China has decided that it will soon install its first annual deep-sea subsurface mooring system in the Artic Ocean. This will help the nation to monitor the long-term marine changes in the water body.

The data on temperature, salinity and speed of currents at various depths in the coming year in the ocean would be detected by this system.  The announcement was made by the members of the country’s third Artic expedition team.

They said, "It would facilitate studies of the impact of environmental changes in the Arctic Ocean on global climate, especially on Chinas”.

Taipei (dpa) - The United States has assured Taiwan it has not frozen an arms package worth 12 billion dollars after reports last month of an alleged freeze, the Central News Agency (CNA) said Wednesday.

  CNA, in a dispatch from Washington DC, quoted visiting Taiwan Parliament Speaker Wang Jin-pyng as saying the US government is still going through the interagency review process.

Reports last month said the US had frozen sales of weapons because newly-elected President Ma Ying-jeou is shopping elsewhere in order to not jeopardize recently-warmed Taipei-Beijing ties.

Dharamsala, July 30: Continuing with their protests against the Beijing Olympics, Tibetans living-in-exile here took out a candlelight vigil on Tuesday evening.

The Tibetans are trying to reinvigorate their freedom movement against what they see as China's illegal occupation of their homeland.

The vigil was organised by the Regional Tibetan Youth Congress (RTYC).

"People gathered over here to show support to the Tibetan people," said Sonam, a member of the RTYC.

The Tibetans now plan to launch a mass movement based on the principles of Mahatma Gandhi's non-violent struggle under the aegis of Tibetan Youth Congress from August 7.

The Beijing Olympics begins on August 8.

Taipei- Twelve men from mainland China were arrested in Taiwan posing as Buddhist monks for the purposes of swindling money, police said Tuesday.

The 12, with shaven heads and wearing monks' yellow gowns and yellow cloth bags, were arrested Sunday as they were about to board a flight for China from Taoyuan International Airport outside Taipei. They were paraded before reporters at a news conference on Tuesday.

According to the National Immigration Agency (NIA), the 12 men from Shenzhen, south China, entered Taiwan as company managers to attend a furniture exhibition.

Washington, July 29 : Economists have determined that one-third of China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are pumped into the atmosphere in order to manufacture exported goods – many of them “advanced” electronics goods destined for developed countries.

According to a report in New Scientist, developed countries import many of the products that contribute to China’s greenhouse gas emissions.

“Export goods emissions” account for 1.7 billion tonnes of China’s carbon dioxide. That represents 6% of total global emissions – the equivalent of Germany, France and the UK’s combined emissions.