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陳郁仁、陳明旺, 上任前夕 閃電來去 美副助卿密晤馬蔡; 訪台怨我國防預算過低. 蘋果日報, June 3, 2011
http://tw.nextmedia.com/applenews/article/art_id/33501122/IssueID/20110703
Note: 金茂伊 That is the incoming deputy assistant secretary of state for China and Taiwan affairs, Kin W. Moy, who was
(a) First Secretary, U.S. Embassy, Beijing in 2004, and
(b) Deputy Deputy Executive Secretary, Executive Secretariat
http://www.state.gov/s/es/
, Office of the Secretary, US Department of State (I did not know US uses "secretariat')
I have no idea about which name is last name, or his race.
---------------------------------Separately
(1) Dave Majumdar, China Nears Jet Engine Breakthrough: Report. Defense News, June 30, 2011.
http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=6967956&c=ASI&s=AIR
Note: This news piece cites
Gabe Collins and Andrew Erickson, Jet Engine Development in China: Indigenous high-performance turbofans are a final step toward fully independent fighter production. China SignPost 洞察中国, No. 39, June 26, 2011.
http://www.andrewerickson.com/2011/06/china-signpost%E2%84%A2-%E6%B4%9E%E5%AF%9F%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD-39-jet-engine-development-in-china-indigenous-high-performance-turbofans-are-a-final-step-toward-fully-independent-fighter-production/
Quote:
"The Chinese aerospace industry is driven by four key strategic imperatives as it pursues the ability to manufacture large volumes of high-performance tactical aircraft[1] engines: (1) parts dependence avoidance, (2) Russian supply unwillingness, (3) aircraft sales autonomy, and (4) poor Russian after-sales service.
"Russia’s own armed forces are likely to buy significantly more of its jet engines * * * This is an important development given that the collapse in military procurement after the Soviet Union fell was the key driver of Russian jet engine sales to China. * * * {Russian demands] could stretch Russian engine makers to the point that they have little export willingness, and perhaps restrained export capacity.
"The lack of a sufficient supply of reliable domestically made jet engines could significantly impede future production of the J-10, J-11, J-15, and J-20 fighter aircraft. The J-20 program especially needs domestic engine development and production breakthroughs because the Russia appears reluctant to sell the 117S series engines that could enable the J-20 to have sufficient power to allow the aircraft to supercruise (sustain supersonic flight without using inefficient afterburners) and match the performance of 5th-generation fighters such as the Lockheed Martin F-22 and Sukhoi T-50/PAK FA.
(2) Walter Russell Mead, The Future Still Belongs to America; This century will throw challenges at everyone. The U.S. is better positioned to adapt than China, Europe or the Arab world. Wall Street Journal, July 2, 2011.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304450604576419700203110180.html
Quote:
"China is not Germany, the U.S. is not Great Britain, and 2011 is not 1910. In 1910 Germany was a rising power surrounded by decline: France, Russia, the Ottoman Empire and Austria-Hungary were all growing weaker every year even as Germany went from strength to strength. The European power system grew less stable every year.
"In Asia today China is rising—but so is India, another emerging nuclear superpower with a population on course to pass China's. Vietnam, South Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia and Australia are all vibrant, growing powers that have no intention of falling under China's sway. Japan remains a formidable presence. Unlike Europe in 1910, Asia today looks like an emerging multipolar region that no single country, however large and dynamic, can hope to control.
"Russia's demographic decline and poor economic prospects (not to mention its concerns about Islamic radicalism and a rising China) make it a poor prospect as a rival superpower.
Note:
(a) There is no need to read the rest.
(b) ankle biter (n): "slang ( Austral ) a child"
Collins English Dictionary; Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition 2009
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ankle+biter
(c) The caudillo" is a Spanish noun for "leader."
(3) 日戒备中国渔政船现钓鱼岛海域. BBC Chinese, July 3, 2011.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2011/07/110703_japan_china.shtml
(4) Chung Li-hua, Taiwanese Florist Rose From a Street Stall to ‘Oscars.’ Taipei Times, July 4, 2011 (availabl enow)
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2011/07/04/2003507388
("Cheng Hsiu-wei 鄭秀煒, who began a career in floral design by selling flowers as a street vendor, won a gold medal at the Chelsea Flower Show for outstanding floral design on May 24 in London")
(5) Johnny Diaz, Chinese State Radio Takes to Local Airwaves; WILD-AM shifts formats in deal. Boston Globe, July 1, 2011
http://www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2011/07/01/china_radio_takes_to_the_airwaves_in_boston/
("Although China Radio has placed programs on local stations for years, WILD is one of only a handful nationwide to go all-China Radio, all the time")