China today successfully test fired a long-range carrier rocker into the Central Pacific Ocean, Boosting its pace research programme and adding significantly to its strategic missile capability.

• 中国今天成功地向太平洋中部水域试发一枚远程运载火箭。此举进一步推动了中国的空间研究计划,并大大加强了其战略导弹实力。