NEW Former Australia-China Business Council head and Howard Government minister Warwick Smith expressed deep concern for Australia's role in the increasingly fraught US-China relationship.
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Grim warning that Australia is just a 'little boat caught between two rocks' in the US-China trade war as Asian superpower's attitude switches from 'assertive to aggressive'
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LOL Dwayne 15
No worries Celia. Did you know the use of toilet paper has been recorded in China in the 6th century AD, with specifically manufactured toilet paper being mass-produced in the 14th century? Joseph Gayetty only started marketing his in the 1850s. This what the Chinese paper might have looked like.
But that's not all, the Chinese, according to court records of the later Han Dynasty, a seismograph was created by the brilliant inventor Zhang Heng (78-140 AD) in 132 AD.
Its function to determine the direction of an earthquake. In 138 AD, this instrument indicated an earthquake occurring in Longxi a thousand kilometers away. It was the first time that mankind was able to detect an earthquake. Modern seismographs only began development in 1848 in Europe.
https://www.ancient.eu/Chinese_Art/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04ck50x
China had culture and wonderful Art when we Europeans were still living in the dark ages.
Amazing images showed a centuries-old royal family golden seal weighing over 17 pounds unearthed by Chinese archaeologists studying the remnants of a Ming dynasty battlefield on Tuesday.
Basic Chinese History.
8000 - 2205 BC: Early Chinese settlers build small villages and farm along the major rivers including the Yellow River and the Yangtze River.
2696 BC: Rule of the legendary Yellow Emperor. His wife Leizu invented the process of making silk cloth.
2205 - 1575 BC: The Chinese learn how to make bronze. The Xia Dynasty becomes the first dynasty in China.
1045 - 256 BC: Zhou Dynasty
771 BC: End of the Western Zhou and beginning of the Eastern Zhou. The Spring and Autumn period begins.
551 BC: Philosopher and thinker Confucius is born. 544 BC: Sun Tzu the author of the Art of War is born.
500 BC: Cast iron is invented in China around this time. The iron plough was likely invented shortly after.
481 BC: End of the Spring and Autumn period. 403 - 221 BC: The Warring States period. During this time leaders from different areas were constantly fighting for control.
342 BC: The crossbow is first used in China.
221 - 206 BC: Qin Dynasty
221 BC: Qin Shi Huangdi becomes the first Emperor of China. He has the Great Wall of China built by extending and connecting existing walls to protect the people from the Mongols. 220 BC: The writing system of China becomes standardized by the government.
210 BC: The Terra Cotta Army is buried with Emperor Qin.
210 BC: The umbrella is invented. 206 BC - 220 AD: Han Dynasty
207 BC: The first Han Emperor, Gaozu, establishes the Chinese Civil Service to help run the government.
104 BC: Emperor Wu defines the Taichu calendar which will remain the Chinese calendar throughout history.
8 - 22 AD: The Xin Dynasty overthrows the Han Dynasty for a short period of time.
2 AD: A government census is taken. The size of the Chinese Empire is estimated at 60 million people.
105 AD: Paper is invented by Imperial court official Cai Lun.
208: Battle of Red Cliffs.
222 - 581: Six Dynasties
250: Buddhism is introduced to China.
589 - 618: Sui Dynasty
609: The Grand Canal is completed.
618 - 907: Tang Dynasty
868: Wood block printing is first used in China to print an entire book called the Diamond Sutra.
907 - 960: Five Dynasties
960 - 1279: Song Dynasty
1041: Moveable type for printing is invented.
1044: This is the earliest date that a formula for gunpowder is recorded.
1088: The first description of the magnetic compass.
1200: Genghis Khan unites the Mongol tribes under his leadership.
1271: Marco Polo begins his travels to China.
1279 - 1368: Yuan Dynasty
1279: The Mongols under Kublai Khan defeat the Song Dynasty. Kublai Khan establishes the Yuan Dynasty.
1368 - 1644: Ming Dynasty
1405: Chinese explorer Zheng He begins his first journey to India and Africa. He will establish trade relationships and bring back news of the outside world.
1405: The Chinese begin construction on the Forbidden City.
1420: Beijing becomes the new capital of the Chinese Empire replacing Nanjing.
1517: Portuguese traders first arrive in the country.
1644 - 1912: Qing Dynasty
1912: The Qing Dynasty comes to an end with the Xinhai Revolution.
The modern Chinese film industry.
https://www.businessnews.com.au/article/Film-project-boost-for-WA-China-business
Have started the last six months to watch Chinese movies on netflix.
Some are better than others, but it certainly paints a different picture of Chinese these days the country is not all wet markets!
Mr Beasley is the new Governor of Western Australia.
Chinese shopping centres
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZD2QflVkgA
Not forgetting Malaysia and Singapore's huge shopping centres.
All very interesting all huge, you can spend a day in some and not see everything.
China's new supersonic stealth bomber could be ready later this year.
The feared Xian H-20, which doubles China's strike range and completes its nuclear triad, puts Australia, Japan and Korea all within range.
It would mean China would join the US and Russia is possessing a three-pronged military force that can launch nuclear missiles from air, land and sea.
Amid an escalating war of words between Washington and Beijing over COVID-19, the bomber could further ramp up tensions by exposing US
Bases and fleets in the Pacific.
Both countries have increased naval patrols in the Taiwan Strait and the South and East China seas.
The H-20 is a strategic bomber similar to the B-2 or B-21, according to the US Defense Intelligence Agency.
The US defence department has estimated a cruising distance of more than 5,300 miles for the H-20.
The bomber will be equipped with nuclear and conventional missiles with a maximum take-off weight of more than 200 tonnes.
Another source said: 'Like intercontinental ballistic missiles, all strategic bombers can be used for delivering nuclear weapons …
If China claimed it had pursued a national defence policy which is purely defensive in nature, why would it need such an offensive weapon?'
They also revealed that if the US deploys more F-35 supersonic fighter jets, it would push China to bring forward the unveiling of the bomber.
The US has already sold around 200 of the fighter jets to Japan and South Korea.
The H-20 is believed to have been in development since the early 2000s, but the project was first publicly announced in 2016.
China accuses the US of launching 'unprecedented propaganda warfare' and even blames Trump for 'impeding global efforts to fight COVID-19' after the president accused Beijing of cover-up
By Billie Thomson for MailOnline
A major Chinese propaganda outlet has accused the US of launching 'unprecedented propaganda warfare' as Beijing sharpens its rhetoric against Washington amid a diplomatic war over the new coronavirus.
The Global Times, a state-backed newspaper, also blamed Trump for 'trying to impede global efforts in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic'.
The fresh editorial attack came as Trump yesterday said that China had made a 'horrible mistake' and tried to cover-up the coronavirus outbreak.
Hours before Trump's remarks, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo claimed there was 'enormous evidence' to show that the virus escaped from a lab in Wuhan, where the pandemic first emerged in December.
China's President Xi (left, pictured on January 17) is facing widespread doubts that his government has covered up the true scale of the outbreak. Trump (right, pictured on January 15) yesterday said that China had made a 'horrible mistake' and tried to cover-up the crisis
The mysterious Chinese diplomat who 'hijacked' a ministerial press conference to lavish praise on Beijing is a former top cyber spy for Beijing.
Long Zhou used to work in a secretive cyber cell inside the Chinese Communist Party, helping it wage war against western governments and pump out propaganda.
He is now China's Victorian consul general, and inexplicably gatecrashed a joint press conference between Health Minister Greg Hunt and businessman Mr Forrest on Wednesday.
The billionaire mining magnate, nicknamed 'Twiggy', was announcing his foundation's securing of 10 million coronavirus testing kits, but is accused of 'ambushing' Mr Hunt with the Chinese official.
He even invited Mr Zhou to speak, who seized the opportunity to praise China for being 'open, transparent and responsible' with officials, including the World Health Organisation.
A wet market is seen up and running in Wuhan, where the COVID-19 pandemic broke out (pictured on April 29) despite scientists warning this is how the outbreak began https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8275613/Chinese-official-gatecrashed-government-meeting-praise-Beijing-cyber-spy.html?ito=email_share_article-image-share