Official Chinese media report the country's ultimate goal is to build a permanent space laboratory and a larger-scale space engineering system.

中国官方媒体报告说，中国的最终目标是建造一个永久的空间实验室，和一个大型太空工程系统。

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Chinese media report fewer than 100 people have been saved in Sichuan Province. Nearly 15, 000 have died and the number is expected to go even higher.

中国媒体报道四川只有不到100人获救，将近1万5千人死亡，预计死亡人数还将不断上升。

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Although Sony announced Tuesday that two of its factories in China would resume production on September 19 after a two-day closure, Panasonic China instructed its factories to use their own discretion to decide whether to resume production or not, according to Chinese media report.

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China has agreed to buy 24 fighter jets and four submarines from Russia, Chinese state media report.

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However, earlier this week, another report in the Chinese media said that the Chengdu facility was increasing its speed of churning out iPad 2s.

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