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Category Archives: China
Guanxin shipyard
Since earlier this month I have a new job. I work as a Project Manager for Sea Trucks Group. On the pictures below, some impressions of my new work place. It’s the shipyard of Guanxin Shipbuilding & Heavy Industry, and … Continue reading
Softcocks
Oh, it’s soooo cold: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-18867521
China could owe America one trillion dollars
Interesting story that not many people know: http://chinadailymail.com/2012/05/29/china-could-owe-america-one-trillion-dollars/
Posted in China, Economy, History, News and Opinion
Tagged business, economy, interesting story, politics
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US Navy to deploy warship to Singapore
From South China Morning Post. These new Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) will make a huge difference in the West Philippine Sea. The first in a new class of US Navy combat ships will be sent to Singapore next year for … Continue reading
Posted in China, Maritime & Navy, News and Opinion
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China’s shipyards on the brink
From South China Morning Post: Welder Zhang fires up his blowtorch and looks up at the towering, 8,800-tonne oil tanker that is likely to be his last job at Qiligang Shipbuilding. Barring a miracle, the 50-year-old will soon join the … Continue reading
Mythbusters
A very interesting article from SINOSTAND, that busts a few popular myths. Chart: Comparing historical Chinese and foreign-inflicted deaths
Chinese Mainlander shitting on the street in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
Posted in China, Hong Kong, Remarkable
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Slaving in a Chinese hellhole
It seems that China is serious about spreading cultural values abroad. From South China Morning Post: In the evening gloom the vast complex emerges into view. Beyond a high security wall, insects dance in the beam of a giant floodlight. … Continue reading
The Xinjiang Procedure | The Weekly Standard
The Xinjiang Procedure | The Weekly Standard.
Posted in China, Chinese Fascism, News and Opinion
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Pollution in China
A picture says more than 1000 words. These pictures by a Chinese photographer are shocking. http://image.fengniao.com/vision/vision.php?id=122
Posted in China, Environment
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Hainan fishermen arrested in Philippines
From South China Morning Post: Six fishermen from China have been arrested in western Philippine waters for catching endangered sea turtles, officials said on Sunday. The fishermen, from China’s southern island province of Hainan, were arrested on Friday in waters … Continue reading
Posted in China, Environment, Maritime & Navy, News and Opinion
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Shanghai Masonic Hall
Yesterday I joined a group of about 20 brethren from Hong Kong masonic lodges on a visit to the old Masonic Hall on no. 1623 Beijing Road West in Shanghai. It was used as a masonic temple from 1931 on … Continue reading
Posted in China, History, Masonic
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PRC raises a glass to 80 years of propaganda
From the Taipei Times: China’s Xinhua news agency, which functions as a propaganda arm of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and is this year celebrating its 80th year as a disinformation machine, started life in Mao Zedong’s (毛澤東) caves in … Continue reading
Posted in Censorship, China, Chinese Fascism, News and Opinion
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Asia Times Online :: Deadly fog on the Mekong
Interesting article about the drug trafficking on the Mekong river. Asia Times Online :: Deadly fog on the Mekong.
Posted in China, Corruption, Maritime & Navy
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