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Venezuela turns to cloud-seeding to battle drought...bombard." Cloud-seeding has been tried in various countries - including China, Australia and parts of the United States - in attempts to draw more moisture from storms, usually by releasing silver iodide particles into clouds. Chavez did... In this article: Hugo Chavez, Venezuela, Fidel Castro, Raul Castro, Caracas, Climate change, C-130 Hercules, Silver iodide, Caroni River, and Orinoco |
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Miami Herald - Americas | November 02, 2009
Cuban spending on U.S. food may decline
...of that was food. Some 51 percent of imports come from the United States, he said, though Cuba's top trading partner remains Venezuela, led by socialist ally Hugo Chavez, followed by China, Russia, Spain and Brazil. In a speech kicking...
In this article: Cuba, United States, Havana, Revenue, The Miami Herald, and Hugo Chavez
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Centre Daily Times | November 19, 2009
U.S. losing its lead in space, experts warn Congress
...space club," he said. Last year, China launched a Venezuelan-owned communications satellite that "enabled Venezuela to extend its influence throughout Latin America and the Caribbean," Williamson said. The satellite broadcasts...
In this article: United States, China, Washington, Gabrielle Giffords, and Venezuela
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Blackouts darken Brazil's 2 largest cities
...of oil-rich Venezuela, prompting protests that have President Hugo Chavez scrambling for answers. China makes big moves in Latin America All but invisible in Latin America a decade ago, China now is building cars in Uruguay, donating a...
In this article: Brazil, Florida Power & Light, Sao Paulo, Guillermo Rigondeaux, Paraguay, Brasilia, Latin America, and Rio de Janeiro
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U.S. News & World Report | November 19, 2009
Modifying Weather: Cloud Seeding has Some New Believers
...in his country and Cuba. China has the most extensive weather modification program in the world, with more than 35,000 people working in cloud seeding programs across the country, Business Week reports. In the past, cloud seeding's...
In this article: Idaho Power Co., Idaho, Silver iodide, Hugo Chavez, and CH2M HILL
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Independent.co.uk - World | November 15, 2009
Chavez to 'seed' clouds with rain
...techniques is disputed. Firing silver iodine at clouds is one common method. China uses rockets loaded with the chemical to spur rainfall in arid regions. Chavez did not say what technology the Cubans will use. Venezuela has suffered...
In this article: Hugo Chavez, Fidel Castro, Venezuela, Orinoco, Iodine, Surgery, Silver, Havana, Caracas, and Cuba
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The People's Republic of China (PRC) ( listen), commonly known as China, is the largest country in East Asia and the most populous in the world with over 1.29 billion people, approximately a fifth of the world's population. It is a socialist republic ruled by the Communist Party of China under a single-party system and has jurisdiction over twenty-two provinces, five autonomous regions, four municipalities, and two largely self-governing Special Administrative Regions. China's capital is Beijing.
At 9.6-million square kilometres, the People's Republic of China is the world's third or fourth largest country by area. Its landscape is diverse with forest steppes and deserts (the Gobi and Taklamakan) in the dry north near Mongolia and Russia's Siberia, and subtropical forests in the wet south close to Vietnam, Laos, and Myanmar. The terrain in the west is rugged and high altitude, with the Himalayas and the Tian Shan mountain ranges forming China's natural borders with India and Central Asia. In contrast, China's eastern seaboard is low-lying and has a 14,500-kilometre long coastline bounded on the southeast by the South China Sea and on the east by the East China Sea beyond which lies Korea and Japan.
- Name:
- the People's Republic of China
- Conventional Long Name:
- People's Republic of China
- Capital:
- Beijing
- Language:
- Simplified Chinese (written);
- Simplified Chinese (written)
- Largest City:
- Shanghai
- Government type:
- Socialist state
- Legislature:
- National People's Congress
- Founding Date:
- October 01, 1949
- Formations:
- People's Republic of China proclaimed.
- Area:
- 9,640,821
- GDP (per capita PPP):
- $7.89 trillion
- GDP (per capita PPP) Rank:
- 2nd
- GDP (nominal):
- $4.222 trillion
- GDP (nominal per capita) Rank:
- 105th
- GPD (nominal) Rank:
- 3rd
- GDP (nominal per capita):
- $3,180
- Time Zone:
- China Standard Time
- Currency:
- Yuan
- Demonym:
- Chinese
- Drives On:
- right, except for Hong Kong & Macau
- Currency (code):
- CNY
- Country Calling Code:
- +86
- ccTLD:
- .cn
- Anthem:
- "March of the Volunteers"
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