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发帖数: 6973 | 1 VOA Chinese, Aug 12, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news
/20110812-China-Russia-ends-visit-127582938.html
Note: 马林剧院 Mariinsky Theatre
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariinsky_Theatre
(section 1 Name)
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(1) 中国首艘航母不叫瓦良格号. VOA Chinese, Aug 12, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news
/20110812-Aircraft-carrier-naming-127586618.html
("8月10日,中国首艘航母进行出海航行试验。官方新华社在报道中只用了“航母平台”
加以称呼。中央电视台的报道说，根据海军惯例，军舰在正式服役以后才会有真正的命
名")
Quote:
(a) "正式服役" in humans and military ships is the same in English:
commissioned.
(b) Soviet aircraft carrier Varyag
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_aircraft_carrier_Varyag
(of Admiral Kuznetsov class; known as Riga when her keel was laid down at
Shipyard 444 (now Nikolayev South) in Nikolayev[, Ukraine] December 6, 1985;
launched December 4, 1988, but she was renamed Varyag (Varangian) in late
1990, after the famous Russian cruiser [which Russians scuttled on Feb 9,
1904 to avoid capture in now Inchon harbor during Russo-Japanese War]
(c) Varyag
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varyag
(Russian for Varangian; ancestors of the Rus' sometimes called "Vikings" in
English publications)
(2) 美军航母停靠香港，与瓦良格试航无关. VOA Chinese, Aug 12, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news
/20110812-US-carrier-Reagon-127585273.html
(3) 美国：中国为什么需要航空母舰. VOA Chinese, Aug 11, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news
/20110811-china-aircraft-carriers-127537223.html
Note:
(a) 美国海军战争学院战略研究部中国海事研究所教授彼得·达顿 Peter DUTTON
http://www.usnwc.edu/Academics/Faculty/Peter-Dutton.aspx
(b) 美国企业研究所外交和防务高级研究员马明汉 Michael MAZZA
http://www.aei.org/scholar/100076
(4) 焦点对话：高层频频会晤，美中关系如何走向？中国是否在遏制美国的亚洲影响力
？ VOA Chinese, Aug 12, 2011.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news
/20110812-Pro-and-Con-US-China-Relations-127590233.html
My comment:
(a) The date "2011年 7月 15日" is obviously wrong: I did not see it before
and the date in the URL "20110812" is correct.
(b) One need not see the video clips (I did not). Bu5t the subtitle "中国是
否在遏制美国的亚洲影响力？" is new to me. Whether it relfects new fear or a
pretext by Americans, it is unclear.
(5) Fumio Ota, The Carrier of Asia-Pacific Troubles; An aircraft carrier
gives Beijing tremendous capabilities and could worsen regional tensions.
Asia Wall Street Journal, Aug 11, 2011 (op-ed)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424
053111904006104576501671314389768.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Quote:
"My friends in the U.S. Navy aren't as worried. China's investment in
aircraft carriers will be a waste of money, they say, because a Chinese
carrier will be highly vulnerable to American nuclear attack submarines
during a time of war. But that doesn't reassure the Japanese. Since the
Japanese navy does not field nuclear attack submarines, a Chinese carrier
could pose a serious threat to Japanese territorial integrity.
"Another operational gain for China is in anti-air warfare. This has been
one of the historical disadvantages of the Chinese Navy—they haven't been
successful at checking or interdicting enemy aircraft. Possessing an
aircraft carrier will allow it to overcome that handicap by using carrier-
borne fighters to intercept the enemy.
Note:
(a) Fumio OTA 太田 文雄
(b) Territorial Water Law of 1992 领海与毗连去法
(6) Jeannie Chen, Taiwan's Rep Office in Israel Celebrates Visa Waiver Deal.
Central News Agency, Aug 12, 2011
http://focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews/WebNews_Detail.aspx?Type=aALL&ID
(7) Yang Ming-chu, Justin Su and Deborah Kuo, Taiwanese Legislator Charged
by Japanese Police. Central News Agency, Aug 11, 2011.
http://focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews
/WebNews_Detail.aspx?Type=aIPL&ID=201108110042
Note: May Chin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Chin
(KAO CHIN Su-mei 高金素梅; Atayal name: Giwas Ali, in traditional Chinese:
吉娃斯·阿麗)
(8) Bradley Perrett, What Carrier Means In China Military Plans. Aviation
Week, Aug 12, 2011.
http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_generic.jsp?channe
_p24-358176.xml&headline=What%20Carrier%20Means%20In%20China%20Military%
20Plans
Two consecutive paragraphs:
"It is also clear that China has not skimped on propulsion. Thick exhaust
from the funnel during engine tests indicates that Varyag is not fitted with
the gas turbines that Western and Japanese navies now routinely use for
fast ships—and yet the exhaust color is too light for diesel propulsion, a
heavy but inexpensive and efficient choice commonly made for ships of
moderate speed. Diesels were an alternative that Chinese builders, expert in
merchant ship construction, could easily have executed had the navy not
wanted much speed, says U.S. Naval War College Prof. Andrew Erickson.
"So the installation—reportedly built with Ukrainian help—is evidently a
powerful steam-turbine plant, matched to the high-speed lines of the hull.
Varyag’s sister ship, the Russian Kuznetsov, has a 147,000-kw (197,000-hp)
steam-turbine plant that propels the ship at about 30 kt., compared with the
25-plus kt. officially stated for the two otherwise comparable ships that
Britain is building. U.S. carriers are capable of more than 30 kt.
Note:
(a) kt: knot (1 knot = 1 nautical mile (which is 1.852 km) per hour)
(b) Regarding "go for the whole box and dice," see
The whole shebang
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/the-whole-shebang.html
("There are various 'the whole' expressions which derive from America - 'the
whole ball of wax', 'the whole nine yards', 'the whole box of dice' * * *")
(c) trailing edge
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trailing_edge
(d) hot war (n): "a conflict involving actual fighting — compare COLD WAR"
(e) follow-on (adj and n; First Known Use 1950): "being or relating to
something that follows as a natural or logical consequence, development, or
progression"
www.m-w.com
(9) Aries Poon, Soft Power Smackdown! Confucius Institute vs. Taiwan Academy
. China Real Time, Aug 12, 2011.
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2011/08/12
/soft-power-smackdown-confucius-institute-vs-taiwan-academy/
My comment: I am sure Chinese will root for a good fight.
(10) Greg Waldron, Taiwan Looks to Develop Advanced Unmanned Systems.
Flightblobal, Aug 12, 2011
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2011/08/12
/360628/taiwan-looks-to-develop-advanced-unmanned-systems.html
("In the face of foreign foot-dragging, indigenous aircraft development,
though expensive, is often the least unattractive option for Taipei")
(11) Shih Hsiu-chuan, US Gives ‘Ex Gratia’ Money to Slain Captain’s
Family. Taipei Times, Aug 13, 2011 (available now)
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan
/archives/2011/08/13/2003510640
(an undisclosed sum to the captain of a Taiwanese fishboat that was hijacked
by Somali pirates and months later attcked by US; he was killed in the
crossfire)
(12) Lin Heng-li and Christie Chen, Rare Salamander Species Found in Yushan
Park.
http://focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews
/WebNews_Detail.aspx?Type=aALL&ID=201108120048
(Hynobius arisanensis, a rare species of salamander endemic to Taiwan)
My comment: I did not know Taiwan has salamanders.
(13) Dennis Normile, Where to Locate Taiwan? Chinese Co-Authors Disagree.
Science, Aug 12, 2011
http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider
/2011/08/where-to-locate-taiwan-chinese-c.html?ref=hp
Note:
(a) Yi RAO 饶 毅
(b) Ann-Shyn CHIANG 江 安世
Lou-Chuang LEE, minister of Taiwan's National Science Council 行政院國家科
學委員會主任委員 李 羅權
Cheng-Hong CHEN 陳 正宏
(14) 巴基斯坦警察开枪杀人被判死刑. BBC Chinese, Aug 12, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp
/world/2011/08/110812_pakistan_shot.shtml
(15) Thom Shanker, Brief Testof Military Aircraft Said to Yield Much Data.
New york Times, Aug 12, 2011.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/12/us/12falcon.html?scp=1&sq
=Thom%20Shanker,%20Brief%20Testof%20Military%20Aircraft
%20Said%20to%20Yield%20Much%20Data&st=cse
("The Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2 was launched aboard a rocket
from Vandenberg Air Force Base, northwest of Los Angeles, early Thursday.
The launch vehicle was able to push the Falcon into the desired trajectory.
At that point, and after collecting nine minutes of data, the signal to the
Falcon was lost, and it apparently crashed into the ocean")
Note: DARPA Falcon Project
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DARPA_Falcon_Project
(16) Andrew Jacobs, As Chinese visit Taiwan, Cultural Influence Is Subdued;
The rules of engagement allow little time to rub elbows with the locals. New
york Times, Aug 11, 2011.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/11/world/asia/11taiwan
.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=Andrew%20Jacobs,%20As%20
Chinese%20visit%20Taiwan,%20Cultural%20Influence%20Is%20Subdued&st=cse
Excerpt in the window of print: 'Our buildings are more modern and even
their stinky tofu isn’t as good as ours.' |
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