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India, China Border Clash

The key area is around a spectacular 135 kilometer-long, 5-7 kilometer-wide lake, Pangong Tso. It’s in Ladakh, which is a de facto extension of the Tibetan plateau. One third is held by India and two thirds by China.  

Mountain folds around the lake are called “fingers.” The Indians say Chinese troops are close to Finger Two – and blocking their movements. India claims territorial rights up to Finger 8, but its de facto holding extends only to Finger 4.

New Delhi has been steadily expanding infrastructure development – and also troop deployments – in Ladakh for nearly a decade. Units now spend longer periods deployed along the LAC than the six months that used to be the standard rotation.

These are called loop battalions: They do a back and forth with the Siachen glacier – which was the theatre of a localized India-Pakistan mini-war in 1999 .

The Indians maintain there are no fewer than 23 “disputed and sensitive” areas along the LAC, with at least 300 “transgressions” by PLA troops every year.

Crossing the line

The Indians are now particularly focused on the situation in the Galwan valley in Ladakh, which they maintain was breached to a distance of 3 to 4 km by PLA troops now in the process of digging defenses. 

The current flare-up started building in late April, and led to a series of scuffles in early May, described as “aggressive behavior on both sides,” complete with fistfights and stone throwing. The Indian version is that Chinese troops crossed the Line of Actual Control (LAC), with vehicles and equipment, to block road construction by India.

Indian Jawans Briefly Detained By China In Ladakh Last Week 5-24-20 https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/indian-jawans-detained-later-released-by-china-in-ladakh-last-week-sources-2234082 Indian Army denies reports that Chinese troops briefly detained jawans in Ladakh last week 5-24-20 https://www.thestatesman.com/india/indian-army-denies-reports-that-chinese-troops-briefly-detained-jawans-in-ladakh-last-week-1502891868.html “It only hurts national interests when media outlets publish unsubstantiated news”

 

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New energy vehicles Aiways U5

5-23-20, 500 China’s new energy vehicles Aiways U5 were shipped to European Union where NEV originated. 

The first 500 units exported to the EU are just the beginning of Aiways’s internationalization. This electric SUV that’s been given a three out of the full five-star crash rating by the European New Car Assessment Programme (EuroNCAP), it will have the ability to provide up to an estimated 500km of range and be able to accelerate from 0 to 100kph in 9.0 seconds before reaching a top speed of 150kph. The first deliveries planned in August and looks to be priced at an estimated 35,000 euros for Germany and The Netherlands, while it will cost just 28,000 euros for those in the UK.

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Mao Poem

水調歌頭·游泳
作者：毛澤東
才飲長沙水，又食武昌魚。
萬里長江橫渡，極目楚天舒。
不管風吹浪打，勝似閒庭信步，
今日得寬餘。
子在川上曰：逝者如斯夫！風檣動，龜蛇靜，起宏圖。
一橋飛架南北，天塹變通途。
更立西江石壁，截斷巫山雲雨，
高峽出平湖。
神女應無恙，當今世界殊。

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Butterfly shooting liquid

The puddlers forcefully excreting liquid from the business-ends of their abdomens. When puddling, it is quite obvious that butterflies take in copious amounts of mineral-enriched fluids that they require for various biological functions. The biological processing of these fluids within the bodies of the butterflies to extract the requisite minerals must be extremely efficient. Once the minerals are absorbed, the remaining fluids are ejected from the butterfly’s body, so that there is no superfluous build-up of the excess fluids that the butterfly does not need.

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China’s Long March 5B carrier rocket

China’s Long March 5B 長征五號B carrier rocket, carrying a new generation of manned spacecraft test vessel and a flexible inflatable cargo return module test capsule, ignited at 6:00 p.m. today 5-5-20 at Wenchang 文昌Space Launch Complex, and after about 488 seconds, the carrier and rocket were successfully separated and entered the scheduled orbit. It was reported that the flight as the first mission for the space station was successful, which kicked off the “third step” of China’s manned space program. The Long March 5B carrier rocket is based on the Long March 5, and is mainly responsible for major launch missions such as the China Space Station module.
The Long March 5B carrier rocket is about 53.7 meters long, with a core diameter of 5 meters, four 3.35-meter diameter boosters bundled, a fairing length of 20.5 meters and a diameter of 5.2 meters, fueled with non-toxic and non-polluting liquid oxygen, liquid hydrogen and kerosene as propellants, a take-off mass of about 849 tons, and a NEO carrying capacity of more than 22 tons, making it the largest NEO carrier rocket in China.

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China Manned Space Office said they have identified the reason of two recent launch failure which happened on March 16th and April 9th in 2020. Over the past month, model team and aerospace experts have carried out in-depth problem review, cause analysis, and test verification. The location and mechanism of the malfunction of the two failed missions have been determined.
At the same time, a comprehensive quality rectification and review across the entire spaceflight is organized. Appropriate adjustments have been made to the rocket launch plan initially scheduled to be implemented soon.
Unknown malfunction during cargo return capsule re-entry: CMSA https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1187536.shtml
https://t.co/Rr4AzIa8D8?amp=1 Trial version of China’s new-generation spaceship safely returns to Earth

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敦煌出土《将进酒》原版

敦煌出土《将进酒》原版,
君不见黄河之水天上来，奔流到海不复回。
君不见床头明镜悲白发，朝如青云暮成雪。
人生得意须尽欢，莫使金樽空对月。
天生吾徒有俊才，千金散尽还复来。
烹羊宰牛且为乐，会须一饮三百杯。
岑夫子，丹丘生，与君歌一曲，请君为我倾。
钟鼓玉帛岂足贵，但愿长醉不用醒。
古来圣贤皆死尽，唯有饮者留其名。
陈王昔时宴平乐，斗酒十千恣欢谑。
主人何为言少钱，径须沽取对君酌。
五花马，千金裘，呼儿将出换美酒，与尔同销万古愁。

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Jianchuan County, Dali, Yunnan Jianhu 云南大理剑川县剑湖 Wetland Management Bureau

Jianchuan County, Dali, Yunnan Jianhu 云南大理剑川县剑湖 Wetland Management Bureau rangers monitored more than 10 chestnut-throated bee tigers 栗喉蜂虎 along with the gray-throated mountain pepper bird 灰喉山椒鸟 , blue-throated song robins 蓝喉歌鸲 , 3 new species . The chestnut-throated bee tiger is a bird of the genus Bee Tiger in the family Bee Tiger. In 2013, it was listed on the Red List of Endangered Species of the World Conservation Union (IUCN), which is also a national protected species in China, and belongs to the List of Terrestrial Wildlife of National Conservation Beneficial or Important Economic and Scientific Value. Most of the chestnut-throated bee tigers are in cluster of a few to dozens, can make gliding, hovering, rapid turning and pitching and other difficult movements to catch prey in the air. They live mainly in southeast Asia, as residents in southwest Yunnan and Hainan Island, and as summer migratory birds in other areas. They migrate in April and May to breed in the Jinshan River Valley each year and leave in September and October. In recent years, as the ecological environment of the Sword Lake wetland continues to improve, new species of birds continue to be discovered, the number of birds continues to increase, the birds in the protected area (established in 2006) has increased from 32 families, 62 genera and 94 speciesto the present 42 families, 94 genera and 149 species.

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“Exploration 1000” underwater robot

The Shenyang Institute of Automation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences 中科院沈阳自动化研究所 developed the “Exploration 1000” 探索1000 underwater robot to complete 35 hours in sea trial, obtained a number of polar ocean data. This is the first time an underwater robot has operated at high Antarctic latitudes for extended periods of time.