Beijing - Nuclear energy can play an important role in the 21st century in helping to achieve global energy security, battle climate change and cut air pollution, a statement issued by an international conference in Beijing said Wednesday.

Energy ministers and officials from 66 nations participated in three-day conference, hosted by China and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which ended Wednesday.

Beijing, Apr. 22 : U. S. President Barack Obama risks damaging relations with China if he meets the Dalai Lama in October, Chinese experts have warned.

"China would definitely be against the US leader meeting the Dalai Lama as it would be a severe interference in China''s internal affairs," the China Daily quoted Fu Mengzi, a scholar on American studies at the China Institute of Contemporary International Relations, as saying.

The Dalai Lama is seeking an audience with Obama in October, the Associated Press reported on Tuesday.

Taiyuan (China), Apr. 22 : China is scheduled to launch a new remote-sensing satellite into the space Wednesday, a spokesman with the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north Shanxi Province said.

Both the satellite, "Yaogan VI," and the Long March 2C carrier rocket were in sound condition and the preparation work was well underway, Xinhua quoted the spokesman, as saying.

China has so far launched five remote-sensing satellites.

New Delhi, Apr 21 : A divorce petition from a young Chinese couple was thrown out of court afte

Beijing - The quick expansion of China's nuclear energy production is far outpacing the regulation of its nuclear reactors, the country's top nuclear watchdog warned.

Li Ganjie, director of the National Nuclear Safety Administration, also said in unusually strong terms that China has insufficient capacity to handle nuclear waste.

Beijing - China and Russia on Tuesday signed an oil cooperation deal involving the supply of Russia oil in return for record loan of 25 billion dollars from China.

Chinese Vice Prime Minister Wang Qishan and his Russian counterpart, Igor Sechin, signed government agreements in Beijing to finalize the deal.

The cooperation pacts included building a pipeline to China, supplying oil and providing financing from the China Development Bank, China's official Xinhua news agency reported.