This just makes you wonder what else is filled with contaminants from China?
.@AndersonCooper reports that Chinese-made laminate flooring sold in Lumber Liquidator outlets across country contains toxic formaldehyde
— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) March 1, 2015
People across a wide swath of the West, from Arizona to Canada, looked up at the sky late Monday to see a cluster of weird lights followed by an orange tail streaking across the night.
The lights were not a meteor, but a Chinese rocket booster that broke apart, said Maj. Martin O’Donnell, a spokesman for U.S. Strategic Command.
There were no reports of damage or injuries, O’Donnell said, pointing to statistics showing there is a 1 in a trillion chance of being hit by space debris.
Canadian photographer Neil Zeller was on his way home from shooting the Northern Lights when he saw the cluster of fireballs in a rural area outside of Calgary about 11 p.m. local time.
“I’d never seen anything like it,” he said. He captured several shots of an orange streak slashed above dark trees. (AP)
Does China Really Know How to Wage Cyber War? http://t.co/hUQ5Wipvjt
— The Diplomat (@Diplomat_APAC) February 21, 2015
I rode a 39 hour hard seat train from Beijing to Urumqi. Strangest train ride I've been on. http://t.co/OzbPWLDVfA pic.twitter.com/pFbaNQPpQ6
— Matthew Sheehan (@mattsheehan88) February 19, 2015
If it seems like that there is many more Chinese visiting South Korea it is because there are:
South Korea was ranked the most popular overseas destination for Chinese people during their weeklong national holiday that started this week, a Chinese government survey showed Wednesday.
About 5.19 million Chinese are expected to travel abroad for the Lunar New Year holiday season, up 10 percent from the same period last year, and 15.6 percent of them are predicted to visit South Korea, according to the survey by China’s National Tourism Administration.
Also in the top five were Thailand (13.9 percent), Japan (8.7 percent), Australia (4.4 percent) and Singapore (3.6 percent).
“This year, the number of tourists continues to grow, due to an easier visa application process for Chinese passport holders, and the depreciation of foreign currency against the yuan,” it said.
Fueled by a growing popularity of Korean pop music and TV dramas and a gradual appreciation of the Chinese currency, the number of Chinese visitors to South Korea soared 46 percent from a year ago to 6.33 million people in 2014, according to South Korean government data. [Yonhap]
Mike Green (@JapanChair) #CSISLive:US should work on getting China to stand together on issue on refoulement of NK refugees @CSISKoreaChair
— Darcie Draudt (@darciedraudt) February 17, 2015
Instead of complaining to the ROKs maybe the Chinese should get their own house in order by getting the North Koreans to quit making threats against South Korea which is why THAAD is reportedly being considered for deployment to South Korea in the first place:
China’s defense minister expressed concern Wednesday over a possible deployment of the United States’ advanced missile-defense (MD) system in South Korea, Seoul’s defense ministry said.
The U.S. has said it is considering deploying a Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery, an integral part of its MD system, to South Korea, citing evolving threats from North Korea. It is designed to shoot down short-, medium- and intermediate-range ballistic missiles at a higher altitude in their terminal phase using a hit-to-kill method.
“Chinese Defense Minister Chang Wanquan expressed concern over the possible THAAD deployment on the Korean Peninsula,” defense ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok told reporters, without further elaboration.
Chang made the remark to his South Korean counterpart Han Min-koo during a two-hour defense ministers’ meeting in Seoul.
“In response, Minister Han reaffirmed Seoul’s stance that Washington has not made any decision on the matter and has not asked South Korea (for any consultation). No agreement between Seoul and Washington exists on the issue,” Kim noted, adding that the missile-defense system “aims to solely deter and counter missiles from North Korea.”
It is the first time that a ranking Chinese official has raised the THAAD issue to South Korea publicly. China and Russia view it as a threat to their security, and critics also say it is part of a broader U.S. attempt to get the Asian ally to join its missile-defense system and could spark tensions with the neighbors. [Yonhap]
You can read more at the link.
Wealthy Chinese Fleeing the Country Like Mad—Business Sohu Infographic translated http://t.co/LZD1gODinZ HT @Inkaman pic.twitter.com/Opx17pBnkH
— ChinaFile (@ChinaFile) February 3, 2015
I wonder if the topic of the Chinese fishing boats that keep violating South Korean waters will come up?:
China’s defense minister flew into Seoul on Tuesday for talks with his South Korean counterpart on North Korea’s nuclear program and ways to boost bilateral military ties, officials here said.
Chang Wanquan is scheduled to meet with South Korean Defense Minister Han Min-koo on Wednesday to exchange views on the security situation on the Korean Peninsula and North Korea’s nuclear issue, according to the officials.
Chang, who will leave Seoul on Thursday, is the third Chinese defense minister to visit South Korea. The last ministerial visit was made in 2006. [Yonhap]
You can read more at the link.
CREEPY: Man in China wakes up as his family tries to bury him http://t.co/JxRNWvAOTM pic.twitter.com/JAtoagYcgz
— DramaFever (@dramafever) January 30, 2015
