What kind of ship is this,

[Captain Kong]

That is right John Albert, she did have four when I took the photo.
Thanks for all the help.
Cheers
Brian.

[Des Taff Jenkins]

Hi Brian.
Read a report awhile ago that they had a submarine that could go faster under water than a surface ship, don't know how much truth in it, but both the Chinese and Russians have capabilities we are not told about. I do know the Americans now have to send all their men up to the space station in Russian rockets.
Cheers Des

[happy daze john in oz]

All wrong, yes a Chinese ship but looking for signs of inteligent life in outer space. They have given up looking for it on earth, particularly in the EU region.

[j.sabourn]

The dishes are for catching rain water???? They tried to pinch the plans for the first distiller and evaporator but got caught. The big round balls is to fool anyone that they contain all the electronics that most ships have nowadays but are in fact full of seats where the passengers can sit and look at the night heavens. Havent got a clue but would be interesting to know especially the upside down soup plates. JS

[John Albert Evans]

Brian,

In my thread #5 it states I thought she was the 'Yuan Wang 5' I dont know why or how that happened because I had discounted her (5) for 'Yuang Wang 6' as I had found this photoYuan Wang 6.jpg I am puting this on as I have been confused by Vernons post agreeing it was Yuan Wang 5 when I had found she was 6.

John.

[Ivan Cloherty]

Looks like there is plenty of bronzy space

[Captain Kong]

Hi John Albert, that is the same one I found in Papeete,
Cheers
Brian

[Doc Vernon]

Too much confusion (Confucius say) LOL
I posted that as the 5 had the 4 Dishes as well??
Cheers

Why Yuan Wang 5 Visited Suva? | Fiji Sun

[Ivan Cloherty]

I posted that as the 5 had the 4 Dishes as well??
Cheers

Why Yuan Wang 5 Visited Suva? | Fiji Sun

Must have been a Chinese takeaway Doc

[Captain Kong]

Here it is ...........................
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First India, now China... Britain dishes out millions in foreign aid

MILLIONS of pounds of aid was given to China last year by the UK Government, despite the Asian country having one of the largest economies in the world and being able to afford a space programme.

Chinese President Xi Jinping shakes hands with scientists over the moon mission Chinese President Xi Jinping shakes hands with scientists over the moon mission [EPA]


The money - £27million - was revealed by the Department for International Development (Dfid) and left the UK last year.

Around £5million was invested in Chinese companies as opposed to given in aid, but that still leaves £22million handed over by the Foreign Office.

In 2011, China was one of 16 countries which the then-International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell vowed would stop receiving UK aid by 2016.

China celebrated at the weekend when it successfully landed a space probe on the moon, taking the Asian super-power one step closer to putting a man on the lunar surface.

Conservative MP Peter Bone called on International Development Secretary Justine Greening to explain why UK money was still going to China.

"The public will be rightly horrified that we are still wasting money on aid to China,' he told the Daily Mail.

"It's extraordinary that we are doing this while they send a mission to the moon.

"If these aid programmes are still continuing then I think Justine Greening needs to come to Parliament and explain what the justification is, because I can't think of one."


ChinaChina's lunar probe [AP]



Taxpayers expect UK aid to be helping people in the world's poorest nations.

Matthew Sinclair, Chief Executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance


The £5million invested in Chinese companies came via the Commonwealth Development Corporation (CDC).

That figure is just a fraction of the £71million committed by the CDC in 2008 for investment in Chinese businesses.

There have been no new investment agreements since then, but as part of the agreement money is handed out over a number of years.

While the balance sheet for CDC in 2012 carries a net loss of £5million in respect of its Chinese investments, a spokesman said the corporation would see a £30million return on the same portfolio by the end of this year.

He said: "We aim to ensure that our investments ultimately generate a positive return and CDC will be able to reinvest those profits in the regions in which we now target for investment – Africa and South Asia. Since 2004, CDC has grown in value from £1billion to £2.8billion in 2012.

As well as China, a further 14 countries due to have all funding cut off by 2016 received cash last year, adding up to a total of £131.9 million.

These included Vietnam, which was given £51.5 million, Cambodia £14.5 million, Indonesia £11.3 million and Kosovo £10.2 million.

Russia did not receive any aid.

Matthew Sinclair, chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance said: "Taxpayers expect UK aid to be helping people in the world's poorest nations."

A spokesman for the Foreign Office said: "Since 2011, we have stopped or are in the process of stopping bilateral aid to over a dozen countries that are becoming more prosperous like China and Russia.

"This has allowed us to concentrate our efforts where the need is greatest and where we can have most impact.

"It is right that where these programmes have closed that Her Majesty's Government continues to work with non-governmental partners on global issues like sustaining economic growth and climate change which affect us all."

Last year the Government announced it was to cut foreign aid to India by 2015 because of the country's growing economy, after repeatedly coming under fire for sending over an average of £280 million a year despite its multi-million space programme.



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. We give aid to 185 countries, including French Polynesia so they can continue suppressing the Polynesians.
I have just been back to Tahiti a few weeks ago, and Now the Frogs have banned the teaching of the Tahitian language in Schools. a New generation of Tahitians are now growing up with No knowledge of their native language. Only the French language will be taught from now on.
. Five years ago the Frogs banned the teaching of English in schools, now this, their own language. .
The Tahitians, a gentle race of people are now getting very angry, The French treat them with total contempt. What an evil and nasty race the French are.
If Russia or China did that, the whole world would be shouting. but they allow the French to get away with the suppression of a beautiful people.
The French disgust me.
I suggest you make a visit to the Tahitian islands and see for yourself, They have taken all their communal and sacred lands and turned them into a building site for houses for French immigrants. The Tahitians are being pushed out of their own nation by the despicable frogs..
And people are going to vote to stay in Europe with the FASCIST FROGS.
I despair for the Polynesians. what have they ever done to deserve such a Dictatorship.
Brian.