Miscellaneous News

[Neurosmith]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1905456489424134313

The same caveat I applied to the China-Taiwan scenario also applies here: having the capability to attack Iran does not mean that the US is planning to do so. For all we know this could be one expensive negotiation tactic and would not be an aberration from Trump's behavior during these negotiations.

 

[sdkan]

A powerful earthquake struck near the central Myanmar city of Mandalay, with the registered intensity of Magnitude 7.7 and depth of 10 kilometers. Serious damages and casualties expected.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1905507269606801546

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At least some buildings and infrastructure in and around Mandalay, including the Ava Bridge have collapsed from the earthquake.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1905511594840424478

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1905513236755021986

The earthquake even caused a skyscraper that was under construction in Bangkok to collapse, despite more than 900 kilometers away from the epicenter.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1905512962447601879

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[ACuriousPLAFan]

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That collapsed high rise, albeit still under construction is more than 900 kilometers away from the epicenter. This means that the tremor near the epicenter is going to be pretty massive.

The quake is also felt at Ruili in Yunnan Province, about 280 kilometers away.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1905519270571708778

Am afraid that the casualties due to the quake isn't going to be low, especially considering Myanmar's present civil war state...

 

[Jiang ZeminFanboy]

Huge earthquake hit Myanmar, it won't help the complicated internal situation already. Tremors felt even in Yunnan or Bangkok in Thailand. The U/C building in Thailand was destroyed

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1905522051705974791

The devastation and deaths in Myanmar unfortunately will be huge.

 

[Jiang ZeminFanboy]

It looks like there might be deaths in Yunnan

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1905524610088796490

 

[magmunta]

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Loss of human lives and property is tragic , but the quality of these collapsed buildings look unlawfully low. Japan in 2011 endured 9.0 earthquake with minimal damage. I guess corruption is commonly practiced in Thailand and Myanmar. Anyways, I feel sorry for poor people losing belongings and loved ones.

 

[GulfLander]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1905489432796713420

Whos this Uryu Hirano? Seems no more, "gov vs people" separation?

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"Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang on Wednesday separately met with Micronesian Vice President Aren B. Palik and Mongolian First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Development Luvsannyam Gantumur."

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"Taiwan leader Lai Ching-te's push on amending the so-called "security acts" is doomed to failure, a Chinese mainland spokesman said on March 26."

 

[CasualObserver]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1905225096874127513

BUSTED.

 

[Overbom]

Deal signing won't happen at April 2nd. Could still happen on a later day though

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1905576758302163273

Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing’s CK Hutchison Holdings will not go ahead with the expected signing of a deal next week to sell its two strategic ports at the Panama Canal, the Post has learned.

It is understood that April 2 was not a “real deadline” but only a date by which the agreement could be signed at the earliest.

“There will not be an official signing of the two Panama ports deal next week,” a source close to CK Hutchison told the Post.

April 2 is the latest date when CK Hutchison and a consortium led by United States investment firm BlackRock are due to sign a definitive agreement over the deal for the two ports, according to an announcement of the sale on March 4.

The sale of CK Hutchison’s two ports at each end of the Panama Canal, along with others outside Hong Kong and mainland China, were part of a US$23 billion deal that will leave the company pocketing US$19 billion in cash.

But there was no indication that the deal had been called off, with significant details yet to be decided due to the complexity of the transaction.

News of the sale has further inflamed Sino-US tensions, with Beijing’s key offices overseeing Hong Kong affairs piling pressure on CK Hutchison in recent weeks by posting scathing articles attacking the deal for failing to take national interests and security into account.

Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning has also accused Washington of using economic coercion and bullying to undermine the interests of other countries.

 

[ACuriousPLAFan]

but the quality of these collapsed buildings look unlawfully low. Japan in 2011 endured 9.0 earthquake with minimal damage. I guess corruption is commonly practiced in Thailand and Myanmar.

The construction project is an ITD-CREC joint venture project, where ITD = Italian-Thai Development Public Co. Ltd and CREC = China Railway No. 10 Engineering Group Co. Ltd. The ITD has a 51% stake in the project, whereas the CREC has a 49% stake in the project.

However, both the designing and supervising roles of the project belongs to JKW-Mider (Thailand) joint venture and the Engineering Consultant of the City of Bangkok respectively.

As of present, out of all the workers at the construction site when the building collapsed, there are 3 dead, 8 injured, and 112 still unaccounted for (trapped).




Given how none of the skyscrapers elsewhere in Bangkok collapsed or suffered from critical structural damages that threatens their structural integrity, something must've gone seriously wrong with the building - Either during the designing and review stage, the construction stage, or both.