#chen liwei

[lizhly-writes]

hiya.

First impression of Wu Youxuan: nothing.

This is what Chen Liwei thinks of most of his classmates. Log down the name, remember the face, pick out their impressions toward him --- hostile, neutral, favorable --- and save it for later. ‘Wu Youxuan’ settles firmly into the neutral category and then Chen Liwei forgets about his existence the rest of the time.

Until he doesn’t.

The thing is, Wu Youxuan genuinely thinks that Chen Liwei is going to kill him.

It’s a little special, considering that nobody ever thinks he’s serious when he says he’s going to beat people up. He does it, and there’s this shock of “wow, the school grass is so much more powerful/domineering than we thought”, before it all goes back to the status quo of “surely a little white face like him couldn’t really put up a fight and everyone else who tried were just weaklings and/or we just had a bad day and we’ll definitely get him next time.”

It isn’t like Chen Liwei is invincible, but he’s certainly better than their expectations of him. He surprises them every time. Even if it’s the same people he’s fighting.

Memory of a fucking goldfish.

And then there’s Wu Youxuan, who, despite the fact that Chen Liwei has barely even shared the same airspace as him, is overwhelmingly convinced that Chen Liwei will beat him down into mincemeat.

Admittedly, yeah, at one point, Chen Liwei was absolutely going to do that. But first of all: that was a misunderstanding. Second of all, Chen Liwei honestly thought that Wu Youxuan was going to forget, because that’s what happens every fucking time Chen Liwei tries to make threats. It’s just “haha, you wouldn’t really” or “do you really think something like you could ever do anything” or “nice joke! I didn’t know you could make jokes!”

No one ever fucking takes him seriously.

Except, for some reason, Wu Youxuan.

Wu Youxuan is afraid, and Chen Liwei isn’t ashamed to say that he likes it.

Hey. He’s never claimed to be a good person. School forum gossip that he’ll soften if the right girl comes to tame him? That he might be a jerk, but deep inside, he’s got a heart of gold? Lies. He’s jerk all the way down.

Chen Liwei demands unreasonable things from Wu Youxuan, and Wu Youxuan keeps giving them to him. What, as if he thought it was perfectly normal to ask some random classmate to help him beat up other people? Like Chen Liwei is that far removed from regular social etiquette? Come on.

Is this what it’s like to be Qi Mingtao? Shit, he might understand why that guy goes on power trips so often, then. This is fun.

Chen Liwei doesn’t really expect Wu Youxuan to stay afraid. Chen Liwei isn’t so unreasonable that he’ll try to keep him that way. It’s not like he hates Wu Youxuan enough for that. So Chen Liwei keeps making threats, and he keeps not following through on them, and if it were Chen Liwei dealing with this kind of behavior, he’d figure out the pattern and then fuck off.

Except Wu Youxuan doesn’t do that.

“I’m not actually going to beat you up if you don’t listen to me,” Chen Liwei outright says.

“Fuck off,” Wu Youxuan says. He’s still swinging that baseball bat that Chen Liwei gave him, proper form and only getting more proper. Getting better, getting stronger, like Chen Liwei wanted him to, and that’s the thing: why is he still doing what Chen Liwei wants?

Even after all of this, even after Wu Youxuan’s grown a spine, he still gives into whatever unreasonable thing Chen Liwei demands of him. Isn’t that something.

“Are you just used to listening to me by now?” Chen Liwei says. “Fucking weirdo.”

Wu Youxuan glares up at him. “I,” he says, almost over-enunciating the word, “am going to beat your face in.”

It’s a threat. In general, Chen Liwei can’t even remember how many times he’s been threatened. This sort of thing happens everyday, and it usually only pisses him off.

Chen Liwei surprises himself when he ends up laughing instead.

Fucking hell, is this what it’s like being in a good mood? He hasn’t had one of those in a while.

“You,” Chen Liwei says, grin still pulling weirdly at his face, “are going to have to try harder than that.”

[the-monkey-ruler]

Women's Kingdom (2017) 西游之大话女儿国

Director: Yang Shanshan Screenwriter: Tang Peng Starring: Cao Weijie / Yang Yang / Xu Liwei / Zhang Haidong / Li Hao / Chen Jiamin / Ma Shaonan Genre: Comedy / Fantasy Country/Region of Production: Mainland China Language: Mandarin Chinese Date: 2017-05-16 (Mainland China) Type: Retelling

Summary:

The four masters and disciples of Tang Monk passed by the Daughter Kingdom on their way to learn scriptures. The three apprentices were tricked by the True Lord Ruyi into drinking the water of the Zimu River, and all their magic powers were lost. At this time, the Daughter Kingdom was facing a natural disaster, and the scorpion spirit must absorb the Yin spirit of Princess Anna of the Daughter Kingdom to avoid it. Only by taking one's own body can one escape the catastrophe. At this time, Tang Seng's master and apprentice happened to pass through the country of daughters. At a beauty pageant, Anna fell in love with Tang Seng at first sight. Anna encountered many things while helping Tang Seng get the abortion water, which made Tang Seng and Anna fall in love with each other. Later, the appearance of Scorpion Spirit made this period of loving relationship quite bumpy, and many stories happened...

Source: https://chinesemov.com/2017/Womens-Kingdom

Link: N/A

[theolympusrp]

OOC: +18

IC:

Nome terreno: Liwei Wang. Nome mitológico: Euadne. Faceclaim: Darren Chen, ator (kuanhung_ on IG). Nascimento: 15 de Janeiro de 1995. Naturalidade: Roma, Itália.

Ser: Semi-deus, filho de Atena. Nível: 2 Dormitório: Andromeda - 10 

Twitter: @euadne_olp. Ocupação: Barista do Garden Cafe (turno 1).

Qualidades: Carinhoso, leal e sensível. Defeitos: Indeciso, orgulhoso e rancoroso. Plots de interesse: fluff, general, crack.

Biografia:

Liwei perdeu o pai ainda muito novo. Com a notícia do falecimento, Atena instruiu uma semi-deusa, que vivia pacificamente entre os humanos, a cuidar de seu menino e a ensiná-lo sobre si mesmo. O garoto, aos seus 9 anos, via sua visão de mundo mudar drasticamente, ao descobrir ser filho de uma deusa. Para a mente de uma criança, tudo parecia mágico e deslumbrante. Lhe foi revelado então, o motivo de ter tanto carinho pelas corujas e por, quase sempre, ter uma por perto quando necessitava de uma companhia. Sem saber de seus poderes, chamava pela coruja, que o atendia sempre. Nunca entendeu como ou o porquê, mas sempre o fazia quando se sentia solitário ou incompreendido.

Durante a adolescência começou a treinar o manejo de armas e a batalhar. Via isso como um esporte e se divertia sempre que aprendia algo novo. Gostava da história de Roma, e o Coliseu era seu lugar favorito para se visitar. A história do lugar o prendia, adorava. Estudava na biblioteca sempre que podia, gostava de ler. O que lhe dessem, leria. Às vezes acordava de madrugada, se sentava na grama e encarava o céu. Contava sobre seu dia, sobre os treinamentos, tudo. Apesar de não saber se sua mãe o ouvia, sempre o fazia. Tinha a esperança de um dia poder encontrá-la. Desde pequeno, sempre que conseguia uma vitória, um avanço, sorria pro céu. Sua responsável sempre soube da sua preferência em conhecer melhor seus poderes em relação as corujas, então, em todo aniversário lhe presenteava com um livro sobre.

Já em sua vida adulta, Liwei se via como um pássaro livre — não que antes se sentisse preso, muito pelo contrário — que tinha um mundo inteiro em suas mãos para explorar. Havia conversado algumas vezes com a mulher que o criou sobre o Olympus. A primeira vez, foi quando começou seus treinamentos. Tinha muitas expectativas sobre o lugar que um dia o esperaria. Trabalhou como florista entre o final de sua adolescência e início da vida adulta. Sempre foi um rapaz doce e amável; o que é contraditório ao seu interesse na história sangrenta do Coliseu.

Habilidades:

01. Mente Alerta: Filhos de Atena são conhecidos como sabichões ou até mesmo ‘nerds’. Não é por isso que devem ser subestimados. Sua agilidade não é comparada à dos filhos de Hermes, mas são rápidos na compreensão de um ataque, sendo assim, sabendo muito bem, como desviar deles, e como os defender.

02. Canção suave: Com essa canção, pode-se fazer um monstro ficar quase inofensivo. Acalma até mesmo aqueles que são sedentos pelo caos.

03. Poliglota: Com o passar do tempo, o cérebro do filho de Athena vai ser tornando mais desenvolvido e anormal dando a ele capacidade de reconhecer e falar qualquer que seja o idioma.

04. Invulnerabilidade mental: Consiste na capacidade que o filho de Atena tem de não ser afetado por ataques mentais. Tornando-se imune a eles. 

05. Telepatia: Os filhos de Atena, conseguem se comunicar com seus aliados e com animais símbolos de sua mãe ajudando em batalhas e guerras, ou apenas, se divertindo com o dom.

06. Justiceiro: Atena era uma deusa que defendia os justos e os merecedores de seus cuidados. Sendo assim, a cria de Atena sempre pensará em fazer justiça, não sendo má influenciada, ou tirada de seu objetivo, que sempre seguirá com sagacidade. 

07. Ofidioglota: Capacidade de conversar com cobras e dependendo de sua relação com elas, podendo até mesmo comandá-las.

08. Teletransporte: Nesse nível, com tal avanço mental, você pode teletransportar, a si e a seus aliados, para outro local, desde que esse esteja visível aos seus olhos, ou que você tenha uma imagem clara do mesmo, mentalmente ou por meio de uma foto.

09. Animais noturnos: Como o símbolo de Atena é a coruja, o predominante animal da noite, seus filhos podem falar com elas, e também com todos os demais animais noturnos. Podem mesmo controlar e fazer que as corujas lhe obedeçam, mas não com os demais animais, apenas entendendo-os e se comunicando.

10. Persuasão: Atena poderia não ser uma das deusas mais bonitas do olimpo, mas era a deusa das artes, e no conceito de seu irmão, Hermes, enganar é uma arte. A cria de Atena consegue manter firmemente uma mentira, podendo fazer muitos acreditarem e dificilmente, ser contrariada. Seu olhar mortífero e sua língua sempre afiada, fazem difícil, a mentira ser desviada.

11. Canção da Noite: O semideus consegue reproduzir um estímulo sonoro bastante similar ao canto de uma coruja, utilizando este artifício para atordoar, enlouquecer, fazer os inimigos voltassem contra si mesmos, baixar a guarda ou até matá-lo.

12. Telecinese: A telecinésia é a capacidade de mover fisicamente um objeto com a força psíquica, fazendo-o levitar, mover-se ou apenas ser abalado pela mente.

13. Olhos de Coruja: Os olhos das proles de Atena assumem uma coloração amarelada, com a pupila se retraindo, ficando de um tamanho mínimo, os olhos penetrantes, a ajudam a ‘enxergar’ além, sendo assim, conseguindo uma melhor visão do campo de batalha, ainda persuadindo o inimigo. Incapacitando-o de contar mentiras, ou pelo menos segurá-las por muito tempo. Causando um ‘medo’.

14. Olhos Expandidos: Além de controlar as corujas que você convocou, você pode unir seus olhos, ou seja, tudo que elas vejam passarão por seus olhos, isso funciona muito bem quando elas estão como espiãs ou guardas.

15. Realidade Artística​: Qualquer coisa que você desenhe ganhará vida ao seu chamado. De um gafanhoto à um Elefante. De uma faca de cozinha a uma catapulta. De um aro de pneu, à um carro zerinho. As invocações estarão sob o controle supremo do Filho de Atena, de maneira a obedecê-lo por completo. Serão feitas de tinta, e portanto é difícil destruí-las.

16. Coruja de Atena: O herói pode invocar o animal sagrado de Atena, a Coruja, para ajudá-lo tanto em batalha como para explorar as redondezas.

17. Guerreiros de Atena: Durante uma batalha, o filho de Athena poderá invocar guerreiros que um dia tiveram como patrono a deusa e isso os torna leais à mesma e aos seus progenitores. Os guerreiros portam armaduras feitas de ouro e lanças feitas de bronze celestial, além disso, são extremamente resistentes a ataques físicos ou mágicos, mas isso não os torna imortais cabendo à prole invocá-los novamente caso “morram”. Seu limite é de 2 guerreiros. 

18. Imaginação Fértil: Com sua grande mente vem grandes imaginações. Imagine um grande dragão te ajudando…e lá ele estará. Serão apenas ilusões, brincando com a mente da pessoa, por isso, não causará danos e ela; não físicos. Só funciona com mentes inferiores a sua. Bem, quase todas são.

19. Metamorfose: O filho de Atena consegue se transformar em uma coruja gigante da espécie Megascops. Não existem restrições nesse poder, o filho de Atena poderá voar, bicar e até mesmo carregar no máximo duas pessoas, uma em seu dorso e a outra sendo segurada por suas patas. Se o filho de Atena morrer em sua forma de coruja, ele volta a sua forma normal desmaiado e sem energia, mas ainda com vida.

20. Marca de Atena: O filho de Atena pode invocar todos os itens sagrados de Atena, sua armadura ateniense completa cobrindo seu corpo, o escudo Aegis em sua mão esquerda, a lança sagrada na direta e o manto de Atena sobre seus ombros, e a mesma aura de sua mãe emanando aterrorizando seus inimigos que acreditam ver a própria deusa diante de si. Após o uso, ficará 3 dias totalmente exaurido e sem poderes para se recuperar desse poder avassalador.

[deepfriedscallops]

War God: A Compendium

Figured I have to finally make a post for A War God From Another World so that readers (mainly *I*) aren't going crazy with all the worldbuilding that's just become a monster to manage. This will get updated as the fic progresses (since I'm already brainstorming for the next major arc lol).

Cang Qiong

*Note: the previous generation of peak lords use 心 ("heart") for their titles.

Qing Jing Peak Lord - Jiang Xinqin - 蔣心琴 ("zither")

Bai Zhan Peak Lord - Wang Xinying - 王心櫻 ("cherry")

Qian Cao Peak Lord - Zhou Xinbei - 周心北 (“north")

Qiong Ding Peak Lord - Huang Xinwen - 黃心文 ("literature")

An Ding Peak Lord - Han Xinjing - 韓心精 (“refined")

Liu Qingge - Liu Kang* - 柳康 ("peaceful/healthy/bountiful")

Shang Qinghua - Shang Zhen - 尚真 ("genuine" lol)

Wei Qingwei - Wei Zhixin - 魏志信 ("purpose" and "trust")

Mu Qingfang - Mu Liwei - 木歷維 ("era" and "thought")

Qian He City Arc

Tang Wenzhao - 唐問曌 ("to ask" and "to illuminate/reflect")

Guo Lexin - 郭樂心 ("joyful heart")

Guo Shirong** - 郭实荣 ("truth" and "honorable")

Gongyi Meiyu - 公仪媄宇 (“beautiful” and “universe/roof”)

Tianlang-jun - “Wei Tian” - 魏天 (“sky”)

Other Side Characters

Fan Ping - 範平 ("peaceful")

Chu Zhouyi - 楚周義 ("cycle" and "justice")

Shuang’er / Shuang-jie / Madam Shuang - 霜儿 (“frost”)

Chen Huan’er - 陳焕儿 (“lustrous”)

Location Names

Qian He City - 千河城 (“thousand rivers”)

Jin Hua*** - 金花 (“golden flower”)

Luoyang**** - 洛陽 (“Luo (River)” and “sunny”)

* A bit inspired by Yang Kang (LotCH) in which in that novel, the protagonist Guo Jing and the antagonist Yang Kang were named from a poem referencing the Jingkang Incident (靖���), a historical event in the warring period between Jin and Song. Kang is also often coupled with jian in jiankang (健康), meaning “healthy.”

** Guo Shirong hasn’t been named directly in the text yet, but this is the name of the child ghost in the Qian He City arc.

*** LQG’s hometown, which isn’t too far from Huan Hua Palace but still within view of the Tian Gong Mountains.

**** Literally just ripped from Luoyang, the oldest city out of the Four Ancient Capitals. This is the de facto capital city in PIDW, since Airplane did pull some real locations for his worldbuilding (i.e. the Luo River) so therefore I say so because I can’t be bothered to wring the last of my creative juices to name places.

[acuguy]

Higo (Ficus carica) Hojas: expectorante, diabetes Fruta tostada: bronquitis, catarros pulmonares, coqueluche Hojas en agua caliente y luego machacadas: callos Medicina China: Se enfoca en los meridianos Tai Yin y Yang Ming. Referencias: Nuñez Melendez, Esteban PhD. Plantas Medicinales de Puerto Rico. San Juan: Editorial Universidad de Puerto Rico. 1982. Jie Tian, Yue Zhang, Xiaomin Yang, Ke Rui, Xinyi Tang, Jie Ma, Jianguo Chen, Huaxi Xu, Liwei Lu and Shengjun Wang. Ficus carica Polysaccharides Promote the Maturation and Function of Dendritic Cells. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2014, 15, 12469-12479 SA Hashemi, S Abediankenari, M Ghasemi, M Azadbakht, Y Yousefzadeh, AA Dehpour. The Effect of Fig Tree Latex (Ficus carica) on Stomach Cancer Line. Iran Red Crescent Med J 2011; 13(4):272-275. Ramgopal Mopuri, Muniswamy Ganjayi, Balaji Meriga, Neil Anthony Koorbanally, Md Shahidul Islam. The Effects of Ficus carica on the activity of enzymes related to metabolic syndrome. Journal of Food and Drug Analysis 26 (2018) 201-210. #acupuntura #medicinachina #medicinanatural #plantasmedicinales #hierbas #salud #higo #ficuscarica #taiyin #yangming dr.agujas@gmail.com (at New York City) https://www.instagram.com/p/B71rDxandcP/?igshid=5ukjnz53o7zy

[writinggeisha]

Aiguo                   love country; patriotic

An                        peace

Angúo                  protect the country

Bai                       white

Bingwen              bright and cultivated

Bo                        waves

Bohai                   elder brother sea

Bojing                  win admiration

Bolin                    elder brother rain

Boqin                   win respect

Changpu              forever simple

Chanming            forever bright

Chao                    surpassing

Chaoxiang            expecting fortune

Chen                    vast or great

Cheng                  accomplished

Chenglei               become great

Cheung                good luck

Chi                       the younger generation

Chongan              second brother peace

Chongkun            second brother Kunlun mountain

Chonglin              second brother unicorn

Chuanli                transmitting propriety

Chung                  intelligent

Délì                      virtuous

Déshì                    a man of virtue

Déwei                  highly virtuous

Da                        attainment

Dai                       martial arts sword technique

Delun                   virtuous order

Deming                virtue bright

Dingbang             protect the country

Dingxiang            stability and fortune

Dong                    east; winter

Donghai               eastern sea

Duyi                     independent wholeness

Enlai                     favor coming

Fa                         setting off

Fai                        growth; beginning of fly

Fang                     honest and upright

Feng                     sharp blade; wind

Fengge                 phoenix pavilion

Fu                         wealthy

Fuhua                   fortune flourishing

Gan                      dare; adventure

Gang                    strength

Geming                revolution

Gen                      root

Genghis                just, righteous; true

Guang                  light

Guangli                making propriety bright

Gui                       honored; noble

Guiren                  valuing benevolence

Guoliang              may the country be kind

Guotin                  polite, firm; strong leader

Guowei                state preserving

Guozhi                 the state is ordered

Hai                       sea

He                        Yellow river

Heng                    eternal

Ho                        for the good

Hong                    great; wild swan

Honghui               great splendor

Hongqi                 red flag

Hop                      agreeable

Huan                    happiness

Huang Fu             rich future

Hui                       splendor

Hulin                    people of the Marrim city clan

Hung                    flood; great

Huojin                  fire metal

Jaw-long              like a dragon

Jian                       healthy

Jiang                     Yangtze river

Jianguo                 building the country

Jianjun                  building the army

Jianyu                   building the universe

Jin                        gold

Jing                      capital city

Jingguo                administering the state

Jinhai                    golden sea

Jinjing                  gold mirror

Jun                       truth

Junjie                    handsome and outstanding

Kang                    well-being

Keung                  universe

Kong                    glorious, sky

Lì                         strength

Lei                        thunder

Li                         upright

Liang                    bright

Liang                    good, excellent

Liko                     protected by Buddha

Ling                     compassion or understanding

Liu                       flowing

Liwei                    profit and greatness

Lok                      happiness

Longwei               dragon greatness

Manchu                pure

Ming-húa             brilliant, elite

Mingli                  bright propriety

Ming-tun              intelligent; heavy

Minsheng             voice of the people

Minzhe                 sensitive and wise

Nianzu                 thinking of ancestors

On                        peace

Park                      the cypress tree

Peng                     Roc - the bird of legend

Pengfei                 flight of the roc

Ping                      stable

Qi                         enlightenment; wondrous

Qianfan                thousand sails

Qiang                   strong

Qingshan              celebrating goodness

Qingsheng            celebrating birth

Qiquiang              enlightenment and strength

Qiu                       autumn

Quan                    fresh water spring

Quon                    bright

Renshu                 benevolent forbearance

Rong                    martial

Ru                        scholar

Shàoqiáng            strong and profound

Shìlín                    intellectual

Shan                     mountain

Shanyuan             mountain source

Shen                     cautious; deep

Shen                     spirit; deep thought

Shi                        front horizontal bar on carriage or cart

Shing                    victory

Shining                 world at peace

Shirong                scholarly honor

Shoi-ming            life of sunshine

Shoushan             longevity mountain

Shunyuan             follow to the source

Shu-sai-chong      happy all his life long

Siyu                      thinking of the world

Sueh-yén              continuity; harmonious

Sying                    star

Tao                       great waves

Tengfei                 soaring high

Tingzhe                may the court be wise

Tsun-chùng          middle village

Tung                     all, universal

Wang                   hope, wish

Wei                      greatness; impressive might

Weimin                bring greatness to the people

Weisheng             greatness is born

Weiyuan               preserving depth

Weizhe                 great sage

Wencheng            refinement accomplished

Wenyan                refined and virtuous

Wing                    glory

Wuzhou               five continents 

Xiang                   circling in air like a bird

Xianliang             worthy brightness

Xiaobo                 little wrestler

Xiaodan               little dawn

Xiaojian               little healthy

Xiaosi                   filial thoughts

Xiaowen              filial, civil

Xiasheng              little birth

Xin                       new

Xing                     arising

Xiu                       cultivated

Xue                      studious

Xueqin                 snow-white celery

Xueyou                studious and friendly

Yang                    model; pattern

Yanlin                  swallow forest; Beijing forest

Yaochuan             honoring the river

Yaoting                honoring the courtyard

Yaozu                  honoring the ancestors

Ye                        bright

Yi                         firm and resolute

Yingjie                 brave and heroic

Yingpei                should admire

Yong                    brave

Yongliang            forever bright

Yongnian             eternal years

Yongrui                forever lucky

Yongzheng          forever upright

You                      friend

Yuanjun               master of the Yuan river

Yunxu                  cloudy emptiness

Yusheng               jade birth

Zedong                east of the marsh

Zemin                   favor to the people

Zenguang             increasing brightness

Zhìxin                  a man of ambition

Zhìyuan                ambition

Zhen                     greatly astonished; shake

Zhengzhong         upright and loyal

Zhensheng           may the government rise

Zhihuán                ambitious

Zhiqiang               the will is strong

Zhong                  loyal; steadfast

Zian                      self peace

Zihao                    son heroic

Zixin                    self confidence

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Young City Experience Pavilion, Foshan

Young City Experience Pavilion, Foshan Interior, Guangdong Commercial Project, Architecture Photos

Young City Experience Pavilion in Foshan

30 Dec 2020

Greentown · Young City Experience Pavilion

Architectural design: 9M Architectural Design Co., Ltd.

Location: Foshan, China

The Greentown · Young City Experience Pavilion project is located within a transit-oriented development (TOD) in Foshan, China. It’s used as the sales center of the development at the early stage and later will serve as a public activity space for the community. For this reason, its interior design needs to incorporate socializing and leisure functions.

Based on the unique transit-oriented planning of the development, the rooftop of the Life Pavilion becomes a part of the community park, which endows it with greenery and landscape. The space is set under the ground and is lower than surrounding roads. Through carving out several openings on the rooftop and inserting landscape into the voids, playful and multi-layer relationships were produced.

QIRAN DESIGN was entrusted to conceive the interior, but the team had been involved in the project design since the architectural design stage. The building design took cues from the image of GM Building and Apple Store at the 5th Avenue, New York, and referred to Steve Jobs’s concept of combining art and technology.

In the interior space, curves link up different areas, visually extend the space and generate a sense of rhythm. The appropriate layout and scale provide the basis for the implicit and explicit expression of spatial landscape.

The ceiling of the property model area appears like a shining ball when viewing it at a distance, which extends upwards to outdoor landscape while highlighting the scene beneath. The skylight brings in air and sunshine, while enabling visitors to feel the difference and interpenetration between interior and outside.

The negotiation area features an open-air sunken courtyard, which introduces natural landscape into the interior and creates a refreshing atmosphere. Through optimizing the network of columns in the original space, the design team created a 37-meter-wide column-free space, and then set negotiation scenes in it, which offers impressive and immersive experiences.

Various functional divisions such as bar, kids’ play area and VIP rooms are set around the negotiation area. Curved corners make those functional zones not too open and at the same time keep a distance from the negotiation area.

The design creates transparent view to landscape in a playful manner. The precise proportions of structures balance visual focuses, and help reveal the entire scene gradually, hence enabling the close integration between people and the space.

The overall spatial design shakes off complicated adornments, and adopts simplistic design languages to fuse warm material textures and soft light. Light and shadows freely moves throughout the space. The Life Pavilion will provide future dwellers of the community with a destination to socialize and relax. With a comfortable and warm home-like atmosphere, it will naturally strength spiritual connection between space and people.

Young City Experience Pavilion in Foshan, China – Building Information

Architectural design:9M Architectural Design Co., Ltd.

Client: Greentown (Southern China Branch) Location: Foshan, China Area: 2,000 sqm Interior design: QIRAN DESIGN GROUP Landscape design: Metrostudio Decoration design: LSDCASA Chief interior designer: Lu Wei Interior design team: Lu Wei, Sun Danyan, Yang Liwei, Chen Haibo, Shi Yongrong Lighting design: Liu Qi Completion time: Oct. 2020

Photos: HANMO VISION

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Location: Foshan, China

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China selects 18 new astronauts ahead of space station construction

https://sciencespies.com/space/china-selects-18-new-astronauts-ahead-of-space-station-construction/

China selects 18 new astronauts ahead of space station construction

HELSINKI — China’s human spaceflight agency has selected a group of 18 new astronauts to participate in the country’s upcoming space station project.

The China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) announced the results Thursday (Chinese), a few days after the final decisions.

The 18 new Chinese astronauts consist of seven pilots, seven spaceflight engineers and four payload specialists. The final selection includes just one woman. The process, which included primary, secondary and final selections, began in May 2018 with a total of about 2,500 candidates participating.

No information of the identities of the selected astronaut candidates was provided. The CMSA operates under the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and has previously restricted information flow regarding astronaut and mission selection.

Previous selection rounds in 1998 and 2010 were open to air force pilots only. The latest selection was opened to civilians, reflecting changing needs as China seeks to construct and operate a modular space station.

Spaceflight engineers will be mainly responsible for directly controlling and managing the spacecraft and related technical tests. Payloads experts are mainly responsible for the on-orbit conducting diverse science experiments in low Earth orbit.

Areas of science research aboard the space station will include Earth observation, astronomy, life science, space medicine, materials science, microgravity physics, Earth weather monitoring, space environment monitoring and forecasting and more.

The New Chinese astronauts will be eligible to join the operational phase of the Chinese space station following systematic training, CMSA states. The current active astronauts from the two earlier rounds have been undergoing neutral buoyancy training in preparation for space station missions and extra vehicular activity.

Astronaut trainer Huang Weifen is understood to have led the selection process for the new Chinese astronauts, according to a social media post. Neither she nor CMSA provided details as to the selection criteria.

The selection of subsequent batches of astronauts will be carried out in due course, according to CMSA.

Space station construction

Launch of the space station’s ‘Tianhe’ core module on a Long March 5B will take place at Wenchang in the first half of 2021. Tianhe will provide the main living quarters for astronauts.

This will be followed by a crewed Shenzhou flight launched by a Long March 2F from Jiuquan. A Tianzhou fuel and supply mission will also visit Tianhe. The first of two experiment modules will then launch, joining with Tianhe via a docking hub. Construction is to be completed around 2023, according to earlier statements.

The space station will orbit at an altitude of around 380 kilometers with an inclination of between 41 and 43 degrees.

The intensive launch plan was revealed following the successful test flight of the Long March 5B heavy-lift rocket May 5. The missions will be conducted using Long March 5B, Long March 2F and Long March 7 launch vehicles. 

Space station construction will mark a new, relatively intense period of human spaceflight activity for the country.

China has carried out just five crewed missions since Yang Liwei became China’s first astronaut into orbit in 2003. Liu Yang became China’s first female astronaut with a 2012 visit to Tiangong-1, an 8-metric-ton testbed for larger, 20-ton space station modules.

The 2016 Shenzhou-11 mission was China’s most recent and longest-duration crewed mission. Astronauts Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong spent most of the 33-day mission aboard Tiangong-2.

Missions to the Chinese space station during the operational phase are expected to involve three astronauts and consist of six-month-long rotations.

A co-orbiting two-metre-aperture space telescope will also be launched following completion of the basic station configuration. The ‘Xuntian’ optical module will be able to dock with the space station for maintenance and repairs.

The Tianhe core module and docking hub of the Chinese Space Station undergoing testing. Credit: CMSA

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[svbjetarch]

Yo, Sheep!   TV

Entertainment companies Yeoneo Ent. and Black Sheep Ent. team up for new variety show

Based on statements coming from both entertainment agencies, both being well known for their surprising and unusual concepts, their newest concept is a one of a kind as well. For the first time only two companies team up to make a featured program of their mixed artists, varying from already debuted stars to yet hidden faces, especially Black Sheep's CEO Son Kyungsun sent in a good mix of his stars, starting with his well known sibling duo Chen Yuan Wen, one half of the idol duop of Chinese origin, twu, and Chen Jie Lien, who had been showing up as model in several magazines already. Yeoneo's Nam Iseul will mostly send in trainees, a fact that only seems to be further hint about their upcoming idol group and also features her well known trainee Dohee whose debut had been anticipated for a while now.

The concept of the show, as much as has been told so far, is to be renting a house and film all the inhabitants in their daily life and routines. It seems like this will only deepen the bond of both companies that were already known for their CEOs sharing a strong friendship that now broadens to their signed stars as well. Few pictures of the villa they will occupy altogether had been shared to the media so far but the insides remain a mystery to not only us and fans but apparently even to the soon to be moving in youngsters.

From both companies we got first time information and who the 10 participants will be who are meeting up in their new home of two months in just a few days, popping some well known and some hidden names. It makes us expectant of what possible features will be awoken with such project and how for the competition within the industry will also affect their living together, although some of them had already been standing in front of the camera together for a few projects so fans better get ready because the new trendsetters on friendships are coming! Get excited and look at those names below.

    From Yeoneo Entertainment • Zhu Liwei, also known as J.Son is one of two Yeoneo boys to have stared in a show with a Black Sheep member, his episode with twu's Yuan Wen on a new show quickly earned them the nickname WeiWen. As a fan of the duo he sure is delighted by this new opportunity. But better not get confused by the innocent and angelic face, this boy is the youngest and represents the title of Maknae just well, mischievious and bright minded character traits seem to be the total opposite of his strong and dynamic appearance on stage. A rapper to be looked out for within his group and also on this Yo, Sheep! TV. • Zhou Minzhe, is the second character to have featured with a Black Sheep artist: He and Jie Lien had previously become a well received couple thanks to their food tours focused on sweets all around the city. How much their sweet and playful dynamics will change when sharing a house is another question. • Yao Xinyang, mostly known by his nickname Sunny, is a new face coming from this renowned company. Insiders told us his specialty is dance but not much else is yet known about him. Merely based on this little information we can look forward to all the different features though, especially to possible dance collaborations! • Yan Chengping is a former actor and now idol trainee. Many of us will recognize him from one or another drama but it is yet to be anticipated when to see him on the big screen again. For now his debut is the best excitement of all and especially his antics around his former co-stars and his future group member. • Kim Dohee, a female rapper who already gained some recognition. For long now her fans waited on more content - and especially a debut - coming from her side, with this show they seem to be getting both. According to several resources her debut with a new group won't be taking too long after the end of this show.

    From Black Sheep Entertainment • Chen Yuanwen, the performance specialist from idol duo twu is already well known. Formerly he showed a lot of brother-like antics towards Liwei on their productions and as one of the oldest members of the new shared home it's leaving us with the question how well he will be able to take care of all his homemates. Possible features with Liwei, together known as Weiwen, but now also adding Sunny is something fans have repeatedly asked and commented about online. But not as much as they requested the new hit-and-it couple of the Chen siblings. • Chen Jielien, mostly known for her cute and beautiful looks in front of static cameras recently snatched her first CFs as well, making her more and more known. Yet she is the only participant that isn't from the music genre. Viewers better not be dispapointed though, her big brother more often than not pointed out that he only picked up dance thanks to his sister, making us wonder how her performing skills will par with the remaining trainees. • Kang Nayeon, the girl who had just recently debuted with this company, had been known amongst insiders for a while now. Not only is she infamous for several and many dating scandals across the genres but also had she attracted attention before her official debut, a trainee of many companies who had eventually stuck with online releases, supported by her best friend and personal producer A.R.S who is supposedly even her flatmate so sharing a home must not be new to the single child. • Im Kieun, a name many of us will now from dramas, had been a surprising face to show up on the company's own website only recently. After having admitted to be retiring from the acting business after having been urged into this direction by her well known acting parents, nobody had seen her to show up in such an unusual company, most known for picking up the black sheeps of the entertainment world. Most of us already saw her incredible singing abilities on her final romance project, hinting at her new singing career to be picked up while also leaving behind curiosity about just what makes her a black sheep. • Choi Jia, neither an unknown face to all the TV junkies out there. Having made her debut as child actress, it's no shock hearing she had been one of Yeoneo's Chengping's one love interests in a drama. Growing up bilingual she had stared not only in domestic dramas but even in Chinese productions, making her an outstanding actress. After she had disappeared from the screen from a while, fans had already wondered where she went but Son Kyungsun seems to be the answer to everything lately. Whether she was signed as actress or idol trainee is yet unknown but for sure we can expect a rise in appearance from now on!

    FANBOARD [ makeweiwenhappen, +249/-32 ] I'm so hyped for this!!! mom! dad! move off the couch!!! I need to watch this live!!! [ chengping_❤, +13/-195 ] already didn't like the dynamic of Kieun and Chengping before... this will probably suck... [ cupcakelove, +54/-8 ] lol now we will finally get to know why Minzhe and Jielien are still so slender after all those sweets [ mymoon_mysun_mylove, +72/-6 ] heol! Jie is coming back! after mm_ms_ml I thought she would be gone for good but now I am just excited! [ sunnysunshine, +344/-59 ] wwww will we finally get to see their flexibility battle? Wenwen and Jiejie already won this one! did Minie buy her that cake yet? [ doheenthusiast, +172/-41 ] Dohee will come back?! I'll sell my kidney if she features Kieun! Superior duo!

[lizhly-writes]

one day i'll actually work on the canon of this original fiction instead of going off on an offbeat au. that day is not today. anyway here's the chen siblings being violent people i guess

Chen Liwei wishes he could threaten people. His face is hostile enough that it stops people from talking to him, but apparently not enough for him to scare them in a way that matters. Sure, they’ll be scared for the first five minutes --- an hour, if he’s really lucky --- but that’s not enough for them to rethink that dumb thing they want to do to him or his sister.

To make an impact that lasts longer, Chen Liwei usually has to beat people up.

Today, it’s some of his sister’s crazy stalkers.

“They’re technically not stalkers,” Chen Lihua says, not because she actually disagrees with his word choice, but because she’s a little shit who likes to argue with him for the sake of arguing.

“Fuck off,” Chen Liwei says.

“Don’t be so touchy,” Chen Lihua says, and then, “Hey, do you think if I’ll actually kill him if I hit him again?” She twirls the bat in her hand consideringly.

Chen Liwei gives the prone body in front of him a kick. Not too hard --- just to enough to budge it by a couple centimeters. It’d be nice if he was allowed to break some ribs, but --

“You’re not allowed to kill people, that’s illegal,” Chen Liwei says reluctantly. There’s a limit to how much damage they’re allowed to do. Too much, and then it’s not reasonable retaliation or just kids being kids or whatever the fuck the school or the police lets people get away with. It looks bad, and they can’t afford to look too bad if they want to be properly accepted to a good university.

Even if there are absolutely some people who deserve to die.

“How disappointing,” Chen Lihua says.

“Completely disappointing,” Chen Liwei says.

“I really can’t understand it,” Chen Liwei says, her lips curling. “It sounds so nice, saying you’re in love, but isn’t all of this just to get your dick wet with someone you barely know? I should tear that useless thing off, shouldn’t I?”

“Illegal,” Chen Liwei repeats.

“Fuck off,” Chen Lihua says. Thoughtfully, she taps her bat against the ground --- no, against the body, that’ll be another bruise right there. “Hey, Ge. Speaking of romance--”

“Is there someone you like?” Chen Liwei says skeptically, wrinkling his nose. Considering what they’re doing literally right now, that doesn’t seem right.

Chen Lihua snorts. “I’m not talking about me, I’m talking about you.”

“Are you dumb?” Chen Liwei says.

Chen Lihua makes a rude noise. “You’re in a good mood these days, is all I’m saying. And there aren’t that many reasons for you to be in a good mood and also not tell me about it. Is there a beautiful sister-in-law I should be looking out for?”

Chen Liwei feels his face twist involuntarily.

“No?” Chen Lihua says. “That looks like a no. How tragic, I was looking forward to hearing about how some brave white lotus melted the heart of the school’s cool aloof beauty, and together, they bravely faced the world, overcoming all trials with the power of love--”

Chen Liwei shoves a hand over her face.

“Dickhead,” Chen Lihua says.

“Don’t make me throw up,” Chen Liwei says. “Why do you read so many shitty romance novels?”

“A better question is why don’t you read any shitty romance novels.”

“Because I don’t feel like eating trash.”

“Don’t sound so disgusted, there’s a certain appeal to eating trash--”

The body at their feet groans. As one, Chen Liwei and Chen Lihua kick it.

“Anyway,” Chen Lihua says. “So I don’t have a beautiful sister-in-law.”

“Why would you even think that.”

“Well, it’s true you really have been in a better mood,” Chen Lihua says. “Also, last week, some bitch tried flirting with you at lunch and you didn’t make her instantly regret existing.”

Chen Liwei wrinkles his nose in automatic revulsion. Flirting is annoying at best, rage-inducing at worst. Who wants this sort of attention? There’s no respect there. It’s only masses of people who want his body and face, all in the most revolting way possible. That sort of thing is enough to ruin his day.

...Which is why he really should have remembered if it happened last week.

“What?” Chen Liwei says. “Really?”

“You know,” Chen Lihua simpers, shifting her voice high and breathy as she demurely lowers her lashes. “It’s just --- you were so impressive when you dealt with Qi Mingtao earlier. So dashing and handsome! Actually, I’ve always thought you were a really cool person. I --- I just really wondered --- would you want to--- ?”

“You’re going to make me throw up,” Chen Liwei says flatly.

“You keep saying that but you never do it,” Chen Lihua cackles. “Gege, your stomach isn’t as sensitive you think it is! But yeah, it went a little like that. You really truly don’t remember?”

“Should I?”

“It’s not like it was a stranger. It was one of your classmates. Han Aihan?”

The name is vaguely familiar. It takes a moment, but he eventually associates it with a face. He has no memory of talking with it last week.

Chen Liwei shrugs.

“Shit, she’s been going around saying that clearly, you like her because you didn’t bother scaring her off and also wow, you smiled at her, and what, you weren’t even paying attention? Hey, do you even know who she is?”

Of course Chen Liwei knows who she is. He knows all of his classmates by name, even if he doesn’t remember straight off the bat. Generally speaking, Han Aihan is an average girl with no particular academic talent, extracurricular talent, or even social talent. In other words: “Nothing special.”

“I’ll pay you to say that to her face,” Chen Lihua says gleefully.

“No deal,” Chen Liwei says. “If you want to her to hear it so badly, say it yourself.”

“Ah, you’re no fun. Poor Han Aihan, she’s so unimportant to you that you can’t even be bothered to crush her heart personally. If she flat-out confessed to you, would you even hear it or would it just be ‘huh? Oh, were you talking to me?’”

With some effort, Chen Liwei vaguely recalls Han Aihan saying... something to him. Chen Lihua was right --- at the time, he really hadn’t been paying attention.

“Huh,” Chen Liwei says.

“You’re normally better at remaining awake and alert,” Chen Lihua says. “What were you distracted by? Thinking good thoughts? About what? Oooh, did somebody die?”

He’d honestly been thinking about the offended expression on Wu Youxuan’s face when he saw Chen Liwei’s perfect test score.

“How are you even doing this,” Wu Youxuan hissed. “You spend all of your time either at your job or beating people up, what kind of study medicine are you even taking that you can just casually walk in and get the best goddamn score, stop smiling I’m going to beat your face in --”

“You’d know if somebody died,” Chen Liwei says, and then, because he owes his sister honesty, says, “I have a...”

What’s the word he’s looking for? Acquaintance? Lackey? Victim?

“...Friend?” Chen Liwei finishes skeptically.

Even before their parents had died, Chen Lihua had always been the more social one of them. Back then, Chen Liwei had been abstractly aware of what friendship was, but he’d never really bothered with anything more than surface level relationships. A healthy classroom atmosphere where it was easy to find partners for class projects and maybe a game of basketball --- and that was pretty much all he cared about. After...

Well, he stopped caring about even that, eventually.

Anyway.

Is Wu Youxuan a friend? Maybe for lack of a better word, but Chen Liwei is almost certain he isn’t treating Wu Youxuan nice enough for that. Should he treat Wu Youxuan nicer?

“A friend,” Chen Lihua says dubiously. “You.”

“I’m allowed to have friends,” Chen Liwei says. “You have friends.”

This is a lie. Chen Lihua doesn’t have friends. She has ‘friends’: people that she chats with and laughs with, but doesn’t actually expend any real care or feeling for. She’s explained this before. Something about keeping a pleasant atmosphere, something about feeling like your ‘friends’ are friends, even if they badmouth you behind your back. It’s a lot of effort for not very much payoff, keeping on a fake face, day after day, always ready for the knife in the back.

Chen Liwei doesn’t really get it.

Wu Youxuan is at least upfront about the desire he has to stab Chen Liwei in the face.

“You’re smiling,” Chen Lihua observes.

“Well,” Chen Liwei says. Wu Youxuan is really funny when he wants to stab Chen Liwei in the face.

[bbcbreakingnews]

China launches Mars probe in space race with US

China has successfully launched its Tianwen-1 spacecraft to Mars, which is due to arrive on the Red Planet next February after a seven-month, 34-million-mile voyage.

The unmanned space probe took off on the Long March 5 Y-4 carrier rocket at 12:41pm (04:41 GMT) from Wenchang Space Launch Centre on the southern island province of Hainan, China. 

The craft, which consists of an orbiter, lander and rover, measures just over six feet in height (1.85m) and weighs 530 pounds (240kg). 

It will survey the composition, types of substance, geological structure and meteorological environment of the Martian surface. 

The launch comes three days after the UAE launched its own Mars mission and a week before NASA’s scheduled launch of the Perseverance rover.  

The countries are taking advantage of a period when Earth and Mars are favourably aligned for a short journey, with the US spacecraft due to lift off on July 30.

The Chinese mission is named Tianwen-1 (‘Questions to Heaven’) – a nod to a classical poem that has verses about the cosmos.

China’s largest carrier rocket, the Long March 5, blasted off with the Tianwen-1 probe at 12:41 pm local time (0441 GMT) from Wenchang Space Launch Centre on the southern island of Hainan

Engineers and other employees cheered at the launch site on the southern island of Hainan as it lifted off into blue sky aboard a Long March 5 – China’s biggest space rocket.

Livestreams showed a successful liftoff, with rockets blazing orange and the spacecraft heading upward across clear blue skies. 

Site commander Zhang Xueyu declared the mission a success on state broadcaster CCTV.    

The mission includes a Mars orbiter, a lander and a rover that will study the planet’s soil.

China’s mission includes a Mars orbiter, that will carry the lander and rover until release, a lander, that will parachute down the the surface carrying the rover, and a rover that will study the planet’s soil and atmosphere for signs of life

‘As a first try for China, I don’t expect it to do anything significant beyond what the US has already done,’ said Jonathan McDowell, an astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.

The UAE launched a probe on Monday that will orbit Mars once it reaches the Red Planet, but the race to watch is between the United States and China, which has worked furiously to try and match Washington’s supremacy in space.

NASA, the American space agency, has already sent four rovers to Mars since the late 1990s.

The next one, Perseverance, is an SUV-sized vehicle that will look for signs of ancient microbial life, and gather rock and soil samples with the goal of bringing them back to Earth on another mission in 2031.

Tianwen-1 is ‘broadly comparable to Viking in its scope and ambition’, said McDowell, referring to NASA’s Mars landing missions in 1975-1976.

After watching the US and the Soviet Union lead the way during the Cold War, China has poured billions of dollars into its military-led space programme.

Tianwen-1 is China’s first independent mission to another planet, a bid for global leadership in space and a display of its technological prowess and ambition

‘China joining (the Mars race) will change the situation dominated by the US for half a century,’ said Chen Lan, an independent analyst at GoTaikonauts.com, which specialises in China’s space programme.

This is not China’s first attempt at Mars – in 2011, a Chinese orbiter accompanying a Russian mission was lost when the spacecraft failed to get out of Earth’s orbit after launching from Kazakhstan, eventually burning up in the atmosphere.

But this time, China is going at it alone and is fast-tracking by launching an orbiter and rover on the same mission instead of stringing them out.

China’s secretive space programme has developed rapidly in recent decades.

Yang Liwei became the first Chinese astronaut in 2003, and last year Chang’e-4 became the first spacecraft from any country to land on the far side of the moon. 

‘There is a whole lot of prestige riding on this,’ said Dean Cheng, an expert on Chinese aerospace programmes at the Heritage Foundation in Washington.

This is an illustration of what the Tianwen-1 rover could look like when it lands on Mars. The space probe is set to reach Mars in February

Landing on Mars is notoriously difficult and only the US has successfully landed a spacecraft on Martian soil, doing it eight times since 1976.

Nasa’s InSight and Curiosity rovers still operate today and are currently roaming the Martian surface. 

Six other spacecraft are exploring Mars from orbit – three American, two European and one from India. 

China has made huge strides in the past decade, sending a human into space in 2003.

If successful, the Tianwen-1, or ‘Questions to Heaven’, which is the name of a poem written two millennia ago, will make China the first country to orbit, land and deploy a rover in its inaugural mission 

The Asian powerhouse has laid the groundwork to assemble a space station by 2022 and gain a permanent foothold in Earth orbit.

China has already sent two rovers to the Moon that are operational – with the second, the Yutu-2 rover, China became the first country to make a successful soft landing on the far side.

The Moon missions gave China experience in operating spacecraft beyond Earth orbit, but Mars is another story.

There are multiple missions to Mars in 2020 due to its optimum position relative to Earth, making journeys shorter than they would be otherwise

The much greater distance means ‘a bigger light travel time, so you have to do things more slowly as the radio signal round trip time is large,’ said McDowell.

It also means ‘you need a more sensitive ground station on Earth because the signals will be much fainter,’ he added, noting that there is a greater risk of failure.

China has upgraded its monitoring stations in the far-western Xinjiang region and northeastern Heilongjiang province to meet the Mars mission requirements, state news agency Xinhua reported last week.

The majority of the dozens of missions sent by the US, Russia, Europe, Japan and India to Mars since 1960 ended in failure.

The Chang Zheng 5 (Long March 5) carrier rocket with the Tianwen-1 Mars rover is launched from the Wenchang Space Launch Center

National security concerns led the US to curb co-operation between NASA and China’s space programme.

In an article Nature Astronomy, mission chief engineer Wan Weixing said Tianwen-1 would look for a landing site on Utopia Planitia, Mars’ largest recognised impact basin, where NASA has detected possible evidence of underground ice.  

If all goes well, the 240kg golf cart-sized, solar-powered rover is expected to operate for about three months, and the orbiter for two years.

Though small compared with America’s hulking, car-sized 1,025kg Perseverance, it is almost twice as big as the two rovers China sent to the moon in 2013 and 2019.

Perseverance is expected to operate for at least two years.  

The rover was lifted off by a Long March 5 rocket on Hainan Island and it is expected to reach Mars in February 2021

China’s road to Mars has hit a few bumps – a Long March-5 rocket, nicknamed Fat 5 because of its bulky shape, failed to launch earlier this year and coronavirus forced scientists to work from home.

In March, when instruments needed to be transported from Beijing to Shanghai, three team members drove 12 hours to deliver them.

While China is joining the US, Russia and Europe in creating a satellite-based global navigation system, experts say it is not trying to overtake the US lead in space exploration.

Instead, Mr Cheng said China is in a ‘slow race’ with Japan and India to establish itself as Asia’s space power.

The United Arab Emirates has celebrated the launch of its ‘Hope’ probe to Mars – the first interplanetary mission by an Arab nation

This Mars-launching season, which occurs every 26 months when Earth and Mars are at their closest, is especially busy.

The UAE spacecraft Amal, also known as Hope, which will orbit Mars but not land, is the Arab world’s first interplanetary mission.

The unmanned spacecraft blasted off at 6.58am local time on Monday (21.58 BST on Sunday) from Japan’s Tanegashima Space Center.

The 3,000lb (1,350kg) Hope craft (pictured) will complete one orbit every 55 hours for a total of one Martian year — 687 Earth days

The launch was overseen by the command and control centre at the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) in Dubai, which spearheaded the project.  

NASA’s Perseverance rover, which will launch at about midday BST next Thursday (July 30), is up next.

‘At no other time in our history have we seen anything like what is unfolding with these three unique missions to Mars,’ the Space Foundation’s chief executive officer Thomas Zelibor said in an online panel discussion earlier this week. 

‘Each of them is a science and engineering marvel.’  

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IC: Nome terreno: Liwei Wang. Nome mitológico: Euadne. Faceclaim: Darren Chen – Ator. Nascimento: 13 de abril de 1995. Naturalidade: Roma, Itália.

Ser: Semi-deus, filho de Atena. Nível: 02 Dormitório: Andromeda - 05

Twitter: @euadne_olp Ocupação: Bibliotecário.

Qualidades: Carinhoso, leal e sensível. Defeitos: Egoísta, orgulhoso e rancoroso.

Biografia:

Liwei perdeu o pai, Wang Donghai (taiwanês), ainda muito novo. Com a notícia do falecimento, Atena instruiu uma semi-deusa, que vivia pacificamente entre os humanos, a cuidar de seu menino e a ensiná-lo sobre si mesmo. O garoto, aos seus 9 anos, via sua visão de mundo mudar drasticamente, ao descobrir ser filho de uma deusa. Para a mente de uma criança, tudo parecia mágico e deslumbrante. Lhe foi revelado então, o motivo de ter tanto carinho pelas corujas e por, quase sempre, ter uma por perto quando necessitava de uma companhia. Sem saber de seus poderes, chamava pela coruja, que o atendia sempre. Nunca entendeu como ou o porquê, mas sempre o fazia quando se sentia solitário ou incompreendido.

Apesar da ausência de sua mãe, nunca se sentiu, de fato, sozinho ou abandonado. Não sabia como explicar, mas sentia a presença de alguém que o fazia se sentir protegido. Sentia que essa presença era de sua mãe. Então, embora não tenha convívio com a mesma, seu amor por ela ainda era enorme. E sempre que ouvia suas histórias, sentia orgulho dela. Liwei sempre foi compreensível, sabia que sua querida mãe tinha um papel importante a cumprir. E que, aonde quer que esteja, ela o estaria protegendo.

Durante a adolescência começou a treinar o manejo de armas e a batalhar. Via isso como um esporte e se divertia sempre que aprendia algo novo. Gostava da história de Roma, e o Coliseu era seu lugar favorito para se visitar. A história do lugar o prendia, adorava. Estudava na biblioteca sempre que podia, gostava de ler. O que lhe dessem, leria. Às vezes acordava de madrugada, se sentava na grama e encarava o céu. Contava sobre seu dia, sobre os treinamentos, tudo. Apesar de não saber se sua mãe o ouvia, sempre o fazia. Tinha a esperança de um dia poder encontrá-la. Desde pequeno, sempre que conseguia uma vitória, um avanço, sorria pro céu. Sua responsável sempre soube da sua preferência em conhecer melhor seus poderes em relação as corujas, então, em todo aniversário lhe presenteavam com um livro sobre.

Já em sua vida adulta, Liwei se via como um pássaro livre — não que antes se sentisse preso, muito pelo contrário — que tinha um mundo inteiro em suas mãos para explorar. Havia conversado algumas vezes com a mulher que o criou sobre o Olympus. A primeira vez, foi quando começou seus treinamentos básicos. Tinha muitas expectativas sobre o lugar que um dia o esperaria. Trabalhou como florista entre o final de sua adolescência e início da vida adulta. Sempre foi um rapaz doce e amável; o que é contraditório ao seu interesse na história sangrenta do Coliseu.

 Habilidades:

01. Estratégia em Batalha: Planejar e estruturar estratégias tão bem feitas, que possuem, cinqüenta por cento de chances de funcionarem corretamente.

02. Canção suave: Com essa canção, pode-se fazer um monstro ficar quase inofensivo. Quanto maior seu nível, melhor o efeito.

03. Perícia com Armas: Atena sendo a deusa da estratégia em batalha, abençoa seus filhos com a perícia dentre armas. Sendo no manejo de lâminas, arcos ou escudos, as proles tem uma boa manipulação, seja qual for a arma. Ainda não são perfeitos, como os filhos de Ares no manejo de lanças, os de Apolo nos de arcos ou os de Nyx no de foices, mas são muito habilidosos. Quanto maior o nível, melhor a habilidade.

04. Mente Alerta: Filhos de Atena são conhecidos como sabichões ou até mesmo ‘nerds’. Não é por isso que devem ser subestimados. Sua agilidade não é comparada à dos filhos de Hermes, mas são rápidos na compreensão de um ataque, sendo assim, sabendo muito bem, como desviar deles, e como os defender.

05. Corujas: As corujas têm afinidade com você, poderão te ajudar em certas coisas. Ganhando seu respeito, elas passam a obedecê-lo fielmente.

06. Telepatia: Os filhos de Atena, conseguem se comunicar com seus aliados e com animais símbolos de sua mãe ajudando em batalhas e guerras, ou apenas, se divertindo com o dom.

07. Olhos de Coruja: Os olhos das proles de Atena assumem uma coloração amarelada, com a pupila se retraindo, ficando de um tamanho mínimo, os olhos penetrantes, a ajudam a ‘enxergar’ além, sendo assim, conseguindo uma melhor visão do campo de batalha, ainda persuadindo o inimigo. Incapacitando-o de contar mentiras, ou pelo menos segurá-las por muito tempo. Causando um ‘medo’.

08. Telecinese: A telecinésia é a capacidade de mover fisicamente um objeto com a força psíquica, fazendo-o levitar, mover-se ou apenas ser abalado pela mente

09. Ginasta: Atena era meia irmã de Dionísio, e assim como as mênades da divindade – menos que elas – As crias de Atena detêm a capacidade de se mover agilmente – Não tanto quanto filhos de Hermes – Podendo ser considerado um pequeno, ‘ginasta’, seus movimentos são precisos e bem calculados, quase nunca dando errado.

10. Coruja de Atena: O herói pode invocar o animal sagrado de Atena, a Coruja, para ajudá-lo tanto em batalha como para explorar as redondezas.

11. Olhos Expandidos: Além de controlar as corujas que você convocou, você pode unir seus olhos, ou seja, tudo que elas vejam passarão por seus olhos, isso funciona muito bem quando elas estão como espiãs ou guardas.

12. Reflexos Aprimorados: Seus reflexos são tão bons, que faz com que seja raramente pego de surpresa, contendo as pequenas margens de erros.

13. Persuasão: Atena poderia não ser uma das deusas mais bonitas do olimpo, mas era a deusa das artes, e no conceito de seu irmão, Hermes, enganar é uma arte. A cria de Atena consegue manter firmemente uma mentira, podendo fazer muitos acreditarem e dificilmente, ser contrariada. Seu olhar mortífero e sua língua sempre afiada, fazem difícil, a mentira ser desviada.

14. Imaginação Fértil: Com sua grande mente vem grandes imaginações. Imagine um grande dragão te ajudando...e lá ele estará. Serão apenas ilusões, brincando com a mente da pessoa, por isso, não causará danos e ela; não físicos. Só funciona com mentes inferiores a sua. Bem, quase todas são.

15. Metamorfose: O filho de Atena consegue se transformar em uma coruja gigante da espécie Megascops. Não existem restrições nesse poder, o filho de Atena poderá voar, bicar e até mesmo carregar no máximo duas pessoas, uma em seu dorso e a outra sendo segurada por suas patas. Se o filho de Atena morrer em sua forma de coruja, ele volta a sua forma normal desmaiado e sem energia, mas ainda com vida.

16. Marca de Atena: O filho de Atena pode invocar todos os itens sagrados de Atena, sua armadura ateniense completa cobrindo seu corpo, o escudo Aegis em sua mão esquerda, a lança sagrada na direta e o manto de Atena sobre seus ombros, e a mesma aura de sua mãe emanando aterrorizando seus inimigos que acreditam ver a própria deusa diante de si. Após o uso, ficará 3 dias totalmente exaurido e sem poderes pra se recuperar desse poder avassalador.

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La Cina torna in orbita. Così il Dragone punta al terzo “Palazzo celeste”

07/05/2020

Il debutto del Lunga Marcia 5B e della navicella per condurre astronauti in orbita allontana i due grossi fallimenti occorsi negli ultimi due mesi. L’ambizione spaziale del Dragone è elevata e comprende la realizzazione di una nuova stazione entro il 2024, anno in cui gli Usa vogliono tornare sulla Luna. La nuova corsa allo Spazio è servita

La Cina compie un altro passo nella nuova corsa allo Spazio. È in orbita intorno alla Terra la nuova navicella che servirà a portare i taikonauti a bordo del terzo “Palazzo celeste” di Pechino, le cui attività di assemblaggio potrebbero così partire nei prossimi mesi. Il lancio è avvenuto con il debutto del Lunga Marcia 5B, il lanciatore che il Dragone ha scelto per arrivare anche su Luna e Marte. Per il Pianeta rosso, le ambizioni sono state presentate in pompa magna due settimane fa.

IL LANCIO

Il lanciatore è partito martedì scorso dalla base di lancio Wenchang, sull’isola di Hainan lungo la costa sud del Paese, inaugurata poco più di tre anni fa. A 20 minuti dal lancio le autorità hanno dichiarato il successo della missione, con l’ingresso nell’orbita predefinita. Secondo quanto riportato dall’agenzia Xinhua News Agency, con una lunghezza di circa nove metri e un peso al lancio di quasi 22 tonnellate, il veicolo spaziale ha usato i propri propulsori per alzarsi ulteriormente, fino a un’orbita ellittica con apogeo a circa ottomila chilometri dalla superficie terrestre. Al momento dovrebbe essere impegnata nelle tre orbite intorno al Pianeta, prima di farvi rientro domani. Il programma prevede l’atterraggio nell’area di Dongfeng, nella zona nord-est del Paese (nella regione autonoma della Mongolia cinese).

VERSO IL “PALAZZO CELESTE”

Prima di arrivarvi, nella fase di rientro ad alta velocità, il veicolo testerà le nuove tecnologie protettive, il paracadute, l’avionica e il sistema di atterraggio, nonché le parti che nei piani degli esperti cinesi potranno essere riutilizzabili per lanci futuri. Si tratta d’altra parte di una missione sperimentale priva di equipaggio, funzionale ad avviare nei prossimi mesi l’assemblaggio della terza stazione spaziale cinese, il Tiangong-3 (letteralmente, palazzo celeste). La navicella testata servirà a trasportavi astronauti (fino a sei) e rifornimenti, considerata un’evoluzione della Shenzhou, un derivato della russa Soyuz con cui hanno superato l’atmosfera tutte e sei le missioni con equipaggio della storia cinese.

IL PROGRAMMA DI ESPLORAZIONE

L’obiettivo adesso è tornare ad avere una stazione operativa nel 2024; una piattaforma orbitante che possa ospitare permanentemente taikonauti a bordo, seguendo le orme delle due esperienze precedenti. La prima stazione spaziale cinese è partita nel 2011, ospitando in cinque anni tre missioni prima di perdere operatività (e controllo) e cadere rovinosamente a terra all’incirca due anni fa. La (Tiangong-2) è stata lanciata nel 2016 e ha ospitato già quell’anno gli astronauti Jing Haipeng e Chen Dong, tornati sulla Terra dopo oltre un mese in orbita. Il debutto del programma di esplorazione umana risale però al 2003. Con il viaggio intorno al pianeta di Yang Liwei a bordo di una navicella Shenzhou-5, la Cina diventata allora il terzo Paese ad avere accesso autonomo per astronauti nello Spazio. Qualora la missione in corso si riveli un successo, il modulo centrale del nuovo palazzo celeste (il Tianhe, che significa “fiume nei cieli”) potrebbe partire nella prima parte del prossimo anno. In tutto, dovrebbero servire almeno dodici missioni per completare l’avamposto.

I LANCIATORI DI PUNTA

Non ci sono però solo le orbite terrestri nei piani di Pechino. Il vettore utilizzato, il Lunga marcia 5B, è quello che dovrebbe condurre in futuro i taikonauti sulla Luna e su Marte. Rientra nella nuova generazione dei lanciatori cinesi, evoluzioni dei modelli 5, 6 e 7 basate su un mixi di propulsione a liquido e solido. A marzo, il fallimento (misterioso) del Lunga Marcia 7A aveva fatto temere (vista la condivisione di tecnologie) problemi per il primo lancio del 5B. Tra l’altro, a inizio aprile di era aggiunta la falsa partenza dell’esemplare 3B, che non era riuscito a portare in orbita il satellite indonesiano per telecomunicazioni Nusantara-2. A leggere le agenzie di Stato cinesi, tutto sembra essere andato per il verso giusto invece per il 5B.

IL MISTERO DEL VEICOLO CARGO

Eppure, ci sono informazioni contrastanti su un altro payload a bordo del debutto del Lunga Marcia 5B. Insieme alla nuova navicella, infatti, è partito anche una “capsula cargo di rientro” in versione per test, ha fatto sapere nel comunicato post-lancio la China Manned Space Agency, agenzia che gestisce il programma Tiangong. Si tratterebbe di un veicolo “flessibile e gonfiabile”, sviluppata dalla seconda accademia della China aerospace science and industry corporation (Casc). Il modulo cargo ha fatto il suo rientro ieri, come programma, ma operando “in modo anomalo”. I dati saranno analizzati.

(Foto Twitter: @XHscitech)

Fonte: Formiche

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90+ MASCULINE CHINESE NAMES

Under the cut, are 96 masculine names, of Chinese origin.

AI

BAI

BO

BOHAI

BOLIN

CHANG

CHANGMING

CHAO

CHEN

CHENG

CHONGLIN

DA

DELUN

DEMING

DONGHAI

DUYI

ENLAI

FA

FAN

FENG

FU

GEMING

GEN

GUANG

GUANGLI

GUI

HAI

HAN

HE

HONG

HUAN

HUANG

HUI

HUILIANG

JIAN

JIALING

JIANYU

JIAYI

JING

JINHAI

KANG

LEI

LI

LIANG

LING

LIQIN

LIU

LIWEI

LONGWEL

MENGYAO

MINGYU

NIANZU

NIU

PENG

QI

QIANG

WING

WINGSHAN

QUAN

RENSHU

RONG

RU

SHAN

SHANYUAN

SHEN

SHI

SHIHONG

SHUN

SONG

TAO

TENGFEI

WEI

WEIMIN

WEISHENG

WEIYUAN

WEN

XIANG

XIN

XING

XIU

XUE

YAN

YANG

YANLIN

YE

YI

YING

YONG

YOU

YUAN

YUN

ZHAOUHUI

ZHEN

ZHU

ZIAN

ZIHAO

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FacePush: Introducing Normal Force on Face with Head-Mounted Displays Hong-Yu Chang, Wen-Jie Tseng, Chia-En Tsai, Hsin-Yu Chen, Roshan Lalintha Peiris, Liwei Chan Abstract This paper presents FacePush, a Head-Mounted Display (HMD) integrated with a pulley system to generate normal forces on a users face in virtual reality (VR). The mechanism of FacePush is obtained by shifting torques provided by two motors that press upon a users face via utilization of a pulley system. FacePush can generate normal forces of varying strengths and apply those to the surface of the face. To inform our design of FacePush for noticeable and discernible normal forces in VR applications, we conducted two studies to iden- tify the absolute detection threshold and the discrimination threshold for users perception. After further consideration in regard to user comfort, we determined that two levels of force, 2.7 kPa and 3.375 kPa, are ideal for the development of the FacePush experience via implementation with three applications which demonstrate use of discrete and continuous normal force for the actions of boxing, diving, and 360 guidance in virtual reality. In addition, with regards to a virtual boxing application, we conducted a user study evaluating the user experience in terms of enjoyment and realism and collected the users feedback. WEB: https://ift.tt/2SuQ2Gg

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Chinese drama ‘The Moon River’ which stars UTOPIA’s Sparrow, features K-pop group UTOPIA in it’s OST!

The Romantic Comedy drama ‘The Moon River’ premiered yesterday on television which received good ratings. One of the many reasons it became a hit is because a Chinese member from a k-pop group UTOPIA starred as the male lead. Tang Liwei or known as Sparrow (@sparwei) is known to be UTOPIA’s only Chinese member. The attention he received from Chinese fans helped him get cast to be the main lead in this new romantic comedy. 

And of course, the drama won’t be complete without it’s OST. And as a double treat for their fans (who are called IMMORTALS), the group along with two other 2K artists were featured in it’s Official Soundrack in which they all sung in mandarin! Check out the OST!

SUBTLE LOVE (Intro) - UTOPIA

CAN’T BREATHE WITHOUT YOU - UTOPIA

SWEET LOVE -  UTOPIA (single)

I mean - 東浩男 

Rainy Days - Yanyan (@mingyanx) of KROKOS

DANGEROUS - UTOPIA

Thinking of you -   胡桓瑋

Partners - Lili (@klili95) of PANDORA

BROTHERS - UTOPIA

XIN WO - UTOPIA ft. Yanyan & Lili

NETIZEN BUZZ:

Mandotopia: WOW they sang in Mandarin?! So dedicated! I’m waiting for an MV!

Sparrowsbigdragon: Omg can they make orgasms in mandarin for me?!!! can they?!! PLEASE!!

layyixing34: Some pronunciations are bad. Like Chen and Xiumin is way better. BYETOPIA!

2kgalss: Are we not gonna talk about Yanyan and Lili? They killed it! Stan talent! Theyre voices blend well with the boys.

liweiwayway: I love the drama’s first episode and Sparrow did a great job! as for this ost I love it so much!! I wonder if Sparrow laughed during their recording because the others tried.

utopiaslut.mandarinversion: OPPAS, GEGES i LUv YoU alLZ!  i lOVe MEE soME UtOOP1a DIckseeUUU! GimmEE!! :(