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ahojunk

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Aha, now Taiwan is also getting into tourism for Taiping.

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Over 1,000 people have signed up for a tour that will take them to watch the moon on Taiping Island. The tour, which lasts just one day, is organized by TaiwanXing under Taiwan's 1111 Human Resource Bank. The organizer said the planning of the tour has already been finalized, and that they are just awaiting approval from relevant departments.

In addition to viewing the island's tourist sites, those who go on the trip get the added bonus of defending the island on China's behalf, according to Li Qiyue, an adviser to TaiwanXing. Li believes that one reason the tour is so popular is that the public is eager to do just that.

The agency has chosen to launch the tour during Mid-Autumn Festival. Tours will be offered from Sept. 9 to 18. Tourist will head to the island by airplane and take a tour around the island, exploring its history and culture. They will then enjoy a special dinner and moon cakes under the night sky before flying home at 8 p.m.

Chen Guisong, head of the Association of Taiwan Travel Agencies, said he is very supportive of the tour. Exploring Taiping Island will increase the content and diversity tours available in Taiwan.

Taiping Island, which is 1,420 meters long and 402 meters wide, is the largest natural island within the Nansha Islands. The Chinese army took it over from Japan and renamed it Taiping Island after China's victory in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in 1945.
 

Mr_C

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Very great high res pics.

Thanks for ensuring that everyone knows that the aircraft shown are not real.

Despite it being said, you can almost bet some people will pick up on it, not read it, or want to intentionally mis-represent it, and sauy that the aircraft are actually there.

Now, clearly, the Chinese have set things up so they can put them there if they ever feel the need...and these pics illustrate that quite well.

They have already done that in a reasonably irresponsible news website in Australia.
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Jeff Head

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They have already done that in a reasonably irresponsible news website in Australia.
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Yep...as we thought.

The so-called journalists of the day do this all too often, and they do it on both sides of the issues.

This photo they published, where they say a sat image shows aircraft is simply poor journliasm for which there is no excuse.

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We called it here on SD first.
 
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Jeff Head

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Equation

Lieutenant General

Good job dude!:D

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Jeff Head

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Personally, I think that the PRC publishing pictures of soldiers on these islands like this is a dicey undertaking.

The home crowd will love it.

But I believe they are making a mistake in misunderstanding and underestimating how such pictures will be used to influence public opinion in places like Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines...and partiular the US, Japan, Korea, Australia, and India.

There will be strong efforts made to show that these people need to be afraid of such actions by showing them the very icture that the PRC is releasing. I think they would do far better to keep showing the ighouses, the warves and harbors, and the vacationing Chinese visiting the islands.

nyhow, those are just my thoughs on the matter.
 

ahojunk

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Some pictures of soldiers on Dongmen (Hughes) and Chigua (Johnson South) Islands.

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Soldier on Dongmen Island.

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Soldiers on Dongmen Island.

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Soldiers on Chigua Island.

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Soldiers on Chigua Island.

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Soldiers on Chigua Island.
 
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