Marriott Shipped from China. The 150-room hotel was unloaded from a cargo ship in Helguvík harbor on the Reykjanes peninsula, Southwest Iceland, and is being assembled a short distance from Keflavík International Airport, This is a new Marriott Courtyard hotel, made up of 78 steel units from China.
Each module, which is processed and renovated in an indoor factory in Guangdong, was shipped from the factory in June 2019, sailing 50 days at sea via container ship from South China through the Malacca Strait, across the Indian Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, and all the way north to the port of Iceland.
At this time, public areas such as the lobby, restaurant, and parking lot on the ground floor of the hotel are in place with a traditional steel structure. With each module fully furnished, the hotel’s construction is 90% complete, and all that is left is to connect the modules according to the detailed installation guide and instructions from the Chinese production director on site, add the exterior decoration then the 156-room hotel is complete.
It is the first steel modular hotel project in the Icelandic region by CIMC Modular Building Investment Company Limited (“CIMC Modular Building”)中集模块化建筑投资有限公司 http://www.cimc-mbs.com/ who has exported more than 70 modular hotels overseas.
Dettifoss Delivered in China
4-30-20 https://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/news/2020/04/30/dettifoss_delivered_in_china/
UNITED AGAINST HATE
UNITED AGAINST HATE: A STATEMENT OF SOLIDARITY https://pen.org/stand-against-hate/ No one signs it.
Canada needs to loosen ties with China
Coronavirus pandemic drives home why Canada needs to loosen ties with China: former ambassador David Mulroney of the Stephen Harper regime. 5-24-20 https://globalnews.ca/news/6975248/coronavirus-china-canada-relations-reset/
“Fast-track” entry system between China and South Korea
A Chinese expert said that the approval of the “fast-track” entry system between China and South Korea was due to both countries having successfully contained COVID19 domestically and is necessary and in line with the two countries’ interests. https://bit.ly/2X1U0vw
No to Hong Kong movement
One rat leaving, a bigger rat coming in
Richard Grenell US Ambassador to Germany
Geothermal hot dry rock (HDRs) in China
Geothermal hot dry rock (HDRs) reserves in Shandong and Hebei, China https://www.thinkgeoenergy.com/studies-confirm-geothermal-hot-dry-rock-reserves-in-shandong-and-hebei-china/
Equivalent to 18.8 billion tons of standard coal. By comparing to 2019 figures, the reserves are 50 times the size of global oil.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0144598719895820
UK ruled Hong Kong without democracy
UK ruled Hong Kong without a trace of democracy or human rights but is now ‘deeply concerned’ at China’s security proposals – George Galloway https://www.rt.com/op-ed/489819-china-hong-kong-taiwan-us/
Murder in New York
Another news story in the Chinese media https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/mount-vernon/2020/05/09/brooklyn-man-charged-murder-shooting-mount-vernon-man/3103301001/