Chinese-Funded Hydropower Project Sparks Anger in Burma

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(1) Andrew Higgins, Chinese-Funded Hydropower Project Sparks Anger in Burma. Washington Post, Nov 8, 2011.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wo ... QAGYFfxM_story.html

Three consecutive paragraphs at web page 1:

China "is the world’s largest producer of hydroelectric power, which accounts for about 16 percent of its electricity and 7 percent of its total energy consumption. It plans to increase hydro-generating capacity by nearly two-thirds over the next five years.

But under pressure from environmentalists at home and crimped by new legislation, China’s dam-builders have in recent years also looked to rivers abroad. They are constructing about 300 dams overseas.

Most of these will not help China meet its energy needs: They are too far away, in places such as Ethiopia and Sudan. But Chinese-built dams in Laos and especially Burma will pump electricity into China’s power grid. The dams under construction by CPI on Burma’s Irrawaddy River and its tributaries would, if completed, be capable of generating roughly as much electricity as China’s gigantic Three Gorges Dam [or "generating nine times as much electricity as the Hoover Dam," web page 3]. Ninety percent of that energy would go to China.

My comment:
(a) There is no need to read the rest of this report.
(b) CPI stands for China Power Investment 中国电力投资集团公司 (中电投 for short; state-owned), "whose vice president is Li Peng’s daughter, Li Xiaolin." Web page 3

(2) 台湾预警机赴美国升级. VOA Chinese, Nov 8, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/n ... rade-133427653.html
("升级预警机作战能力是2008年65亿美台军售案的一部分")

Note: Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_E-2_Hawkeye
("Republic of China Air Force has four E-2Ts and two E-2C Hawkeye 2000s. The four E-2Ts had been approved to be upgraded to Hawkeye 2000 configuration")

(3) 中日谴责日本首相助理与达赖喇嘛会谈. VOA Chinese, Nov 8, 2011.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/n ... apan-133429893.html

(4) Latest first.
(a) 美籍华人摩托罗拉间谍案在芝加哥开审. VOA Chinese, Nov 8, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/n ... -spy-133428188.html
(b) 摩托罗拉前华裔雇员涉嫌经济间谍案开审. VOA Chinese, Nov 8, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/n ... pany-133397598.html

(5) 蒙古国民间欢迎达赖喇嘛到访. VOA Chinese, Nov 8, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/n ... lama-133426228.html
("西藏精神领袖达赖喇嘛应蒙古国佛教中心的邀请，在结束对日本访问后于本月7号到10号访问蒙古国 * * * 蒙古国佛教中心负责人兼甘丹大乘禅寺住持登贝尔勒表示，达赖喇嘛的到访是“'纯粹宗教之旅'”)

(6) JASSM Deployed To Annoy Russia. Strategy Page, Nov 8, 2011.
http://strategypage.com/htmw/htairw/articles/20111108.aspx

Note:
(a) JASSM stands for Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile. AGM-158 JASSM and AGM-158B JASSM-ER (where ER represents "extended range) have range of 230 and 575 miles, respectively.
(b) JASSM. NorthLockheed Martin, undated.
http://www.lockheedmartin.com/products/jassm/index.html

Only watch the first video clip (in the upper right corner of the heading "JASSM Videos" in the right column.

(7) 萨尔科齐称以色列总理满嘴谎言. BBC Chinese, Nov 8, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/si ... nyahu_comment.shtml
("在法国召开的这次峰会期间，萨尔科齐用法语评论内塔尼亚胡说：'我再也无法忍受他，他是满嘴谎言。' 对此，奥巴马回答说：'你还烦，我天天都得跟他打交道'”)

(8) 美怀疑中国向美军倾销伪劣电子品. BBC Chinese, Nov 8, 2011.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/si ... us_china_arms.shtml