Comments by "Peter Jacobsen" (@pjacobsen1000) on "CCTV Video News Agency" channel.

  1. China had 64 launches in 2022, 62 of which were successful. It's a lot. SpaceX launched 61 rockets in 2022, all of which were successful, also a lot. SpaceX and China combined launched 70% of all successful rockets in 2022. Russia 22. EU 4. India 4.
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  2. SpaceX booster is released high above the atmosphere. If it was allowed to just fall back to earth with a parachute, it would burn up. The Chinese boosters are released at quite low altitude, so they won't burn up.
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  3. This could potentially work, as long as the boosters are released at low altitude. If they're released above 90km they will almost certainly burn up on re-entering the atmosphere.
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  4. Does anybody know when the expected launch date is?
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  5. What does the US get out of joining UNESCO? Just a big bill? There doesn't seem to be any benefits.
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  6. With that nice satellite dish on the station, they should be able to get both HBO and ESPN.
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  7. You mean eating dumplings outside in the winter? Why do you wish that life for anyone?
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  8. If China becomes a little more liberal with their visa policy, I think even more people will come. For example, 3-month tourist visas used to be easy to get, but now it's almost impossible. So, 3-month, or even 6-month tourist visas, double-entry visas would all be very welcome. I think foreign tourists are willing to pay good money for those types of visas. Secondly, make it easier to apply for visas, online application would be great, drop the fingerprinting at application and only fingerprint when arriving at the border. There are many potential tourists who look at the complicated process and just choose another country to visit.
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  9.  @alungalung1896  Thanks
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  10. "China-U.S. people-to-people exchanges". If only that meant lots of Chinese and American people engaged in a hot free-for-all orgy during the event, that would be pretty awesome.
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  11. The area controlled by US Forces is in the south, bordering Jordan. That area is pure desert, no agriculture, no oil, no gas, no mines, no resources of any kind. Almost all of Syria's oil and gas fields are controlled by either the Syrian government or Kurdish dominated forces. A small part is controlled by Turkey. USA does not import products of any kind from Syria.
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  12.  @JMA4206  That's not an argument.
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  13. Nice looking bridge. What are those two narrow central lanes for? Please tell me they are exclusive bicycle lanes!
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  14.  @namelesswarrior4760  That's not what we do down here in Shanghai. Our lives are better than up in HeiHe, and we don't have to eat our dumplings in the freezing cold. We're civilized.
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  15.  @namelesswarrior4760  Ok, the lifestyle may be great at the border, but then I'd prefer the border with Laos or with Hong Kong. Better weather, better food. Nevertheless, as long as you enjoy your life up in the far north-east, everything is good.
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  16.  @colleen2671  And yet, we see a constant stream of North-Easterners moving to Hainan, XiShuangBanNa, Shenzhen; not exactly places known for their cold weather.
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  17.  @Whatisnottaken  If you ever come to Shanghai, you will quickly see how much better it is. And regarding eating dumpling in the cold, why would anybody sit outside in the winter if they didn't have to? If sitting in the cold is so great, why don't people just turn off their heating inside?
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