Jan 2025 – Page 3 – SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR)

London: Chinese New Year Dim Sum (Yum Cha)! (26.1.2025)

26/01/2025 Adrian (釋大道)

We knew that the Saturday before Chinese New Year would mean that London’s Chinatown (Gerrard Street) would be packed so we got early (ish) to get out on the road by around 10am (early for a Saturday). We drove to Morden Tube Station (Northernline) and headed into Central London (Leicester Square). Actually, although busy, I think the crowd numbers were down on previous (pre-Covid) years! Still, less crowds equals less stress – although the staff of the New Loon Fung Restaurant were on edge – expecting a massive influx for “Dim Sum” (Chinese breakfast)!

China: Socialist Tech-Breakthrough in “Terahertz Wave” Control! (24.1.2025)

24/01/2025 Adrian (釋大道)

The newly developed terahertz wave polarization modulator outperforms other existing models, offering enhanced multifunctionality, a broader operating bandwidth, and high-precision control.

Terahertz waves, which occupy the spectral region between millimetre waves and infrared light, are characterized by broad bandwidth and strong penetration capabilities, making them highly promising for applications in next-generation wireless communications, material testing, and bio-medicine.

The research was jointly completed by the Aerospace Information Research Institute and Nanjing University. Its results have been published in the international academic journal Optica.

China: Joint Research Team – Unexpected “Chirping Chorus” Detected from Outer Space! (23.1.2025)

23/01/2025 Adrian (釋大道)

According to the research team, electromagnetic bursts play a crucial role in the formation of the Earth’s radiation belts, pulsating auroras, and the precipitation of particles into its atmosphere. Traditional views hold that chorus waves are formed in the magnetic field of a dipole of near-Earth space, where the magnetic field is similar to a large bar magnet.

The newly-found chorus waves were detected in a region where Earth’s magnetic field is stretched out, which scientists didn’t expect. They lasted about 0.1 second with a frequency of nearly 100 hertz per second, which are similar to the waves detected in near-Earth space. That raises fresh questions about how these chirping waves form.

China: PLA Navy Modernises for “Self-Defence” War! (23.1.2025)

23/01/2025 Adrian (釋大道)

Xiao Liang, a senior hardware researcher in the nation’s shipbuilding industry, said the Type 054B is the largest class of frigate the Navy has ever used and is almost as big as some of China’s old-type destroyers.

“Its large size allows for carrying more munitions and fuel, and also means this new class has bigger potential for further upgrade,” Xiao said. “Its propulsion system enables it to sail farther than other Chinese frigates. Another remarkable point is the new type’s radar system, which, without any exaggeration, makes previous radars of its kind look like antiques.

“Compared with previous frigate models in China that are mainly tasked with anti-submarine operations, the Type 054B is also capable of performing fleet air-defense missions,” he added.

Meanwhile, the larger air-service zone means the new frigate can bring a bigger helicopter such as the Z-20, and that will give the ship a better capability to detect, track and hit hostile submarines, according to Xiao.

BMA-UK: Solidarity with Migrants – Explained! (23.1.2025)

23/01/2025 Adrian (釋大道)

When they arrived, nobody wanted to help. They had to walk the streets for two-days in the Oxford area until a Police Constable directed them to a local school. Here, they were given food and a bed on the floor of a school hall. Eventually, a local family let them live in a small cottage – where they slowly developed a new life. My grandfather joined the Royal Navy Patrol Service (RNPS) and fought in the North Atlantic fighting in-part alongside the USSR. My grand-uncle joined the Coldstream Guards and guard Buckingham Palace for a time. At the beginning, local Oxford people did not like the Cockney accents of my family – but they soon got use to it. My family eventually got jobs in the local area, joined Unions, and integrated into the local community. This is why I was born in Oxford. I am the product of displacement due to war – albeit within my own country. Today, the bourgeoisie loves to make international “war” as a business option that generates billions of dollars each year.

UK: Trump and Galloway – Two Cheeks of the Same Arse! (22.1.2025)

22/01/2025 Adrian (釋大道)

Of course, this is not the first time Galloway has been failed by the social conservatism he uses to deploy his far-right rhetoric, as he is currently married to a woman who is 30-years his junior (he was 30 when she was born), and always wears a hat in-doors to cover-up his loss of hair (wearing a head-cover in-doors in the UK is the height of bad manners). Both Trump and Galloway are defined by their far-right political viewpoints, their misogynistic attitudes, their casual racism, their homophobia and transphobia, and their continuous appealing toward the Trotskyite (pseudo) left for vindication. They share a far-right political agenda that is premised upon deceiving and manipulating the working-class into orchestrating its own demise. Do not support Galloway or the latest incarnation of his ego – the so-called “Workers’ Party” (his previous “Respect Party” was hijacked by Islamicists – who then attempted to oust him from it). Remember, even his old chum Jeremy Corbyn not only refused to allow Galloway back into the Labour Party – but in recent years has “banned” Galloway from sharing a platform with him at public Pro-Palestinian protests. Two-cheeks of the same arse indeed!

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