Interesting news from China

[TaiShang]

More and more Tibetans/ Monks in exile strongly want to go Home.
Their frustrations are:
They are living in a state of arnarchy. The Government in Exile (GIE)does not take care of them. No one is taking care of them. They dont even have a valid passport. The living environment is very bad: broken houses, narrow streets. This is the fact because India is a poor country itself. From time to time they have fightings with local Indians and it is an open secret that the local police always stands on the Indian side. They have no identity in India. They cannot do a lot of things like buying a property there. Last May, a "living Buddha" was allowed to return and settle down in Tibet. The frustrated people have followed Dalai Lama's calling for the journey over the Himalayas to India now they feel that Dalai Lama has hurt them badly. More capable Tibetans have emigrated. For those who have no choice but to stay behind feel like homeless people in India and there is mounting discontent of them against their GIE. The tremendous improvement in the livelihood of their fellow Tibetans in China is another strong pull for the frustrated people's wish to go Home. They dont want DaLai to regain his political power through violence. They just want to go Home safely one day

In another words, they need money because the oil to their "spirituality" is money.

And India is not short of anything but money.

I say do not let them. These people are just opportunists. They chose to go to India and set their own path. Now that they're not doing so well, these former elites are begging to go back to China.

Let them suffer. You don't want these people to come back and cause trouble in the future.

Exactly. Do not let them in. After all, India will be superpower in 2030. They just sit down patiently and wait.

 

[Three_Kingdoms]

These videos show the situation in Tibetan feudal society in the last century.
They are interesting to watch.

Documentary commemorates end of Tibetan serfdom-Part1

CCTV News
Published on 23 May 2016
Monday marks the 65th anniversary of Tibet’s peaceful liberation. Watch the documentary, "Tibet: The end of serfdom" to know more about the origins of Tibetan serfdom and the significance of ending it, from the perspective of those who lived through it.

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Documentary commemorates end of Tibetan serfdom-Part2

CCTV News
Published on 25 May 2016
Monday marks the 65th anniversary of Tibet’s peaceful liberation. Watch the documentary, "Tibet: The end of serfdom" to know more about the origins of Tibetan serfdom and the significance of ending it, from the perspective of those who lived through it.

I've seen you guys @California and @xunzi talked about " liberation and conquer" on another thread Perhaps you should have a viewing of the above 2 vids posted by @ahojunk to gain further understanding the case of Tibet

Thanks

 

[ahojunk]

“Donate One Yuan” — Love is around you
By Ding Yining | July 25, 2016, Monday

Micky Pant, CEO of Yum! China, poses with school children in Xundian county in Kunming, Yunnan Province.

YUM! China’s nationwide charitable campaign “Donate One Yuan” is entering its 9th year this summer and has the potential to raise more funds and generate more awareness as well as public support than ever before.

The “Donate One Yuan” program began in 2008, in collaboration with the China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation. It aims to encourage employees and customers at Yum! China’s nationwide network of KFC, Pizza Hut, Pizza Hut Delivery and East Dawning restaurants to give small donations — starting from just one yuan (US$0.15) — to provide nutrition enhancement food for needy children in China’s most impoverished mountainous areas.

Through Yum! China’s network of more than 7,000 restaurants, the campaign has so far raised close to 130 million yuan in the past eight years, which includes over 25 million yuan from the company and its employees.

“Yum! China is built upon a foundation of excellence, and this extends right across our businesses — from the restaurants that we operate, our people and through to the food that we serve. We take great pride in our track record, but the greatest satisfaction for all of us is achieved through the ability to give back to the country and the communities that we are a part of,” said Micky Pant, CEO of Yum! China.

“I personally encourage all of our 400,000 employees in China to support this campaign, as we do as a business, and I would like to take this opportunity to ask our customers and society at large to get behind this.”

One yuan is a small amount of money, but when you multiply it by millions of people, it can go a very long way. I recently visited a rural school in Xundian County, Kunming which directly benefits from ‘Donate One Yuan,’ and saw firsthand the difference that we are able to make to people’s everyday lives.

“I would like to challenge everyone to help make this a record breaking year for this great cause, and help us to help more people, more families and more communities in more parts of China than ever before,” said Pant.

To ensure that the donations go where they are intended, and following the campaign’s initial launch in 2008, Yum! China has renovated all of its cashier systems to separate the donations of individual customers from its everyday business revenue.

This year, the slogan for “Donate One Yuan” is “Love is around you.” By posting the slogan through media outlets and on social networking sites, Yum! China hopes to send the message directly to consumers that donations are not the only way to make a contribution, simply spreading the word acts to raise awareness from a larger proportion of the society.

Working with the China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation, the “Donate One Yuan” project has provided around 30 million supplement meals for more than 185,000 children by the end of March this year, and the areas receiving the aid has spread from Sichuan Province to other regions such as Yunnan, Guangxi, Guizhou and Hunan. It has also donated ‘Love Canteens’ equipment to more than 600 schools in impoverished mountain areas.

 

[Three_Kingdoms]

Wild panda sightings spark hope of recovery
By Huang Zhiling ( China Daily )Updated: 2016-08-04 07:40:20
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A wild female giant panda is restrained by farmers worried that she would be hurt by
hunting dogs after she burst into a village in Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture, Sichuan province, in early April.The panda had been released from captivity.[Photo by Ake Jiushe/For China Daily]

Wild pandas have been spotted three times at the foot of Jiajin Mountain in Sichuan
province since July last year, which conservationists attribute to improvements in the ecological healthof the area.

Patrolling the mountain at around 8:40 am on Saturday, Chen Min, an employee of the
Jiajin Mountain Forestry Bureau in Ya'an, Sichuan, saw two adult wild pandas walking leisurelyalong National Highway 351.

"One disappeared into the forest soon after it saw me. The other kept walking slowly andwas not intimidated even when my automobile was nearby," he said.

Because there is a river near the highway, Chen speculated that the pandas might have
had a drink before they crossed the highway and disappeared into the woods.

"Wild pandas have been found by both patrollers and local farmers since July last year,"Chen said. "One farmer even reported a wild panda eating honey in his house near thehighway."

Sichuan began imposing bans on the felling of virgin forests in 1998 to protect the
ecology ofthe upper reaches of the Yangtze River.

"The efforts have paid off on Jiajin Mountain, where there are more lush trees, less landslides and more wild pandas," said Zhang Hemin, chief of the China Conservation
and Research Center for the Giant Panda in Wenchuan county, Sichuan. His center has a
panda base in Ya'an.

The latest census tallied 1,864 wild pandas and 375 captive pandas worldwide at the end of 2013. That compares with the earlier count of 1,596 wild pandas and 164 captive
pandas.

Despite the rise in the number of wild pandas, the animals remain an endangered
species.

Pandas survive solely along the eastern edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in six mountain ranges, five of which are in Sichuan. But their habitat, which totals about 23,050 square kilometers, is vulnerable. With most valleys in their ranges inhabited by humans, many panda populations are isolated in narrow belts of bamboo no more than 1,000 to 2,000 meters in width.

"Therefore, their actual geographical range is much smaller than generally depicted on maps," said Zhang Zhihe, chief of the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding.

Twentyfour of the 33 groups of wild pandas found in the most recent census are believed to be endangered, with some groups having fewer than 30 pandas, Zhang Hemin said.

Eighteen groups have fewer than 10 pandas each and are in severe danger of dying off, he added.

 

[ahojunk]

Now, this is interesting. How about growing plants in air?

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Growing plants in an aeroponics shed in East China
Source: Xinhua | 2016-08-07 21:14:45 | Editor: Tian Shaohui

Aeroponics is the process of growing plants in an air or mist environment without the use of soil or an aggregate medium.

Zhou Wei checks seedlings of green vegetables in his aeroponics shed in Nantong, east China's Jiangsu Province, Aug. 7, 2016.

Zhou Wei checks tomatoes in his aeroponics shed in Nantong, east China's Jiangsu Province, Aug. 7, 2016.

Look, no soil. Zhou Wei checks roots of cucumbers in his aeroponics shed in Nantong, east China's Jiangsu Province, Aug. 7, 2016.

Zhou Wei checks tomatoes in his aeroponics shed in Nantong, east China's Jiangsu Province, Aug. 7, 2016.

 

[ahojunk]

Wow! Just look at these giant mushrooms.

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Mushroom competition held in Yunnan Province
Source: Xinhua | 2016-08-08 21:29:40 | Editor: An

NANHUA, Aug. 8, 2016 (Xinhua) -- Judges examine wild mushrooms during a mushroom competition in Nanhua County in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Aug. 8, 2016. (Xinhua/Yang Zongyou)

NANHUA, Aug. 8, 2016 (Xinhua) -- People weigh wild mushrooms during a mushroom competition in Nanhua County in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Aug. 8, 2016. (Xinhua/Yang Zongyou)

 

[ahojunk]

Modern technology helps to reinvigorate cultural relics in Tibet
(People's Daily Online) 18:20, August 10, 2016

In the Potala Palace, a worker measures a suit of armor belonging to a high-ranking official in the Qing Dynasty. Beside him, another colleague inputs the data into a computer.

"In three months, we have sorted through 2,000 tangkas, a kind of scroll painting in Tibet, and classified them according to their year and condition," said Kunga Tashi, an official at Potala Palace. In addition to paper files, a complete set of videos of the relics will also be prepared. So far, a total of 100,000 cultural relics in Potala Palace have been examined and documented.

According to Awang Qunzeng, vice director of Drepung Monastery's administrative committee, the government has invested 70 million yuan in the protection of cultural relics at the monastery.

The central government has invested nearly 3 billion yuan in the protection of cultural relics in Tibet over the past two decades. In the 13th Five-Year Plan period, that investment will double to reach at least 2 billion yuan, according to Liu Yuzhu, director-general of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage.

Respecting traditions and relying on technology

Great effort has been put into the protection and repair of cultural relics in Tibet. In the repair project at Samye Temple, which began in April, the government invested 11 million yuan to facilitate repairs using traditional methods.

"In the 1980s, cement was used to repair Wuzi Hall. This time we will remove all the cement and repair the hall using a traditional technique," said Jampa Tsering, director of the Cultural Relics Bureau of the city of Shannan.

Technology also plays an important role in preservation. In July 2013, the Palace Museum and Jhokang Temple decided to build a database for all the relics at Jhokang Temple.

"We can use 10 images of a Buddha statue to create a panorama view, which displays its most beautiful parts," said Luo Wenhua, a researcher from the Palace Museum. Using modern data collection technology, the colors, lines and figures in the temple's murals also become clear.

"This is the most advanced data collection in China, and it is also the first time that the temple relics have been sorted in a modern way," Luo added.

 

[JSCh]

Xinhua Insight: China's younger generation beating poverty through hard work
Source: Xinhua 2016-08-12 23:39:07

BEIJING, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- The career choice of Chen Ze'en, 26, not only changed his life but also those of residents in a remote village in one of the poorest parts of China.

Chen has been keeping bees at a small village in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region for around a year.

This summer, his bee population has increased to about 200 hives. He expects to harvest two tonnes of honey and sell it for 300,000 yuan (about 45,000 U.S. dollars).

The village has a local species of bee that produces sweet, pure honey. But without proper technology and investment, the business was barely viable. Chen brought new beekeeping techniques and a modern business model that villagers found "a bit strange but smart."

"The village has a very good natural environment, free of any industrial pollution. I am trying to highlight the clean and organic nature of our product," Chen said. He is now registering a company and brand.

"I am also thinking of developing new honey products, for instance, honey wine," he said.

Chen's apiary has inspired villagers and he does not hesitate to share his knowledge. About 100 people now profit from the beekeeping business.

Having set the 2020 goal of raising the annual incomes of about 55 million people over 2,800 yuan (430 U.S. dollars), China values young people like Chen and has high expectations of what they can bring to remote villages.

For around a decade, college graduates have been hired to work as village officials on a large scale. These young officials are now a force to mobilize rural people themselves in the fight against poverty.

In southwest China's Sichuan Province, a government program supports young officials' startup projects, including growing local specialties and selling farm produce online.

South China's Guangdong Province has focused on encouraging local young people to stay at home instead of moving to the cities. Agricultural technicians are invited to teach them the latest farming skills and financial assistance is given to new businesses.

A more traditional way for young people to engage in poverty alleviation is for college students to volunteer to teach in rural schools for a few years.

Li Xingjian attended Beijing's Renmin University and taught at a rural middle school in Sichuan in 2014 when he was still a graduate student.

Many of Li's charges were "left-behind children," living with relatives, often their grandparents, while their parents work in cities. Among several hundred students, only a dozen or so went to college each year and usually to small colleges with inadequate teaching resources.

"Compared with what I taught them, simply my being there was more helpful. I felt like a window through which they got a glimpse of an unknown outside world," he said.

Besides learning new ideas from him, Li's students found someone they could look up to. "One of my students wrote me an 18-page letter, telling me that I was the first person to praise him and give him a present in his 17 years of life. He said I gave him hope," Li said.

Although these programs aim to help needy people in rural areas, those who offer help benefit as well. Many volunteers were inspired by their experiences when choosing their careers.

Since 2012, Renmin University has sent about 1,000 students to villages in less-developed regions for a short program every summer. Lu Xiaotong,from central China's Hunan Province, took part twice.

"Before visiting the village in my home province, I thought that I knew rural China quite well," she said. Instead, the grinding poverty shocked her and she witnessed how one simple project, such as building a paved road, could change the lives of everyone.

"The experience gave me a sense of responsibility and motivation. I found myself pondering what I could do to actually help," Lu said.

International Youth Day, which fell on Friday, was themed "The Road to 2030: Eradicating Poverty and Achieving Sustainable Consumption and Production."

In his message to the occasion, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon wrote,"Let us empower young people with the resources, backing and space they need to create lasting change in our world."

 

[ahojunk]

Interesting, they even have a "top degree in Buddhism."

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Ten lamas sit for top Tibetan Buddhism degree
2016-08-14 08:37 | Xinhua | Editor: Feng Shuang


Ten lamas from monasteries across Tibet are taking their final test in Lhasa, hoping to receive the highest academic degree in Tibetan Buddhism studies.

The test, covering the general knowledge of Tibetan Buddhism, Tibetan language and sutra debate, began Friday at Ganden Monastery and will last for five days.

"The candidates have stood out from thousands of lamas at 10 different monasteries in Lhasa, Xigaze, Chamdo and Ngaqu," said Benba, an official with the Tibet branch of China Buddhist Association.

Candidates who pass the final test will present a formal dissertation at the Jokhang Temple in spring before being awarded the "Gexe Lharampa," equivalent to doctorate, said Benba.

"Gexe" means knowledgeable and "Lharampa" is the highest among all four ranks in the Gexe system.

Ninety-five lamas have been awarded the degree since the test resumed in 2004.

The test was suspended after a riot instigated by separatists during the event in 1988.

 

[JSCh]

Chinese city to cash in on silver-haired population
Source: Xinhua 2016-08-16 14:28:23

NANNING, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- Hechi, in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, plans to use its aging population as a way to attract tourists.

Hechi administers 11 counties and districts, six of which are known for longevity.

By the end of 2015, Hechi had 67,000 people aged between 80 to 89, of whom, 760 were centenarians. It was named the "City of Longevity" at the International Symposium on Population Aging and Longevity, which was held in Changchun City in northeast China last week.

"Hechi has become popular with many tourists, especially from Asian countries who also honor longevity, like Japan and the Republic of Korea, " said Wei Xigang, deputy director of the Hechi aging society work committee.

Health tourism funding will be poured into Bama, a county inhabited by the ethnic Yao people and famed for having many silver-haired residents, to create a tourist destination.

"Hechi is also an impoverished area. We hope health tourism will help promote economic development," he said.

 

[ahojunk]

This student is doing a good deed. Good on her!

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Chinese student donates stem cells to Belgian
2016-08-20 13:40:43 Xinhua Web Editor: Zhang Xu

Jiang Minlin, a student in Shangrao Normal Institute of Jiangxi, donated 227 millimeters of hemopoietic stem cells (HSCs). [Photo: cnr.cn]


A 21-year-old Chinese university student from eastern China's Jiangxi Province has twice donated her stem cells to save a patient in Belgium.

In February, Jiang Minlin, a student in Shangrao Normal Institute of Jiangxi, donated 227 millimeters of hemopoietic stem cells (HSCs) to a patient with a blood disease in Belgium, whose human leukocyte antigen (HLA) type matched Jiang's. On August 8, Jiang donated another 65 millimeters of lymphocyte cells to the same patient to help her fight rejection of the initial cells.

Both donations were made at the Air Force General Hospital in Beijing.

Jiang signed up to be a stem cell donor with the China Marrow Donor Program (CMDP) in 2014. Her stem cells was found to match the Belgian patient's in December last year.

The success rate of stem cells matches is extremely low -- somewhere between 0.01 percent and 0.25 percent .

"The donation staff told me that the recipient is about the age of my mother. I'm really happy to help save a life," she said.

There are over 2.2 million potential donors registered with the CMDP in China.

In 2006, a volunteer from Shanghai became China's first stem cell donor. Since then, China has performed HSC transplants for over 5,000 patients at home and more than 200 overseas.

 

[艹艹艹]

UN expert hails China's achievements in poverty alleviation
2016-08-23 12:39:35 GMT2016-08-23 20:39:35(Beijing Time) Xinhua English


GENEVA， Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- A United Nations expert on Tuesday praised China for its huge progress in poverty alleviation， saying that China's achievements in alleviating extreme poverty in recent years have been "extraordinary".

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights， Philip Alston， in a statement issued Tuesday highlighted the determination of the leadership of the Communist Party of China， or the ruling party of China， to build a moderately prosperous society free of extreme poverty.

"This political will is impressive and all too uncommon in today's world，" Alston said after his nine-day official visit to the country.

He noted that China's leadership has promised to eliminate extreme poverty by 2020， so that no-one shall be left behind. In practice， this means lifting 55.75 million people out of extreme poverty.

According to the UN expert， at the same time， China also needs to put in place meaningful accountability mechanisms that citizens can use when their rights are violated in the context of development-related activities.

"China has much to be proud of in the field of poverty alleviation. However， if it is to effectively ensure the implementation of its economic and social rights obligations， it needs to adopt more robust mechanisms for citizen involvement and for governmental accountability，" he noted.

During his nine-day visit to China， the human rights expert met and engaged with the central government and with local governments， non-governmental organizations， representatives of international organizations， and academic experts in China's capital city of Beijing and in southwest China's Yunnan province.

The Special Rapporteur will present a comprehensive report with his full findings and recommendations to the Human Rights Council in June 2017.

 

[ahojunk]

This is under-reported. This is a public good that China is offering to the world as opposed to another country creating chaos and suffering.
These Chinese soldiers need to be given more firepower.

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China continues to expand UN peacekeeping efforts around the world
2016-09-23 17:12:55 CRIENGLISH.com Web Editor: Fei Fei

By Jessica Davis

China is now the largest contributor to UN Peacekeeping among UN Security Council members, involved with 10 of the current 16 peacekeeping operations led by UN's department of peacekeeping operations, with over 2,600 Chinese soldiers taking part.

Many of these missions have taken place in Africa, where it has been reported that a senior PLA official has promised to increase support in Africa last month, according to CCTV.

Senior Colonel Zhou Zhe, deputy director of the peacekeeping center headquarters in Beijing is quoted by New Vision as saying, "China, as a major power, is committed to global stability through peacekeeping efforts, together with our partners."

Now, a total of 160 Chinese police have passed a UN selection and assessment process with good grades, and now expect to become part of the UN rapid deployment force, said the Ministry of Public Security on Thursday.

Pictured are the round of testing conducted from Sept. 19 to 21 at the China Peacekeeping Police Training Center, where UN officials tested the 160 new peacekeeping candidates on their language abilities, driving skills and use of weapons. They carried out interviews and assessed test scores on strategic subjects.

This all fits into a plan to overhaul the peacekeeping department focusing on what's being called the three P's-Planning, Pledges and Performance, says CCTV.

President Xi Jinping pledged 8,000 troops for UN peacekeeping last year around this time, with Premier Li Keqiang urging nations to make a concerted effort toward both short-term and long-term sustainable development goals in his speech UN General Assembly on Wednesday, further pledging $300 million in additional aid to the UN.

Tests conducted from Sept. 19 to 21 at the China Peacekeeping Police Training Center.
[Photo: Chinanews.com]​

These 160 candidates have already passed a UN selection and assessment process with good grades, and now expect to become part of the UN rapid deployment force, said the Ministry of Public Security on Thursday. [Photo: Chinanews.com]

China is involved with 10 of the current 16 peacekeeping operations led by UN's department of peacekeeping operations, with over 2,600 Chinese soldiers taking part. [Photo: Chinanews.com]

This all fits into a plan to overhaul the peacekeeping department focusing on what's being called the three P's-Planning, Pledges and Performance. [Photo: Chinanews.com]​

The police pictured are an elite selected from border forces with outstanding expertise. More than 50 of them have previous peacekeeping experience in Haiti, South Sudan or Liberia.
[Photo: Chinanews.com]
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[Three_Kingdoms]

It is seldom or never has any report on our PeaceCorps' gallantry except from our own mews channels

UN praises Chinese peacekeeping forces
CCTV.com

07-20-2016 16:06 BJT

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s recent visit to China comes after Beijing's decision to provide the UN with a further 8,000 peacekeeping troops. CCTV’s William Denselow spoke to Nick Birnback, (video) the UN's Chief Public Affairs Officer for Peacekeeping Operations at the organization's headquarters in New York.

See the video embedded in the link below

Q1. How is China’s allocation of 8,000 troops going to help the UN achieve its peacekeeping goals?

A1. China pledged at the leader summit on peacekeeping last year in September pledged a 8,000 strong standby force. This would give us a great deal of flexibility in some of our missions where we would need to wither surge or new missions into which we would have to deploy. One of the things about peacekeeping is that it takes a while to get troops places, terrain to which we traditionally deploy is remote, austere, the environment is complicated and having ready to go troops is something that can make a real difference for us at a critical moment and we’re really looking forward to having that capability.

Q2. And what exact role will China play in that force which is as you say ready to go?

A2. Well China would be the core of that. They pledged at the leaders summit on peacekeeping last year that they pledged 8,000 troops which is a strong and substantive number. We’re in discussions with them to see what that would look like but we understand that would be a variety of capabilities including engineering and infantry and aviation and we’re looking forward to seeing what that would look like and then as necessary deploying it to where it would be needed the most.

Q3. And UN peacekeeping officials describe Chinese troops as a reliable force. Just how important is that characteristic at the UN?

A3. Yeah there’s a couple of things there. One is the professionalism of the Chinese forces, we’ve seen them in a variety of contexts already, we’ve seen how they operate and it’s very impressive. They come with a tremendous amount of capabilities, they come with a spirit of professionalism. They can make a real difference in some really complicated places so having Chinese troops, having Chinese engineering capabilities, having Chinese aviation is very important. It also sends a very strong message to other troop contributing countries when a permanent member of the security council gives troops. It shows determination from the entire international community.

Q4. And how can troops from China and around the world help rebuild the reputation for the UN blue helmets in the wake of abuses, abuse scandals like we’ve seen in the Central African Republic?

A4. You know the UN peacekeeping executes a series of very complicated tasks and the vast majority of peacekeepers serve with honor and courage in very complicated places. There have been a series of incidents not just over the past year but over the last 10 years that are deeply concerning to us in terms of conduct and discipline of our forces. Allegations and cases of sexual exploitation and abuse by peacekeepers and these are unacceptable. What we need to do is to ensure that the troops we deploy are help accountable to the highest standards of professionalism and troops from countries like China bring an already trained, already professional spirit and series of capabilities to bear when they deploy. So it’s our hope that contributions from countries like China will make a huge difference for us in deploying types of professional military forces that we need to do these complicated jobs.

http://english.cctv.com/2016/07/20/VIDEJxCCxGOHylge5ufVHwbj160720.shtml

More reports:

Mine-dismantling Missions along the extremely dangerous Lebanon border

 

[ahojunk]

Containers turned into café in coastal city
2016-10-12 14:02 | Ecns.cn | Editor:Yao Lan

A café built with containers at a bay in Qingdao City, East China’s Shandong Province. Four containers were used to build the café that offers visitors a full view of the sea. (Photo/CFP)

A café built with containers at a bay in Qingdao City, East China’s Shandong Province. Four containers were used to build the café that offers visitors a full view of the sea. (Photo/CFP)

You have books in the cafe, looks a bit like a library.

A café built with containers at a bay in Qingdao City, East China’s Shandong Province. Four containers were used to build the café that offers visitors a full view of the sea. (Photo/CFP)

Nice view of the sea.



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One man's trash is another man's treasure.
Very clever in converting these containers into a cafe.
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