To celebrate the 65th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Liberation Army Navy, the Aviation Industry Corporation (a state-owned company) released this video of China’s J-15 carrier plane and the country’s only aircraft carrier, the Liaoning. Round about the same time, the US Navy released their own video of the USS George Washington-based “Royal […]
China Divided in Half
It is often said that there are two China’s — urban China and rural China. But according to this map, recently published on Tea Leaf Nation, China can be split in half according to GDP distribution. Here’s the description: Foreign Policy compiled GDP figures reported by municipalities across China and found that 35 cities contributed just […]
Happy Birthday, China
China may be an ancient civilization, but today (October 1), it celebrated its 64th birthday. It was on this day in 1949 that Chairman Mao stood atop the Gate of Heavenly Peace (Tiananmen) and declared the founding of The People’s Republic of China. The holiday is called National Day, and it marks the beginning of […]
Lu Lingzi’s Dream
On April 15, 2 home-made bombs exploded at the Boston Marathon, killing three and injuring dozens. One of those killed was 23-year old Lu Lingzi, a graduate student at Boston University. She and her friend were waiting near the finish line when the bombs exploded. Lu Lingzi was living the dream of practically every student […]
Hu Was the Leader of China. Now Xi Is.
Two weeks ago, the Communist Party of China (CPC) completed it’s 18th National Congress, at which a new set of leaders was appointed. The nine-member Politburo Standing Committee (PSC) that sits at the apex of Party power and thus effectively rules the country was reduced to 7 members, and all but 2 of the out-going […]
Flooding in Beijing — What Does it Mean?
Beijing was hit with a terrible rainstorm over the weekend, leaving 37 dead. From the pictures that have been posted online, it seems that much of the city was turned into a big lake because the storm sewers were not up to the task of handling the 7 inches of rain that fell in the […]
