At 16:53 on 5-31-20, at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre 酒泉卫星发射中心, China successfully put the satellites High Res 高分 9-02 and HEAD 和德 4 into their planned orbits using the Long March II-D 长征二号丁 carrier rocket. High Res 高分 9-02 is an optical remote sensing satellite with a sub-metre resolution, which is mainly used in the fields of land survey, urban planning, land rights, road network design, crop estimation and disaster prevention and mitigation, and can provide information security for the construction of “BRI”, etc. The HEAD 和德 4 satellite, developed by Beijing HEAD Aerospace Technology Co. 和德宇航技术有限公司 ( http://www.head-aerospace.com/#/Home ), can carry out global ship status acquisition, global flight status acquisition and global IoT information acquisition in orbit. This mission was the 333rd flight of the Long March series of launch vehicles.
37 Shoushan Village Road, Southern District, now the Consulate General’s quarters in Hong Kong, six houses, recently launched a secret tender for sale, with a market value of more than HK$ 10 billion. US government held it for more than 72 years,
The US Consulate General confirmed the sale of the property in question on the 30th. It is understood that the six houses are sold in the form of status quo and sale and leaseback, the closing date of the tender is yet to be decided.
“Full sea view detached house land for sale” on the front cover and a picture of the sea view of Deep Water Bay as the bottom. The tender describes the property as being at the top of Shouson Hill, with a view of Deep Water Bay, with a high degree of seclusion and privacy, and includes a number of pictures of Deep Water Bay sea and mountain views. The tender also includes a floor plan showing the six existing dormitories, each of which is visible to be three stories high from the ground.
According to the Land Registry, the current owner of the land is THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, which was purchased by the US in 1948 for $315,000. The site was originally constructed as a six-block house that was to be used as staff quarters for the US Consulate General in Hong Kong.
The rats are cashing in before escape.
9-10-20, 恒隆地产 Hang Lung Properties confirmed its successful bid for the U.S. property, with a transaction price of HK$2,566 million and a floor price of approximately HK$52,000 per square foot.
12-30-20 According to the reciprocity principle, China requires US embassies & consulates in China, including that in HKSAR, to submit a written request with detailed info before disposing of their property. Once China’s consent is issued, the procedure can proceed.
Four Iranian fuel tankers have successfully reached Venezuela, with a fifth soon to follow. A large Venezuelan military escorts of warships and fighter went alongside the tankers for the final 200 miles to the coast. At least two of the tankers, the first couple to arrive, are now docked and discharging their fuel, while the fifth vessel, the Clavel, is still crossing the Atlantic Ocean, headed toward the Caribbean. Iran had previously warned that any US attempt at intercepting its fuel tankers “would have serious repercussions for the Trump administration ahead of the November elections” — suggesting the return of a tit-for-tat tanker war scenario such as played out in the gulf last summer.
Shandong’s first sea exercises in the northern part of the Yellow Sea since being commissioned late last year in what was a major launch ceremony attended by President Xi. The ongoing trails in an unknown location are being focused on weapons systems testing, including aircraft launch and landing. “The purpose of this training is to test weapons and equipment efficiency, improve the aircraft carrier’s training capability and further elevate its ability to carry out future missions,” a PLA Navy statement said. Regional media has admitted its sea trial schedule had been disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic. State media on 5-29-20 https://twitter.com/i/status/1266023926154489856 featured at least seven J-15 takeoff footage from the deck of the Shandong, hailing the sea trials as a ‘success’: “The purpose of this training is to test the performance of weapons and equipment, improve the level of aircraft carrier training, and further enhance the troops’ ability to perform missions and tasks.” Last December’s commissioning of the new aircraft carrier, China’s second one total and first locally made, was a significant milestone for China as it expands its efforts to become a dominant superpower in the Indo-Pacific region. Shandong has a displacement of 40,000-60,000 tons with a ski-jump flight deck similar to China’s first carrier, Liaoning, which had originally been purchased from Ukraine and refurbished. Significant improvements in layout design allow the new aircraft carrier to carry 36 J-15 fighter jets, compared to the Liaoning’s 24.
At 3:22pm ET, SpaceX’s NASA Flight launched successfully from Cape Canaveral, marking the first NASA crew bound for orbit from the US in 9 years, heralding a new era in human spaceflight and forging a new landmark for NASA and Elon Musk. Trump and Pence were both present at the lift off, which saw astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley separated from the rocket booster roughly 12 minutes into the flight. The Dragon capsule will next deliver Behnken and Hurley to the International Space Station Sunday – the first time American astronauts have flown from U.S. soil since the space shuttle program ended in 2011. The launch comes 18 years after Musk founded Space Exploration Technologies Corp. with the ultimate goal of populating other planets.
