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Pope ‘refuses to meet Pompeo’

Pope Francis has reportedly refused to meet with Mike Pompeo to discuss a controversial accord between the Vatican and China, as the US Secretary of State visits Rome on Tuesday to drive home his warning that it endangers the “moral authority” of the Church. The details of the deal have never been made public, but it gave the Vatican a say in the appointment of Catholic bishops in China. Pope Francis also recognised eight bishops that had been appointed by Beijing without his approval.

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60 km bike route opens in NT, Hong Kong

土木工程拓展署今日（28日）公布，連接元朗至上水的新單車徑明日（29日）開放予公眾使用，這段11公里長的單車徑的開通，標誌着整段60公里長、由屯門至馬鞍山的單車徑主幹線已完成。

「新界單車徑網絡」由屯門至馬鞍山主幹線和荃灣至屯門主幹線組成。（發展局圖片）

新開放的元朗至上水單車徑途經元朗錦田河和上水塱原濕地，亦會途經新田一帶，包括大夫第和文天祥公園，單車徑沿途有配套設施如休息處，亦有單車匯合中心，設有單車租賃站、小食亭和洗手間等設施；屯門至馬鞍山單車徑的路線可瀏覽應用程式「香港出行易」。

新界單車徑網絡包含屯門至馬鞍山60公里長的主幹線和荃灣至屯門22公里長的主幹線。至於荃灣至屯門的主幹線，由荃灣青荃橋至灣景花園的一段長兩公里的新單車徑現正興建中，預計明年初開放。

運輸署 計劃於2020年下半年，在科學園及將軍澳實地試驗，以取得實際運作的經驗，包括了解公眾對單車徑上使用電動輔助單車 的接受程度； 電動輔助單車 與普通單車間的互動；以及對相關用家施加若干安全要求的成效。相關規管架構必須修訂現有法例，視乎實地試驗的評估，運輸署計劃於2021年展開法例修訂工作。

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Google map from Tuen Mon to Yuen Long

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AntBank (Hong Kong) open

Ant Bank (Hong Kong), a subsidiary of Ant Group, officially opened its doors Mon, offering 7/24 electronic banking services to HK residents. Local users are now able to download the app on their mobile devices and open accounts remotely in 3 mins with a permanent identity card and a Hong Kong phone number. Bank code 393, branch code 753, swift code ASEHHKHH.

Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has announced a grand total of eight virtual banking license recipients.

  • WeLab (Li Ka-Shing Backed)
  • Ant SME (Ant Financial)
  • Livi VB ( Bank of China HK, JD Digits, and Jardines )
  • Zhong An Virtual Finance
  • PingAn One Connect
  • SC Digital ( Standard Chartered with PCCW Limited, HKT and Ctrip Hong Kong )
  • Infinium ( Tencent, ICBC, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX), Hillhouse Capital, and investment from Adrian Cheng, via Perfect Ridge Limited. )
  • Insight Fintech ( Xiaomi and AMTD Group )
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Cauchari photovoltaic solar project in Jujuy Province, Argentina

9-26-20 The China-built Cauchari photovoltaic solar project in Jujuy Province, Argentina, the largest solar project in the country was put into use on Sat. The project is to bring self-sufficient electricity and an annual income of $50 million to the province.

The Cauchari solar project in Argentina’s northernmost province Jujuy is one of the biggest photovoltaic (PV) solar power projects in South America. Located at an elevation of more than 4km above the sea level, it is also the world’s highest-altitude solar power project.
Construction on the 300MW Cauchari solar project phase one was started in October 2017, with an investment of £301m ($390m). The phase one was inaugurated after the completion of trial run in October 2019.

The 300MW Cauchari solar farm, with an estimated lifespan of 25 years, is expected to generate approximately 660GWh of clean electricity a year, which will be enough to power more than 160,000 households.

It is further planned for a 200MW expansion in the next phase to bring the total capacity to 500MW, which will be enough to meet the electricity needs of approximately 260,000 Argentine homes.

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China’s independently developed superconducting cyclotron reaches design target

The 230 MeV superconducting cyclotron, in which 71 million proton beam clusters can be accelerated to about 60% of the speed of light per second, is continuously delivered. Such high-speed continuous proton beams provide new conditions for materials science and aerospace engineering for special materials, high-power devices, and radiation damage testing of space chips, as well as for radiobiological research on the biological effects of space radiation and DNA damage.
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China has completed the research and development of Guohe-1

Guohwa No. 1, also known as CAP1400, is a large and advanced nuclear power model with independent intellectual property rights developed by China on the basis of the introduction and absorption of international advanced third-generation nuclear power technology and relying on the national large-scale advanced pressurized water reactor nuclear power plant major special project, with high safety factor, good economic performance and many innovative achievements.

China has completed the research and development of Guohe-1 国和一号 , a third-generation nuclear power technology with completely independent intellectual property rights. “As one of China’s 16 major science and technology projects, Guohe-1 represents the advanced level of third-generation nuclear power technology in the world today and is the latest achievement in China’s nuclear power technology research and development and industrial innovation.

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“Jinghua” extra-large diameter shield machine

9-27-20, “Jinghua” 京华号 extra-large diameter shield machine rolled off the production line in Changsha.

　　The shield machine is 150 meters long, weighs 4,300 tons and has a maximum excavation diameter of 16.07 meters.

　　This is China’s largest diameter shield machine developed so far, it will be involved in the construction of the sixth ring of the East Beijing reconstruction project after delivery.

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Space station by China

Space station by China, Tiangong (Heavenly Palace) is expected to be operational by 2022. China is partnering with multiple nations, many of which are already partners of the US on the International Space Station, for conducting scientific experiments onboard Tiangong. These countries include France, Germany, Japan and even developing nations like Kenya and Peru.

“China is rapidly building what they call the ‘Chinese International Space Station,’ and they’re rapidly marketing that space station to all of our international partners,” said NASA chief Jim Bridenstine. “It would be a tragedy, if, after all of his time, and all of this effort, we were to abandon low Earth orbit and cede that territory.”

Bridenstine mentioned the US’ necessity in maintaining the position. He suggested that funds to NASA can eventually be used to pay companies to set up a space station. NASA would then act as “one of several customers” and hence will have a presence in the low-Earth orbit at a much lower cost.

He stressed that this was vital to “ultimately not cede that territory to another country that doesn’t have our interests at heart.”

NASA chief Jim Bridenstine, not a scientist but a scumbag politician
international space station
ISS coming to an end
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HJ-2A and HJ-2B environmental monitoring satellites

A Chinese Long March-4B carrier rocket carrying two environmental monitoring satellites was launched from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China’s Shanxi Province at 11:23 a.m. Sunday.


The new HJ–2A and HJ–2B satellites will replace the previous generation of environmental monitoring satellites HJ-1A and HJ-1B, to provide services concerning environmental protection, natural resources, water conservancy, agriculture and forestry,