in their bodies, a study finds. Read more

17 October 2007: China hopes to join an international space station project that already counts leading space powers like the United States and Russia as its members. Read more

17 October 2007: China will launch its first lunar probe at the end of this month with preparations already in their final stages, a senior official said Tuesday. Read more

28 September 2007: As China rapidly develops its economy, it is experiencing increased air pollution and more human-health effects. The problems are reminiscent of those faced by the U.S. during the past 30 years. Read more

18 September 2007: Poisonous industrial sites in India, China and the former Soviet Union topped a new ranking this week of the world's most polluted places, where millions of people are threatened by toxic chemicals, a US-based environment watchdog said. Read more

12 September 2007: An international research team, including biologists from NOAA Fisheries Service, has reported in an online scientific journal that it had failed to find a single Yangtze River dolphin, or baiji, during a six-week survey in China. Read more

11 September 2007:Teaming up with co-workers at home and abroad, researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) affiliated National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST) recently succeeded in fabricating a hetero-structured nano-ring in their laboratory. Read more

29 August 2007: Police in China's capital said Tuesday they will start patrolling the Web using animated beat officers that pop up on a user's browser and walk, bike or drive across the screen warning them to stay away from illegal Internet content. Read more

28 August 2007: China may not pose the immediate threat to Europe's competitiveness in research and development that many Europeans have feared. A new survey from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) concludes that China still has a long way to go to build a modern, high-performance national innovation system. Read more

27 August 2007: Japan claims its project is the biggest since Apollo. China says it is readying its probes to study the lunar surface to plan a landing. Read more

27 August 2007: China is reportedly seeking to buy one of two US disk drive makers in a move sparking new concerns about transfers of sensitive technology. Read more

22 August 2007: India must make a huge push in education and infrastructure to ensure it is not overtaken by China as a global outsourcing destination, a top industry body warned on Tuesday. Read more

10 August 2007: New research into SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) suggests that the virus is more resilient than first thought, and can be spread through contact with contaminated objects. Read more

8 August 2007: Electric car company ZAP and lithium-polymer and nanotech battery developer Advanced Battery Technologies have opened a joint development office in Beijing to expand research, manufacturing and marketing of advanced batteries for electric cars. Read more

2 August 2007: Wastepaper from around the world makes its way to China, where 19.6 million metric tons (t) were turned into recycled paper and paperboard products in 2006. Read more

19 July 2007: The UK has increased its international scientific collaboration by 50% over the last 10 years. Although collaboration between the country and its European neighbours has grown significantly, China is by far the UK's preferred international partner, according to a report published by the UK's Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills. Read more

18 July 2007: A city in northeastern China has been forced to take emergency measures to deal with an outbreak of blue-green algae in a reservoir that provides water to the city, state media reported Monday. Read more

16 July 2007: The world's two largest polluters will have their first and best chance to meet and discuss climate change at the APEC leaders' summit in Australia in September, Prime Minister John Howard says. Read more

13 July 2007: Dumplings stuffed with cardboard and bogus rabies vaccines are the focus of the latest health scares in China, where the government has banned an industrial solvent used in toothpaste after a spate of global recalls. Read more

12 July 2007: Chinese scientists have developed a "wing-in-ground" (WIG) aircraft that can fly long distances just a few metres above the sea surface, state media reported on Wednesday. Read more

12 July 2007: A joint statement outlining the commitment of the European Commission and China to establishing a knowledge-based bioeconomy was signed in Beijing on 6 July. Read more

12 July 2007: When computers, televisions, music systems, and other electronic products reach the ends of their lives, they often end up in China or other developing countries as e-waste. Such waste is a serious environmental threat in these parts of the world because of the poorly regulated conditions under which the waste is dismantled. Read more

11 July 2007: Post-menopausal Chinese women who eat a Western-style diet heavy in meat and sweets face a higher risk of breast cancer than their counterparts who stick to a typical Chinese diet loaded with vegetables and soy, a study found. Read more

10 July 2007: The ceremony for unveiling the nameplate of the China-Korea Nanotechnology Research Center was held on the afternoon of July 2, in Beijing. Read more

3 July 2007: Industrial countries in the West have hitherto been blamed for most emissions, but the UN chief said emerging economies in Asia and elsewhere now had to face up to their own responsibilities. Read more

29 June 2007: China's government has closed down about 180 plants after inspections uncovered raw industrial materials in food products. read more

26 June 2007: Booming China bids to save threatened plants. The project, in collaboration with the British-based Botanic Gardens Conservation International, aims to save the 10 percent of the world's plant species native to China. read more

26 June 2007: China says exports fuel greenhouse gas emissions. China said it was unfair for rich countries to buy its cheap goods and then condemn its greenhouse gas pollution. read more

21 June 2007: China has overtaken the United States as the world's top annual emitter of carbon dioxide, according to a report from the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency. read more

18 June 2007: China's minimum CO2 price puts off small projects. Rules on a minimum price for credits deterring small projects and keeping the cost of such offsets high. read more

18 June 2007: China considers spelling out own greenhouse gas goals. China will hold down per-capita volumes of greenhouse gases and is studying how to spell out domestic emissions goals. read more

15 June 2007: Carnegie Mellon University engineering researchers Christopher L. Weber and Scott H. Matthews argue that rising U.S. trade with countries like China has major consequences for the future of global climate policy. In a June 2007 research paper published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology, the Carnegie Mellon researchers describe how the U.S. has reduced its increasing carbon emissions by importing more carbon-intensive goods from other countries. read more

14 June 2007: Researchers in China have unearthed the bones of a gigantic bird-like dinosaur, dwarfing anything else in its category. read more

14 June 2007: In the past decade, the U.S. has witnessed a steady increase in its imports relative to its exports. This growing trade deficit has alarmed many economists and lawmakers because of related domestic job losses and wage reductions in the U.S. A new study published today on ES&T’s website introduces more reasons to worry. This paper illustrates that the boost in imports and associated consumption by the U.S. has added significantly to the greenhouse-gas emissions of its trading partners, especially those with poorly enforced environmental regulations, like China. The findings reinforce the need to account for the trade-related emissions in climate change policies. read more

13 June 2007: China played down the country's food-safety problems on Tuesday but at the same time showed off room after room of confiscated fakes, indicating the extent of the challenge it faces to clean up the industry. read more

12 June 2007: The National Steering and Coordinating Committee for the Development of Nano-Science and Technology convened a conference to review the R&D advancement and its commercialization in the field on June 5 in Beijing. read more

12 June 2007: China will ban bad foods and enforce stronger export controls as part of a long-term offensive, the government announced this week. read more

7 June 2007: Chinese scientists have proved it -- tea can help make you thin. read more

6 June 2007: China set to confront climate change, defend growth. 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. read more

5 June 2007: Chinese scientists shed new light on male infertility. The researchers have found a protein that is required for sperm activation. read more

5 June 2007: China unveiled its first climate change action plan on 3 June, while stressing it will not sacrifice its economic ambitions to international demands to cut greenhouse gas emissions. read more

1 June 2007: Danone revealed yesterday that five containers of its Evian bottled water have been detained in China after failing quality control testing. read more

1 June 2007: Heavy infants run high risk of being obese later on. The Hong Kong survey found that babies who are born heavy and grow fast have a higher risk of being overweight or obese by age seven. read more

31 May 2007: Accelerated glacier melting in the mountains of Tibet could choke off water sources vital for large parts of China, the environmental group Greenpeace said on Wednesday, warning of a chain-reaction of damage from global warming. read more

30 May 2007: About 100,000 Chinese die annually from diseases associated with passive smoking while more than half a billion on the mainland suffer from the smoke exhaled from cigarettes, according to the Xinhua news agency. read more

30 May 2007: China is to put in place a system allowing the recall of unsafe or unapproved food products following a series of health scares that have led to illnesses and deaths, state media reported on Tuesday. read more

28 May 2007: The United States pressed China to pursue new export safety measures on Thursday as Beijing sought to assure its trading partners that the goods it exports, everything from pet food to toothpaste, are safe. read more

24 May 2007: China and Russia aim to send an unmanned spacecraft to Mars in 28 months, it was reported Tuesday. read more

23 May 2007: Drug misuse kills 200,000 Chinese a year – doctors. Mainland Chinese rely more on traditional Chinese medicines than on Western drugs and they tend to use them carelessly. read more

23 May 2007: US food processors are continuing to boycott Chinese exports over fears regarding the safety of products coming from the country. read more

23 May 2007: Solar power should become a mainstream energy choice in three or four years as companies raise output of a key ingredient used in solar panels and as China emerges as a producer of them, according to a report by an environmental research group. read more

22 May 2007: Global emissions of the main gas scientists link to global warming will rise 59 percent from 2004 to 2030, with much of the growth coming from coal burning in developing countries like China, the U.S. government forecast on Monday. read more

21 May 2007: An outbreak of viral fever that sent hundreds of children to hospital in eastern China has been contained after one death, the Xinhua news agency reported. read more

21 May 2007: China aims to launch its first lunar orbiter later this year, part of a three-step plan it hopes will eventually see moon samples brought back to Earth, state media said Sunday. read more

21 May 2007: China must continue to reform its food safety practices if it is to maintain consumer confidence in its products, says a food safety expert from the World Health Organisation (WHO). read more

14 May 2007: China's farmers overuse pesticides, skip protective clothing and have at their fingertips an array of banned and counterfeit products, raising another area of concern in the country's fragile food chain. read more

10 May 1007: EU regulators are investigating whether the banned chemical melamine has made its way into Europe's food and feed supply chain from China. read more

8 May 2007: The European Commission and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have signed an agreement to start collaborative research projects in the field of health. read more

4 May 2007: China is not alone in its demands that the IPCC report places the burden of responsibility for greenhouse gas emissions on developed countries. read more

3 May 2007: Beijing car ban cut air pollutant by 40 percent – study. Nitrogen oxide levels were measured using satellite-based equipment during a three-day period when 800,000 fewer cars took to the roads. read more

3 May 2007: Developing nations that are fast industrializing, such as China and India, have braked their rising greenhouse gas emissions by more than the total cuts demanded of rich nations by the U.N.'s Kyoto Protocol. read more

2 May 2007: China is leading objections to a major report on climate economics being discussed at a Bangkok conference. read more

30 April 2007: China test boosted space risk up to 40 percent - US govt. A Chinese anti-satellite test in January increased the risk that a spacecraft could collide with debris by up to 40 percent in some orbits. read more

27 April 2007: The European Union is open to co-operation with the up-and-coming Indian and Chinese space industries on its Mars operations but it will maintain control over the mission, the European Space Agency said on Thursday. read more

26 April 2007: A Chinese anti-satellite test in January increased the risk that a spacecraft could collide with debris by up to 40 percent in some orbits, the U.S. Air Force Space Command said on Wednesday. read more

26 April 2007: China's first climate change steps too small. Report rules out caps on greenhouse gas emissions before 2050. read more

24 April 2007: China preparing to share bird flu samples. Last shared human samples of the H5N1 virus with WHO collaborating laboratories a year ago. read more

24 April 2007: Scientists in China have identified a gene variant which appears to protect Chinese people from various types of cancer. read more

24 April 2007: Fuel cells designed for use in laptops and cellphones could be a step closer with simple devices that extract waste gas and vapour. The device, developed by Chinese researchers, extracts by-products that normally impair the efficiency of "direct methanol" fuel cells (DMFCs), without requiring extra power. read more

20 April 2007: A Europe-China open workshop on modeling, simulation, experimentation and design in aerospace engineering will take place from 25 to 27 April in Barcelona, Spain. read more

19 April 2007: China rejects caps, aims to cut "carbon intensity". China aims to nearly halve by 2020 the amount of greenhouse gases it emits for each dollar of its economy, but will reject strict caps for decades, report shows. read more

18 April 2007: China has signed a series of collaborative agreements with the Netherlands and France aimed at strengthening ties in several areas of research. read more

17 April 2007: China's Yangtze river extensively polluted – study. The world's latest water storage facility, the Three Gorges Dam, succumbs to pesticides, fertilisers and sewage. read more

16 April 2007: European and Chinese bioethicists and life scientists have set up an expert group to promote ethical behaviour in biomedical research in both regions. read more

16 April 2007: Finland and China have launched a joint cooperation programme for nanotechnology research and development (R&D), the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation (Tekes) has announced. read more

12 April 2007: The first joint international conference on EU and Chinese Grid experiences will take place from 24 to 27 April, in Beijing, China. With the theme 'Networking EU & Chinese Grid Experiences for Innovation', the event will provide a platform for European and Chinese state-of-the-art grid technologies and projects, showcasing results, knowledge-exchange on new application areas, best practices and future advancements. read more

12 April 2007: Finland and China have launched a joint cooperation programme for nanotechnology research and development (R&D), the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation (Tekes) has announced. read more

11 April 2007: China, the world's second-largest emitter of greenhouse gases, will take part in negotiations on a framework for limiting global warming after 2012, the daily Yomiuri Shimbun said on Saturday. read more

29 March 2007: China and Russia will mount a joint effort to explore Mars and one of its moons in 2009, Chinese state media reported on Wednesday following an agreement to boost cooperation between the two ambitious space powers. read more

27 March 2007: China experts perform human spinal disc transplants. The technique may offer an alternative to spinal fusion and artificial disc transplants to treat degenerative disc disease. read more

27 March 2007: China is on course to overtake the United States this year as the world's biggest carbon emitter, estimates based on Chinese energy data show, potentially pressuring Beijing to take more action on climate change. read more

14 March 2007: China is increasing its competitiveness in the nanotechnology market, according to research announced Friday. read more

14 March 2007: A research team led by Professor Han Xiufeng from the Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Physics has developed a novel type of magnetic RAM, according to the Academy. The Chinese MRAM consists of arrays of magnetic memory cells in which the information is stored as the magnetization direction of tiny ferromagnetic elements. read more

14 March 2007: China announces plans for astronomy satellite, space cooperation. An outline of the joint projects planned with Russia and France. read more

9 March 2007: Scientists are preparing for a large clinical trial in 2008 which aims to use stem cells to help 400 patients with spinal cord injuries in Hong Kong, mainland China and Taiwan grow new cells and nerve fibers. read more

9 March 2007: Air pollution is severely diminishing rainfall in Chinese mountains, researchers have found. The same effect is probably causing water shortages in many other highly polluted areas that depend on the nearby hills for their water. read more

8 March 2007: As East Asian economies continue to expand, their smokestacks have pumped out ever more of the greenhouse gases responsible for global warming. That may not be their only effect on climate, however. Researchers report that pollution from Asia blown eastward across the Pacific appears to be intensifying cloud cover--and possibly winter storms--there. read more

8 March 2007: A cloning expert has called for China to give scientists the green light to further develop the technology as the country is not encumbered by the political and religious debates that have put cloning on hold in the United States and Europe. read more

7 March 2007: China's leading space vehicle expert predicts the nation will be able to send astronauts to the moon within 15 years, state media reported on Tuesday. read more

6 March 2007: China will vaccinate billions of domestic poultry over the next few months to guard against an outbreak of bird flu this spring, when the virus is at its most contagious, state media reported on Monday. read more

5 March 2007: China's leaders will unveil on Monday a raft of detailed environmental and energy-saving policies, specifically targeting heavy industry, but they have shied away from concrete goals this year after a disappointing 2006. read more

1 March 2007: Europe's food safety authority has issued information on current food additive laws ahead of the upcoming Codex meeting in China. read more

26 February 2007: China should be praised for its efforts to fight AIDS, and some of its actions can set an example for other countries, an international team of researchers said on Thursday. read more

16 February 2007: Chinese scientists say they have developed a recycling and recovery technology designed especially for disposal of printed circuit boards. read more

15 February 2007: A new EU-funded project will bring together Chinese and European researchers to develop and build cleaner coal-fired power stations in China. read more

15 February 2007: The Chinese government is preparing to adopt its first programme to cut its greenhouse gas emissions, which contribute to global warming. Although some reports suggest the plan will not include quantitative reduction targets, a senior official said on Tuesday that the country would seek to reduce carbon dioxide emissions "by 10% over the next five years". read more

15 February 2007: Chinese report seeks to reverse brain drain. Two-thirds who study abroad chose not to return - Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. read more

14 February 2007: China's life expectancy to jump. The forecasted jump from around 72 years today to 85 years by the middle of the century, along with increasing affluence, will bring a host of environmental problems, scientists warn. read more

8 February 2007: Finland is intensifying its research links with China with the signing of technology cooperation agreements between Tekes, the Finnish National Technology Agency, and Beijing, Jiangsu Province and Shenzhen. read more

7 February 2007: China is well on its way to becoming a science super power, thanks to massive public investment in research and development (R&D) and a strong science and technology workforce. But its rise may still be hampered by the country's rigid political system and 'research misconduct', warns a recently published report by Demos, a UK think tank. read more

7 February 2007: China will spend more to research global warming but lacks the money and technology to significantly reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that are worsening the problem, a government official said Tuesday. read more

7 February 2007: "China is betting that their growing investment in nanoscience will help them capture a large share of what shortly will become a $3 trillion global market in nanotech manufactured goods, and that breakthroughs in nanotechnology research and commercialization will confer economic superpower status on the country that attains first mover advantage in this cutting-edge technology," stated Richard P. Appelbaum, professor at the University of California at Santa Barbara. read more

2 February 2007: Chinese scientists have warned that rising temperatures on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau will melt glaciers, dry up major Chinese rivers and trigger more droughts, sandstorms and desertification, state media reported on Thursday. read more

2 February 2007: The Life Sciences Partnering China & Europe Programme will hold a partnering event from 16 to17 April, in Shanghai, China. Funded by the European Commission, the initiative aims to promote partnership, joint ventures and collaboration between emerging European Biotech small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and their development agencies, and the Chinese life science industry. read more

31 January 2007: China fails to make progress on environment – report. Ecological progress not keeping pace with social and economic modernisation. read more

26 January 2007: China's environmental watchdog has handed the maximum possible fine to a PetroChina subsidiary for a toxic river spill which cut off water to millions. read more

23 January 2007: According to US sources, China tested an anti-satellite weapon on 11 January. The weapon is said to have struck and destroyed the Feng Yun 1C, an obsolete weather satellite launched by the Chinese government in 1999. read more

17 January 2007: China, Japan and South Korea have held their first ever trilateral science ministers' meeting, resulting in an agreement to strengthen ties in areas including the environment and energy. read more

16 January 2007: China says skewed sex-ratio could mean instability. China has about 119 boys born for every 100 girls. read more

16 January 2007: Tainted food impacts at least 300 million Chinese people a year and could lead to a disease outbreak that exacts a huge social and economic toll, the Asian Development Bank warned Monday. read more

22 December 2006: Two-headed reptile fossil found in China. Embryonic or newborn reptile with two heads and two necks. read more

22 December 2006: India and China have agreed to send an expedition to the Himalayas to study the impact that global warming is having on glaciers there. read more

20 December 2006: Drug resistant TB cases higher than once estimated. Three nations - China, India and Russia - account for more than half of all cases of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis. read more

19 December 2006: Finland's information technology (IT) sector and China's national telecoms testbed have announced the start of a wide-ranging cooperative initiative to develop the infrastructure and services needed for the future information society. read more

15 December 2006: Chinese consumers are worried about the safety of their food and want the government to do more to improve quality standards, suggests a new survey. read more

15 December 2006: Chinese river dolphin almost certainly extinct. The last confirmed sighting was in 2004, and a recent expedition failed to find any. read more

14 December 2006: Fakes, bottlenecks hobble Chinese herb's fight against malaria. The WHO said artemisinin should be used in combination with other drugs to slow down any development of resistance. read more

8 December 2006: China looks set to overtake Japan to become the world's second largest spender on research and development (R&D) in 2006, according to the latest forecasts from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). But reports have called into question the OECD figures, saying that they are much higher than official Chinese figures. read more

7 December 2006: New projections show China overtaking the U.S. as the world's biggest emitter of CO2 before 2010, nearly a decade earlier than previous estimates. read more

4 December 2006: Underground water reserves in around 9 out of every 10 Chinese cities are polluted or over-exploited, and could take hundreds of years to recover, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday. read more

30 November 2006: UK minister calls on China to act on climate change. The British Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, Alistair Darling, addresses students in Beijing. read more

27 November 2006: China scientists say SARS-civet cat link proved. Genetic link found. read more

24 November 2006: A joint China-Hong Kong research team says it has found a genetic link between SARS in civet cats and humans, bearing out claims that the disease had jumped across species, state media said on Thursday. read more

23 November 2006: A stretch of China's Yellow River, the country's second longest, has turned red from pollution for the second time in a month, local media reported on Wednesday. read more

22 November 2006: China, seeking to ease its dependence on coal to fuel its booming economy, said on Tuesday it will build the world's largest solar power station in the poor but sunny northwestern province of Gansu. read more

17 Nov 2006: Hong Kong - A group of scientists has discovered two spots on the H5N1 bird flu virus that need to mutate for the virus to infect people more easily. Read more

13 November 2006: Extreme weather costs China billions each year. Droughts, floods and other weather disasters stunt China's economy by up to 6 percent every year - China's chief meteorologist. read more

10 November 2006: Mainland scientists have identified a gene in the H5N1 bird flu virus that they say is responsible for its virulence in poultry, opening the way for new vaccines. read more

9 November 2006: Chinese experts say no evidence of new bird flu strain in China. Chinese scientists reject new study findings saying the H5N1 Fujian-like virus is not a new variant of the virus. read more

9 November 2006: Russian and Chinese space agency officials say they will build and launch an ultraviolet space observatory to be placed into orbit in 2010. read more

9 November 2006: The International Energy Agency says China will surpass the United States in carbon dioxide emissions by 2009, about a decade ahead of previous predictions. read more

7 November 2006: Chinese scientists have identified a gene in the H5N1 bird flu virus which they say is responsible for its virulence in poultry, opening the way for new vaccines. read more

7 November 2006: Chinese researchers have reported a cheap and effective way to print nanoscale structures onto surfaces: they use stamps created from the delicately patterned wings of cicadas. read more

6 November 2006: Doctors in China reportedly have completed what is thought to be the world's second face transplant. read more

1 November 2006: A new strain of H5N1 bird flu has emerged in China that is poised to start yet another global wave of infection. read more

30 October 2006: Europe and the US have nothing to fear from globalisation, and can in fact use it to their advantage, EU Science and Research Commissioner Janez Potocnik told an audience at Harvard University in the US on 26 October. read more

25 October 2006: The UK's Trade and Industry Secretary Alistair Darling gave a confident speech on the UK's scientific performance on 23 October, and promised that the government will do more to ensure that the UK is not overshadowed by new competition from China and India. read more

25 October 2006: Estuaries of China's greatest rivers declared "dead zones". The UN says the Yangtze and the Yellow have become choked by algae blooms feeding off high concentrations of pollutants such as raw sewage and fertiliser. read more

16 October 2006: China to start 2nd trial for bird flu vaccine soon. Should be over by July or August next year. read more

16 October 2006: China completes work on first lunar probe. Working to design pollution-free rockets. read more

13 October 2006: The China-EU Science and Technology Year (CESTY) was officially launched in Brussels on 11 October. Through a series of events planned in Europe and China, the year-long initiative is expected to stimulate further dialogue between the two regions on science and technology (S&T) strategy and policy, and foster a more enduring exchange of ideas, people, and resources. Enhanced cooperation will be sought specifically in the areas of health, energy, environment, food and biotechnology. read more

13 October 2006: To mark the launch of the China-EU Science and Technology Year (CESTY), CORDIS News takes a closer look at CO-REACH, one of the largest joint China-EU research initiatives, and its efforts to better coordinate cooperation between national research programmes in Europe and China. read more

10 October 2006: China needs daily pollution fines, official says. Current penalty limits make long-term pollution profitable. read more

4 October 2006: China is making rapid advances in the field of nanotechnology and the US should monitor China's progress in order to maintain a competitive edge in the cutting-edge scientific research sector, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing a visiting US commerce official. read more

2 October 2006: China claims success with nuclear fusion reactor tests, Tokamak fusion device. read more

2 October 2006: Bulgaria has become the first country in South East Europe to hold the annual Euro-China forum, highlighting the growing importance of economies in South East Europe to china and the expanding EU. read more

29 September 2006: Scientists on Thursday carried out China's first successful test of an experimental fusion reactor, powered by the process that fuels the sun, a research institute spokeswoman said.  China, the United States and other governments are pursuing fusion research in hopes that it could become a clean, potentially limitless energy source. read more

28 September 2006: Some countries have been trying to reduce greenhouse gases emissions over the last decade, but a perfect storm of methane emissions may undo all the good work. According to a new study, the environmental threat posed by China's booming economy has been partially masked by a decline in natural methane emissions from wetlands. Soon, however, the drought that has reduced wetland emissions will end, pumping additional greenhouse gases into the atmosphere as China's own emissions continue to rise. read more

27 September 2006: Nasa administrator Michael Griffin was in Beijing on Monday for talks with Chinese officials that China's government hopes will lead to cooperation in space exploration. Griffin is the highest-ranking US space official to visit Beijing yet. read more

27 September 2006: While China's economy makes executives around the world sit up and take notice, the world's most competitive economy - Finland - is launching a project to examine the Chinese health model. read more

26 September 2006: Nasa administrator Michael Griffin was in Beijing on Monday for talks with Chinese officials that China's government hopes will lead to cooperation in space exploration. read more

21 September 2006: China needs to break ties between polluting industries and local officials if it is to succeed in cleaning up its badly tainted water supplies, the founder of a new environmental group said Tuesday. Read more

18 September 2006: The third EU-China Business Summit in Helsinki was designed to strengthen economic cooperation between the two blocs, a move that will have a significant impact on Europe's food industry. read more

18 September 2006: The European Commission has given France the all-clear to grant ⒔100 million in state aid to a Franco-Chinese research and development (R&D) project at Eurocopter, a subsidiary of European Aeronautics Defense and Space (EADS). If commercially successful, the grant will be refunded. read more

13 September 2006: Russia to cooperate closely with China in moon exploration. read more

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