That's the thing, I don't have that kind of Chinese literacy education because I didn't grow up on the mainland. A lot of the Chinese language education in Australia is fairly basic at best until one reaches university level. I'm still trying to rectify that, but it will take a few years before I'm confident enough read and write at that level. Nevertheless, fair enough about the intended audience.
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Interesting admissions and refreshingly uncontrived. Almost prescient.
US political divisions have actually never been as tense since the civil war. This doesn't mean a collapse of democracy or anything but it hinders progress that's for certain. Meanwhile it is treated as a necessary and structural part of the mechanism of a "messy" democracy but an ex president escorted out of Chinese Congress event is reported like the man was dragged kicking and screaming.
AssassinsMace
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I just saw a NBC news report on those UFO sightings in the news. They said privately some experts are saying they're Chinese testing responses by the US Navy. Is that why it's not public is because it's admitting China has technology that the West doesn't have? Frankly I believe it's something simpler. I just find it fascinating how they can easily contradict their previous prejudices. A theme of Western thinking is everyone else is inferior to them yet when evil they can accomplish feats that the West can't do themselves.
The whole entire UFO/UAP drama in the last decade are possibly exaggerations and tools of the US government to distract the population. Not a single piece of disclosure evidence offered to the public are of anything remarkable. The US navy videos and the US airforce one (even more ridiculous because they simply recorded a commercial airliner with nightvision) are all showing "things" that exhibit rudimentary behaviour. Only the pilots and other "star witnesses" (also happen to be employed by the US military) claim to "see" outrageous behaviour... and yet the videos show nothing.
Alleged high speed of recorded object is a lie. The illusion of speed is due to sensor on the aircraft flying at higher speeds. Recorded object could have been a balloon more or less stationary and you'd still have the illusion of speed. Anyway the whole drama offers an insight into US gov infowar methods and gives an idea of what they desire to achieve with the suggesting to the public there are aliens out there interacting with us and having implicit bases on earth.
If a nation truly has some sort of breakthrough propulsion technology and associated breakthrough understanding of physics, they automatically win. There would be no conflict or struggling for position. There would not even be a need to put up a facade of that. It would be shown and everyone would immediately understand that a new industrial and technological era has arrived for humanity. This hasn't been the case. There would be few if any reason to hide terrestrial technology of that caliber.
AssassinsMace
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Whatever they are, I think the US Navy is just using it as a recruiting tool. Want to see real life UFOs? Join the Navy! They're already lowering standards for recruitment. Why not go for the easily gullible?
China need to bring global attention to the fact the American empire is stealing Syrian oil. China need to go on the offense and not play defense all the time.
Not even high school. People with even elementary level education in Mainland China + continuous exposure to Chinese literature could understand this.
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The lawsuit is viewed as the last resort by The Timorese Sea Indigenous People, who live across the Indonesian islands of Rote, Alor, Sawu, and Timor. The people also claimed their ancestors had been fishing around the Ashmore Reef, which is called Sand Island or Pulau Pasir in Indonesian, since 1642. Photo: EPA-EFE
A group of indigenous people in Indonesia plans to sue over its ownership of the Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands, underlining the unresolved and delicate border issues between the two neighbouring countries in the area, following the independence of East Timor in 2002.
The lawsuit is viewed as the last resort by the Timorese Sea Indigenous People, who live across the Indonesian islands of Rote, Alor, Sawu, and Timor. They claim they have repeatedly asked Canberra to prove their ownership of the oil-rich islands, beyond their territorial claims, over the past two decades.
The people also claimed their ancestors had been fishing around the Ashmore Reef, which is called Sand Island or Pulau Pasir in Indonesian, since 1642.
The islands consist of four low-lying tropical islands in two separate reefs and are located closer to Indonesian territory – about 144km south from Rote Island in East Nusa Tenggara province – than Australia’s, which is located some 320km away.
Australia designated Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island as marine parks in 1983 and 2000, respectively, meaning commercial fishing and aquaculture in the parks’ sanctuary zones are prohibited. Map: SCMP
“In 1642, our ancestor named Ama Rohi, from Sawu Island, had fished there. I’m not a fisherman myself but my heart is broken to see that [Timorese] fishermen could no longer fish there since Sand Island was declared as nature reserves by Australia,” Ferdi Tanoni, the customary rights mandate holder of the tribe, told This Week in Asia.
Australia had designated Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island as marine parks since 1983 and 2000, respectively, meaning that commercial fishing and aquaculture in the parks’ sanctuary zones are prohibited.
Indonesian tribe to sue Australia over oil-rich islands as it draws line in the sand
- The Timorese Sea Indigenous People, who live across the Indonesian islands of Rote, Alor, Sawu and Timor, claim their ancestors had been fishing around the islands since 1642
- The islands consist of four low-lying tropical islands in two separate reefs and are closer to Indonesian territory – about 144km south from Rote Island in East Nusa Tenggara province – than Australia’s, which is located some 320km away
The lawsuit is viewed as the last resort by The Timorese Sea Indigenous People, who live across the Indonesian islands of Rote, Alor, Sawu, and Timor. The people also claimed their ancestors had been fishing around the Ashmore Reef, which is called Sand Island or Pulau Pasir in Indonesian, since 1642. Photo: EPA-EFE
A group of indigenous people in Indonesia plans to sue over its ownership of the Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands, underlining the unresolved and delicate border issues between the two neighbouring countries in the area, following the independence of East Timor in 2002.
The lawsuit is viewed as the last resort by the Timorese Sea Indigenous People, who live across the Indonesian islands of Rote, Alor, Sawu, and Timor. They claim they have repeatedly asked Canberra to prove their ownership of the oil-rich islands, beyond their territorial claims, over the past two decades.
The people also claimed their ancestors had been fishing around the Ashmore Reef, which is called Sand Island or Pulau Pasir in Indonesian, since 1642.
The islands consist of four low-lying tropical islands in two separate reefs and are located closer to Indonesian territory – about 144km south from Rote Island in East Nusa Tenggara province – than Australia’s, which is located some 320km away.
Australia designated Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island as marine parks in 1983 and 2000, respectively, meaning commercial fishing and aquaculture in the parks’ sanctuary zones are prohibited. Map: SCMP
“In 1642, our ancestor named Ama Rohi, from Sawu Island, had fished there. I’m not a fisherman myself but my heart is broken to see that [Timorese] fishermen could no longer fish there since Sand Island was declared as nature reserves by Australia,” Ferdi Tanoni, the customary rights mandate holder of the tribe, told This Week in Asia.
Australia had designated Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island as marine parks since 1983 and 2000, respectively, meaning that commercial fishing and aquaculture in the parks’ sanctuary zones are prohibited.
Time to bring out the lettuce.