Friday, November 15, 2013

A Quintessential Literary Review --- Five Willows Literary Review

This is a quality literary review in the spirit of Tao Yuanming,
the ancient Chinese statesman poet, also known as
Mr. Five Willows, for the trees that surround his impoverished 
living quarters

This review is actively soliciting the best of your work in any genre as long as it is not ungodly lengthy, for that will delay Mr. Five Willows from his appointment with a cask of wine

Please go to this link:    http://fivewillowsliterarysociety.blogspot.com/


                                                                

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

A True Scholar in the Secular Age




Dr. Michael Meade  

This is Dr. Michael F. Meade of the English Department of Fort Hays State University in Kansas.

I am very proud to have studied with Dr. Meade in a variety of topics ancient and modern in the various genres of English literature. Currently I am off on a private literary investigation but you can bet your last dollar that I shall not return empty-handed. Every course I had with Professor Meade was value-added. He teaches "who travels lighter travels farther." 

And whoever travels lighter travels faster, and so I am leaving today in a relative way and I shall return the previous day.

Friday, November 8, 2013

Chrysanthemum Publications, Inc video 1

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Thursday, November 7, 2013

Goldfish Press begin movie

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Sunday, November 3, 2013

Not Confined Anymore

WantChinaTimes.com

Knowing China through Taiwan

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US can no longer contain China within First Island Chain: Duowei

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The Guangzhou, a Type 052B guided-missile destroyer, passes through the Bashi Channel to participate in the Mobile 5 exercise on Oct. 23. (Photo/Xinhua)
The Guangzhou, a Type 052B guided-missile destroyer, passes through the Bashi Channel to participate in the Mobile 5 exercise on Oct. 23. (Photo/Xinhua)
China's Mobile 5 naval exercise in the Western Pacific between Oct. 18 and Nov. 1 has shown that the United States can no longer contain the Chinese maritime power within the First Island Chain — which extends from Alaska, South Korea, Japan, Okinawa, Taiwan and the Philippines, according to Duowei News, an outlet run by overseas Chinese.
Under the request of Admiral Wu Shengli, commander of the People's Liberation Army Navy, the Mobile 5 naval exercise deployed vessels, submarines, helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft from China's North Sea Fleet, East Sea Fleet and South Sea Fleet to compete against each other in an environment closest to real combat. The exercise was launched to prove that Chinese vessels have the ability to hold exercises beyond the First Island Chain by penetrating the Miyako waterway between the Japanese islands of Miyako and Okinawa.
State-run China Central Television (CCTV) reported that Japanese aircraft closely monitored the Chinese naval fleet during the exercise. During a press conference held on Oct. 31, Chinese defense ministry spokesperson Yang Yujun said the Japan Maritime Self Sefense Force sent the Ikazuchi — a Murasame-class destroyer — into the area of exercise on Oct. 25 and claimed that the intrusion was a act of provocation. Yang said that China demands a promise from the Japanese government to never interrupt Chinese naval exercises in the future.
Tensions between the two countries continue to mount after the Japanese government nationalized the disputed Diaoyu (Senkaku or Diaoyutai) islands last September. The Diaoyu islands, known in Japan as the Senkaku islands and in Taiwan as the Diaoyutai islands, are an island chain in the East China Sea claimed by the three parties but controlled by Japan.
China has begun to launch routine naval exercises near the disputed waters, while Chinese vessels penetrate the Miyako waterway at least once every two months for exercises in the Western Pacific, according to the London-based Jane's Defense Weekly.
Du Wenlong, a military analyst from Beijing told Duowei News that the First Island Chain was established by the United States and its alliesduring the Cold War to contain the maritime expansion of China. The PLA Navy has made several attempts to break through the line over the years, proving its ability to launch military drills beyond the makeshift barrier, Du said.
Another military expert Chen Hu said the PLA Navy has no intention of challenging the position of the US Navy as a global maritime superpower, but China has a legal right to conduct exercises like any of other nation in the open sea.
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Saturday, November 2, 2013

Chinese Nuclear Submarines

人民网
Thu,Oct 31,2013
    

ExpertChinese offensive nuclear submarines can globallytrack and attack aircraft-carrier formations

(People's Daily Online)    17:15, October 31, 2013
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There have been several recent media reports on China's first nuclear submarinedetachmentPictures disclosed to the media show drills taking place inside Chinese nuclearsubmarines for the first timeWhen interviewed by a media agencythe military expertYin Zhuo analyzed the combat capability of China's nuclear submarine force

In the 1970s, a special group coded 09 emergedwhich is China's fleet of nuclearsubmarinesA counter-attack force against aggression by foreign powersthis fleetrecently made a continuous voyage of 90 days and nightsthus setting a new record for asingle voyage of long duration among nuclear submarines worldwideAs a strategic "ironfistof the Chinese militarythe fleet has an initial nuclear deterrence and counterattackcapabilityIt has guaranteed nuclear safety for 42 yearsand no nuclear accident has everoccurred

Speaking about the strategic deterrent ability and wartime combat capability of China'snuclear submarine fleetYin Zhuo said that our current nuclear submarines include twotypesballistic missile nuclear submarines and offensive submarinesThe former are thepillar of China's nuclear counterattack forceThis confirms that China operates a defensivenuclear strategy and will not make first use of nuclear weaponsor deploy nuclear weaponsto forestall any enemy attack.

InsteadChina operates a nuclear counterattack strategyThat is to sayonly when ouropponents use nuclear weapons to attack us will we use nuclear weapons to counterattackthemThis requires our nuclear forces to have a very strong capacity to withstand enemyattackThe survival ability of nuclear submarines is higher than that of any other defenseunitcapable of reaching 85 to 90 percentThe survival capacities of other land-basednuclear forces are generally estimated at 6.5 percentor 15 to 20 percentfar lower thanthat of nuclear submarines

Yin Zhuo said that offensive nuclear submarines can deter large warshipsand can track,pursueseek out and attack the aircraft-carrier formations of the adversary wherever theyhide themselvesHoweverconventionally-powered submarines cannot do thisas theyonly have an ambush capacityBecause of their low cruising speedconventionalsubmarines are limited to waiting for "windfalls". If the adversary alters its coursethere islittle that they can do about itHoweveras long as they can identify their opponents,nuclear submarines can track them globallyin all watersworldwide
(Editor:YanMeng、Yao Chun)

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