According to reports, Beijing has announced that it will launch communication satellite for Turkmenistan with its Long March 3B carrier rocket in 2014. 1 Meanwhile on the domestic front, China has announced that it will issue a white paper on foreign trade to introduce its efforts to promote economic and trade cooperation with countries in the last three decades. 2

• 1. “China to launch satellite for Turkmenistan” China Daily, December 6, 2011 at http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-12/06/content_14222631.htm
• 2. “China to issue first white paper on foreign trade” China Daily, December 6, 2011 at http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-12/06/content_14222486.htm