Do says about professionalism
of those AFs. Afterall what more one
can expect from tinpot dictators.

😮 Huh 😮 …

Fair and square: Shouldn’t this remark too have been taken care of
as well? I mean clearly, if this means what I think it means, then this is way more
toxic than the beneign comment, “complexion differences,” made by another forumite in this or was it
in another thread? Or, is people simply going to pay a blind eye here?

And, will we be witnessing bias at its finest
and being played out here? Or will we see justice doing
its job :p ??? Any takers here? Bets people?

I’m going for the bias…

I mean initially, this was such a beneign thread.
But ultimately I guess, dirt will get tracked in here by the traffic.
I mean dirt — it’s such a predictable thing here???

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And if you are one of the milliions who have been sold from top to bottom by the Chicoms that Taiwan will be allowed to remain a “renegade province” indefinitely, well, then you have our sympathy. :rolleyes:

Wow! And ouch ouch!!! ChiCom :p ???

You are old :p !!! Very old in fact :p !!! Matter of factly, I’d say
“Jerassic” is more the appropriate word to use in your case. I mean when will :p people :p
get out of their obsessions and live in the real world again :p ???

I think the word Chi-Caps is now more the word to use.
Go try it (visit China)! You may in fact like it there. After all,
many of your compatriotes does (99.9999% passengers of river cruise) when I was
with them on the Yangtze enroute to the Three Gorge!!!

Stalin is long dead and gone. So is Brezhnev, Mao, and likes.
China is now run by China Eastern, by Yahoo!, by Google, by General
Motor China, by Volkswagon, by Alfred Sung, by Wal-Mart, by Estee Lauder, and
much more so please get off of a that ChiCom high horse and…

Be REAL!!!

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If you want to comment on China’s Anti-Session Law, at least read it.

Let’s be more open and let’s
be more direct about all of this and I’ll
be the first to do the honors:

My readings: The proposed, or the prospective carriers, and such; the missiles
barrages along the coast of Fujian; the modern sumarines; the Naval JH-7’s, etc., etc.
was designed to defend the country from :p the mighty Battlestar Galactica :p in the event
it’s motherboard goes heywired and motherboards do go heywired at times…

“It was not meant for the Island because the Island on it’s own
is but a piece of cake and the world knows that — with the exception of course —
of those who find that they just can’t have things their ways…”

However, and of course — the Captain of the mighty Galactica is not going
to say out loud that the Chinese are preparing themselves for a potential attack from
the mighty Galatica… I mean to suggest that would be an insult to the mighty Galactica. Hence,
words such as “regional threat” was carefully inserted into the text instead.

Bear in mind however, the chance probability of the mighty Galactica
going at it with Zhanghe is minute to almost none existent because like it is with
the Soviets, something that horrendous is simply out of the question.

I envision the two societies (land of the Galactica and Beijing) more
as partners in business in the future than as rivals as time goes on, and,
as captitalism gets its true foothold in the world of the Chinese. By then, economics –
not politics – is the thing that’s going run both capitalistic machines.

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Regarding AVIC:

Actually, briefings that comes out of AVIC is briefings that is
equivalent to that of announcements that comes straight out of the
mouth of NASA or that of NASA’s equivalence in the US Aviation industry. In fact, AVIC
can be said “the promotional (ad.) agency”, and to some extent “the
marketing (Sales) agency” for all of China’s aviation industry.

Here are some references as to the importance AVIC plays in the sucessfull
marketing, promotion, generation of interest, sales, and/or in all wheelin’ deelin’ aspects
associated with goods and services offered by China’s aviation industy.

http://www.china.org.cn/english/scitech/159075.htm
http://www.china.org.cn/english/scitech/158589.htm

I hope this offers some clues as to the nature of AVIC, and I
hope this will clarify the possibile misconceptions people may have about
AVIC. My personal understanding: AVIC is similar to NORINCO.

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That isn’t quite true. I was listening to a radio broadcast of an American writer a little while back who said that as much as a third of the population wants independence whenever possible, and only about 10% want reunification under any circumstance. This ties in with research from Chengchi University suggesting that very few Taiwanese see themselves as being “Chinese” anymore – mostly “Taiwanese” or “Taiwanese/Chinese”.

It is correct that most Taiwanese want to maintain the status quo, but a lot of that has to do with China. If they actually had a free choice in the matter then they’d probably vote for independence.

Anyway I think we’re wandering OFF-TOPIC here. Let’s get back to discussing those lovely aircraft carriers! 😮

Addressed to Halo but I think I’ll jump in as well:
Why do you suppose they call it “REUNIFICATION”? Answer:
Because that’s exactly what it is — reunification.

For examples: Wouldn’t you be longing for
the reunification of the Northern Island of Japan now occupied
by Russia – if you are a Japanese person???

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Ok then move it!

You give in much much too easily, Barb. Sad!
I mean who have the time and energy to surf each and
every board :p ? Besides, this is a quality topic.

That makes me reconsider whether the life is really only possible with presence of oxygen and within the narrow temperature range of -30C to +50C as we know it. There is definitely a proof of Earth’s anaerobic life forms, as well of bacteria that are able to sustain temperatures exceeding +100C on long term. But whether any lifeform could go the opposite direction and live under -150 or -180C… Who knows?

Now days, they are surprised at the findings as to how even in highly
toxic sulfuric acid contaminated environments (known as black chimmies I believe) in
the darkest and deepest parts of the ocean that it is teaming with life.

I wouldn’t rule out the possibility that one of these days
that we may, as science fiction has postulated, find life forms that survives,
even thrives in, an environment jam pack with radiation.

Silly stuff. But, OK if just for the funs of it I guess…

Area 51, as it seems, is very very contagous…
http://www.china.org.cn/english/scitech/159538.htm
Could make for stealthy inteligence gathering apparatus I guess if laced with anti-radar substrates…

What it looks like “if for real” (Again total of 6 pages)…
http://military.china.com/zh_cn/important/64/20060227/13126030.html
If without the props, it does look Darth Vaderish however.

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I would say it’s a J-10 from the angle of the cockpit. The FC-1 is more horizontal and won’t angle like that. With all the taping in the canopy glass, it’s also a brand new plane, just freshly minted in the factory, showing indeed that the J-10 production line is busy.

All publications in the net (Asia) reffered to it as the J-10.
Plain and simple: There’s no need for the Chinese to mislead the public
on that one. Why should they? It’s their pride and joy?

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