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'Welcome to Zombieland': Haunting new images reveal theme park devastated by Hurricane Katrina... and left abandoned ever since
New Orleans has made a remarkable recovery since the city was devastated by flooding during Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
But now stunning new images have emerged which show how one part of the Big Easy has yet to be revived - its Six Flags theme park.
The haunting photographs, taken over the past six years, reveal an almost post-apocalyptic landscape dominated by twisted and corroded rides, now silent forever.
Graffiti covers many of the buildings,
welcoming visitors to 'Zombieland' - a fitting name for the eerie park,
which has been completely abandoned.
Desolation: This eerie photograph shows a corroded rollercoaster soaring into the sky behind a graffiti-covered ride at the abandoned Six Flags theme park, New Orleans
Eerie: A smashed-up clown's head looks terrifying amid the abandoned rides, like this rusting rollercoaster car, right. The flood-waters reached up to seven feet high
A smashed-up clowns head lies abandoned on the floor, while most of the rides have been left for the weeds to colonise.
During the flooding, Six Flags, in a low-lying area towards the east of the city, was submerged in up to seven feet of water, which wasn't drained for almost a month.
The combination of sea and river water corroded most of the rides, damaging them beyond repair. According to a report at the time, 80 per cent of the buildings were completely destroyed.
'Welcome to Zombieland, kids': Vandals have taken advantage of the park's devastation to spray graffiti on every surface
Abandoned: Floodwaters ripped through the Six Flags amusement park, flattening 80 per cent of the buildings and damaging most of the rides beyond repair
Drowned: Vegetation has grown over these abandoned trucks, which ironically used to be part of a jungle ride
Only one attraction could be salvaged - Batman: The Ride, which escaped more or less unscathed because its operating platform was higher than the flood waters.
For several months there were rumours that the site's leaseholders, Six Flags, would be able to reopen the park in 2006 or 2007, using an insurance payout.
The firm took over the site, formerly known as Jazzland, in 2002. But it had been losing money and was struggling to attract visitors, making it the chain's least popular park even before Hurricane Katrina.
Derelict: Most of the park has been reduced to tangled, rusty metal, after it was submerged for more than a month in a corrosive mixture of sea and river water
Paradise lost: The blacked-out sign for 'paradise hot dogs' points mockingly at the park, where weeds have been left to grow over many of the abandoned rides
Faded grandeur: These once proud buildings are now slowly falling apart after they were devastated by the floods - but the graffiti oddly supplies a note of hope
In 2006 Six Flags declared the park an 'effective total loss' and tried to get out of its 75-year lease with the City of New Orleans, saying insurers were not paying out enough to repair it.
A year after Katrina, the firm removed Batman: The Ride to be refurbished. Two years later it was reopened at Six Flags Fiesta Texas in San Antonio, where it was called Goliath.
Since then developers have proposed several plans to save the park. In 2008, Southern Star Amusement announced a $70million proposal to take over the lease and double the number of rides to 60, as well as creating a water park.
Fallen silent: This carousel has been left to rust away like the rest of the park, which was already losing money before Katrina hit
Destruction: These computers, left, were smashed to pieces by the floods, while this sorry-looking sign has been left to rust away in the weeds
Washed out: The colour has faded from this once-jaunty sign for a SpongeBob Square Pants ride
In 2009 it revealed it planned to work with Nickelodeon to create the company's biggest-ever theme park, which would create 600 jobs.
But the $165million project has failed to materialise. According to the most recent reports, Southern Star Amusement filed a letter of intent to redevelop the park with the city council in January this year.
Until then, Six Flags will remain as a haunting memorial to the devastation of Katrina.
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China World Leader in Fuel Ice Exploitation TechnologyPosted: May 19, 2017 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Blue Whale, China, combustible ice, fuel ice, Japan, South China Sea 1 Comment
SCMP says in its report "The promising new energy source Beijing is tapping from the South China Sea and why it matters" today, "With its successful collection of methane gas from icy methane hydrate, China joined other nations exploring a potential and abundant clean energy resource".
"Under the China-claimed waters in the South China Sea, mainland scientists found icy deposits with energy content matching 70 billion tons of oil. That was half the country's total oil and natural gas reserves on land, according to a People's Daily article on Thursday, says SCMP. "The test production was carried out by Blue Whale 1, the world's largest and deepest drilling rig. Built last year, the domestically designed and constructed platform could operate in almost any waters in the world,"
According to Europe's OffshoreEnergyToday.com, with an operational depth up to 3.658 meters and drilling depth to 15,240 meters, Bluewhale I can operate in all global waters. It is the ninth deepwater semi-submersible drilling rig delivered by China's CIMC Raffles.
Global Times says in its report "China is world leader in fuel ice test exploitation technology, achieving stable gas production for 8 consecutive days" today that test exploitation of fuel ice has always been a difficult issue in the world. The US and Canada began dealing with the issue earlier, but as they have rich energy resources, they have not made real efforts. Like China that seriously depends on energy import, Japan has made great efforts but failed yet to achieve continuous test exploitation.
China has developed brand new technology for the test exploitation. Its success perhaps also due to its use of Blue Whale I, a much better equipment than the ship Japan uses in its text exploitation.
Comment by Chan Kai Yee on SCMP and Global Times' reports, full text of SCMP's report can be found at http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2094906/promising-new-energy-source-beijing-tapping-south-china and that of Global times in Chinese can be viewed at http://mil.huanqiu.com/strategysituation/2017-05/10695802.html.
Japan protests to China over drone flight near disputed isletsPosted: May 19, 2017 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: China, Diaoyu, Japan, Senkaku 3 Comments
Japan on Thursday lodged a protest with China after four Chinese coastguard vessels entered what Tokyo considers its territorial waters near disputed East China Sea islets and a drone-like object flew near one ship, the Japanese government said.
It was the first such flight near the islands witnessed by Japanese officials, although Thursday's incident takes to 13 the number of intrusions this year by Chinese coastguard ships in the contested waters, Japan's coastguard said.
Japan and China have long been at loggerheads over the tiny, uninhabited islands, called the Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China. They are controlled by Japan but claimed also by China.
Kenji Kanasugi, director-general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, protested to the Chinese embassy in Tokyo by telephone.
"The Senkaku islands are Japan's inherent territory and the entry into the territorial waters by the Chinese government ships is absolutely unacceptable," a Japanese Foreign Ministry official said.
"On top of that, there appears to have been a flight of a drone. We lodged a stern protest against this unilateral escalation of the situation by China."
The Chinese embassy responded to the Japanese protest by reiterating "China's own stance" on the islands, the official added.
In a brief statement on its website, China's State Oceanic Administration confirmed that four coast guard vessels had been patrolling by the islands, but made no mention of any drone.
China routinely rejects Japanese criticism of such patrols, saying its ships have every right to operate in what China calls its territorial waters.
(Reporting by Nobuhiro Kubo and Kiyoshi Takenaka; Additional reporting by Ben Blanchard in Beijing; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)
Source: Reuters "Japan protests to China over drone flight near disputed islets"
Note: This is Reuters' report I post here for readers' information. It does not mean that I agree or disagree with the report' views.
Japan risks isolation in the Asia-PacificPosted: May 17, 2017 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Abe, China, Japan, South Korea, Trump, US, war crimes 8 Comments
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Tokyo needs to make peace with its neighbours, especially those that were its former victims.
I spent March and April at Hong Kong University teaching my course on globalisation and Asia. This coincided with a number of events and developments in this fast-moving and "Vuca" – volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous – world, including the Mar-a-Lago summit that was much discussed in class. As I pointed out to the students (roughly half of whom are from China), the good news is that Mr Donald Trump does not seem to be keeping his campaign promises!
The contrast between the Sinophobic offensive campaign rhetoric and recent developments in the evolution of the China-US relationship – "the most important bilateral relationship, bar none", as we are often reminded – border on the hallucinatory.
The atmosphere in Mar-a-Lago was more than just cordial, sweetened by Ms Ivanka Trump's children Arabella and Joseph reciting poetry and singing a traditional folk song in Mandarin for Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan. This was an unexpected scenario!
That was on April 9. Last Thursday, hardly a month later, media headlines reported the White House hailing a concluded US-China trade deal, according to which the Chinese will open their market in a dozen areas, including credit cards, natural gas and beef. In this spirit of cooperation, Washington sent a senior delegation to the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) summit that ended yesterday, which until then it had been intent on boycotting. There are noises about China engaging in the Trump Rebuild America Infrastructure Plan, while in turn the US may become a member of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB).
Thus, far from engaging in trade war, as many (including this author) had predicted, the US and China appear to be making trade love! Of course, in a Vuca world, everything is possible and this could be the proverbial calm before the storm. For now, things are certainly interesting and encouraging.
The sunshine extends beyond trade. In campaign rhetoric, in his inaugural speech, and in a number of caustic remarks (and tweets!) since then, Mr Trump had intoned that his most poisonous bone of contention with China was North Korea. To that end, he had sought to engage his Asia-Pacific allies South Korea and Japan and impose on the former the US Army's Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (Thaad) anti-ballistic missile system. This was bitterly opposed by Beijing, which saw it as a means to spy on China. In the meantime, another twist in the Asia-Pacific narrative occurred with the impeachment of the hawkish former South Korean president Park Geun Hye and the election of the far more dovish Moon Jae In who has announced he is sending a senior delegation to Beijing to seek a peaceful resolution of the Thaad dispute.
It is too early to down the cup of Baijiu and shout "Ganbei", as things could still go terribly wrong, but the tale does illustrate once again a point I have been frequently stressing, including in this column: Japan is out of sync with what is happening in the world generally and in its Asia-Pacific neighbourhood especially.
The Japanese narrative of the period from roughly 1895 to 1995 is one of outstanding success. From feudal Asian backward isolation, Japan, alone among non-Western nations, became both a major industrial and military imperial power. It lost World War II, but this seemed to be a temporary hiatus in its rise. Less than two decades after its devastating defeat, it astonished the world with its "economic miracle" – marking the first time, to my knowledge, that the terms "economic" and "miracle" were made contiguous!
Throughout this century of brilliant – even if at times extremely bloody – ascent, Japan never had any Asian allies: only Asian colonies! It had three successive Western allies: Imperial Britain from 1902 to 1922 (during which it colonised Korea); Nazi Germany from 1938 to 1945 (during which it waged implacable war on China and most of South-east Asia, with tens of millions of deaths, including civilians); the US since 1952, during which it has been able to perform the economic miracle while riding on American security coat-tails.
Its defeat in World War II notwithstanding, it was able to retain its leadership position in Asia by virtue of having been transformed from the US' most hated enemy to its most pampered protege. Japanese "foreign" policy, especially vis-a-vis Asia, was decided in Washington, not in Tokyo. Though denied an active military role by virtue of its US-imposed "peace Constitution", it supported the US in the Korean and Indo-Chinese (Vietnam and Laos) wars by providing logistic support, as well as R&R (rest and recuperation) facilities for American soldiers, and repair and maintenance facilities for combat ships and planes.
Tokyo also followed to the letter US instructions in refusing to recognise Beijing as the legitimate government of China, opting instead for the renegade government of Chiang Kai Shek in Taipei. It was only after Richard Nixon's historic visit to Mao Zedong in 1972 – taking Tokyo totally by surprise – that then Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka sheepishly hastened to Beijing in his footsteps.
In the 1980s, as the Japanese economy soared and the American economy plummeted and the relationship was marked by quite acute "trade friction" (boeki masatsu), when the Japanese economy was seen as overtaking the US economy, there was a certain xenophobic resentment of the US, illustrated by publications such as The Japan That Can Say "No" by the late co-founder of Sony Akio Morita and former governor of Tokyo Shintaro Ishihara, and by the coinage of the term "kenbei" – contempt for America.
Since 1995 – the year of the Great Hanshin earthquake – things have been going downhill for Japan: The economy has stagnated in a deflationary spiral, there was the Fukushima nuclear disaster (2011), and China's gross domestic product surpassed Japan's in 2010.
For the previous 100 years – 1895 was the year Japan defeated China in the first Sino-Japanese war – Japan had dominated China, a country for which many Japanese felt contempt. It is for that reason, among others, that Japan never felt compelled to acknowledge, let alone apologise for, all the crimes against humanity it perpetrated in China. Former Tokyo governor Ishihara, to cite only one example among many, stated the Nanjing massacre never occurred!
Since coming to office in 2012, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, notwithstanding his nationalism, has been fawning vis-a-vis Washington and used that as a rampart to constrain China. He enthusiastically supported the Trans-Pacific Partnership in what was seen in Tokyo as fundamentally a US-Japan-led bilateral deal to ostracise China.
He followed the American lead in being the only major Western or Asian economy not to become a member of the Beijing-led AIIB. He paid an official visit to Pearl Harbour – nice, but not necessary as Pearl Harbour was not a crime against humanity – while still refusing to visit Nanjing. Japan was not represented at the BRI summit.
When Mr Trump was elected, Mr Abe was the first head of state to go to pay tribute – in the form of a gold putter – and bask in the balmy breeze of Mar-a-Lago. Mr Trump's bombastically cacophonic anti-Chinese tirades were undoubtedly sweet music to his ears.
Now, suddenly, unexpectedly, but strongly, the winds have changed. As the Xi-Trump romance seems to blossom, including through bilateral trade deals, participation in the BRI summit, probable membership of AIIB, Tokyo stands out pathetically as the jilted lover left holding the empty can.
It's an interesting spectacle to watch, but also quite distressing and in many ways alarming. The winds may change again and blow in Tokyo's direction. But in whatever direction it blows, it is an ill wind that bodes potential danger.
As a Frenchman born in 1945, my generation – in contrast to my father's (World War II) and to my grandfather's (World War I) – has lived in serene peace. There are a variety of factors that have determined this situation, but only one really matters: Germany has made peace with and unconditionally expressed apologies to its former victims.
There will be no solid durable peace in the Asia-Pacific until and unless Japan makes peace and unconditionally apologises to its former victims, China and Korea especially. It would be splendid if the current winds could make Tokyo wake up and face this reality. The peace and prosperity of future Asian generations depend on it.
•The writer is emeritus professor of international political economy at IMD business school, with campuses in Lausanne and Singapore, and visiting professor at Hong Kong University.
Source: Straits Times "Japan risks isolation in the Asia-Pacific"
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China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, China's Vital Success in Its OBORPosted: May 14, 2017 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Central Asia, China, China-Pakistan economic corridor, Japan, OBOR, Pakistan, Russia, South Korea, US 10 Comments
In its report "Pakistan signs nearly $500 million in China deals at Silk Road summit" yesterday, Reuters quotes Pakistani Prime Minister Sharif as saying to Chinese President, "China-Pakistan Economic Corridor is a core component of your visionary initiative of the 'One Belt-One Road'".
In my post "The Conundrum of China's New Silk Road Plan" on April 20, I said that China's One Belt-One Road (OBOR) aims at establishing alternate land routes for its national security and expanding its trade with other countries. China is not rich enough to share the bounty of its economic development and to fund infrastructure gaps irrelevant to its national security or economic growth.
Sharif is wise to see the vital strategic importance of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) in China's OBOR so that he describes it as the core of Xi Jinping's OBOR initiative.
The Corridor will facilitate Pakistan's and Western China's economic development and strengthen China's and Pakistan's defense in their border with India. Moreover, China will have a shortcut in its trade with the Middle East through the corridor.
Due to the strategic importance, Xi and Sharif signed $500 million deals for CPEC in addition to the $57 billion already pledged for its projects. Pakistani troops are active in ensuring the safety of those projects due to their importance to Pakistan's and China's national security.
In fact, the core projects for OBOR are but those in Pakistan, Central Asia and Russia for China's trade to the Middle East and Europe, especially the access to oil and gas resources there.
It is Xi's wise idea to describe OBOR as a global initiative involving lots of countries that in fact are not along China's Silk Road in order to attract other countries' investment and construction industries to the projects that benefit China. Japan and South Korea are interested in the infrastructures in Southeast Asia, which though is included in China's OBOR initiative, is really not along China's Silk Road as China's trade routes to the Middle East, Europe and Africa through Southeast Asia have yet to go through the Indian Ocean with the risk of being cut by not only US but also Indian navy.
However, the infrastructure developed by whatever countries China, Japan, South Korea or others will facilitate rich overseas Chinese' business in the region and thus expands China's influence there.
As for the US, Japan and South Korea's competition with China in developing infrastructures in Central Asia, China certainly welcomes such competition as the infrastructures will first of all be exploited by China in its trade and investment there. I do not see the wisdom in such competition as the infrastructures are in countries under Russian military dominance.
Comment by Chan Kai Yee on Reuters' report, full text of which can be viewed at http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-silkroad-pakistan-idUSKBN1890KD.
China-Japan Ties Problems with History, Attractive in RealityPosted: May 7, 2017 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: China, China-Japan ties, Japan, Taro Aso, Xiao Jie 3 Comments
In its report "Japan, China to boost financial ties amid protectionist, North Korean tensions" yesterday, Reuters seems optimistic about the future of China-Japan ties.
Strange enough, the two historical enemies are interested in improving their ties.
Chinese people hate Japan for its war crimes in World War II that caused lots of misery to China, but Japan are now their favorite tourist destinations and Japanese goods are popular in China for their good quality.
Japanese public surveys find that of all foreign people, Japanese dislike Chinese most but Chinese tourists are welcome as they are rich and willing to spend.
China is certainly interested in Japanese technology and market for China's labor-intensive goods, but Japan is even more interested in China's huge market especially after US President Trump has scrapped TPP. Trump is now improving US ties with China for its huge market and has thus turned the US from Japan's ally in containing China into Japan's fearful competitor for Chinese market. No wonder, Japan has more earnest desire to improve its ties with China now.
In the above Reuters' photo, you can see the big joy in Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso's face but no obvious joy in his Chinese counterpart's.
Comment by Chan Kai Yee on Reuters' report, full text of which can be found at http://www.reuters.com/article/us-adb-asia-japan-china-idUSKBN18203U.
Asia weighs risk and reward in Trump 'bromance' with China's XiPosted: April 29, 2017 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: ASEAN, Asia, China, Japan, North Korea, South China Sea, South Korea, Trump, US, Xi Jinping 3 Comments
By Ben Blanchard and Philip Wen | BEIJING Fri Apr 28, 2017 | 12:44pm EDT
U.S. President Donald Trump's warm words for Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping as a "good man" will reassure Beijing that he finally understands the importance of good ties, but risks leaving America's regional allies puzzling over where they fit into the new order.
The budding relationship between the two leaders appeared highly unlikely when Trump was lambasting China on the campaign trail for stealing U.S. jobs with unfair trade polices.
In December, after winning office, he upended protocol by taking a call from the president of self-ruled Taiwan, which China regards as its own territory.
A few months on, after meeting Xi at his Florida residence earlier in April, Trump appears to have done a complete volte-face, praising Xi for trying hard to rein in nuclear-armed North Korea and rebuffing Taiwan's president's suggestion of another call.
But the big question is whether the rapprochement will last. Trump also expressed admiration for Russian President Vladimir Putin during the 2016 presidential campaign, but that relationship has since chilled.
Chinese officials will no doubt be pleased by Trump's overtures, said Jia Qingguo, a leading academic who has advised the government on foreign policy.
"People will say that the only thing we know for sure about Donald Trump's administration is uncertainty and unpredictability," said Jia, dean of the School of International Studies at the elite Peking University.
"But judging from what he has been saying and doing, it's quite reassuring as far as China is concerned. Certainly I think people have developed more positive views about the Donald Trump administration here and we have a lot of expectations that we can work together constructively."
For China's neighbors, it is a little more complicated.
On one level, a healthy relationship between the world's two biggest economies suits everyone.
"It's hugely positive that there's been a reasonably constructive start to the bilateral dialogue between those two countries," Tom Lembong, Indonesia's investment chief and close aide to President Joko Widodo, told Reuters.
But long-time allies may also be wondering just how far Washington still has their back.
Shashank Joshi, senior fellow at the Royal United Services Institute in London, said countries such as Japan and South Korea could lose influence if Trump's focus on enlisting Xi's help over North Korea creates a "sort of U.S.-China G2".
"There are competing instincts within Trump pushing him in opposite directions," said Joshi.
"His nationalism pushes him towards competition with China, but his deal-making instinct, his openness to personal influence, and his affinity for strongmen pushes him towards Xi, especially if he can show results on North Korea."
But Trump, who has long touted his deal-making ability as a real estate developer, has also made clear his approach to China is transactional. He is so focused on securing cooperation against North Korea, his top national security priority, that he has even publicly promised to go easier on Beijing over critical trade issues in return.
Some of Trump's aides doubt, however, that China will do enough to restrain North Korea's nuclear and missile programmers. Some experts believe the thaw between the economic rivals could be fleeting if Xi fails to come through on the North Korean issue.
Singapore-based security expert Ian Store said he believed Trump's remarks would be closely scrutinized by Southeast Asian leaders looking for signs of an emerging Asia strategy.
"Most would welcome a calm, co-operative relationship between China and the U.S., but they will be deeply concerned at anything that looks like Trump will give Xi a free hand over the South China Sea dispute, or elsewhere," said Storey, who is based at the ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute.
The administration has so far sent out mixed rhetorical signals over the hotly disputed South China Sea. China's extensive claims to the vital global trade route are challenged by Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam, as well as Taiwan.
The U.S. has increased naval deployments in the South China Sea in recent years amid roiling tensions and extensive island-building by China but, under Trump, its warships have yet to challenge China with a so-called freedom of navigation patrol close to disputed islets and reefs.
A Trump administration official has told Reuters the United States wants to avoid antagonizing China on sensitive issues like the South China Sea for now while waiting to see how far Beijing will go tightening the screws on North Korea. But the official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said this did not mean abandoning efforts to counter China's growing military and economic might in the Asia-Pacific region.
Admiral Harry Harris, the chief of the U.S. Pacific Command, told the U.S. Congress this week that he expected to be carrying out such patrols in the South China Sea soon, and repeated earlier concerns at China's continued militarization of the area.
"Given Trump's newfound friendship with Xi Jinping, it might make it significantly harder for the Pacific Command to get its plans approved for the next freedom of navigation patrols," Storey said.
In Japan, often at odds with China over what Beijing views as Tokyo's failure to properly atone for World War Two, a Japanese government source sought to downplay any impact the burgeoning Trump-Xi friendship might have on Japan-U.S. ties.
"Trump's softened approach to Xi may seem to be some kind of shift in the balance of power but security cooperation between Japan and the United States is extremely stable and has been confirmed in the face of the current crisis situation in North Korea," the source told Reuters.
The tricky issue of Taiwan has not gone away either, and is one of several that could upset relations.
Democratic Taiwan has many friends in Washington who will not want to allow autocratic China to get its way with the island, and the United States is bound by law to provide Taiwan with the means to defend itself.
Wang Dong, associate professor of international studies at Peking University, said China would remain on alert for another change of direction by Trump.
"There are reasons for optimism, but we are still being realistic. There are still issues out there, from Taiwan to the South China Sea," he said.
One Beijing-based Western diplomat told Reuters that, while China might be pleased to see Trump hang ally South Korea out to dry with his criticism of their free trade deal and demand Seoul pay $1 billion to host a U.S. anti-missile system China has strongly opposed, China should not have any illusions.
"He's so unpredictable who knows what he'll say next week or next month?" said the diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity. "His mood turns on a pin."
(Additional reporting by Michael Martina in Beijing; Linda Sieg in Toyko; Kanupriya Kapoor and Karen Lema in Manila; Sanjeev Miglani in New Delhi; Greg Torode in Hong Kong; Matt Spetalnick and David Brunnstrom in Washington; Editing by Alex Richardson and Frances Kerry)
Source: Reuters "Asia weighs risk and reward in Trump 'bromance' with China's Xi"
Note: This is Reuters' article I post here for readers' information. It does not mean that I agree or disagree with the article's views.
Japanese Abe's Wisdom to Overcome His Anti-China SyndromePosted: April 26, 2017 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Abe, China, Japan, One Belt One Road, Toshihiro Nikai, Xi Jinping 2 Comments
Usually in a traditional strict Asian family, a son is not close to his father but very close to his grandfather. Japanese Prime Minister loves dearly his grandfather who China regards as a war criminal that has played a major role in invading China.
American presidential election loser Hillary Clinton was stupid in giving US ex-president Obama the advice to contain China with TPP that hurts the US while hurting China and US pivot to China that proves US inability to attack China when China responded with its determination to fight a war to the threat of two US aircraft carrier battle groups that the US sent to China's vicinity to force China to accept the Hague arbitration award that entirely denies China's historical rights and interests to the South China Sea.
Abe, however, is wise instead of stupid in vigorously supporting TPP and pivot to Asia as he knows well a rising China has the potential to retaliate Japan's war crimes in invading China in the 1930s and 1940s. Without US help, Japan is simply no match to a rising China. When China retaliates, Abe's beloved grandfather's reputation will suffer. No wonder Abe has anti-China syndrome.
Abe visited the US as soon as US President Trump was inaugurated in an attempt to persuade trump to continue Hillary's policies to contain China. Trump told Abe he had satisfactory telephone talks with Chinese President Xi, hinting that he wants to improve ties with China instead of containing China.
In vain Abe has played his shrewd trick of using the US to contain China while making efforts to improve ties with China himself. He knows very well that like the US, Japan has lots of business interests in China and relies greatly on Chinese market for economic recovery. That is why Abe has tried his best to find opportunities to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping personally for improvement of relations with China.
From the above perspective, we know the essential needs for Japan to send high officials to attend China's mid May One Belt One Road summit.
Reuters fails to see or perhaps simply ignores the facts of Abe's efforts to improve ties with China. In its report "Japan's ruling party heavyweight to attend China's New Silk Road summit" yesterday, it ascribes Japan's move to the tension caused by North Korea. The tension has always been there. It has nothing to do with Japan's change of attitude towards One Belt One Road. Trump's change in US attitude towards China has forced Abe to regard improvement of relations with China as priority. After all, Japan does not want the US to have better competitive edge than Japan in Chinese market.
Comment by Chan Kai Yee on Reuters' report, full text of which can be viewed at http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-silkroad-summit-japan-idUSKBN17R0KH


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The birthday girl and her rapper hubby were spotted Monday boarding a yacht in Formentera, Spain, where the twosome took some time to relax with daughter Blue Ivy.
Queen Bey looked fab as she flaunted her short blond bob, sporting a leopard print cover-up while carrying a large camera. She left her sky-high heels behind as she stepped on the boat barefoot, while the "Tom Ford" singer received a helping hand from the staff.
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Courtyard by Marriott Chicago Deerfield, Deerfield
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Main amenities
- 131 smoke-free guestrooms
- Restaurant and bar/lounge
- Indoor pool
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- This hotel has 131 rooms
- This hotel is arranged over 2 floors
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- Pets not allowed (service animals welcome)
- Free WiFi in public areas
- Free WiFi in rooms
- Free self parking
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- Smoke-free property
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- Breakfast daily (surcharge)
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- Number of meeting rooms - 2
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- Subject: RE: Ethical Responsibility?
- From: "Structuralist" <dennis.wish(--nospam--at)gte.net>
- Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 11:25:36 -0700
Roger, I never said I agreed with this law (and it may be just California), but it is as you described and although I have not been involved in testing the waters, Arnold Bookbinder had. The sad fact was that the law protected the lawyer and the information collected for him. Public Safety came second. Give me some time to post the issues properly - I will call Arnold Bookbinder to obtain those documents that I have not saved and will post them so that everyone is aware of the "facts" rather than relying upon my memory. It is incredible that such a law exists, but I believe it is considered almost like the information you provide clergy. The information is considered sacred between the attorney and his client - the engineer is working for the attorney and only the attorney can release the information or allow the engineer to release it. Again, let me assemble the facts and I will post them. Thanks Dennis > -----Original Message----- > From: Roger Turk [mailto:73527.1356(--nospam--at)compuserve.com] > Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 9:23 AM > To: seaint(--nospam--at)seaint.org > Subject: RE: Ethical Responsibility? > > > Dennis, > > This is a public safety matter! What you have been told is > like an attorney > telling a doctor not to report an outbreak of the bubonic > plague, or an > attorney telling a water supply company not to report the > contamination of > of the drinking water source. > > In a situation like this, I would tell the attorney to get a > court order > prohibiting me from reporting this situation to the proper > authorities. > Getting the court order would put it in the public record, > exactly the > opposite of what the attorney wants. > > If California law is similar to Arizona law, you are required > to report > unsafe conditions to the appropriate authorities, and if you > don't, you are > subject to loss of your license. > > A. Roger Turk, P.E.(Structural) > Tucson, Arizona > > Dennis Wish wrote: > > . > On a similar situation, I was called out by an owner and > his insurance . > company to inspect structural damage in in > Condo complex due to . > extensive termite damage. I wrote up > my initial investigation and . > referenced the Pest > Inspection services to conclude that further . > > investigation was necessary as the extent of potentially > serious . > structual damage was visible throughout the unit > I inspected and had . > been reported by others to be evident > in other units throughout the . > complex. > > . > The HOA attorney stopped all work and squelched the > report (which was . > sent to the owner, his insurance > company and the contractor he hired to . > do the repairs). > So far nothing has been done and there is a serious . > > condition but we have been prevented from intervening by the > HOA and . > their attorney. I suppose I could submit my > preliminary report to the . > building official but I have > been warned against doing so. > > . > So what is the next move - I feel my hands are tied as > all of the . > appropriate people including the Home Owners > Association (HOA) has been . > notified. > > . > Dennis > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Nels Roselund, SE [mailto:njineer(--nospam--at)att.net] > > Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 4:57 PM > > To: seaint(--nospam--at)seaint.org > > Subject: Re: Ethical Responsibility? > > > > > > What is the liability exposure posed by a single written > > notification as Bill offered in his proposal? It seems > > adequate to me. > > > > Bill's case is similar to the case of broken roof trusses > > that I observed and discussed with the owner; I showed him > > the broken trusses and previous ineffective repairs, > > explained the him how a failure could take place, and why it > > is a hazardous condition. The roof supported by the trusses > > is over a meeting room. I told him that the room should not > > be used again until the roof trusses are repaired. I then > > wrote a proposal for my services to design the repairs, and > > put my explanations and recommendations in writing. > > > > I have not visited the building since. I have no way of > > knowing whether or not the room is being used -- that, of > > course, is out of my control and knowledge [just as, I > > assume, the use or non-use of the bridges is out of Bill's > > control and/or knowledge]. If the room is not being used, > > that is appropriate temporary mitigation. I figure that the > > owner is a prudent person who has been adequately advised of > > a hazard that is under his control, and that, as owner of the > > building, he can be expected to take appropriate measures. > > If he chooses to put the room out of use until the funds are > > available for the needed repairs, that is a choice he has in > > his power to make. If he chooses to use the room despite the > > warning I have given, he is, in my opinion, not being wise, > > but his choice is out of my control or knowledge. How am I > > put in jeopardy by leaving the matter in his hands? > > > > I recently received a phone call from the owner a few months > > after my proposal; he told me that he will authorize my > > services but is not ready to do that yet. > > > > Nels Roselund > > * > * This email was sent to you via Structural Engineers > * Association of Southern California (SEAOSC) server. 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Is it a full conversion mod?
Yes, it is. The description says so.
Nobody won't do a monster models to you for free, dude. It takes a lot of time, and it needs many resources. Deal with it :o
Well, one of my friends do it create objects for me, but they can't also create monsters :/ I would also be happy if someone take monsters from other games like from Tf3dm.com or so. I have some problems with blender (texture won't appear when I import it in HPL Model editor). The animations are very easy. Just the textures won't appear...But I'm sure will find a solution for it soon.
Also, I can help you with mapping and scripting, i'm quite good in mapping, I think. :)
You propably don't know what you're saying. "Animations are very easy" ?
If you want to help I'm looking forward to it :D
About animations - yeah, I think it's quite easy, because it has many similarities to after effects. I've animated a monster with maya already (move it and some attacks), you just have to set keyframes and move/scale/rotate or else of the object. Okay, it needs time and the object should have bones to make it easier...
If you need a voice actor and plus someone who knows a thing or two about sound engineering - send me a PM ;)
Looks very good! Tracking this. If you need any support, just contact me. Looking forward to playing this :)
Thank you very much :D
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And it's the timeframe for which I have a problem - at least if they claim it was within the past few hundred million years that is. Hence why the Noah scenario is bunk.<quoted text>
well apparently those who claim to know so much about science on this thread was not aware of such an important science theory that is dated 2002...would make one wonder.
my only point is that everyone seems to be agreeing that the earth was once cover with water...regardless of the time frame.
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Macclesfield, UK
#79946 Mar 9, 2013
Since: Sep 08
#79947 Mar 9, 2013
I have no interest in this idiocy.
Either make you point or forget it.
Why do you think that the theory of evolution is wrong?
Do you have any evidence that disproves the theory?
Are you aware of the fact that to date creationists have nothing?
"H-o-o-o-o-o-o-ld on thar!"
Since: Sep 08
The Borderland of Sol
#79948 Mar 9, 2013
I occasionally seem to have more than the standard number of thumbs myself.
Don't worry about it.
#79949 Mar 9, 2013
Well, there are situations where you recalling the event is all that can be proven or demonstrated. If you would like to explain how outside of taking your word for it, it can be proven in all instances, then you have found a way for those who believe in God to prove it's existence too.
A blood test would only work if his DNA or other blood samples are in the system. You fail big time here. There are thousands of unidentified dead people and cold cases all over this country let alone the world in which they will likely never be identified. You make a lousy participant in reality.
outside of people who are convinced in some way unique to them that it's true or the God is real, you are right. But then again, so is the accounting of talking to some random stranger with not witnesses other then yourself.
Now if you can get a couple thousand of years behind your cosmic sheep theory and a lot of other people who claim they have been convinced by actions outside of you telling them about it, I will give it the same weight and consideration as I do the various God theories and claims.
History is recorded then circulated and objections to the accounting are documents and in the end, hundred of years after the fact, we know something is true or relatively true in the sense of historically accuracy without ever interviewing eye witnesses or even requiring one of the least bits or repeatable scientific experiments. So far, to date, the best objections to religions are no it happened this way without ever falsifying the claim. Showing that something could be accomplished differently is not the same as discrediting that something.
You can stick to all the science you want. I never said anything the opposite. What I said is that science does not disprove God nor is God subject to science. Please find the ability to separate those and follow along.
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#79950 Mar 9, 2013
no ... not at all .. Macro = what different species did the cow evolve from ?
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Since: Sep 08
The Borderland of Sol
#79951 Mar 9, 2013
That's a variant on Paley's "Watchmaker" fallacy.
Macclesfield, UK
#79952 Mar 9, 2013
Oh? Let's see - Genesis 1 contradicts Genesis 2. Fundies claim evolution never happened even though they claim the Noah story is real which means evolution DEFINITELY happened. God is a living spirit in heaven but for us to be we have to be dead. The Earth is a flat square circle. No wait - the Earth is an oblate spheroid because the Bible is LITERALLY true, except when it's not.
Actually you are confused by your lack of education.
Although your rambling makes little sense I'd just like to point out that qualified mathematicians make use of infinity in mathematical models. I won't claim to know much about it though because I'm not a math PhD. But Polymath is, so ask him about it when he shows up again, if you're interested.
Evolution relies very little on cosmology. It appears you've never heard of the distinct fields of physics, chemistry and biology.
Never changing is it's problem. The Bible still mentions talking lizards and donkeys long after we found out there was no such thing.
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Since: Sep 08
The Borderland of Sol
#79953 Mar 9, 2013
Evolution is an observed fact.
The theory of evolution is an attempt to explain how it works.
Neither has anything to do with the origin of life - that's a whole nother subject.
"the end-times is now"
Since: Feb 13
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#79954 Mar 9, 2013
you know what .. I'm actually attempting to have a civil discussion with you ... when I have a sense that you have un-clenched your teeth and fists .. I will lead the discussion to deeper levels .. until then .. I will not waste my time ... do you agree ?
"I Am No One Else"
Since: Apr 12
#79955 Mar 9, 2013
Something doesn't evolve from "nothing," where did you learn science? From a Crackerjack box? If you are going to continue to make up assertions and tell everyone else what they think, then you are the nutjob.
Macclesfield, UK
#79956 Mar 9, 2013
Actually I've pointed that out to creationists many a time when they threaten us with eternal damnation for simply disagreeing with them. They tell us that eternity is a really long time.
And I say: "No it isn't."
Macclesfield, UK
#79957 Mar 9, 2013
Bub, you're making 'xxxooxxx' look rational. And she's clueless.
"I Am No One Else"
Since: Apr 12
#79958 Mar 9, 2013
You failed to answer my question, after a species changes skin coloring through evolution, can it then get a different hair covering thickness?
"I Am No One Else"
Since: Apr 12
#79959 Mar 9, 2013
I asked for evidence, not assertions. Where is the evidence that creationism, or even just your god, is reality?
"the end-times is now"
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#79960 Mar 9, 2013
duh !!.. as you just claimed .. it's just a theory .. thank you very much
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#79961 Mar 9, 2013
I'll deal w/ you another time ..=:0]
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Since: Sep 08
The Borderland of Sol
#79962 Mar 9, 2013
Almost certainly the now-extinct aurochs.
That's a species of wild ox.
#79963 Mar 9, 2013
Off to the corner with the dunce cap for you. If you have no idea about those claims or lack the ability to look them up, this discussion is already too technical for your abilities.
"what we think we become"
Since: Aug 11
above and beyond
#79964 Mar 9, 2013
So if two different species cannot mate and reproduce a viable offspring with each other because of genetic divergence, what makes you think one species can mutate into another?
So the bacteria is all the evidence you got? What species did the bacteria evolve into? You are describing evidence for natural selection in the e. coli bacteria and not evidence for speciation.
Since: Sep 08
#79965 Mar 9, 2013
Then don't repeat foolishness. I told you that I really don't care about your claim of life being triune.
So let's have a civil discussion.
Why don't you believe the theory of evolution?
Do you realize that creationists have nothing except for lies and failed claims?
Most creationists have no idea what qualifies as evidence. Nor are they even willing to learn.
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30 Jan 2013
What tied San Francisco's worst games of the season together? They tended to struggle running the ball, while the pass defense gave up big chunks of yards early in the game. Also, it would help if the Ravens suddenly became the St. Louis Rams, although that makes no logical sense.
2 comments, Last at 31 Jan 2013, 3:15pm by bravehoptoad
One of the reasons Culliver has given up some of his long plays is that he keeps falling over. It really doesn't help.
He becomes stricken with the fear that the man he's covering might be gay. He's working on it, going to PFLAG meetings and getting counseling. The team has scheduled a signing for him at the Fulsome Street Fair. If he comes through that okay they figure he'll be able to cover anyone, regardless of perceived sexual orientation.
The quarterback class of 2004 had wildly different results when it came to would-be interceptions that were dropped by defenders. Ben Roethlisberger and Eli Manning were very lucky. Philip Rivers? Not so much.


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