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Forum: Military Aviation
9th Oct 2021, 09:02
Replies: 2,090
Views: 613,794
Posted By Fareastdriver

China's industrial explosion in the 80s and 90s...

China's industrial explosion in the 80s and 90s was only possible because of the number of Taiwanese who came to China to train the local population.

They could speak the lingo and knew how the...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Oct 2021, 07:42
Replies: 2,090
Views: 613,794
Posted By Fareastdriver

Next in line to the native Taiwanese are the...

Next in line to the native Taiwanese are the Dutch.
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Aug 2021, 09:12
Replies: 2,090
Views: 613,794
Posted By Fareastdriver

If the Chinese ferries are the same Chinese...

If the Chinese ferries are the same Chinese ferries that I have been on the troops will be incapacitated half way across.

That's if they get that far.
Forum: Military Aviation
14th May 2021, 19:36
Replies: 2,090
Views: 613,794
Posted By Fareastdriver

Chinese census figures can be taken with a pinch...

Chinese census figures can be taken with a pinch of salt especially in the country areas. There is no reason to believe that the system has changed from the manual counting of the past.. Because of...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Apr 2021, 08:59
Replies: 2,090
Views: 613,794
Posted By Fareastdriver

Modern China is slightly different from Mao's...

Modern China is slightly different from Mao's days. They are not mushrooms any more and the various authorities are finding that it is easier to flow with the tide.
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Apr 2021, 14:18
Replies: 2,090
Views: 613,794
Posted By Fareastdriver

China has an Achilles Heel; it is call the Three...

China has an Achilles Heel; it is call the Three Gorges Dam. The water level at the dam head can be up to 175 metres. That, with the contents of three large valleys behind it is an enormous amount...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Apr 2021, 11:19
Replies: 2,090
Views: 613,794
Posted By Fareastdriver

At the end of the last century we were tasked to...

At the end of the last century we were tasked to fly a survey party from Wenzhou to a rig being towed through the Taiwan Straight. It was right in the middle and the radar pickup of the helicopter...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Apr 2021, 08:57
Replies: 2,090
Views: 613,794
Posted By Fareastdriver

There was enough backlash from the PLA losses...

There was enough backlash from the PLA losses during China's war with Vietnam. With over a billion mobile phones Beijing will not be able to keep a bloodbath in Taiwan quiet.
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Jan 2021, 19:51
Replies: 2,090
Views: 613,794
Posted By Fareastdriver

China cannot afford a punch up. Their...

China cannot afford a punch up.

Their economic growth has been eyewatering for thirty years but they still have half a billion or so who look at the TVs and see the shiny life in the big cities...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Jan 2021, 16:14
Replies: 2,090
Views: 613,794
Posted By Fareastdriver

They can't strike too hard. They get all their...

They can't strike too hard. They get all their iron ore from Australia.
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Oct 2020, 07:55
Replies: 2,090
Views: 613,794
Posted By Fareastdriver

Back in the mid nineties discussing the handover...

Back in the mid nineties discussing the handover of Hong Kong with a senior Chinese official.

"After that there will be Macao," I said.

"Yes," he replied, "and after that there will be...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Sep 2020, 06:59
Replies: 2,090
Views: 613,794
Posted By Fareastdriver

Land resources in China tend to be gas;...

Land resources in China tend to be gas; especially in Western China where buses and now taxis have been running on gas for decades. Oil mainly comes from offshore and it is quite a long way (90...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Sep 2020, 12:24
Replies: 2,090
Views: 613,794
Posted By Fareastdriver

Taiwan has only been a part of China for 216 of...

Taiwan has only been a part of China for 216 of the 3,000 years of Chinese history. The Ming Chinese didn't annex it until after the Dutch had opened up the Island. They then lost it to the...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Aug 2020, 20:26
Replies: 2,090
Views: 613,794
Posted By Fareastdriver

They have certainly beefed up their air force...

They have certainly beefed up their air force since I used to knock about with the PLAAF at Shanghaiguan in 1998. Then the main equipment then was the Shenyang J6 where the pilots were paid about...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Aug 2020, 19:39
Replies: 2,090
Views: 613,794
Posted By Fareastdriver

Bei; North, Hai; Sea. The Chinese regard it as...

Bei; North, Hai; Sea. The Chinese regard it as sovereign territory and there is a substantial military presence there. It is the closest a seaborne invasion would be to Beijing; they haven't...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Aug 2020, 07:29
Replies: 2,090
Views: 613,794
Posted By Fareastdriver

All the land reclamation I have seen in China has...

All the land reclamation I have seen in China has had a minimum of seven years to stabilise it before construction. Then, reclaimed or virgin land, piles are driven down twenty metres to support a...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Jun 2020, 12:14
Replies: 2,090
Views: 613,794
Posted By Fareastdriver

As Mao Tse tung said. 枪杆子里面出政权 (Political power...

As Mao Tse tung said. 枪杆子里面出政权 (Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun).
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Jun 2020, 18:26
Replies: 2,090
Views: 613,794
Posted By Fareastdriver

I wonder how much water is going to rush down...

I wonder how much water is going to rush down that river bed when the monsoon strikes.
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Jun 2020, 19:19
Replies: 2,090
Views: 613,794
Posted By Fareastdriver

The Pakistan Air Forces experience with the...

The Pakistan Air Forces experience with the Shenyang J-6 wasn't a success. Rolls Royce were called in to adjust some of the imperial to metric measurements on the engine components in China to save...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Jun 2020, 09:07
Replies: 2,090
Views: 613,794
Posted By Fareastdriver

This had been going on since 1963. That year the...

This had been going on since 1963. That year the British Government sent out two flights of Javelins to assist the Indian Air Force with all weather fighter cover. Valiants of 90 and 214 Squadrons...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Nov 2019, 09:29
Replies: 2,090
Views: 613,794
Posted By Fareastdriver

The H6s I have seen have always been immaculate...

The H6s I have seen have always been immaculate and always easy to find as they are always in the same spot. Their ground equipment in a similar state and the pristine concrete aprons they occupy...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Oct 2019, 07:42
Replies: 2,090
Views: 613,794
Posted By Fareastdriver

When I was there almost all of the businesses...

When I was there almost all of the businesses were run by Taiwanese Chinese. With Mainland China now the official China I can see most of them hot-footing it to either Taiwan or Australia.
With...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Aug 2019, 08:51
Replies: 2,090
Views: 613,794
Posted By Fareastdriver

At least the PLA has had some training in...

At least the PLA has had some training in maintaining public order.

In Tiananmen Square they had had demonstrations of that size before but they were orchestrated by the Party. At the end of the...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Aug 2018, 15:34
Replies: 2,090
Views: 613,794
Posted By Fareastdriver

The main result of financial aid to the South...

The main result of financial aid to the South Pacific is the increase in property prices in the Gold Coast.
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Jan 2018, 09:14
Replies: 2,090
Views: 613,794
Posted By Fareastdriver

I was in a flight of Valiant tankers on Exercise...

I was in a flight of Valiant tankers on Exercise Shiksha that flight refuelled some Javelins out to India in about 1963 because the same thing was going on.

We were, according to Harold Wilson,...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Jan 2018, 20:48
Replies: 2,090
Views: 613,794
Posted By Fareastdriver

Nice picture of Chep Lap Kok, Caz.

Nice picture of Chep Lap Kok, Caz.
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Jul 2017, 13:41
Replies: 2,090
Views: 613,794
Posted By Fareastdriver

Possibly sailed to Russia to get some reliable...

Possibly sailed to Russia to get some reliable spare parts.
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Mar 2017, 19:57
Replies: 2,090
Views: 613,794
Posted By Fareastdriver

Some piccies of the PLAAF. ...

Some piccies of the PLAAF.

http://http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/photo/2016-12/23/c_135926878.htm
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Feb 2017, 09:20
Replies: 2,090
Views: 613,794
Posted By Fareastdriver

They pickle in old age quite well. There is...

They pickle in old age quite well.

There is a tomb near Wuhan of a fairly well off Chinese man who died about a thousand years ago. The tomb, a small wooden cabin, had leaked silt that had...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Feb 2017, 08:42
Replies: 2,090
Views: 613,794
Posted By Fareastdriver

I'll second that. Whilst I worked in China,...

I'll second that. Whilst I worked in China, 1994-2009 the Chinese military was transformed from a Stalin era monolith to an advanced fighting machine. They still have some traditional...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Feb 2017, 15:35
Replies: 2,090
Views: 613,794
Posted By Fareastdriver

Some nice pictures in Xinhua. Highlights of...

Some nice pictures in Xinhua.

Highlights of Chinese Air Force in 2016 - Xinhua | English.news.cn (http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/photo/2016-12/23/c_135926878.htm)
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Feb 2017, 10:44
Replies: 2,090
Views: 613,794
Posted By Fareastdriver

To give you a rough idea. China aims to...

To give you a rough idea.

China aims to relocate 3.4 mln people in 2017 to tackle poverty | Shanghai Daily...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Feb 2017, 14:44
Replies: 2,090
Views: 613,794
Posted By Fareastdriver

It looks like President Xi and President Trump...

It looks like President Xi and President Trump are friends.

Xi, Trump agree to boost win-win cooperation, develop constructive China-U.S. ties - Xinhua | English.news.cn...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Feb 2017, 15:39
Replies: 2,090
Views: 613,794
Posted By Fareastdriver

China has too many domestic problems of its own...

China has too many domestic problems of its own to start punching its weight internationally.
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Oct 2016, 10:24
Replies: 2,090
Views: 613,794
Posted By Fareastdriver

I met a bloke in Shenzhen once. He ran, as had...

I met a bloke in Shenzhen once. He ran, as had his father before him, a plastics moulding company producing plastic bits for motor vehicles; bumper, grill surrounds etc. He had supplied, at a...
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