Work on China's first domestically-built aircraft carrier is proceeding smoothly Ian Thomas Panthers Jersey , with the hull having already been assembled, a spokesperson for the country's Ministry of National Defense said Thursday.
The vessel's design has been completed, said ministry spokesperson Wu Qian at a press conference, adding that workers are currently installing equipment to the ship's body.
Photos of the carrier which was spread on the Internet showed it differs from the Liaoning, China's first aircraft carrier, people reported in September citing Chinese military expert Cao Weidong.
Cao said the new carrier has a smaller island, which acts as the command center for all flight deck operations, and is equipped with superior radar.
According to the report, compared with the Liaoning, the new carrier would be faster: Its ship-borne weapons and electronic equipment can be activated in a shorter period of time.
The defense ministry confirmed the construction of the country's second carrier on December 31, 2015.
"We all know that the Liaoning is China's first aircraft carrier. Research and development on China's second aircraft carrier was carried out with an independent design and construction in mind," said ministry spokesman Yang Yujun at the press conference.
Yang said the carrier has a conventional power plant with a displacement of 50,000 tons. It will carry J-15 fighter jets and other ship-based aircraft, and fixed-wing aircraft on board will adopt the ski-jump take-off mode. Various types of equipment will be installed to help it fulfill its missions.
"The design and construction of the second aircraft carrier, having drawn on experience from the tests and training on the first one, will be better in many ways. In the future, we'll continue to provide relevant information," said Yang.
The carrier will be ready for sea trials next year, Indian TV channel NDTV reported in September.
China's first aircraft carrier is a refurbished former Soviet Union ship, which the Chinese government purchased from Ukraine in 1998, according to people.
It was commissioned in 2012 after being refitted in Dalian, Liaoning Province.
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In “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows,” two criminal masterminds go on a cruel rampage through London, but the more dangerous of the two is the one behind the camera. There are things that even Professor Moriarty wouldn’t do to the great detective, but director Guy Ritchie does them here. He turns Holmes into an action hero, a mumbling mess and a crashing bore, with an English accent that sounds phony even to Americans. He turns him into Captain Jack in Edwardian clothes.
“The movie isn’t much, but Guy Ritchie is a director with panache.” I heard someone say that at an advance screening of this movie, and that’s precisely the kind of sentiment that bad directors depend on. Unable to tell a story, unable to inflect scenes, unable to shape the actors’ performances, a bad director will call attention to himself with some signature fluff and flash. In the case of Ritchie, we’re talking about crazy quick cutting in the fight scenes, jarring angles and some unexpected use of slow motion.
The goal is to get you to notice the director’s presence, so that you won’t notice that this same director is flummoxed by the basic requisites of his craft. It’s to get you to conclude that there really wasn’t much in that screenplay anyway, rather than to realize that it was precisely the director who got between you and the story.
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XIAMEN, China, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- On a day when the names atop the leaderboard changed numerous times, Thailand's Kusuma Meechai (67) and South Korean Yeom Hye-in (65) finished at 12-under par to share the third-round lead of the Xiamen Open International in China.
France's Gwladys Nocera, the overnight co-leader at the China LPGA Tour-Ladies European Tour co-sponsored event, was third two shots back after a 71. China's Yan Jing, the other co-leader going into the day, could only muster even-par 72 to sit equal fourth with Australian Stacey Keating (69) at three shots off the pace.
Defending champion Cheng Ssu-chia put herself in the mix when the Chinese Taipei teenager shot a 64 to match the Orient Xiamen course record set by South Korean Shin Ji-yai in 2006 to get within five shots of the lead. She was tied for equal sixth with Chinese Taipei's Lin Tzu-chi (68), American Beth Allen (69) and Dane Nanna Koertz-Madsen (66).
Starting the day four shots off the lead, Yeom quickly put herself into contention with a blazing front nine that included three birdies and an eagle three at the eighth hole to get to 10-under at the turn. Her hot hand continued on the back nine with consecutive birdies from the 10th hole, before dropping her only stroke of the round with a bogey five at the 14th hole. She rebounded to birdie the next before playing par golf back to the clubhouse.
"As soon as I didn't expect that I was going to play this good my irons shots were good and most of the putts I could make birdie. Today, everything was really great," said Yeom, a fifth-year professional.
With her best finish as a pro an equal sixth at last year's Hyundai China Ladies Open, Yeom said she wasn't even thinking about winning tomorrow.
"I don't want to think about it. I just want to focus on my play, like today and yesterday, and enjoy the group. If I win this event, I'll have really big confidence going back to play on the Korean LPGA Tour."
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