COVID19 vaccine arrived in Cairo

12-11-20 The 1st batch of China-made COVID19 vaccine arrived in Cairo on Fri. Egyptian Minister of Health & Population Hala Zayed said China’s vaccine is safe and she had been one of the volunteers for clinical trials. China’s vaccine received final emergency approval from Egypt on Wed.

Day hike Tuen Mun Tai Lam Country Park 12-11-20

麥理浩徑10段
Drainage ditch weir
Narrowflowered Poison-nut 狹花馬錢
麥理浩徑10段
Common Jezebel
樂仙蜻蜓 (Trithemis festiva) black stream glider
Trail uphill
Trail uphill
Rock footpath, people complain it is too hard and slippery when wet. All the rocks were flown in by helicopter during construction
Beginning of Tuen Mun Trail
屯門徑
Trail junction
虎地郊遊徑@东升亭
往微波發射站
虎地郊遊徑
虎地郊遊徑
虎地坑
Fried Egg Plant (Polyspora axillaris) 大头茶
Fungus
Forest fire
藍地灌厩水塘
藍地灌厩水塘
福亨村

Shortage of containers in China

A shortage of containers in China comes as exports in the country surged 21% in November from a year ago. Chinese factories are pumping out appliances, electronics, toys, clothes, and personal protective equipment to the world. 

Due to China’s lopsided trade balance – exporting three containers for every one imported recently – and delays in containers returning to China due to the pandemic overseas, a severe shortage is now starting to pinch export flows.

China launches two satellites for gravitational wave detection

12-10-20 China sent two satellites for the detection of gravitational waves into planned orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province.

The two satellites, which compose the Gravitational Wave High-energy Electromagnetic Counterpart All-sky Monitor (GECAM) mission, were launched by a Long March-11 carrier rocket( 355th mission).

The GECAM satellites will be used to monitor high-energy celestial phenomena such as gravitational wave gamma-ray bursts, high-energy radiation of fast radio bursts, special gamma-ray bursts and magnetar bursts, and to study neutron stars, black holes and other compact objects and their merger processes.

In addition, they will also detect high-energy radiation phenomena in space, such as solar flares, Earth gamma flashes and Earth electron beams, providing observation data for scientists.

Mount Everest new height

Nepal and China, the two countries that share a border on Mount Everest, announced a new official measurement of the mountain’s height on Tuesday: 8,848.86 meters, or 29,031.69 feet.

Day hike to Tai Lam 12-9-20

43小巴, 屯门市中心站 鹿苑街 德政圍  屯門市中心 仁愛分科診所 恒順園 恒豐園 三聖邨 青山灣 碧翠花
咖啡灣 黃金泳灘 愛琴海岸 星堤 掃管笏
掃管笏 桂馥堂陈氏宗祠
门联为“颖川献瑞,凤卜传芳”
祠内有二功名牌匾,其一为“光绪十八年壬辰科殿试,钦点探花及第,臣陈伯陶恭”;另一为“光绪二年,钦点户部主政,丙子科第十七名进士臣陈嘉谟恭”
掃管笏 天后古庙
掃管笏 天后古庙
白石坑 麥理浩徑第10段
麥理浩徑第10段 trail head to the ridge following the power poles
掃管笏村
千島湖
小秀
Fried Egg Plant (Polyspora axillaris) 大头茶
Fried Egg Plant (Polyspora axillaris) 大头茶
元朗
Light? station
竹篙屻嶺 422m
元朗
元朗
千岛湖清景台
Back on the road 麥理浩徑第10段
Road hairpin
黃泥墩水塘
Planted trees
Flowers at the side of the trail
楊家村
蘆薈

Hair-crested drongo (Dicrurus hottentottus发冠卷尾
Hair-crested drongo (Dicrurus hottentottus) 发冠卷尾 12-7-20 黃泥墩楊家村
发冠卷尾
发冠卷尾
发冠卷尾
Strawberry field

China is ready for Trump’s mad exit

The Trump administration is frantically using the last forty days of its term to provoke China, and some believe that it is not worth it to fight his team now, and that it is better to be patient. This is a dangerous strategy. Because if they think we will endure, they will be more and more reckless and will do things that will seriously harm China’s national interests and will set an example for future Biden administrations to follow.

  We must be resolute in combating the arrogance of the Trump team, and not be afraid to engage in a high-intensity confrontation with them if they crosses the red line.

  Recently, there have been various speculations that the Trump team may make a big move against the Taiwan issue at the last moment before leaving office, including sending Pompeo to Taiwan, or even Trump himself making a lightning visit to Taiwan and announcing the establishment of diplomatic relations with Taiwan, etc. The recent visit of Asia-Pacific intelligence officials to Taiwan was a front-runner. In that case, our response would have to be thunderous to kill the DPP authorities who cooperated with the Trump administration in doing so. As the lightest option, we would have to send fighter jets to fly over the island and, depending on the severity of the situation, declare China’s sovereignty by flying either a general overflight of the island or an ultra-low altitude flight in Taipei, which would be a heavy blow to U.S.-Taiwan arrogance.

  We need to have full confidence that the Trump team, though acting crazy now, is at its weakest and least supported before it leaves office. The world can see that they are undermining U.S.-China relations in an unprecedented, anti-regulation way, trying to lay down a tougher line on China for the next U.S. administration. This is their attempt to dominate U.S. national strategy across the term, and it is a serious disruption of the normal transition of power.

  Internationally, the Trump administration is provoking China, and this judgment can be made at a glance. A visit to Taiwan by Pompeo and above would be a gross violation of the one-China principle, which will never be accepted by Beijing, and which is expected by the world. The world will have some understanding of the strong reaction of mainland China at this time.

  Therefore, we are not afraid of a serious crisis in the Taiwan Strait at this time, let our warplanes fly over the island of Taiwan, we will form a counterattack against the U.S. and Taiwan to break their moral self-righteousness, the Taiwan army does not dare to open fire on the PLA planes, once they open fire, it means the outbreak of war, our military can immediately carry out a devastating blow to the Taiwanese military airfield and other important military facilities.

  Our army is well prepared for such a military struggle, and the entire nation will certainly share the same hatred for the enemy. Taiwan’s morale will quickly disintegrate, while the U.S. side will find it difficult to gain the support of the entire U.S. society that is needed for a high-intensity confrontation between the U.S. and China, as this is an unorthodox operation by Trump before he leaves office, with obvious one-party self-interest and the small-circle ambitions of his ruling team. The end result of this conflict will surely be a victory for our side and a gloomy farewell to power for the Trump team.

  We need to take it easy and let nature take its course. The current bad situation in U.S.-China relations is not what we want to see. However, if there is no way to avoid disaster, and we need to face the storm that the Trump administration is stirring up in its finale .

  China is a nuclear power, a space power, we have ample combat power near the first island chain, and a strong counter-intervention capability. Win this fight and we will achieve a new level of foreign authority.

  • 解放军军机今早一连3架次进入台西南空域。解放军军机本月累计进入台西南空域7天,也是连续第11天进入台西南空域。
  • PLA warships recently conducted real scenario-oriented exercises in the South China Sea, media reported on Monday, a day after the US sailed warships into the region on Sunday.

Gaofen-14

China launched Gaofen-14, an optical satellite, onboard the Long March 3B carrier rocket on Sunday 11:58 am from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in SW China’s Sichuan Province.