China's Nuclear Missile Submarine Base

More interesting "classified" information:

The base for China's single Xia-class ballistic missile submarine is located at Jianggezhuang approximately 15 miles (24 km) east of Qingdao on the Yellow Sea
(see map). The base spans an entire bay 1.2 miles (1.9 km) across, and includes six piers, a dry dock, numerous service facilities, and an underground submarine tunnel. The main facilities appear to be located in the eastern part of the bay. Apart from the Xia, the base is also used by Han-Class nuclear attack submarines.

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Billion Dollar Bridge

$1.2 Billion to be exact. China just completed construction on the longest bridge in the world (and most expensive) in preperations for the coming Olympics:

The bridge links Shanghai to the industrial city of Ningbo across Hangzhou Bay, cutting the distance between them from about 250 miles to just 50 miles.

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Busted!

A sneak peak at the weapons of the newest Super Power courtesy of Google:

A satellite image of China's new nuclear ballistic missile submarine is available on the Google Earth Internet site.

In late 2006, the U.S. Office of Naval Intelligence projected China could build five Jin-class SSBNs. The estimate was not cited by the Pentagon's May 2007 annual report on China military power.

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iPhone, tPhone; uPhone, wePhone

The world will forever be changed in six (6) days when Apple releases its new iPhone. Will we still need mobile phones, iPods, and laptops? A few years ago books, videos, and television were the only places to find information outside of museums. On June 29th, for a few hundred dollars we can have the Information Superhighway crammed up our asses everywhere we go.

I can remember August of 1995 when Windows 95 was being released! There were ads in Newspapers and people sleeping in front of the stores to plunk down their hard-earned money to own a copy. Will there be the same hysteria on June 27 for the iPhone?

To be honest, since I've been watching the commercials, I now want one too!!! Am I brainwashed by their marketing, or is it a cool product?

There is only one thing I do NOT like about it:

"To set up your iPhone, you'll need an account with Apple's iTunes Store."

How many different music accounts do I need?

The tPhone is a Chinese knock-0ff and it uses a T-Mobile chip which means any similar chip should work. I predict in twelve months every company will be coming out with a handheld "iPhone" type device. Microsoft, Nokia, Samsung, Sony... Then the price will start coming down.

Link to the tPhone video...

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Tallest Hotel Lobby

Click on the pic to see the full size:

Shanghai Grand Hyatt hotel occupies floors 53 to 87 of China's tallest building - and standing at the reception desk, you can look up approximately 115 meters to the top floor.

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Green Buildings

Buildings that generate their own power is an excellent idea (that I came up with a long time ago). I couldn't get enough of this article about The Top Ten Green Skyscrapers from around the world. Too bad there are no "green" buildings in Houston:

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Never Forget...

It was less than twenty years ago today that the protests in Beijing ended in bloodshed. The participants were mostly young people and students, and although they were not unified, they only wanted peaceful dialogue with their government:

The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 were a series of demonstrations led by students, intellectuals, and labour activists in the People's Republic of China (PRC) between April 15, 1989 and June 5, 1989.

Following the violence, the government conducted widespread arrests to suppress protestors and their supporters, cracked down on other protests around China, banned the foreign press from the country and strictly controlled coverage of the events in the PRC press. Members of the Party who had publicly sympathized with the protesters were purged, with several high-ranking members placed under house arrest, such as General Secretary Zhao Ziyang.

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Link to Time article about the "The Unknown Rebel"

Thank you Yawen

Welcome to China

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Humanizing China

Take a few minutes out of your busy day to view these extremely raw (and graphic) photos of China:

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Photos of Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

To see more pics of China's "newest" city click the link below:

Shenzhen is a centre of foreign investment and since the late 1970s has been one of the fastest growing cities in the world. It is also the busiest port in China. In the past two decades, outsiders have invested more than $30 billion in Shenzhen for building factories and forming joint ventures.

For a complete overview and history of the city go here.

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Thanks Yawen

Chinese National Stadium

This amazing collection of the stadium architecture for the 2008 Olympics is an example of urban planning at it's finest:

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Tags: architecture, Beijing, efficient, designs, cool