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Interested

11-13-2007, 03:35 PM

Hello,

As the nick name suggests I am interested, specifically in PLAN (I love the fact that it says Peoples liberation Army Navy).

I've met the PLAN CNO last year, granted that was odd (The only thing I can say in Chinese is "hello").

Academically I'm still a student yet not an Eng. major which seems to be popular for some of the members here.

Professional just another worker bee.

The Chinese are some interesting folk the "middle kingdom" has an inherent attitude which is carried through their everyday life's and military policy. I do blame one of my History Prof. for igniting the initial interest. Anyhow I'm looking forward to some good chat.

Cheers,

Interested

young_communist

11-19-2007, 01:15 AM

hi, I am chinese, I live and rise in Laos (my father came from Hainan), I'm very interested in China especialy Peope Liberation Army (IN 1978 my father was an infantry in CHina)

zhouj

11-19-2007, 05:05 PM

Hi,

As my nickname may suggest to the more well-versed, I'm Chinese and part of the diaspora. I'm interested in PLA in relation to its ability to help precipitate the establishment of the Chinese socioeconomic hegemony that is part of the Chinese destiny and as a result, I tend to consider psychological and political effects of military developments as much as their shift on the operational balance globally.

I'm currently a student of finance and economic theory and as a result, I also will generally apply economic understanding to analysis of trends and motivations. Inevitably, I also view China as an arbitrage opportunity in the world; both low risk and high return for supporting it in the future and it's part of my bloodline.

I strongly believe that the current view of China in the West is clouded first by those who apply inherently Western philosophy to a nation that has a different culture and methodology for power acquisition. The second mistake is the reactionary response by self-proclaimed "Sinophiles" who argue that China pursues no global hegemony and has no expansionist tendencies and that any view of that is due to a Western tint in our analysis. A civilization that gives its Emperor a mandate over "all under the sky" is not going to turn pacifist in a decade. For the curious, watch the subtitled version of Hero and you'll realize this exact issue. Finally, the third major issue is that people analyze situations and weapons in their own isolated state rather than in the context of a world of nations filled with people acting rationally in their self-interest.

Either way, I hope to add insights to the implications and analysis of Chinese military developments.

SampanViking

11-19-2007, 06:31 PM

Welcome to the forum zhouj and young communist.:china:

aquilis182

11-20-2007, 05:01 PM

Hi, LT

Nice to have you here!

I have few questions that I wish to ask you:

Are there lots of Chinese serving in the U.S. military as officer or civil staff? Is their ethnic background an obstacle for joining the U.S. military? What is the highest rank/position a Chinese has ever made in the U.S. military?

Regards
Dongfeng

Maybe the question wasan't for me but I can answer u (forgive me if you dont want me to answer) Maybe im just an SPC (E4) in the U.S. Army but I see a lot of diferent etnic races working with us in fact one of the most high ranked U.S. Army Generals in our CoC was General Shinseki he is japanese etnically, In the U.S. Forces you advance in rank based on your skills, experience, colleges degrees, combat readyness, phisical fitness and leadership instead of etnically, I see some chinese guys in back in BCT and AIT and they have the same privileges. We also get exactly the same treat and respect in BCT (jejejeje we are all scum no mather where we come from scince back then we were just trainees) in AIT we get more privileges based on our performance I remember loosing my off poust pass cause my wall locker wasn't up to standards... very depresive day for me. Lastly back in Iraq
most of my unit member where puertoricans (including myself) and we din'd care of our battle buddy was green or blue as long they shoot to the same direction than us... Lastly in the U.S. forces no mather your etnically as long as they are U.S. legal citizen and pass the ASVAB and the subject is physically, mentally and between 17yrs old and 42yrs old. General Shinseki was a 4 star, besides he Was the Chief of Staff for the U.S. Army (1999 to 2003).

sm68

11-24-2007, 09:29 PM

Hi, all. I think I haven't introduced myself before. I am a mainland Chinese student living in Auckland now. Major in business and economics. It will be interesting to see if there is a statistic to show the nationality and ethnic makeup of the members in this forum.

labull

12-06-2007, 01:15 AM

Norfolk

12-06-2007, 09:07 AM

Hi Everyone
I found this site from CDF. I am here to watch and learn. You probably won't see me post too much because I am not an expert at anything military. But I have lots of respect for this site and CDF for civil exchange of opinions lacking in most other sites. Thank you.

Welcome to SDF sm 68 and labull! Please do post when you find you have something to ask or add and when you see something that doesn't make sense, even if "experts" think they're making sense. They may just be wrong.:o

Happy to have you two.:)

Best,

Norfolk

adanac

12-17-2007, 01:09 AM

Hi everyone,

I'm Chinese; currently living in Canada. I found this site from Google. I'm interested in every aspect of the PLA, especially the air force and navy.

Excellent site.:)

Gollevainen

12-17-2007, 01:39 AM

Nice screen name;)

chilli&cheese

12-18-2007, 04:42 PM

Hi all,
My name is Drukpa Kuenley, and I am from Bhutan.
I am a journalist and computer programmer by profession but also involved in social services organized by the UNDP. I graduated almost a year ago. In my spare time, I usually jam with my old buddies from High School. We like classic rock, rage against the machine, and sometimes the occasional alternative song as a result of one the members who is a girl thus... We also like to b-ball to keep the weight off but this is not happening.
I found this site through a Chinese friend of mine who told me to get my answers from this site instead of constantly bugging him.

Finn McCool

12-18-2007, 08:53 PM

A Bhutanese jam band eh? Now I've heard it all. :rofl::D

It's nice to have lots of countries represented here. What other forum can say that they've got Bhutanese members?

I'm a Rage fan too.

gustavog182

12-23-2007, 04:29 PM

hello, my name is Gustavo and im from venezuela! im study in law school and i love china

kunam

12-28-2007, 01:07 AM

Hey there, I'm Indonesian. Work on local TV in Surabaya, East-Java. Love military stuff since the gulf-war. Well, I was in junior HiSchool that time. N now i still loving this things.

garydott

01-02-2008, 06:49 PM

Mostly, I go by TOM and I'm from the place that everyone hates but are dying to get to.

Bosun CLC

01-06-2008, 10:22 PM

Hello Everyone,
I'm a retired U.S. Navy Warrant Officer (Bosun) with 28 years of Naval service. I've served on board the Oriskany CV-34, Hoel DDG-13, George Philip FFG-12, MCAS Yuma AZ, Rodney M. Davis FFG-60, Prairie AD-15, Team commander in Beachmaster Unit ONE, Port Operations CFAY Yokosuka Japan, and finally as the Ship's Bosun on Blue Ridge LCC-19. I currently reside in Tempe Arizona. For the last seven years I've been with the U.S. flagged container ship line Matson Navigation Company at the Phoenix Arizona office, where I work in the Intermodal and Projects department.

bd popeye

01-07-2008, 04:26 PM

Welcome aboard Bosun CLC!:)

I also served in the USN from 1971 until 1991 as an Avation Ordanceman and then a Parachute Rigger(Aircrew Survival Equipmentman). It's great to have a shipmate onboard!

|guanA

01-07-2008, 10:05 PM

Hi this is my first post on this forum, but as u can see I've been lurking for quite some time.

I thought it's about time I introduce myself.

Born in Xing Jiang, China, came to Australia when I was 3 years old. I am turning 26 this year.

I call myself an Australian but this does not mean I am not proud to be Chinese either. I have a fascinating desire to learn as much as possible about my country of origin, not just military wise but all aspects of the country. I have only been back to beijing once in 1999 and I didn't not like it one bit, I went with a tourist group and the whole trip felt very scripted. Also, Beijing isn't really the most fun of all places in China.

My profession is Graphic Designer and currently I am working for Coca-Cola, doing graphics.

No, before you ask, I do not Photoshop fake chinese warfare images!

garydott

01-08-2008, 10:48 PM

I'm ex USAF from the early '60s, stationed mostly at Edwards AFB. Job title was Instrumentation Technician. Only in from '61 to '65, but those were very interesting times. Isn't that some kind of curse? "May you live in interesting times."

Norfolk

01-08-2008, 11:39 PM

Tac Dog

01-19-2008, 02:03 AM

Hello to everyone on this forum! I am a financial advisor here in the U.S. and I have a strong interest on Chinese military technology especially the J-10. All I know is that J-10 came from the Israeli Lavi concept in the early 90's but somehow Chinese made their own copy and recently making their own engine as well. So you insight on this would be very much appreciated!!!

gulmarg

02-07-2008, 06:24 AM

hi every body i m new to this forum. i wish all the best to all the members of this forum.

PaPaPeng

02-14-2008, 01:50 AM

Norfolk

02-14-2008, 11:38 AM

PaPaPeng. From Edmonton Alberta. Retired. Chinese but first language is English. A Sinophile. Interested in history, politics, economics and military strategies. Will love to argue about grand strategy in which making war is only a one aspect to achieve strategic national goals. Have outgrown admiration for Geewhiz Gadgetry although still quite up to date about most weapons systems.

Welcome to SDF PaPaPeng!:) Sadly, however, I shall not be able to dispute the following statement;) - you're only too right about that one (Sun Tzu would be proud):

Will love to argue about grand strategy in which making war is only a one aspect to achieve strategic national goals.

Looking forward to hearing more from you PaPa.:D

johnny

02-25-2008, 01:41 AM

Hello.

My name is johnny and I'm simply interested in military stuff.

Most talking heads seem to say that China is the next big thing so I thought I'd come here and see what people are chatting about.

Look forward to reading a lot and learning a lot.

Cheers!

man overbored

02-25-2008, 01:23 PM

Greetings ! I'm a former USN helo pilot, served at the tail end of the Cold War, flew Chinooks and BV-107's for Columbia Helicopters in the US and Papua New Guinea, have a BA and MA in Economics and work as a Logistics Analyst for a defense contractor. I live way the heck out in the Mojave Desert and love the solitude, and available motorcycle riding.

jakub

03-01-2008, 05:56 PM

Hi all, nice to see you, I am just military and naval entusiast.
Also interesetd in politics and all about me.

joyarjun

03-05-2008, 12:17 PM

Hello there!
this is a rookie, a newbie, a boot if you like joining the forum today.
I wish to ineract with you all veterans, learn from you and may be contribute something too, modestly.
Cheers!
joyarjun:D

Jeff Head

03-05-2008, 04:35 PM

SINOAGASY

03-10-2008, 05:57 AM

Hello,

I try to follow the PLA's evolution. I live in France.

youpii

03-17-2008, 12:19 PM

Hi

I'm French, 37, computer engineer living in Shanghai.
And very interested in warships. :p

panzerkom

03-18-2008, 12:22 AM

Hi

I'm French, 37, computer engineer living in Shanghai.
And very interested in warships. :p

Welcome, and guess u hit the jackpot there, cuz HuDong is the birthplace of many new PLAN surface combatants. :)

youpii

03-18-2008, 10:02 AM

Welcome, and guess u hit the jackpot there, cuz HuDong is the birthplace of many new PLAN surface combatants. :)

I don't think I can go to that place but Chinese magazines are very cheap with nice photos

ruralrat

03-22-2008, 12:05 PM

hey, I figure I might as well write a little aobut my self too:
name: jin
nationality: chinese
Ethnic backgorund: Chinese
city: nanchang city of jiangxi province in china
industry: telecom communication
MSn: jinzengtao@hotmail.com:china::china::china:

there is my information .thanks.

Norfolk

03-22-2008, 12:32 PM

Welcome to SDF ruralrat! Are you a city-dweller, or a country boy:D who just finds himself living in the city?

Remula

03-23-2008, 10:58 PM

Hi Everyone,

I have just joined this forum and this is my first post.

Saying Hello to everyone. :)

Norfolk

03-23-2008, 11:47 PM

Hi Everyone,

I have just joined this forum and this is my first post.

Saying Hello to everyone. :)

Hello Remula, and welcome to SDF.:) We hope you enjoy your time with us!

pureAXIS

03-28-2008, 01:51 AM

hey guys Im Joe, Im originally from Hubei, China. Been living in the States for more than 10 years. Always had a strong interest in military affairs and Chinese politics. My great grandfather was a major in the Nationalist army and my uncle fought in the Sino-Vietnamese War for the PLA. :)

looking forward to meet you guys

kliu0

03-28-2008, 03:04 AM

Hi guys. My name is Kevin, I'm from Kaohsiung, Taiwan living in Australia and New Zealand for 13 years. My grandfather was in an army lieutenant in the Nationalist Army, and my other grandfather was an army captain who also fought against the communists in the Nationalist army. My family is well connected to Taiwanese politics and the military. And I've always been interested in military affairs and Taiwanese politics. Looking forward to talking to you guys.

Mr T

03-28-2008, 03:02 PM

Hi guys,

I've been looking at SDF for a while now and really like the look of it. Hope to get involved in some interesting discussions here!

Mr T

Norfolk

03-28-2008, 06:10 PM

pureAXIS, kliu0, Mr T, welcome to SDF, all three of you!:)

RCBarbosa

04-01-2008, 10:34 AM

Hi!

My name is Rui Barbosa and I'm from Portugal.

I have a online newsletter about spaceflight (only in portuguese) at www.zenite.nu/orbita .

I'm very interested in China's space program and I'm looking forward to be able to learn with all the members of this foruns.

Thanks!

Butthead3977

04-03-2008, 02:17 AM

Hi im Derek Zhou, college freshmen from San Joes state. I just came to the United States and found this site to be very amusing. I am hoping to learn a lot about what people think of the chinese military :)

cindy

04-10-2008, 09:32 AM

Yang Yang

04-10-2008, 10:14 AM

Welcome cindy!
I am from the mainland China and I am interested in Taiwan's military strength but I think some information about Taiwan's military forces I got from the mainland's forums are not objective, so I want to collect the first-hand information of Taiwan's defence. Could we exchange information of cross-strait's military forces?
Bye the way, i am a college student,too

Yang Yang

04-10-2008, 10:16 AM

my email add. is chineseboy7427@yahoo.com.cn
i am expecting your email.

Schumacher

04-10-2008, 10:29 AM

hello,i am a college student from taiwan!!
taiwan always has a question about identity with china,and the more strong china's military power develops ,the more strange taiwan is!!
so i choosed a course in my university about china's military policy!!this is my first time to know something about missiles amd other nuclear weapons,i feel so excited about knowing that!!
and for searching the information about LACMs,i find this forum,very happy to be a member in this forum!!
ps.i am not a native speaker,so maybe i have some grammer problems!!if i have any problem about my message, plz tell me!!thx

Welcome ! Welcome ! Our very first lady member, at least the only one I know of. :)
Opening a thread just for self-introduction ... quite unconventional but I'm sure our usually strict & no-nonsense mods will let this thread open because I'm sure they're all real gentlemen. :D

rhino123

04-10-2008, 11:00 AM

hello,i am a college student from taiwan!!
taiwan always has a question about identity with china,and the more strong china's military power develops ,the more strange taiwan is!!
so i choosed a course in my university about china's military policy!!this is my first time to know something about missiles amd other nuclear weapons,i feel so excited about knowing that!!
and for searching the information about LACMs,i find this forum,very happy to be a member in this forum!!
ps.i am not a native speaker,so maybe i have some grammer problems!!if i have any problem about my message, plz tell me!!thx

Welcome Cindy, good to hear that we have a lady in the forum now. Since you are major in military policy and I believe you would get quite a bit of good information on weapons such as missiles and stuffs from the professors there I believe, you could provide us with more infor on all these things.

Hope to hear from you soon.

Best Regards.

Mr T

04-10-2008, 12:03 PM

(Maybe an admin can merge this thread with the usual new members list.)

Hello, Cindy. Looks like there's lots here for you to do and see! If you have some news for us about Taiwan (I don't think we have anyone else here from Taiwan, do we?) you can post it on a thread here.

http://www.sinodefenceforum.com/world-armed-forces/taiwan-military-news-discussion-part-ii-3396.html

Gollevainen

04-10-2008, 12:23 PM

...Gee as soon as someone shows up with girls name, and all you guys suddenly loose it...;)

...and what ever happened to the first two rules of internet:rolleyes:

I'm letting this thread stay, don't want to spoil your daydreams :D

cindy

04-10-2008, 12:48 PM

sorry,i am not sure what happen about my message!!
maybe i didn't read the rules clearly!!
did i break the rules here?

Mr T

04-10-2008, 01:08 PM

did i break the rules here?

Normally members say "hello" in a joint thread here:

http://www.sinodefenceforum.com/members-club-room/new-members-introductions-new-members-introduce-yourselves-1831.html

But you don't have to.

bd popeye

04-10-2008, 01:17 PM

sorry,i am not sure what happen about my message!!
maybe i didn't read the rules clearly!!
did i break the rules here?

Nope. Feel free to post in any thread you like..Here's a link to the forum rules so you may re-fresh them in your mind.

http://www.sinodefenceforum.com/announcements/forum-rules-things-remember-before-posting-important-please-read-20.html

Welcome to our forum!

Gee as soon as someone shows up with girls name, and all you guys suddenly loose it...

...and what ever happened to the first two rules of internet

I'm letting this thread stay, don't want to spoil your daydreams

:D:roll: But so very true!

Soviet General

04-14-2008, 09:56 AM

welcome comrad glad to see a female the enjoys the search for knowledge on world arms and politics. If you need anything on Soviet Tech ill be glad to provide and others, but if you could post anything about Taiwan politics and its armed forces, ill be glad to read about and reply. Welcome:coffee:

photo pds

04-14-2008, 01:33 PM

SteelBird

04-21-2008, 03:29 AM

welcome i am college student even i have been being a member in this website foe a long time but usually i read only and reply some ,by hte way i come from thailand ,and English is not my mother language so my gramar will be not good as you .
i hope to listen many information from you na kub.

Svady Krab! I'm your neighbor. Welcome to SDF, I've been for quite a long time too, and like you, I have very few post. I read more and love to read pix threads.

kong

04-25-2008, 03:10 AM

Hi everyone! I am come forum hong kong, china. At a chance I find that forum, I am very happy that. Because that is a about the chinese from, but a lot of member is not come from china, they is come from global. I think you will know my english is very poor. I hope you will understand what am I say. I wish we can enjoy in this forum.

bd popeye

04-25-2008, 07:30 PM

Threads merged for !

Welcome to the very best Chinese military forum on the internet Kong! Please read the forum rules!

http://www.sinodefenceforum.com/announcements/forum-rules-things-remember-before-posting-important-please-read-20.html

And don't worry about your English..Just do your very best!

kong

04-27-2008, 08:55 AM

Thank You for you incentive, I will do the best!

GareTT

04-28-2008, 07:53 AM

Hello everyone,
I'm GareTT, from Neuchâtel (Switzerland).
I'm 18, I speak French (my english is soo bad, sorry, but I hope you understand...)
I came here looking for information on Chinese equipment.
particulary the type 07 digital equipment...
I practice athletics and "air-soft".

That's it. thank you all for reading these few lines.

Have a nice day.

GareTT

firestorme

04-28-2008, 04:01 PM

hi all
i'm lele from england, born in china, went to uk when 7
i'm 18 and studying a-levels
interested in new advancement in the PLA and current development, of the new pla and its modernisation.

cya all lele

elle

05-05-2008, 06:22 AM

Not sure if this is the right way to go about it.

My screen name is "elle" and I am Male, Married, British, life in England, Retired professional Engineer. My interests are (1) People, (2) culture, (3) history, (4) Religion, (5) Philosophy, (6) Politics, (7) I am a Free thinker in Politics and Religion, in other words I can be influenced if you are right. (8) I believe in the truth not in conspiracy theories, i.e. Black and White, Ying-Yang

Do I sound like a bore? Sorry!

sandyj

05-20-2008, 06:08 PM

Hello All I am Sandyj,

I am new to this thread but i am not new to the subject at hand.

I have been an active member of the China Defense Forum , for many years with over 13000 posts there as well as several others sites i monitor.

since i am in the very early stages of an progressive disease my posts may be limited, as well as i am able to monitor.

as i have way to many senior moments at the present time, and i am adjusting to my medications gradually.

but thank you for letting me in to this site and i will contribute as i am capable of doing at the moment. I also have a problem with double posting but i do not do so on purpose as i have a tough time remmbering if i had posted an item or not.

again thank you for your patience

regards
sandyj

Gollevainen

05-21-2008, 01:40 AM

Hello Sandyj and welcome aboard:china:

As for you and all other new members, here is an important annoucment.

Due our spamfilter, some post of members which have less than 15 post may not appear to you and you will recieve a message when posting it about moderators approval. It's a purely technigal issue, there are certain words that automatically trickers the filter. We know that it doesen't work smoothly as it blocks competely normal and valuable post as well but at the moment we just have to seddle for it.

We mods try to sweep all our threads and approve the post when we spot them but exspecially if you are posting in threads which are old and no other is posting on them, we might not spot them on time.

It's important that when/if you receive this message about moderators approval you don't go and post the same thing all over again when its not showing to you. We have had cases when guys post the same reply 15 times a row and thats not nice to anyone.

Gollevainen

perce4

05-21-2008, 01:02 PM

Greetings!
I'm Clayton Perce, an officer of the US Air Force. In the past I've been stationed in Texas, Montana, Washington DC, Nevada, Alabama (twice), Missouri, and Hawaii. I'm now stationed in Okinawa, Japan.

firestorm

05-23-2008, 08:38 AM

hey. chinese canadian, 18.

Ju-Ju

06-09-2008, 05:18 PM

Hi, I'm Andy; aka Ju-Ju, 44 & I've been 'marooned' in Taiwan for the last six years. I don't get to a computer all that often. (And my computer skills aren't all that great, either...)My interests are military history, & wargaming. If there are any members here in Taiwan, especiall in Taiwan's northern bits, [e.g. Taoyuan...] I will gladly send them my contact details... (Please tell me how to do this...)

I'm originally from New Zealand & am here teaching English... as are many of my fellow country-people... (deliberate for these politically-correct times...)

CHEERS!!!

Ju-Ju

getready

06-20-2008, 04:51 AM

G'day mates!

I'm indo chinese from singapore, now resident in australia. I'm a 3rd year medical resident interested in chinese defence and overall progress. My interest in military esp. fighter jets started when I was about 12yo, after watching top gun,lol :) pretty lame...anyway I collected lots of books and models on f-14 then. My interest died after a few yrs but now it revived with chinese military.

this isd a great site:) there are many people here who are experts and many of the military terms used are beyond me but i hope to learn alot...... thanks....

victtodd

07-02-2008, 11:21 PM

Hi, I am Jon Jiang,31, male,from mainland China. I am a MD who is interested in China's military modernization.

Norfolk

07-03-2008, 07:19 PM

Hi, I am Jon Jiang,31, male,from mainland China. I am a MD who is interested in China's military modernization.

Welcome to SDF, all.:) Hope you enjoy this site and find it worthwhile and informative - and your curiousity at least piqued. And do please join in and share what you're thinking.

Engineer

10-25-2008, 04:46 PM

Hi all, I'm from Canada. I'm not new to Sinodefence, as I was a member back in the ezboard days. I have been lurking over the entire time until now.

maffiaw

10-25-2008, 07:18 PM

Hey guys, I'm a long time lurker here (& CDF). I'm a Chinese Australian having become interested in PLA watching for a while. I'm currently a medical student studying at Melbourne.
Anyway keep up the good stuff!

imran khan

11-17-2008, 01:11 PM

helo every body me imran from pakistan nice to join chaines forum can i have some place here

long live chaina :china: pakistan friendship

pla101prc

12-07-2008, 07:05 PM

lol i have been around for a lil while here too i guess.
well i am a Chinese canadian livin in toronto. full-time university student and a part-time reservist

BIG19

12-23-2008, 07:32 AM

lol i have been around for a lil while here too i guess.
well i am a Chinese canadian livin in toronto. full-time university student and a part-time reservist

Hi everyone!
I am Italian and I live in Rome. Im interested and hobbist not only in Chinese navy but also others navies as well as in military history and internaional affairs. Looking forward to some good discussions!
I wise all of you merry christmans and happy new year