Thursday, November 20, 2008

China denies attempting to get US space data

China on Tuesday denied it had illicitly sought technical data for space launch vehicles from the US, after a physicist from Virginia pleaded guilty to illegally exporting the information to China.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang dismissed the case. ''The so-called (allegation) of China stealing space technology from the United States is sheer nonsense,'' Qin told a regular news briefing.

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