Foreign Affairs | Two missteps in Joe Biden’s China agenda that require repair
The incoming Joe Biden administration’s use of the expression ‘Asia-Pacific’ instead of ‘Indo-Pacific’ signals a lack of commitment to the initiatives and concerns of allies, such as India and Japan, despite Biden’s talk of taking them along
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It is not surprising that United States President-elect Joe Biden wants to reverse much of incumbent Donald Trump’s shambolic and disruptive foreign policies. But on at least one aspect of Trump’s foreign policy China Biden should be building on and staying the course.
The only change required is to forego Trump’s propensity to cut deals with the Chinese in favour of short-term gains. Biden can bring in consistency and firmness, and be willing to make it costly for China to renege on promises. However, there are already at least two Biden moves with implications for China policy that raise some concerns about how well the inc
China deployed a large unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) on Wednesday for generating artificial precipitation in northwest China s Gansu Province, with an aim of boosting ecological protection.
2021-01-07 10:09 By: Xinhua
Technicians prepare large UAV, Ganlin-1, meaning sweet rain in Chinese, for its maiden flight at Jinchuan airport in Jinchang City in northwest China s Gansu Province, Jan. 6, 2021. China deployed a large unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) on Wednesday for generating artificial precipitation in northwest China s Gansu Province, with an aim of boosting ecological protection. During its maiden voyage, which lasted around 40 minutes, Ganlin-1 maintained stable flight and successfully conducted weather-modification operations, such as atmospheric detection and catalyst spreading to generate precipitation, as well as the de-icing of the UAV itself. This innovative move in ecological protection marks the launch of China s first large UAV-based weather-modification system, filling the country s gap in the field. The UAV is capable of long-range atmospheric sounding, air-data acquisition and catalyst seedin
China deploys large UAV for ecological protection
1 2021-01-07 08:39:22Xinhua
Editor : Li Yan
ECNS App Download Technicians prepare large UAV, Ganlin-1, meaning sweet rain in Chinese, for its maiden flight at Jinchuan airport in Jinchang City in northwest China s Gansu Province, Jan. 6, 2021. China deployed a large unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) on Wednesday for generating artificial precipitation in northwest China s Gansu Province, with an aim of boosting ecological protection. (Xinhua/Fan Peishen)
China deployed a large unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) on Wednesday for generating artificial precipitation in northwest China s Gansu Province, with the aim of boosting ecological protection.
The large UAV, Ganlin-1, meaning sweet rain in Chinese, took off from Jinchuan airport in the city of Jinchang at 3:24 p.m. Wednesday.
2021-01-06 13:05:21 GMT2021-01-06 21:05:21(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
Technicians prepare large UAV, Ganlin-1, meaning "sweet rain" in Chinese, for its maiden flight at Jinchuan airport in Jinchang City in northwest China's Gansu Province, Jan. 6, 2021. China deployed a large unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) on Wednesday for generating artificial precipitation in northwest China's Gansu Province, with an aim of boosting ecological protection. During its maiden voyage, which lasted around 40 minutes, Ganlin-1 maintained stable flight and successfully conducted weather-modification operations, such as atmospheric detection and catalyst spreading to generate precipitation, as well as the de-icing of the UAV itself. This innovative move in ecological protection marks the launch of China's first large UAV-based weather-modification system, filling the country's gap in the field. The UAV is capable of long-range atmospheric sounding, air-data acquisit