Chinese Escort Hong Kong newspaper discusses China's destroyer purchase from Russia
Hong Kong, 12th February: Western media have been making follow-up reports on the Russian-made Sovremenny-class destroyer which was delivered to China at a East China port following its journey via the Mediterranean, the Indian Ocean, the South China Sea, and the Taiwan Straits. They also commented on future developments in the Taiwan Straits. Some analysts noted that the Sovremenny-class destroyer is currently the most modern warship, equipped with the "Sunburn"...
Chinese Escort His Tibet
""This,'' says Galen Rowell, tapping a page of his latest book with his forefinger, ""this is the photo that got me in trouble.'' It was not even one of his own, those miracles of image and light that have made Rowell one of America's foremost mountain photographers and adventurers for more than 15 years.Instead, it was a small, commercially reproduced picture of the dalai lama,...
Chinese Escort CRUISING CHINA`S GRAND CANAL: LUXURY IN A LAND BUILT ON AUSTERITY
The launch was almost indecently luxurious, so much so as to be downright embarrassing, especially in view of the basic standard of living around us. In the lounge below decks, 16 well-sprung sofas in pale pink velvet were comfortably spread out behind sliding panoramic windows. Golden lamps hung below the gleaming ceiling. Tempting sweetmeats were laid out on little tables next to each sofa, and as soon as we left the dock attentive Chinese stewards arrived with jasmine...
Chinese Escort Reagan's trip -- chopsticks and other stories
SHANGAI, China(Copley News Service Staff Writer) -- By all accounts, Ronald Reagan avoided the rhetorical land mines laid out before him during his first presidential visit to a communist country.Although he did speak of "so-called Communist China" when he reached Alaska, the President avoided while he was in China any of the terminology he used to lavish on conservative audiences -- calling the People's Republic "Red China,"...
