In February 2006, Angola surpassed Saudi Arabia to become the number one supplier of oil to China.

At a meeting in August 2006 with members of the Rwanda Patriotic Front, Wu Guanzheng, of the Communist Party of China, confirmed the intention of the People's Republic of China to fund a study into the feasibility of constructing a railway connecting at Isaka with the existing Tanzanian railway network, and running via Kigali in Rwanda through to Burundi.

Chad and Taiwan had relations from 1962 to 1972 and 1997 to 2006 when, for financial and security reasons, Chad announced its intention to recognize China.

Continuing the coalition's free-trade strategy, in August 2006 President Bachelet promulgated a free trade agreement with the People's Republic of China ( signed under the previous administration of Ricardo Lagos ), the first Chinese free-trade agreement with a Latin American nation ; similar deals with Japan and India were promulgated in August 2007.

Chile's total trade with China reached U. S. $ 8. 8 billion in 2006, representing nearly 66 % of the value of its trade relationship with Asia.

" The ' New Social History ' in China: The Development of Women's History ," History Teacher, May 2006, Vol.

* Wolfram Eberhard, A history of China ( online ), February 7, 2006 # 17695, ISO-8859-1

In 2006, it was estimated that China manufactured 1. 235 billion tonnes of cement, which was 44 % of the world total cement production .< ref name =" NEAA070619b "> China now no.

The use of the term censorware in editorials criticizing makers of such software is widespread and covers many different varieties and applications: Xeni Jardin used the term in a 9 March 2006 editorial in the New York Times when discussing the use of American-made filtering software to suppress content in China ; in the same month a high school student used the term to discuss the deployment of such software in his school district.

On 13 April 2006, Eritrea received a soft loan from the Government of China to upgrade their communication infrastructure.

Military aid is received from Australia, the People's Republic of China, and the United Kingdom ( although the latter has suspended aid as a result of the 2006 military coup against the civilian government ).

Foreign Minister Tavola expressed grave concern on 7 February 2006 about a proposed regional trade agreement ( RTA ) between Australia and China, saying that Fiji's exports to Australia would be unable to compete with Chinese products.

In an interview with PACNEWS on 1 February 2006, Jeremaia Waqanisau, Fiji's Ambassador to Beijing, made a stinging attack on the efficiency of the Fijian civil service, saying that it negatively affected Fiji's ability to present itself to China.

In 2006, on the 500th anniversary of his birth, the Xavier Tomb Monument and Chapel on the Shangchuan Island, in ruins after years of neglect under communist rule in China was restored with the support from the alumni of Wah Yan College, a Jesuit high school in Hong Kong.

For example fluorescent pigs have been bred in the US in 2000, in Korea in 2002, in Taiwan in 2006, in China in 2008 and Japan in 2009.

In November 2006, China opted instead to independently develop the Beidou navigation system satellite navigation system.

* 2006 – The first operation of Qinghai-Tibet Railway in the People's Republic of China.

* 2006 – The Nathula Pass between India and China, sealed during the Sino-Indian War, re-opens for trade after 44 years.

* Alain Le Pichon, China Trade and Empire: Jardine, Matheson & Co. And the Origins of British Rule in Hong Kong, 1827-1843 ( Oxford ; New York: Published for The British Academy by Oxford University Press, 2006 ).

In October 2006, Spader narrated China Revealed, the first episode of Discovery Channel's documentary series Discovery Atlas.

* Discovery Atlas: China Revealed ( 2006 )

Since June 1, 2006, there has been a daily bus service across the boundary from Gilgit, to Kashghar, China

The Institute is based on an agreement of June 2006 between the university administration and representatives of the Chinese Embassy to establish a Confucius Institute in cooperation with the Renmin University and the " National Office for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language ".

In 2006 BCIT became the first location in Canada for a Confucius Institute

The 2006 Carnegie Foundation classification listed Dartmouth as the only " majority-undergraduate ", " arts-and-sciences focus ", " research university " in the country that also had " some graduate coexistence " and " very high research activity.

JPL has been recognized four times by the Space Foundation: with the Douglas S. Morrow Public Outreach Award, which is given annually to an individual or organization that has made significant contributions to public awareness of space programs, in 1998 ; and with the John L. " Jack " Swigert, Jr., Award for Space Exploration on three occasions – in 2009 ( as part of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander Team ), 2006 and 2005.

From 1992 to 2006, the Museum of Jurassic Technology's Foundation Collection was on display in their Tochtermuseum at the Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum in Hagen, Germany.

In 2006 he returned to the Bay Area, where he has been a Senior Research Fellow at IMM, a faculty member at Singularity University, and a Board member of the Alcor Life Extension Foundation.

In 2006, General Myers accepted a part-time appointment as a Foundation Professor of Military History at Kansas State University.

The Telecommunications and Electronic and Information Technology Advisory Committee ( TEITAC ) met for the first time on September 27 – 29, 2006, at the National Science Foundation in Arlington, Virginia.

The Foundation released X11R7. 1 on 22 May 2006, about four months after 7. 0, with considerable feature improvements.

M60A2 at the American Armored Foundation Museum in Danville, Virginia, July 2006.

In 2006, the Space Foundation awarded Hanks the Douglas S. Morrow Public Outreach Award.

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On May 25, 2006 the United States Patent and Trademark Office rejected the broadest part of Forgent Networks claims, stating prior art submitted by the Public Patent Foundation invalidated those claims.

He is the founder of The Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation which was founded in 2006 and exists to combat issues that force families and individuals into economic despair.

The Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation ( formerly the Philadelphia Soul Charitable Foundation ) was founded in 2006 and exists to combat issues that force families and individuals into economic despair.

* Mosley, Glenn R. The History and Future NEW THOUGHT, ANCIENT WISDOM of the New Thought Movement, Templelton Foundation Press, ( 2006 ).

The Foundation, with assets of $ 61, 297, 513, according to the 2006 IRS 990 form, also helps fund the college, placing it among the top five community colleges in the nation in private funding.

In 2006 the Public Patent Foundation filed requests with the United States Patent and Trademark Office to revoke four patents that Monsanto has used in patent lawsuits against farmers, namely U. S. Patents Nos.

While apparently living modestly in exile, Duvalier does have supporters, who founded the François Duvalier Foundation in 2006 to promote positive aspects of the Duvalier presidency, including the creation of most of Haiti's state institutions and improved access to education for the country's black majority.

On November 1, 2006 the current President, Joachim Treusch, announced a donation to university by the Jacobs Foundation of 15 million € per year during the following 5 years.

In 2006, Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, announced an agreement with the Guggenheim Foundation to build a new museum, " Guggenheim Abu Dhabi ".

Meridian Main Street, along with The Riley Foundation, helped renovate and adapt the historic Grand Opera House in 2006 for use as the " Mississippi State University Riley Center for Education and the Performing Arts.

* 2006, Sarah, Duchess of York, established The Sarah Ferguson Foundation based in Toronto, which derives funds from Sarah's commercial work and private donations with the aim of supporting charities internationally that serve children and families in dire need.

The Sparta Education Foundation was founded in 2006 to help with budgetary issues in the Sparta School district and to bring extra funds to the public school district from concerned private citizens and groups.

In 2006, Cave Junction was awarded the Great Strides Award by the Northwest Area Foundation for the IVCDO's efforts to reduce long-term poverty.