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Yes, Chandrayaan-1 went closer to the moon than Chang'e 1, but China's second mission went much closer still. Periapsis of Chang'e 1 orbit: 200km Periapsis of Chandrayaan-1 orbit: 100km Periapsis of Chang'e 2 orbit: 15km

1.3m for the first image I posted and 7m for the second and third.

I think L-15 has been using AI-222-25 all along? The paint is new though.

L-15(06)'s new paint

Some pictures: Bay of Rainbows A polar crater Daniell (crater)

I think Geithner came up with a plan to reduce trade deficits by putting a cap on the maximum amount of trade surplus a country can have. His proposal got defeated at a recent G20 finance ministers meeting in Seoul. It's amusing the U.S is trying to defeat the Chinese export machine by...

I think those are J-11BS. J-15 is single seat with canards AFAIK.

Shanghai government was put into a rather difficult position. With the recently hardened political atmosphere they definitely don't want Ai Weiwei in their city. Demolishing his studio will force this hot potato back to Beijing, there he will be Beijing/Central government's problem.

Yeah thank you for that. Ai Qing was one of my favorite poets during my youthful flirtation with modern Chinese poetry. I still remember reading his essays on the art of poetry, even though I've largely became disillusioned with modernity. Of course Ai Qing is known not just to regular...

I didn't know Ai Weiwei is Ai Qing's son til I read this.

SAIC has a 50-50 joint venture with GM to enter the India market. Other companies probably have their plans as well. Back on topic, electric vehicles won't solve the pollution problem in China when electricity itself is mostly generated from coal plants. Still the government is spending...

Looks like what happened to Chinese dairy industry is being repeated in the internet sector. Chinese companies fight among themselves and hand over market share to foreign players. Really, overly-fierce and under-regulated competition is destroying Chinese industries. Anyway I don't see the...

Nice. With the U.S doing its best to inflate itself out of debt, we need to spend our dollars before they become worthless paper.

YouTube - Guangzhou Asian Games Facilities

Yeah what below-freezing said, low carbon doesn't mean low pollution at all. China shouldn't lose sights on what our environmental problems are just because carbon becomes the latest buzz word.

There are plenty of unyielding property owners in China. Like this this and this And of course our great Mr.Yang Youde, who fought off a hundred men evacuation team sent by property developer with a home-made cannon.

They also called Xi Jinping Hu's 'handpicked successor' when every indication is Hu prefers Li Keqiang over Xi Jinping. Guess they have to bend the truth a little bit to make him looks like a strong dictator. Forbes also thinks Li Changchun 'heads CCTV'. I really don't know how to react to this...

Don't forget the entire Diaoyu island protection movement was started by Taiwanese students in the U.S. And President Ma was a student activist for Diaoyu island back then.

So Faye Wong is back on tour again after a six year hiatus, and Beijing of course went crazy. Tickets originally priced at $350 was being sold on Internet auction sites for $1800+. Announcers for Beijing Metro were giving directions to concert goers. Sadly I'm not in China this time to...

The islands are under Russian administration now. If anyone's going to take them by force, it will be Japan and U.S.