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Red___Sword
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Like all scams stinks, all "Prestige Contractor" stinks too. People found out the most recent THREE rail way accidents in China involves one Sino-US joint venture signal system company, everytime. And the major hazrd caused the accidents always involves signal failure.
Its name is CASCO
They shut the door of the company, they shut down their company internet connection to make some amendment on their company profile, only a few get to take a look of the UNAMENDED company info.
"记者曾于事故发生后第一时间浏览公司官网，当时还未来得及屏蔽的信息显示，2007年11月，卡斯柯、拥有其一半股权的阿尔斯通与上海申通地铁签订了上海轨道交通10号线信号系统采购合同。中国铁通网站披露的信息则显示，卡斯柯获得此合同中2400万欧元的订单。 综合中央人民广播电台、新闻晨报、新闻晚报报道"
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Some info from baike.baidu, the Chinese version of Wikipedia.
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CASCO is a joint venture with Alstom... a French company.
Red___Sword
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Yes, Alstom bought over the share later. See, the exact reason this company can exists at the early years were because the well "connection" of the Sino-US joint venture (in China), and some very first deals made the foundation of CASCO.
One can not ignore the "original connection" when wandering about the accidents.
bladerunner
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Not exactly ground shattering news but I thought I would put this specucalative bit of info about the iphone 5 here
Everything you wanted to know about the dimensions of Apple's secret phone in 2:39
Source: MICGadget.com
"How crazy is the Chinese market for smartphone cases? Check out the video below produced by MICGadget, our favorite English-language blog covering the Chinese electronics market.
Apple (AAPL) hasn't unveiled or even named its newest iPhone, but Chinese shops are already selling cases for the iPhone 5 in a wide variety of colors and designs. They all have the same dimensions, however, a fact that MICGadget attributes to a single iPhone 5 prototype that went missing recently from a Foxconn factory in Shenzhen........
iPhone 5 case video below the fold..........."
Everything you wanted to know about the dimensions of Apple's secret phone in 2:39
Source: MICGadget.com
"How crazy is the Chinese market for smartphone cases? Check out the video below produced by MICGadget, our favorite English-language blog covering the Chinese electronics market.
Apple (AAPL) hasn't unveiled or even named its newest iPhone, but Chinese shops are already selling cases for the iPhone 5 in a wide variety of colors and designs. They all have the same dimensions, however, a fact that MICGadget attributes to a single iPhone 5 prototype that went missing recently from a Foxconn factory in Shenzhen........
iPhone 5 case video below the fold..........."
Schumacher
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The crackdown begins on Wall Street.
Hundreds arrested in anti-Wall Street protest
Witnesses describe chaotic scenes on Brooklyn Bridge as a sea of police officers surround and handcuff demonstrators.
Last Modified: 01 Oct 2011 23:41.
New York City police say about 500 protesters have been arrested after they swarmed the Brooklyn Bridge and shut down a lane of traffic for several hours.
Police say some demonstrators spilled onto the roadway Saturday night after being told to stay on the pedestrian pathway.
Officers cut the marchers off, plunged into the crowd, and began making arrests as marchers chanted, "Shame! Shame!"
"The protesters were supposed to stay on the pedestrian walkway and some took the roadway and we're now ... making arrests on the Brooklyn Bridge," a police spokesman said.........................................
Hundreds arrested in anti-Wall Street protest
Witnesses describe chaotic scenes on Brooklyn Bridge as a sea of police officers surround and handcuff demonstrators.
Last Modified: 01 Oct 2011 23:41.
New York City police say about 500 protesters have been arrested after they swarmed the Brooklyn Bridge and shut down a lane of traffic for several hours.
Police say some demonstrators spilled onto the roadway Saturday night after being told to stay on the pedestrian pathway.
Officers cut the marchers off, plunged into the crowd, and began making arrests as marchers chanted, "Shame! Shame!"
"The protesters were supposed to stay on the pedestrian walkway and some took the roadway and we're now ... making arrests on the Brooklyn Bridge," a police spokesman said.........................................
Another big blow has been delt to the AQ network.
Top Qaida operative Anwar al-Awlaki has been killed in Yemen a few days ago along with another important figure, the editor of AQAP's propaganda magazine.
In a different opertation, a top commander of the Haqqani network was captured in northern Afghanistan along with his deputy.
After Adm Mullen has just called the network a veritable arm of the ISI, putting a lot of new pressure onto Pakistan, that is now also a setback for the potentially most dangerous faction destabilizing Afghanistan.
Haqqani leader captured in Afghanistan
October 1, 2011 3:00 pm
Seems like a succesfull weekend ...
Top Qaida operative Anwar al-Awlaki has been killed in Yemen a few days ago along with another important figure, the editor of AQAP's propaganda magazine.
In a different opertation, a top commander of the Haqqani network was captured in northern Afghanistan along with his deputy.
After Adm Mullen has just called the network a veritable arm of the ISI, putting a lot of new pressure onto Pakistan, that is now also a setback for the potentially most dangerous faction destabilizing Afghanistan.
Haqqani leader captured in Afghanistan
October 1, 2011 3:00 pm
Seems like a succesfull weekend ...
Equation
Lieutenant General
Not to mention how many innocent pedestrians and other driver they might be endangering by blocking a major thorough fare.
Thanks for the post. I feel some of them protesters where asking for it by stepping out of line with their callous act (I'm not downing on their messages).
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Red___Sword
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Not exactly a world breaking news, but it dose has impact on its own weight.
China and Tajikistan has made formal hand-over (the treaty has been signed at 2009, I believe) of some then-disputed-now-rectified some 1158 km^2 border land, from Tajikistan to China.
The picture caption by some well-researched Chinese forum member, indicating the Qing dynasty claims, the until today Tajikistan controlled area, the "exists only on my map" ROC claims, the 1949 PRC claims, and the most recent PRC regain-controlled area.
PRC regain control of 1,158km^2 area, lost claims to 27,400km^2 of now-and-then-always-effectively-under-foreign-control area. A trade-off we are too early to make any judge.
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