Oh my oh my... so the Gleat Han nation will now grow its GDP at 8% onlee....China Faces Power Cuts Thanks to Aussie Coal Ban
There are power cuts across numerous Chinese cities where local authorities can't keep the street lights on and are forcing factories to close.
By ALEX FREW MCMILLAN Dec 21, 2020 | 08:53 AM EST
Indian crew on two ships stuck for months at Chinese ports as China does not allow them to unload cargo
https://www.opindia.com/2020/12/indian- ... ese-ports/
Displaying a vile gesture, China has not allowed two Indian cargo vessels with many Indians on board to unload their cargo at Chinese ports. The Ministry of External Affairs informed the same today, saying that the two cargo ships with a total of 39 Indians on board have been on anchorage in Chinese waters for several months as they were not allowed to unload their cargo, even though some other ships were allowed to do so.
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China has allowed the vessels of other countries to enter Chinese ports and unload their cargo during the months when two Indian ships with several crew members on board were not allowed to do so on the grounds of Covid-19 related restrictions. However, no case of Covid-19 has been reported so far on the Indian cargo vessels. Srivastava said bulk cargo vessel MV Jag Anand is on anchorage near the Jingtang port in Hebei province of China since June 13. The vessel had 23 Indians on board. The other vessel MV Anastasia is on anchorage near Caofeidian port in China since September 20. It has 16 Indian nationals on board.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Vietnamese counterpart, Mr Nguyen Xuan, discussed issues related to the South China Sea as well as defence links between the two countries during a virtual summit on Monday (Dec 21).
The two leaders underscored the importance of "self-restraint" and "non-militarisation" of the South China Sea while drawing up a roadmap for closer defence ties.
The South China Sea featured prominently in the talks at a time when both countries have seen a downturn in ties with China.
Mr Modi stressed that the code of conduct negotiations on the South China Sea should not prejudice the interest of other countries in the region, said Ministry of External Affairs Secretary (East) Riva Ganguly Das.
Separately, the two countries released a document called India-Vietnam Joint Vision for Peace, Prosperity and People, where two paragraphs were dedicated to the South China Sea issue.
Analysts noted that there were many areas of convergence between India and Vietnam, which will also take their seats in the United Nations Security Council next month.
Though India is not directly involved in the territorial dispute, China has expressed irritation with its oil exploration activities in the area. One of the oil blocks where India has been involved in partly falls under territory claimed by China.
ONGC Videsh, the overseas arm of the Indian public sector oil and gas company, has sought a two-year extension for exploring the Vietnamese oil block.
Defence, analysts said, is emerging as a key area of cooperation.
The two countries signed nine memoranda of understanding, including a framework for promoting cooperation between the defence industries of the two countries.
India also handed over the first of 10 high-speed guard boats (HSGB) which are being manufactured under a US$100 million (S$133 million) defence line of credit extended in 2014 by India to Vietnam.
Five boats are being built in the southern city of Chennai, while the rest at Hong Ha shipyard in the Vietnamese port city of Hai Phong.
"There is skill transfer and technology transfer. Manufacturing and capacity transfer. I guess that's the harbinger for future projects," said China expert Srikanth Kondapalli from the Jawaharlal Nehru University
Can't the shipping company declare 'force majeure' and return to where it set off or shippers can sell goods on a high sea basis to who ever is willing to buy. Just keeping it anchored off the port must be costing them a lot more than the profits they might have hoped to from the sale to whoever is the importer. One explanation could be that the ship needs fuel for onward journey which cannot be supplied unless the ship is berthed. Can someone familiar with international shipping throw some light?darshan wrote:Indian crew on two ships stuck for months at Chinese ports as China does not allow them to unload cargo
https://www.opindia.com/2020/12/indian- ... ese-ports/
Displaying a vile gesture, China has not allowed two Indian cargo vessels with many Indians on board to unload their cargo at Chinese ports. The Ministry of External Affairs informed the same today, saying that the two cargo ships with a total of 39 Indians on board have been on anchorage in Chinese waters for several months as they were not allowed to unload their cargo, even though some other ships were allowed to do so.
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China has allowed the vessels of other countries to enter Chinese ports and unload their cargo during the months when two Indian ships with several crew members on board were not allowed to do so on the grounds of Covid-19 related restrictions. However, no case of Covid-19 has been reported so far on the Indian cargo vessels. Srivastava said bulk cargo vessel MV Jag Anand is on anchorage near the Jingtang port in Hebei province of China since June 13. The vessel had 23 Indians on board. The other vessel MV Anastasia is on anchorage near Caofeidian port in China since September 20. It has 16 Indian nationals on board.
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It is very impressive and scary because of the implications; hope the rest of the world is taking note specially Indianam wrote:Chini Silk road. From 32.00 onwards is Pak's round.
Note how the Chini trucks come back empty from Pak and none come before the mid day.
BENGALURU: Criminal Investigation Department sleuths probing the alleged data theft by instant loan apps stated they’ve enough circumstantial and scientific proof to link the rip-off to China.
In accordance with the officers, the appliance server relies in China, the dashboard accessed by way of the app is positioned within the neighbouring nation and administrators of three of the 4 corporations lately raided by CID are additionally from there.
Confirming the China connection, superintendent of police, CID-cybercrime, MD Sharath, stated: “Operations of the businesses which have been raided are managed from China. This contains dealing with of the hacked mobile phones’ information.”
Bridge &Roof, a PSU and Balmer Lawrie another PSU although operating under different ministries were making freight containers until the early 90s. Initially the problem was corrosion. You need automobile standard anti rust coating which was expensive and they didn't have the paint shop for that. Then it was cost vis a vis the Chinese. So both companies shut their container divisions eventually.nam wrote:Look at the nonsense we have been doing in the name of trade with the Chinis.
Indian railways has been importing 10,000 containers in a year from them.
https://swarajyamag.com/news-brief/cont ... e-in-india
Previously there was a report on 4000 crores worth of Rakhis were been imported every year
If the Chinis did do their adventure on LAC, we would have happily continued this.
So, What goes out as iron ore from India, comes in as containers.nam wrote:.
Indian railways has been importing 10,000 containers in a year from them.
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If the Chinis did do their adventure on LAC, we would have happily continued this.
should be seen as victory for FM Jaishankar and PM Modi. there is definitely more than what meets the eye.Rsatchi wrote:https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/wor ... 988543.cms
Trump's parting gift!!
What does it mean in real terms??
Will the Biden presidency be able to reverse these decisions even though the Senate has voted the bill or water it down to make it useless??
D Lama will he at last stand up and make more noise of just lie low
The last para is interesting in the context of Brahmaputra river flow...Rsatchi wrote:https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/wor ... 988543.cms
Trump's parting gift!!
Expressing concern over the exploitation of natural resources of Tibet, in particular water, the new law seeks to pursue collaborative efforts with Chinese and international scientific institutions, to monitor the environment on the Tibetan Plateau, including glacial retreat, temperature rise, and carbon levels, to promote a greater understanding of the effects on permafrost, the river flows, grasslands and desertification and the monsoon cycle.
Biden's admin by itself is in no position to change anything. The US Senate/Congress will need to pass some amendments or the like to modify the law itself, which then Biden can signRsatchi wrote:https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/wor ... 988543.cms
Trump's parting gift!!
What does it mean in real terms??
Will the Biden presidency be able to reverse these decisions even though the Senate has voted the bill or water it down to make it useless??
D Lama will he at last stand up and make more noise of just lie low
There are factions in the US government (SD and Def) that are pitching for decoupling and it is very open in Pompeo's speeches. There is some support in the farm sector, although they have been hurt the most!!nam wrote: Only if the US allows it..people forget Chinis are growing their GDP by selling to their biggest market: US.
If same situation would be with USA citizens, how USA would have reacted?g.sarkar wrote:https://www.sundayguardianlive.com/news ... an-sailors
No doctors unless you are on deathbed: China tells stranded Indian sailors
Dibyendu Mondal, December 27, 2020
At least 41 Indian sailors aboard two ships have been stranded off the coast in China for over seven months now, with no respite being seen for these sailors in the near future.
Gautam
NEW DELHI: In a strong retaliatory push
While flights between India and China are currently suspended, Chinese nationals eligible to travel as per current norms for foreigners have been doing so by first flying to a third country with which India has a travel bubble. And from there, they fly to India. In addition, Chinese nationals living in air bubble countries have also been flying to India from there for work and business.
Over the past weekend, airlines — both Indian and foreign — have been specifically asked not to fly Chinese nationals to India. At the moment tourist visas to India remain suspended but foreigners are allowed to travel here on work and some other categories of non-tourist visas. Industry sources say a majority of Chinese nationals flying to India have been coming from air bubble countries in Europe.
Some airlines, it is learned, asked the authorities to give them something in writing so that they can give reason for denying boarding to Chinese nationals booked on flights to India as per current norms.
New Delhi's response comes when Indian seafarers are stranded in various Chinese ports because China is refusing to allow them on shore, or even to change crew. This has affected almost 1,500 Indians serving on international flag merchant vessels as they can’t even come back home.
Though the target is Australia, whose coal is now banned by China, Indians seafarers have taken a big collateral hit and Beijing does not seem to be willing to organise immediate relief. Questioned this week, the Chinese foreign ministry lobbed the ball back in the courts of local authorities. But officials say there are no permissions forthcoming from any local authority. The Chinese government has given a list of steps to be followed, but, Indian officials say, they are designed to frustrate efforts.
In early November, China had suspended the entry of foreign nationals holding valid Chinese visas or residence permits from some countries including India due to the pandemic. "The Chinese embassy/consulates in India will not stamp the health declaration forms for the holders of the above-mentioned categories of visa or residence permits," the Chinese embassy in India had said in a statement on its website on November 5, while exempting some categories of visa holders like diplomats.
"The entry into China with visas issued after November 3, 2020 is not affected… suspension is a temporary measurement that China has to adopt to deal with the current pandemic. China will make further adjustment and announcement in accordance with the ongoing pandemic situation in a timely manner," the statement had said.
China’s decision had come after almost 20 passengers of an Air India Vande Bharat Mission Delhi-Wuhan flight of October 30 had tested Covid positive and another 40 were found to have Covid antibodies on arrival.
China’s special administrative region of Hong Kong suspends airlines for 14 days if five or more passengers on any single flight test positive on arrival. Hong Kong has so far barred AI four times and Vistara once during the pandemic for this reason.
Probably not Trump’s doing as such. Some US Congress person stuck the Tibet provision into the spending bill, and Trump just signed the whole package.Rsatchi wrote:https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/wor ... 988543.cms
Trump's parting gift!!
What does it mean in real terms??
Will the Biden presidency be able to reverse these decisions even though the Senate has voted the bill or water it down to make it useless??
D Lama will he at last stand up and make more noise of just lie low
Sure. I’ll tell Modi to disband the military because of this brilliant nugget of wisdom from you.hemant_sai wrote:If same situation would be with USA citizens, how USA would have reacted?g.sarkar wrote:https://www.sundayguardianlive.com/news ... an-sailors
No doctors unless you are on deathbed: China tells stranded Indian sailors
Dibyendu Mondal, December 27, 2020
At least 41 Indian sailors aboard two ships have been stranded off the coast in China for over seven months now, with no respite being seen for these sailors in the near future.
Gautam
When terrorist attack happens on USA or France, do they seek our approval to hit them back.
Before dreaming for superpower status we just need to introspect on reality. Just by accumulating military assets it is not going to happen.
I think they just go somewhere else that'll allow them to dock. Isn't that what happened with the Beirut explosion? The ship was supposed to ship fertilizers to an African country, but was denied docking, so the crew docked it at Beirut and eventually just left the load there and left. There are other ships carrying Australian coal, lobster, wine, etc. etc. that's been denied docking at China, what are they doing?nandakumar wrote:What should a shipping company do if a port authority refuses to allow a ship to berth?
This raises another question. So why in this case the two ships are waiting for 7 months to somehow to melt the hearts of Chinese port authorities and they would allow the ships to dock. Possibly they are running low on fuel and can't divert to any nearby port. A worse possibility is that the Chinese coast guard has boarded the ship and the Captain and the crew are held hostage.DavidD wrote:I think they just go somewhere else that'll allow them to dock. Isn't that what happened with the Beirut explosion? The ship was supposed to ship fertilizers to an African country, but was denied docking, so the crew docked it at Beirut and eventually just left the load there and left. There are other ships carrying Australian coal, lobster, wine, etc. etc. that's been denied docking at China, what are they doing?nandakumar wrote:What should a shipping company do if a port authority refuses to allow a ship to berth?
The news article should have addressed such questions. Instead we are left to speculate.nandakumar wrote:
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This raises another question. So why in this case the two ships are waiting for 7 months to somehow to melt the hearts of Chinese port authorities and they would allow the ships to dock. Possibly they are running low on fuel and can't divert to any nearby port. A worse possibility is that the Chinese coast guard has boarded the ship and the Captain and the crew are held hostage.
Sleuths probing the countrywide illegal instant loan app case, involving Chinese national, Zhu Wei said four companies run by him carried out Rs 1.4 crore transactions worth nearly Rs 21,000 crore.The scale of the racket can be gauged from the fact that Rs 21,000 crore is a total loss that the domestic airline industry is likely to face in 2020 because of the pandemic and travel restrictions. These transactions have happened over payment gateways and bank accounts linked to these companies, Hyderabad joint commissioner of police (detective department Avinash Mohanty said "Most of the transactions have happened in the past six months. We do not know whether the 1.4 crore transactions were meant only for disbursement of loans and collecting the money or if there are other reasons. We need to see if there are any hawala transactions too," Mohanty added.
Sleuths said they were also shocked to learn they had unearthed a scam worth Rs 21,000 crore and ran multiple checks. "We were literally counting zeroes so to say" said a senior officer associated with the probe at the Central Crime station. After his arrest, Wei claimed that he does not know English, but when the cops began sustained interrogation and said they would get an interpreter if needed, he finally started to speak in broken English. "He initially claimed that he has no knowledge of the business, but when we opened his laptop, we found details of his employees, various business transactions. However, he was mostly tight-lipped about the business,'' an officer told TOI. Wei was staying in an apartment in Delhi during the lockdown and shuttled between India and China regularly. His passport revealed, he went to Indonesia. Meanwhile, investigations revealed companies used to make transactions in crores, many in bitcoins.
The crews are generally mixed flag and the ship is usually not Indian owned or even Indian flagged.Varoon Shekhar wrote:I hope any ship with an Indian crew that has even half a brain, refuses to go to China. And will cite the experience of the 41 sailors as a reason. No matter under which flag the carrier travels. Of course, if it's an Indian owned one, there shouldn't be even the slightest hesitation to refuse.
