Here is the full article and statement from NASA
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/nasa-slams-china-over-irresponsible-standards-regarding-space-debris-101620537862631.html
https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-administrator-statement-on-chinese-rocket-debris/
“Spacefaring nations...
While China is very good at manufacturing and reverse engineering, it's incapability of being innovative could be a stumbling block.
A few years ago a Chinese "scientist" was hailed as a hero for making a microchip. Turns out he just erased Motorola's name on the chip and put his own logo. So...
"No one cares what you think".
That one.
If you don't, please ignore the point being made and follow the rules of civil discourse as practices in civilized societies.
Got a first jab yesterday. Covishield (the Indian version of Astra Zeneca). Thought I should give an update to NRIs and those interested.
Firstly I am in Bombay which had dealt with the the decent 2nd wave much better than other major Indian cities, so I can't comment on those.
It's easy...
Modi just lost a major election in Bengal and lost Municipal elections across multiple counties in its stronghold and biggest Indian state - Uttar Pradesh. It is highly unlikely he will get a second term. Even a 5% swing away from his total votes in 2019 will result in his party being reduced to...
It's good that at least the CCP is trying to make amends for the havoc it has unleashed on the planet via a pandemic. I hope both the approved Chinese vaccines go a small way in alleviating the pain, misery and death that the Wuhan origin Coronavirus has caused.
No one in this article mentions Pakistan. Or North Korea. Or Sierra Leone. Such states aren't part of the discourse when it comes to vaccine manufacturing and distribution.
China providing the world vaccines is like a guy shooting you and you lay bleeding to death, he opens his first aid kit and offers you band aid. If China had a sense of responsibility or was indeed a global leader it so desperately wants to see itself as, it should have acted like one. See how...
India is a regional power militarily and economically. China too is at best a regional power. It has some minor bankrupt countries backing it because these morally and financially bankrupt countries depend on Chinese largesse in terms of money and backing it in international forums.
Here is the link for full article
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/08/china-tries-to-scupper-un-talk-on-plight-of-uighurs
Beijing’s mission asks other members not to attend, with Human Rights Watch saying it continues pattern of ‘trying to bully governments into silence’
