Chinese President Xi Jinping underlined the “independent innovation” of Chinese companies on Monday while visiting a manufacturing company in Chaozhou during his inspection tour in southern China’s Guangdong Province.
Chinese companies given ‘verbal notice’ to stop importing Australian coal
Australia is China’s largest supplier of thermal coal, providing up to 35 per cent of the mineral used for electricity generation. Australian exports of coking coal, which is used to make steel, surged by 67 per cent in the first half of 2020 as China embarked on an infrastructure led recovery from the coronavirus.
- Responding to reports saying China has ordered a halt to imports of Australian coal, Chinese Customs said on Tue that it will strengthen import supervision on related products, asking reporters to consult relevant authorities for further information.
- Trade between China and Australia in the first three quarters went down 1.1%, with Chinese imports of Australian products down 5.1%: spokesperson of Chinese customs.
- Scott Morrison said the government was investigating the reports, but it was “important not to get ahead of ourselves here” because it was “not uncommon” for China to impose domestic quotas to support local coal production and jobs.
“That is not uncommon to see that and I can only assume, based on our relationship and based on the discussions we have with the Chinese government, that that is just part of their normal process,” the prime minister said in Brisbane on Tuesday. We’ll see, Scott. - Mongolia’s coal exports to China have been accelerating recently, as evidenced by the fact that coal transportation via truck has reached 1,000 units/day at the Ganqimaodu checkpoint in North China’s Inner Mongolia, the country’s largest import conduit for Mongolian coal, according to Chinese sources. A month ago the volume was only at about 600 trucks/day,
Jin Gang Chuan
Mongkok 10-12-20
Visit Mongkok again to pick up the unserviced camera at the Nikon Service Center.
由于弥敦道一带是人流密集的地区，该处由早到晚都是车水马龙、人来人往，但也经常发生交通意外，因此香港政府除了设立交通黑点警告牌，提醒途人及驾驶者注意交通安全外，亦在沿路兴建行人隧道，如旺角豉油街跨越弥敦道的地底隧道。弥敦道是九龙区最多巴士路线驶经的道路之一。
这些小贩仍以女性顾客为主要对象，小贩们卖的女士用品可谓五花八门，流行时装、手袋、时尚饰物、鞋帽、丝袜、睡衣内裤、比基尼泳装以及假发……五光十色，包罗万象，全都价廉物美，另外也有为了吸引游客而设的纪念品如T恤、仿古玩等。
Gaofen 13 satellite
At the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre, China successfully launched the Gaofen 13 satellite with the Long March 3B launch vehicle, and the satellite smoothly entered into its predetermined orbit.
Gaofen 13 is a high-orbit optical remote sensing satellite mainly used in such fields as land census, crop estimation, environmental management, meteorological early warning and forecasting, comprehensive disaster prevention and mitigation, and can provide information services for national economic development. Gaofen satellites are ideal for civilian use due to its vast coverage and high resolution observation capability, but they could also be used for military purposes during extreme times, just like satellites from other countries
The mission was the 349th flight of the Long March series of launch vehicles.
25MW dual-fuel gas turbine generator
The first 25MW dual-fuel gas turbine generator by CNOOC and CSSC has been approved, becoming China’s first with independent intellectual property rights, breaking the monopoly of foreign gas turbines in domestic offshore oil and gas exploitation.
Bike trip Lau Fau Shan 10-11-20
乾山及圓頭山位於屯門青山以北的兩座山峰。乾山高海拔394米，又稱「良田山」。圓頭山高海拔375米，又名「靈渡山」，山下建有一座有一千五百年歷史的「靈渡寺」，根據寶安縣誌記載，南北朝時，高僧杯渡禪師，曾駐錫於此。
弹涂鱼是弹涂鱼族（学名：Periophthalmini）]鱼类的通称，属虾虎鱼目背眼虾虎鱼科背眼虾虎鱼亚科，大多是两栖鱼类。
常见弹涂鱼包括广东弹涂鱼（Periophthalmus cantonensis），又名泥猴、石贴仔、跳跳鱼，身长可达10厘米；另一种称为薄氏大弹涂鱼（Boleophthalmus boddarti），又称大弹涂鱼，成长后身长约20厘米；它不及广东弹涂鱼那样适应陆上生活，它只能停留在地面上很短时间。
它们全身似泥泽色调的灰褐色，并布满深色的斑纹，特大的胸鳍肉质化，适于泥泽的爬行，身体修长，尾部扁平。
常见于香港、台湾和东南亚等地的红树林湿地地区。
US hatred of Chinese
“If a ch*nk headed mother f*cker comes up to me when I’m in the fleet, say 556 b*tch. That’s all I gotta say. Say 556,” he is heard saying on Twitter.
556 reportedly refers to the 5.56 bullets used in firearms such as the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon.
Camera testing Lam Tei 10-10-20
To buy a camera at Tuen Mon 10-9-20
Picked up my new replacement camera Nikon B-600 thru FB for $1200 and visited the Tuen Mon Park.
Black-crowned night heron （Nycticorax nycticorax） 夜鹭国家三有保护动物，是中型涉禽，体长46-60厘米。体较粗胖，颈较短；嘴尖细，微向下曲，黑色；胫裸出部分较少，脚和趾黄色；头顶至背黑绿色而具金属光泽；上体余部灰色；下体白色；枕部披有2-3枚长带状白色饰羽，下垂至背上，极为醒目。
