China to build world’s largest amphibious aircraft

September 28th, 2009 DUSHANBE - Tajikistan is planning to build the world's largest mosque here by 2014 with help from Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a presidential spokesman said Monday. UAE firm Adnan Saffarini will construct the mosque, while Qatar will finance the project.

September 18th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan and China Friday signed an agreement to build a communication satellite in the next three years, officials said. China will provide $200 million to Pakistan to build the PAKSAT-1R satellite.

June 30th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan will begin production of JF-17 thunder jets, a lightweight multi-role combat aircraft, in collaboration with China, the Online news agency reported Tuesday. The countries signed an agreement in March for the production of 42 JF-17 fighters at the Pakistan Aeronautical complex in Kamra in Punjab province.

May 5th, 2009 China's Zhang wins gold at table tennis worldsYOKOHAMA, Japan — Olympic champion Zhang Yining of China defeated defending champion and compatriot Guo Yue in six sets Tuesday to win the women's singles title at the table tennis world championships. The top-seeded Zhang recovered from a two-set deficit for a 10-12, 3-11, 11-2, 11-7, 11-7, 11-9 win over the second-seeded Guo at Yokohama Arena.

May 5th, 2009 Zhang wins gold at table tennis worldsYOKOHAMA, Japan — Olympic champion Zhang Yining of China defeated defending champion and compatriot Guo Yue in six sets Tuesday to win women's singles title at the table tennis world championships. The top-seeded Zhang recovered from a two-set deficit for a 10-12, 3-11, 11-2, 11-7, 11-7, 11-9 win over the second-seeded Guo at Yokohama Arena.

May 5th, 2009 Wang, Zhang win gold at table tennis worldsYOKOHAMA, Japan — Wang Hao of China defeated compatriot Wang Liqin in the men's singles final Tuesday as China completed an impressive sweep of the gold medals at the table tennis world championships. The top-seeded Wang took control from the first set on his way to an 11-9, 13-11, 11-5, 11-9 win over the fifth-seeded Wang at Yokohama Arena.

May 5th, 2009 China sweeps singles gold at table tennis worldsYOKOHAMA, Japan — Wang Hao of China defeated compatriot Wang Liqin in straight sets Tuesday to win the men's singles title at the table tennis world championships. The top-seeded Wang took control from the first set on his way to an 11-9, 13-11, 11-5, 11-9 win over the fifth-seeded Wang.

May 5th, 2009 Wang wins gold at table tennis worldsYOKOHAMA, Japan — Wang Hao of China defeated compatriot Wang Liqin in straight sets Tuesday to win the men's singles title at the table tennis world championships. The top-seeded Wang took control from the first set on his way to an 11-9, 13-11, 11-5, 11-9 win over the fifth-seeded Wang.

May 4th, 2009 Zhang into final at table tennis worldsYOKOHAMA, Japan — Olympic champion Zhang Yining of China advanced to the women's singles final with a six-set win over compatriot Liu Shiwen at the table tennis world championships.on Monday The top-seeded Zhang beat Liu 11-8, 11-8, 11-6, 8-11, 10-12, 11-8 and will meet another Chinese player, second-seeded Guo Yue, in Tuesday's final at Yokohama Arena. Guo defeated third-seeded Li Xiaoxia of China 11-8, 11-5, 10-12, 11-5, 11-9 in the other semifinal.

May 3rd, 2009 China winss first gold at table tennis worldsYOKOHAMA, Japan — Li Ping and Cao Zhen defeated compatriots Zhang Jike and Mu Zi in the mixed doubles final Sunday to give China its first gold medal at the table tennis world championships. Li and Cao won 11-6, 4-11, 11-7, 9-11, 13-11, 11-8 in the final at Yokohama Arena.

May 2nd, 2009 China's Zhang advances in table tennis worldsYOKOHAMA, Japan — Olympic gold medalist Zhang Yining of China defeated Hungary's Krisztina Toth on Saturday at the table tennis world championships. The top-seeded Zhang coasted to an 11-6, 11-2, 11-3, 11-6 win over Toth to advance to the quarterfinals of women's singles.

April 27th, 2009 China expected to dominate at table tennis worldsYOKOHAMA, Japan — With Olympic singles champions Ma Lin and Zhang Yining headlining a powerful world championship team, China is expected to maintain its dominance in table tennis that it highlighting last August in Beijing. China won all the gold medals on offer in the table tennis event at the Beijing Olympics, and swept all the medals in the men's and women's singles behind Ma and Zhang.

April 21st, 2009 Top Asian News at 5:30 p.m. GMTQINGDAO, China — A future Chinese aircraft carrier may worry neighboring navies because Beijing has not specified what role the warship would play in the region, the U.S.

April 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The growth of the Chinese Navy is in line with its economy and "it's no surprise to see it develop the way that it has," a top US naval officer has said. "The advancement and growth of the PLA navy is consistent with China's economic advancement and its role in a globalised world," said Admiral Gary Roughead, US Chief of Naval Operations.

January 12th, 2009 TIANJIN - China will build a commercial helicopter production base here at a cost of about $1.2 billion, authorities have said. The Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AICC), the country's largest helicopter maker, signed an agreement with the municipal government last week to start work on the base in the first half of this year at a cost of $1.2 billion, Feng Zhijiang, head of the Tian Free Trade Zone, said Monday.