China plans to build a 120 million square foot city – from scratch. The Meixi Lake Master Plan project will be built in the metropolitan area of Changsha, China and will integrate mountains, lakes, parks, and canals in its architectural design. The city will be built around a 40 hectare lake which will act as…
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Chinese home owner refuses to move so China builds 4-lane highway “around” their home
This house, located in Xiazhangyang, a village in the Zhejiang province in China, is real. It is located in the middle of a newly constructed Chinese highway. Structures such as these, where the tenant refuses to move to make way for a public land project, are known as “nail houses”. This situation is possible because…
Quiet Revolution – China to become world’s large nuclear energy producer by 2020
Chinese officials have publicly stated that they intend to become the world’s largest producer of nuclear generated electricity by 2020. Within 8 years, they intend to produce 100 gigawatts of power putting them ahead of the United States as the world’s largest producer of nuclear power. By 2050, they intend to move even further ahead…
China flies new stealth fighter prototype – similarities to U.S. prototypes suggests stolen design
China’s newest stealth fighter prototype reportedly took its first test flight this past Wednesday (October 31, 2012) over northeastern China (bloggers from China shoot pictures and post online). Lots of questions still remain about the Falcon Eagle J-31 (likely not J-21 as originally thought). China has a larger J-20 stealth prototype that flew in January…
The insane, terrifying Huashan Plank Walk in China – a plank “bridge” less than 1 foot wide
Situated in Huayin City, about 75 miles east from Xi’an City of Shaanxi Province, sits one of the five sacred mountains in China, Mt. Huashan, the “flower mountain”. It is famous for its natural vistas of steep and narrow paths, precipitous crags, and a high mountain range that is home to several influential Taoist temples.Along…
China complains that cyberattacks on its systems are increasing and that they are coming from US
China’s National Computer Network Emergency Response Tactical Team officials told Forbes that about 7.8 million Chinese computers were affected in 27,900 IP attacks. They claimed that the majority of the attacks originated in the United States (24%) followed by Japan (17.2%) and South Korea (11.4%).
Makers of critical Smart-Grid energy sector software hacked – digital footprints point to Chinese hacker group
Telvent, makers of critical electrical grid software, discovered on September 10, 2012 that it had suffered a breach into its network – a sophisticated hacker attack spanning its operations in the United States, Canada, and Spain. Project files were stolen and malware installed by the attackers. Digital fingerprints suggest the attacks are related to Comment…
An Elite Chinese cyberattack unit has been pawning U.S. computers for three years and counting
Symantec has provided details on an attack system known as The Elderwood Project that appears to be sponsored by the Chinese military complex. The first instance of this attack vector occurred in 2009 when Google computers were comprised by a group using a zero-day exploit in Internet Explorer. it was determined that the group was…