New members introductions - New members Introduce yourselves

[Gollevainen]

So basicly tell who you are, your orgins location, age, any 'experiences' and so on...

So we adm/mod would have better aspect of who's who. So we could judge your behaivior more fairly...


So welcome all new members and enjoy...best way of assuring that everyone else will enjoy as well, please take little time to read all threads in this section, expecially ones containing our rules and policyes. Also try to read annoucments, shown in top of every forum.

Thanks and welcome!:china:

Sinodefenceforum's moderatos and administration

[ajaybhutani]

Hi all,
i m ajay bhutani. age 22. s/w professional..( just finished my degree this year IIT delhi Computer science. ).
nationality : indian
current residence : bangalore , karnataka india.
Usually post in WAB. Looking for some nice discussions here.
thanks

[Gollevainen]

welcome to sinodefenceforum, from my and all others behalv...

[tphuang]

Hi all,
i m ajay bhutani. age 22. s/w professional..( just finished my degree this year IIT delhi Computer science. ).
nationality : indian
current residence : bangalore , karnataka india.
Usually post in WAB. Looking for some nice discussions here.
thanks
hey, Welcome. Nice to see you join SDF. I figure I might as well write a little aobut my self too:
name: Feng
nationality: Canadian
Ethnic backgorund: Chinese
city: Waterloo, Ontario
industry: Software Engineering, about to finish my last year of undergrad.

[MIGleader]

Hi all,
i m ajay bhutani. age 22. s/w professional..( just finished my degree this year IIT delhi Computer science. ).
nationality : indian
current residence : bangalore , karnataka india.
Usually post in WAB. Looking for some nice discussions here.
thanks

nice to meet u. do u have a job yet? or still looking? getting an itt job in india shouldnt be too hard.

[ajaybhutani]

thanks for the warm welcome guys..
yes i have a job..:D i m working at amazon development center bangalore..

[ajaybhutani]

hey, Welcome. Nice to see you join SDF. I figure I might as well write a little aobut my self too:
name: Feng
nationality: Canadian
Ethnic backgorund: Chinese
city: Waterloo, Ontario
industry: Software Engineering, about to finish my last year of undergrad.
hey thanks dude....

BTW what does ur name mean.. ??

[MIGleader]

hey thanks dude....

BTW what does ur name mean.. ??

i think in chinese, Feng means "wind". but there are several defs for the word and i dont know the pinying to know which one.

[crazyinsane105]

Nice to meet all the new people here. My name is crazyinsane105 and I am a moderator. I am about 19 years old and I was born and raised in Chicago, USA. I am currently studying at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and my major is mechanical engineering (but I will be switching to eletrical engineering).

[WebMaster]

Welcome all and enjoy your stay on SDF! I am webmaster - administrator of DefenceTalk.com, GlobalTalkNetworks.com and SinoDefenceForum.com websites, please to meet you. :D


Enjoy!

[PiSigma]

nice to meet all of you new and old members. i'm PiSigma <-- obviously a math nerd. i'm in computer process control chemical engineering at university of alberta in edmonton. i'm another mod here at SDF, so if you have any concerns, just PM me or any other mod and we'll do the best we can to help you enjoy your stay in SDF.

[rommel]

I'm Rommel. I'm a moderator as you can see. I'm 21, living in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Studying in Political Science (3rd year), I'm in the Canadian Army Reserve, Land, I'm in the Infantry, Corporal with specialization in Recon and Sharpshooter level II. That's I'm the rifleman, I was serving as rifleman before becoming the Assistant Leader of my fireteam (due to my numerous qualifications). Also being promote mod due to this military experience. If you have any thing to ask, contact me by PM, I'll be happy to answer you.

Welcome and Enjoy !!!!!

[vincelee]

hi

I'm Vince Lee

I'm a douchebag living in the States. I hate China and Communism, but don't have a shred of intelligence to force even a half-decent arguement.

If I offend you, let it be assumed that a heart felt apology always follows-Mea Culpa.

Yue, don't pretend to be someone you're not. one day, you're gonna get a warning for your wannabevince attitude. if you keep claiming that you're the real vince, then we will ban you just to make you happy

[PanAsian]

Hi everyone!
I am Chinese American, studied public policy in school but followed the money (and computer skills I learned from being an avid gamer) into IT. I am a military/history/international affairs buff but purely a hobbyist :p without real experience. Looking forward to some good discussions!

[chinawhite]

hi,

Im a alcoholic..lol

Im 16 chinese and live in australia.

[bd popeye]

Hello all!

I'm Big Daddy Popeye. I live in Iowa. I served 20 years in the USN on board 5 CV's and other shore commands. My experience is in Naval avation.

I've had a long intrest in the PLA. Particulary the PLAN.

[Gollevainen]

Wow too pages of discussion and introductions...and two actually made by NEW MEMBERs, to which this thread was orgianlly opened....man you all shoul go back to school and learn some reading-understandment things...;)

Anyway if this is going to be the sole "who are you" thread to get intress then it's only fair that i will do my part.

So i'm Gollevainen (or goll, golly, golivian, gollevoiun, golevnen or any other variation that has come to gross during this forum existence) the evil and mercyless super mod who gives warnings at breakfast and bans members for dinner. Im finnish (NOT an indian as someone somehow tought i were...) corporal in finnish reserve. Done my time in the karelian brigade in artillery regiment were i served as an aimer and occasionally as a gunleader for D-30 howitser and 155K98 cannon. Currently i'm studing to become a constructive engineer (or civil engineer...)

You all are going to know me, many of you wish that they never would have come agross whit me, but i can sure you, playing by the rules you never will have any proplems whit me (nor whit anyone else)...but if you don't...well then....:nono: :nono: :nono: :nono:

[swimmerXC]

hmm so you aren't 40 something like we originally guessed (J/K)... :roll:
anyways might as well get the all the forums leader to introduce themselves
Nationality: American, Chinese, Canadian -> YES i have triple citizenship although technically i'm not a Chinese citizen anymore (their rules is you cant have another citizenship with Chinese, except those LUCKY Hong Kongers :mad: :p )
Ethnic: Chinese
City: Arlington
16 years olds, 11th grade, as you can tell by my SN i LOVE swimming and track (XC=cross country).. either than that just your normal teen in high school...
oh i hate school b/c of lack of sleep :o
how did i get into this forum... i guess it was first from Defencetalk (google search), then i found a link to SinoDefence in one of the posts

[MIGleader]

might as well introduce my self
migleader
age:16, grade 11
live: in the east coast of da u.s
likes:to post, violin, tv, read...
hates:george bush, rumsfeld, ...
born:chengdu
ive lived in shanghai, beijing, california, tenesee, peensylvania.

i found sinodefence after googling images of some tanks, and i came across the 98.

[redone]

:) Gollevainen look who is back.do you wish to continue our struggle

[sumdud]

Dnx,

I am Sumdud, some regular dude.
But you don't want to mess with me, I promise.:nono: :nono:
I am ethnically Chinese and was born in Vermont, USA.
I am a US citizen, but I know enough Chinese.;)
City: San Francisco, California (Burton)

Found Sinodefence when researching on PLAN.

[Gollevainen]

Gollevainen look who is back.do you wish to continue our
struggle

The weirdest of the weirdest, the red one...hhmmm well i strongly advise you to look up the new forum rules and policy, and you'll see that the "struggles" that we did back then are no longer approphiate...

[darth sidious]

star war fan

live in canada but born in china

likes computers games etc

sory poor english hope its ok

found this when searching for plan:china:

[UCSDAE]

Hi, I m Jay, I m currently a sophomore at UCSD, my major is Aerospace engineering. i was orginally from GuangDong, China. Now i live between school(san diego) and home (LA). likes to watch TV and sports in general.

[Gollevainen]

Welcome, more engineers....:)

[The_Zergling]

Hi, I'm The_Zergling, thought I'd join in...

Age : 18
Ethnicity : Taiwanese (That is, my parents are both Taiwanese)
Citizenship : American (But fluent in Chinese, Traditional that is)
Lives : Michigan, USA (Ann Arbor)
Likes : Hockey, Games, Music (Nearly all genre), Avant-Garde movies, Star Wars
Dislikes : American foreign policy, most of Taiwan's legislators

Found SinoDefense from some link on the old PakDefense...

[WebMaster]

Welcome to SDF folks! Enjoy your stay. :china:

[dxfmingtang]

:D

just like title , i'm a newman, please give me applause for welcome!

thank u!:china:

[swimmerXC]

welcome abroad!
live in dalian? seen changes on the varyag or 51C yet? :china:

[dxfmingtang]

So basicly tell who you are, your orgins location, age, any 'experiences' and so on...

So we adm/mod would have better aspect of who's who. So we could judge your behaivior more fairly...


So welcome all new members and enjoy...best way of assuring that everyone else will enjoy as well, please take little time to read all threads in this section, expecially ones containing our rules and policyes. Also try to read annoucments, shown in top of every forum.

Thanks and welcome!:china:

Sinodefenceforum's moderatos and administration


hello everyone,i'm dxfmingtang.i'm 25 ,and i come from Dalian City ,a beautiful chinese north seashore city. i 'm a student now.

i'm glad to see you all here!:)

my fond thing is to communicate with all kinds of people from all kinds of nations.
i'm a chinese boy,i'm very curious that : what impression you have for China ??

i'm proud of my mother county ,i think China is one of the best nations in the world .
but i want to kown what about China you think?

just like above ,thank u:D

[dxfmingtang]

welcome abroad!
live in dalian? seen changes on the varyag or 51C yet? :china:


sorry ,i don't kown what is "varyag or 51C ". what is that???

[dxfmingtang]

it is not very much people here, chilly:(

[chinawhite]

Welcome dxfmingtang,

Have a nice time in this forum.

The 51C is the new chinese destroyer that is being built there and the varyag is the russian aircraft carrier

51C
http://www.jeffhead.com/redseadragon/051c_2.jpg
http://www.jeffhead.com/redseadragon/051c_1.jpg

And varyag
http://meiji1.hp.infoseek.co.jp/varyag_in_dalian.jpg
http://www.centurychina.com/plaboard/uploads/Varyag_carrier3.jpg

If they're still there could you get some photos

Thanks,

Chinawhite

[MIGleader]

This isent chit-chat board, Go discuss somewere else!! This thread is only for new members to introduce!!!

we cant even ask them questions or say hi??!!

[bladerunner]

HI

Im Bladerunner from New Zealand dont know if im doing this right, just joined up to read your military views :coffee:

[Falstaff]

HI!

I've been visiting sinodefence for a very long time, even before there was a forum at all :) I came across sinodefence when I was looking for some information about chinese fighters and I soon realised it's a very good place to look for facts, not rumours.

I'm 28 years old, I live at the beautiful city of Aachen in Germany, which is the most western city of Germany, with the Dutch and Belgian borders just within a five minute walk from my house.
I'm a mechanical engineer specialized in production technologies.
My main interests are domestic and global policy and strategics as well as military technology (that's why I'm here). I spend lots of time doing research and reading about these topics.
I love good discussions!
And there is nothing that I hate more than nationalism and people who say their country is best without knowing other cultures (probably because I'm german and we have some bad experience with that).
As you can see from my nickname, I'm very much into theatre and I like classical music very much.

Anyone who wants to write me, you're welcome!

[Gollevainen]

Welcome to sinedefenceforum bladerunner and falstaff...

[WebMaster]

Welcome everyone and enjoy your stay! ;)

[PiSigma]

yay another engineer!!! welcome to the forum.

[Twix101]

Hi all,

I'm a French guy who knows this excellent site since 6 months and I'm realy interrested to participate to these discussions.

I'm Student and I like military sim, especially military aircrafts sims.

Greetings.;)

[T-U-P]

greetings friend, enjoy your staying here:)

[sadim81]

G'day All, Im Sadim...i've been secretly reading up on the old posts for a while now and i think i'm finally ready to come out of hiding :D

I was born in Guangzhou, China but grew up in Sydney Australia where I currently live and work. I'm no military expert, just interested in today's China...be it social, economic or military.

Thanks to all members for your interesting posts and discussions thus far, hope to learn and share more with all of yous in the future :)

[sumdud]

Aachen and Ann Arbor? Sounds like we have some neighbors, eh?

More engineers?Cool.

Welcome abroad. :)

[The_Zergling]

More neighbors? I presume this means that a few people on this board live in Ann Arbor, Michigan of the USA?

Could those of you who live in Ann Arbor raise their hands?

*Raises Hand

[walter]

I suppose it's about time I introduce myself. I have been participating on sinodefence for about half a year now, maybe longer?--at least a couple months before it switched over from ezboard. Like so many others, I first found sinodefence looking into the J-10.

My interests in general are current affairs, politics (none of that here, of course ;) ) and science. More specifically, I am obviously interested in China and have learned more on this forum that from all the articles i have read. So thanks to all those who participate and offer intelligent discussion. Besides that I am an aerospace fanatic and study aeronautical engineering. I was quite surprised to see another Aachener Ingeneur here. @ Falstaff, are you at the FH or TH? I am in my 7th semester at RWTH.

Look forward to many more discussions:)

[ordinary dude]

Hi All,

guess i should introduce myself even though i been with SDF since the old forum days on ezboard, I just need to post more to get out of this "NEW MEMBER" status.

Well, I'm the Ordinary Dude
Chinese Canadian, electrical engineering undergrad at Uni of British Columbia, taking a year to explore meaning of life and better use this "dean's vacation". Lives in NY whenever not in school.

Been researching military hardware since the haydays of middleschool.

Not a hothead when it comes to county bashing since I'm a Chinese Canadian who lives in New York longterm, I had to defend all three countries at some point during my constant travels.

props to the mods for doing a good job keeping this forum professional

[Gollevainen]

Thanks and welcome...don't mind the status, it's not the ammount, but the quality of your posts...after we get these reputation point system really working, they will tell lot more than the status under your name....

anyway, enjoy:china:

[Jeff]

My name is Jeff, im a Chinese Canadian, i found this site when i was looking for Varyag pictures

[swimmerXC]

More neighbors? I presume this means that a few people on this board live in Ann Arbor, Michigan of the USA?

Could those of you who live in Ann Arbor raise their hands?

*Raises Hand

Yue also goes there...

[curse]

Greetings all, I am curse. I have had an unusual attraction to chinese culture & military for about 2 years. I have also known about this website for awhile, just never got around to register an account here. I don't really understand whats going on with China and Taiwan, only the basics.

Taiwan broke off China and now China is going to get it back just like the British tried with the colonial americans?

Its weird though, living in southern part of America(rednecks). Everyone here gives China a bad reputation. Specially about the baby laws, that they kill the parents and the kid that went over the limit. Ahh well this is a military website not a baby protector website.

Anyways, glad to finally register an account and talk on an intelligent level with you people.

[DeadSix]

Hi, I'm DeadSix, i'm a chinese new zealander and have been living in NZ for the past 5 years. I'm currently going through my high school years.

:china:

[Indianfighter]

Hello,

I am Indianfighter. I stay in Mumbai.

[WEN?]

hi,

i'm wen. i am a chinese australian currently living in sydney. still doing my high school years.

[swimmerXC]

HAPPY NEW YEARS!!!
新年好!!!
NOUVELLES ANNÉES HEUREUSES!!!
GLÃœCKLICHE NEUE JAHRE!!!
FELICES AÑO NUEVO!!!
С НОВЫМ ГОДОМ!!!
ILOINEN VERES IKÄ!!!
FELICE NUOVO ANNI D'ETÊ!!!
TO ALL NEW MEMBERS


i used babel so... :o

[Seacraft]

New here, been lurking for 6 months, after googling several different items, inlcuding PLAN and the Varyag, I kept coiming back here...

Me - a white, moderate American male, fortunate enough to have lived in Germany while in H.S., have visited "communist" countries while living in Germany (mid 80s), and have no love or respect for that style government. Is China Communist government the same? Don't know, but reading about it and talking to people that live there, I hope to find out, at least to learn more about the people...

Live - Rhode Island,USA (smallest state in the US)

Work - I'm the Network Manager for a 2500 student school district :nono: (I would be the guy watching where many of you surf when you should be listening to your teachers ;) )

Age - A bit more than double most of you 11th graders

Likes & hobbies - wargaming, fishing, webmaster of fairly large site (nothing reltated to this or china or military) that needs a place to be an annonymous member :rofl:

Dislikes - chestbeating on the Internet :coffee:

[Gollevainen]

ILOINEN VERES IKÄ!!!

??????????????

this supposed to be finnish? It should be like this: Hyvää uuttavuotta!!;)

[rommel]

NOUVELLES ANNÉES HEUREUSES!!!


Well, You cannot say that for happy new year in french, it's Joyeux Nouvel An or Bonne Année !!!!

[Gauntlet]

As I dont visit every sub-forum here, so I didnt see this thread until now.

As my location says, I live in Norway, in the northern parts to be more specific.
So China is more or less on the opposite side of the globe from my point of view...

Now, you may ask yourself what I am doing at this forum then?

To be honest, I didnt have too much interesting in China, other than their politics towards Taiwan. My main interest is the former Soviet military forces.
Therefore, I first found this site/forum when I were searching for pics/info of the Sovremenny DDGs, and later when I downloaded the Pentagon Raport about China. I read through it, and from that day I have started "watching" China.

My "stats":

Age: 18
Experience: None first hand yet, but I will hopefully do my service from the autumn.
Hoping for Coast Guard service in the Barents Sea hunting Russians! ;)

But I do own alot of books about the Soviet/Russian forces, and read alot about it. So I guess I do have some knowledge.

[Kiwi]

Kiwi from New Zealand here. I am a student Chinese/International Relations.

Cheers.

[Sukhoi]

Woot hello all.

Well i was always passionate about planes when i was a kid. I would borrow books from the library and draw them on paper.

anyway i'm from australia, 16 years old and love this website!

[Gollevainen]

Welcome both...

But Sukhoi, i had to delete your thread in the airforce forum. It was not about chinese airforce (all "foreing" stuff goes to the world armed force section) and we have policy against these A vs B -type of comparison threads. It's best if you and all other new members go check the forum rules before posting.

Othervice enjoy :china: :china:

[petty officer1]

Hi,petty officer1 here, have loved this forum since first time reading it.
half chinese half white live in USA
now going to a university in texas, major in recording engineer:nana:
very interest in military but hate politic:mad:
now play guitar in a club and trying to keep up with school;)

[Gollevainen]

Welcome...

recording engineer

Mean like recording Music?

[petty officer1]

Yes, recording music;)

but the process is a pain in the rear:(

It take 3 years to work in the studio as a student and you need to get recommanded by some one big, then....... it is going to take a long time.:mad:
now i am helping recording some demos for some blue guitarists, helping them to becomeing big (or know).

but today recording a blues album is like a suicide.:( (i don't think they will become big, people those day's music taste is so...:( )

[Croq]

Hello

My name is Carl aka Croq Macdieborn.
I'm 21 years old and live in northern Sweden.
I quite my the mandatory military service for my country seven months ago as First Sergeant in the Air Force. Now I have my sights targeted at officer school in two years.
Since China is a emerging super power I decided to become somewhat of an expert at the Chinese Military Machine.

I've started studying Chinese language by myself, and it's interesting.
Other than my military interest I love downhill biking, X country, alpine skiing and Krav Maga.

Finally I would like to say that this forum and this site is a blessing.

[Gollevainen]

Välkomen, det finns bara anna svenska members också.

Pardon my bad swedish, i'm going for my last ever swedish class at the moment and i tought about trying practise little...

But anyway welcome to sinodefenceforum for my behalv, all members having some sort of military backround is highly welcomed. You should contact our "boss" Dongfeng and tell him little more about your service and he will make you a vipmember :china:

[flex]

helo all ive been lurking arnd here for quite some time so i guess i just have to introduce myself

name: Erickson
Chinese name: Ming Wei (dont know how to use English for CHinese pronunciation but this is how it sounds hehe)
age: 22
location: Philippines
ethnicity: Chinese (grandparents came from Xiamen so i speak more fluent Fukien and a bit of mandarin)
interests: scale modeling, reading, basketball
work: just graduated engineering still looking for work hehee

[Gollevainen]

another engineer...:p

Welcome to sinodefence forum....

[PiSigma]

what kind of engineer are you??? we got Chem Es (me), civil E (golly), comp E, .. the whole bunch.

[flex]

oh....manufacturing engineer....am i the first on the list?:rofl:

[PiSigma]

not sure.. look in the engineering thread for engineers... most of us geers have posted in there...

[lookandsay]

hi,I come from mainland.I want to learn english and make friends.

[petty officer1]

lookandsay, welcome to the best military forum on the planet. (Thanks to Gollevainen to keep everything under tight controll)

Maybe you can help me on my chinese :D I am trying to learn chinese right now (But don't expect me to teach you english, my english blows :o)

[FuManChu]

Hi, I'm FMC (or FuManChu). Decided to drop in after someone recommended SinoDefence. Well to be more accurate kept making references to it :)

Anyway, I hope to see you all around later on. If anyone's curious about my nick, it's a reference to the "China threat" that we hear so much about. Just like Fu, I regard it as something told to children to make them eat up their supper (or vote Republican).

[Elite-Pilot]

Hello, my Chinese and other friends. I have come to join you and further exceed the limits of our wonderful topics and discussions. My name is Ali Tahir and I am a Pakistani who is currently living in America. Nice to meet you!:nana: :D :nana: Now hopefully we can all get together grab some coffee, and talk...

[MrClean]

Hello all, this is MrClean reporting for forum membership duty. I have been a common visiter of Sinodefence.com for quite awhile now, and have been a lurker of these forums for just about as long, and I figured it was about time to introduce myself.

Name: Aaron Lancaster
Age: 16
Location: Chandler, Arizona... more like in the middle of the damm desert.
Why I am here: Other than an all around interest in military technology/equipment, like others here I see China as an emerging World Economic/Military Superpower, IMO they have already surpassed Russia as the Worlds largest secondary Superpower, so therefore I would like to learn about the world's second strongest military machine. I am also here because that since China is the World's only other Superpower, I would like to know what others on this forum think about any possible future military conflict between our two countries. Even though that just gives me an excuse to get to know all you guys better!:D
Background: No military experience, but don't let that, or my age, fool you. I do know quite a bit about the U.S. military. My background consists mostly of school at the moment, but I have for the past 2 1/2 years painted houses, interior & exterior, both on the weekends and during the summer.

Well, that's the end of my little introduction and I look forward to having mature, knowledgable discussions with all of you.

P.S. If any of you were wondering, MrClean is a brand name of dishwashing soap here in the U.S. And I use it as a username because it is simple, it has nothing to do with my cleaning habits...

[Gollevainen]

yeah welcome MrClean....propaply better name choice than MrMuscle that they use as brand name this part of the world...could lead to suscpicious...anaway enjoy the forum, READ the rules to avoid any trouple (and offcourse follow them:D ) ...aah, what more...yea, we arent exactly keen on any sort of confrontation threads, but youll propaply get ower it pretty soon as you fall in love with chinise military migth:D :D ...ok propaply that was bit overline, anywya, welcome in behalv of the sinodefenceforum's moderation team....

[MrClean]

Man, I was really hoping I could get away with just READing the rules... That sucks because I REALLY want to give you crap about your typing:p ...j/k

Anyway, thanks for the warm welcome mr.SupaMod. Don't have to worry about trouble from me;)

[Gollevainen]

well trust me, you should read the rules...we have above normal strictyer rules than most forums have...including one that forbids to people to pick on someone's bad english:D :D

[backwindow]

I am BackWindow, Chinese, 24 years old.

I came to Japan after my graduation. Working as software engineer now. (It seems that there are a lot of engineer here ;) )
I can't remember where & why I got this site, but I think I found it before I begin work in Japan.
Access this site accasionally when I am boring at work.(If my boss knows i am here, he will be very very unhapy. :D )

The main page have not been updated for a long time. So Finally I joined this forum.

My English is getting bad since I came to Japan :( (Some ones think that I am Frenchman when I use Cedric as name in some other forums :D ).

[Gollevainen]

Welcome aboard....

and all folks, seriously don't mind if your english is bad, hell mine is one of the worst...this is international forum and as only minor fraction of us can speak chinese which should be (if you consider our area of focus) our offical language, we have choosen bad english to be the one which we all getting along...So never mind if our native-english speaking population gives you bad time, we akk should be patient enough so that we all understand each others:china:

[inferno]

Hi fella's.

Inferno here.

[DPRKPTboat]

I joined 3 days ago, but i'm a new memeber so i'd better introduce myself. My nationality is English, and my current residence is in al ittle town called harpenden. You can know my first name, whichis James. I'm a big fan of SDF and I hope i makea contribution here. Just one question - how do you get a photo on your screename here? I haven't seen any where where I can do that. By the way, if you need to know my age, its 16.

[PiSigma]

in order to post a photo by screen name u need to advance in your membership status... meaning more posts. can't remember the exact number, but the higher you go, the bigger the pic.

[Player 0]

Hi, i've been looking on this site for info about the Chinese military for, ohhh, what seems like forever, at least since 2003, and i've found it to be the most reliable english language source of PLA knowledge on the internet, i hope to learn more about the PLA from this forum, and helping me to understand how to tell liars, such as Bill Gertz, apart from reliable western authors,, speaking of which does anyone know any?

:china:

[Troika]

Good [load local time.h] to all, I am called Troika. Please excuse my English, which is not my first language, though I shall try to be as clear as I can. I look forward to much enlightening discussion.

[bdmilitary]

Sorry, I forgot to introduce myself.

My name is A. Rahman. I am originally from Bangladesh, I run the largest Bangladeshi defence website on the internet currently and I have a deep interest in Bangladesh-China defence and economic relations.

I hope to exchange news with you guys more often in the future and btw SinoDefence is thought of very highly in Bangladesh, even some officers use it as a reference in defence papers.:)

[PiSigma]

wow.. that is some good news to hear, I'm sure DongFeng will be pleased.

Welcome to the forum, I have noticed you posted several interesting articles. Keep them coming and enjoy your stay.

[nickel1106]

hello everybody
just found this site today and seems very awesome
sorry for my bad english
here is my profile
born and living in Beijing
graduated form Nanjing Normal University latest year
trolling on MP.net from 04 and arrived here in 06
nice to chat with u guys:china:

[Clausewitz]

Hello all,

I am from Europe (to be exact, from Hungary) age almost thirty and economist as my profession...hobby used to be Soviet military technology (naval and air) but it seems now I am shifting to Chinese waters:) now go to sleep, cheers

[bdmilitary]

wow.. that is some good news to hear, I'm sure DongFeng will be pleased.

Welcome to the forum, I have noticed you posted several interesting articles. Keep them coming and enjoy your stay.

Thank you for the welcome. Please also visit our website and forum. We should all step up cooperation in the defence field between our peoples. :)

[rommel]

Welcome to Sinodefenceforum !!!

Enjoy this place !!!!

[August Comrade]

Hello, fellow comrades! :D I have visited Sino-Defence frequently, but only know starting to par-take in the community - I'm enthralled by the sheer excitment. :roll: I was born in Canada, and I'm of Chinese origin (Cantonese). Currently living in Canada, and the ripe age of 17! I don't have much of a profound knowledge of China's military, but I understand the just of it. Hoping to learn more from you all.

Go :china: Go!

[Roger604]

Hi everyone, after making 100 posts, it looks like I'm now classified as a regular member. Not in boot-camp anymore :D

[Universal]

Recently joined though long time browser of these forums.

I am a proud German and currently reside in Berlin :)


I am an officer in the german military.

My main focus is the time period of the 20th century and 21st century military technology and I specialize in the German military :p

[PiSigma]

we like people with professional military experience here on the forum, you can contact Dongfeng or Webmaster and tell them your military experience in the German military, and they can upgrade your account to VIP status. and welcome to the forum and enjoy your stay. be sure to read the rules.

[Universal]

thank you for that I will read the rules as soon as I have a chance.

[bd popeye]

Welcome all you new members! Happy to see such intrest in sinodefence!

Just click though the forum find a subject you like and start posting. Don't be shy!

Welcome again!

[JonMan]

Hello, I am Chinese-American, and I have a cousin in the PLA. I am very intrested in military, and this website is very cool and informative.

[Gollevainen]

welcome both of you....enjoy your time and dont get into trouple...

[B777LR]

im danish, im 15 years old, i build model kits.

[Gollevainen]

the nordic community is now completed then...welcome B777LR remember to read the rules...

[Finn McCool]

Hi my name is Jack and I live in California. I'm just a kid but am very intereseted in this great woorld around me and have been reading this forum for sometime, so I pretty much know the rules and the personalities and viewpoints of a lot of the usual posters. I want to get some oof the ideas I have in my head out there, so thats why I'm joining. :china:

[swimmerXC]

Hi my name is Jack and I live in California. I'm just a kid but am very intereseted in this great woorld around me and have been reading this forum for sometime, so I pretty much know the rules and the personalities and viewpoints of a lot of the usual posters. I want to get some oof the ideas I have in my head out there, so thats why I'm joining. :china:

Welcome to all the new members, Finn if you dn't mind me asking...
Why is your user name Finn McCool?
Think Golly is your model? :roll:
Seriously.... unless it's your last name or your talking about a pub or the irish fighter

[Finn McCool]

Finn McCool is a legendary Irish folk hero...or something like that. I thought it was a good way to give myself a name that had to do with a country of my ancestors while still having a cool name.

[Finn McCool]

2 things

My name is not related to Sein Fein
And well...u know the tv show "the oc"? thats were i live. ( But it isn't that interesting)

[sumdud]

LOL, my friend is chasing the show.
We have also another member from the OC.
Either way, welcome to the forum. :)

Nordic regime finished? What about Iceland? (And Greenland?)

[PiSigma]

does greenland even have internet?? last time i checked they have like a population of like 50000 people

[waveguide]

:coffee:

nice to meet everybody. i'm Dale Zhong. male, of Chinese origin, at the age of 23, and live in Beijing. i'm studing physics in Chinese Academy of Science now. i became interested in millitary stuff as a pupil, but only as a hobby. :roll: i saw su-27 for once or twice, and was lucky enough to witness 136/7 in a tourist spot in eastern China last year. --- could this be counted as "experience"?

[Gollevainen]

Welcome...it's always nice to have actual chinese members...:china:

[northstar]

new to the forum , I regularly read the military achievements in all three military services of china ......

Loves to know and talk about new fighters coming on the horizon. Big fan of J-10 and FC-1 projects.

[monitor]

hello everyone, i am Justin. i am a chinese man living in australia. this is the first time i join in a foreign military forum. i want to make some friends here and get different views about the world esspecially about china and chinese military. Although i know many of you have observable different views with many chinese men such as me, i think we can discuss and exchange our opnions here. so that we can understand the things critically. all in all, do not trust someone who wears sunglasses.

thank you all

[duskylim]

Hi guys! I'm dusky lim. Chinese from the Philippines. Just want to say hello to everyone out there.:nana:

[PiSigma]

welcome everyone to SDF, remember to read the rules before posting so it will be less work for the mods/admins

do not trust someone who wears sunglasses.

don't trust people with glasses?? why is that? you are going to be offending a lot of people.... me included and that means:nono: jk jk

[RedMercury]

Greetings. Some of you may know me as Rdm from elseforum.

>welcome to the forum redmercury, i like your analysis. are you are >economics/business major?? anywayz please introduce yourself in the >introduction thread in the members club section. and read the rules

Naw, I'm a computer science grad student. I don't have any military expertise, only amateur knowledge picked up from reading CDF, and here. But I study AI so I know a little about autonomous systems, tracking, and computer vision.

Wish you guys had a larger selection of smilies! :P

[Gollevainen]

Wish you guys had a larger selection of smilies! :P

yeah i have noticed it also...

But anyway Welcome to the machine

[sumdud]

No, he meant sunglasses as in being biased.

[flight1088]

hi, pals,
i am new here . frm beijing.a freelancer, this is a very good place. i am interested in its contents. dont laugh at my english coz my chinese is much better.

cheers !


:china:

[Neutral Zone]

Hello everyone, I am 31 years old and from Ireland, I'm very interested in all things military and international affairs. I've been following Sino Defence for a while and have been very impressed by it!

[FuManChu]

Hi, guys. Welcome to the forums - hope to see you around.

[Siddiqi]

Hello everybody, I am an aeronautical & mechanical engineer.

Origin: UK

Ethnicity: Pakistani

I have always been interested in engineering which led me to military engineering, as this is where most off the 'new' technology is trialled.

I am an ex Royal Navy man. I served on HMS Monmouth and I was part off the team that trialed HMS Ocean at sea (i.e. check the ship at sea). I have worked with the Royal Marines extensively.

I am a member at PDF and I have been 'viewing' SDF for quite some time now and decided to join since alot off PDF members recomend SDF.

Anywayz, thats my intro and I hope to meet some new and friendly people.:D

[Gollevainen]

Welcome....always nice to have members with service experience...Contact Dongfeng (our Boss) to set you as a vip member...

[Siddiqi]

Welcome....always nice to have members with service experience...Contact Dongfeng (our Boss) to set you as a vip member...
Thank you for your warm welcome, I would love to become a VIP member but I must clarify I cannot discuss 'certain' areas off my service because I had to sign the UK Data Protection Act. This in effect bars me from talking about these 'certain' areas.

P.S. How do I contact Mr Dong Feng?

[Gollevainen]

I understand and we are no ways expecting you to post against your vauls...

But I think anyone served in any military can give us valuable "lessons" by just telling normal and everyday stuff and other "light" matters. Many of us lacks the unique insight that mens "done their time" have...

But our PM system prevents new members which haven't posted enough to use PM feature so let me do it for you....

[bd popeye]

Thank you for your warm welcome, I would love to become a VIP member but I must clarify I cannot discuss 'certain' areas off my service because I had to sign the UK Data Protection Act. This in effect bars me from talking about these 'certain' areas.

P.S. How do I contact Mr Dong Feng?

Welcome to our forum. I'm a retired USN member of 20 years. I signed a similar form. I too after 15 years know things that are still clasified. But there is plenty "defense professional" can share in this forum(experience, general knowledge etc) without reveling classified information. So feel free to join in the discussion!

Welcome!

[sumdud]

Welcome to the forum, Siddiqi.

Nice to see an aeronautical engineer. :)
That's my goal, man, that's my goal.

[SD10]

Hello everyone,

I'm new on this forum, in fact not so new because i read regulary this forum since few months.

I'm from France and i work for IT company.

My venue on this forum is linked with the fact that i follow sino-pak collaboration in differents fields.

[Siddiqi]

Thank you all for welcoming me, as Popeye put it, there are many areas which I would like to discuss but alas I am barred and hence cannot.

However I have spoken to my ex-Commander and he will get back to me and advise me on what I can and cannot talk about.

Thank you Golevainen for contacting Dong Feng on my behalf, it is much apreciated.

P.S: Sumdud thank you also for welcoming me. You say you want to become a aeronautical engineer, have you thought about a combined degree which includes mechanical engineering aswell?

I am saying this out off experience, there is alot off stigma associated with being an aeronautical engineer, employers believe that you don't posses the skills to do mechanical tasks even though the subjects are practically identical, hence I chose to do aeronautical & mechanical majors in my degree.

[Siddiqi]

Hello everyone,

I'm new on this forum, in fact not so new because i read regulary this forum since few months.

I'm from France and i work for IT company.

My venue on this forum is linked with the fact that i follow sino-pak collaboration in differents fields.

Welcome SD10. I am also new here.;)

Very interesting name, after a BVR missile I believe?

:nana: Sorry, I just had to put this dancing bannana here, its so funny!!

[FuManChu]

Hi, SD10 & Siddiqi.

Siddiqi, it's always nice to see another Brit on these forums ;)

[Lenghushong]

Hi Guys,

I am male 27. I am Thai-Chinese working in Kunming China. I have been following this forum for some time and just decided to become a member. I got interested in China military when i was transfered to work here in "Spring City".

Who can tell me where i can see that J-10 regiment based in Kunming military district ? :china:

[sumdud]

Welcome to the forum, Lenghusdong.

As for J-10s, I guess I can answer it here. Kunming is a part of Chengdu MR I believe, and I think the first regiment is actually based in Chengdu.
But next time, ask in the AF forum. ;)

[SD10]

Thanks for welcoming

Welcome SD10. I am also new here.;)

Very interesting name, after a BVR missile I believe?

:nana: Sorry, I just had to put this dancing bannana here, its so funny!!


Siddiqi

Yes it's the BVR missile, with this kind of toy, we will seem like that -> :nono:

:D

[jalen911]

hey everyone !
Name Jalen
age 23
location Shanghai
i will graduate this summer and looking for work.
i am very glad to jion this forum. my english is poor,but i will study hard then i can talk with everyone in this forum.:china:

[chuahkimhua]

Hi I am a doctor, specialising in Anaesthesiology, presently working in Malaysia. I have followed Chinese weapon development and PLA since I was 12 year old.
I am 40 had a stable family with 3 kids.
My interest is ChinesePLA especially PLA Navy

[Gollevainen]

welcome Lenghushong, SD10, jalen911 and Chuakhimua...it always nice to have new members, expecially chinese adults (...but not underminding anybody else whit this). Have a good time, read the forum ules and dont end up in trouples.

We have also co-operation whit another forum called www.Sino-economy.com where you can discuss chinese economical subjects if you are intressed of those

[Abcdweller]

Hi, I'm a chinese american person living in the US just majored in computer engineering, interested in chinese military, economic etc etc

j/k lol

But that seems to be the norm around here. To tell the truth I had no idea, I think this introduction thread is more interesting than any other thread I've seen. at least for me.

Really, I am chinese american living in the US but studying economics not engineering.

[FriedRiceNSpice]

The title is spelt incorrectly. I think the correct word here is, "themselves."

[Nethappy]

Well I was daredaxedagger from ezboad, if any of ya remenber

Well My family from Hong Kong, But i was born and rise in Australia.
I sever in the Army Reserve b4 for a few good year b4.
Got my Degree for Economics in Monash uni.

So sorry for all my crap about economics, it just one thing I know about it.

Anyway, I am working in Hong Kong now. For some Hi-tech anti corrosion solution company Techub asia. We are Asia master Distributor of Intercept Technology.

Anyway.. Nice to be bak... been away for long time .

[Gollevainen]

Welcome Nethappy...

So you have some military experience...well contact Dongfneg or webmaster and tell a bit more of your service and they will make you a vipmember...

[DF-31 Driver]

Hi there. My name is Dalton and I have limited knowledge about the Sino Defense program. However, I would love to learn more. Thanks!!!

[MiG 21]

hi im MiG 21 and i was born and live in the united states im 16 and ever since i was 10 or 11 i enjoyed listening to my father uncle and grand father talk about there expierences in korea and vietnam ive always enjoyed military disscusion and decided to become a member of this forum when no one in my class knew were vietnam was or even what year it ended or began:rofl: they seem ignorant beyond belief but thats of topic oh and one more thing if anyone de faces an American flag in front of me:nono:

[Gollevainen]

Welcome, but I stongly suggest that you wouldnt express any strong nationalist feelings in this forum. We are international community but still strongly devoted to chinese issues and in those, US migth come as counterpart in many conversations. And unlike most of americans that I know thinks, patriotism isent a virtue but a great disiase...disguised word for nationalism and expecially in this forum it's the number one reason for missconducts and hazzle. So try to avoid flaming any hostilityes between those members that migth have something to say against your country.

[Dominic Zubov]

http://www.friendster.com/profiles/schwarze :)

[PiSigma]

dominic welcome to the forum, i find your site confusing... you are in israel, yet you went to moscow university. so where you from really???

[Dominic Zubov]

dominic welcome to the forum, i find your site confusing... you are in israel, yet you went to moscow university. so where you from really???

That's not MY site. That's Friendster, where you can meet your friends, colleagues, or other persons that you wished to. :)

Actually I'm a Russo-Chinese, currently living on Indonesia. That Israel stuffs? Nah, just for fun, since I'd visited Medinat Yisra'el and love that country. :)

And what's up with my nickname, Dominic Zubov? He's my fave enemy ace squad leader on Ace Combat Zero (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Combat_Zero) flight sim game. :)

I'm capable of speaking 5 languages (ranging from the most fluent to the most recently-learned) ::

#1 Teochew dialect
#2 English
#3 Mandarin
#4 Indonesia
#5 Russkiy jazic (yup, beside Israel, i love Russian culture and history too)

[hanqiang1011]

Hi all,

New guy reporting from SIngapore...

Regards

[KYli]

Welcome Dominic zubov
Welcome hanqiang1011

Wow, we got Chinese all over the world, nice to meet you all.:china:

This forum has became truely international forum rather dominate by US, canada.:)

[The_Zergling]

Yeah... maybe we should make a new "where are you from" poll?

[zack]

I wanna learn about chinese defence and new idea from this website.

[Gollevainen]

Welcome all (whom i haven't welcomed yet) from my behalf too... Enjoy and don't be shamed of giving your input to our chinese military discussions...

[Haegun]

Hello all,

Midwesterner
Some Navy experience
Wanted to become a foreign service officer but no luck
15 years of reading The Economist

[MiG 21]

i dont know how to send private message(how do i send one?) but i cant understand what you mods are saying you shut down threads such as Turkey vs Greece:confused: saying that i dont get the picture?it will cause a flame war you say?strange indeed will you shut down the other vs threads dont because of me,but i really dont understand what your trying to say i thought this was an internatinal forum?but seems as opresive as the PRC goverment but by all means excercise your power:)

[PiSigma]

MIG 21, as a fresh member, you are not yet given the power to private message. you have to reach a certain amount of posts to get that power (don't remember how many). country vs country threads always start flame wars, that's from experience, so we close them pretty much as fast as they appear, if you see one, you can report it and you can be sure we'll close it when one of the mods get to it. this is because people can get very nationalistic when others are assulting their country. americans and chinese alike can get emotional when other insult their nation. this is an international forum because the internet is international, everyone is welcome to join except for those that are already banned from this forum or any of our other sister forums. but this is a forum dedicated to CHINESE military, with a side international military threads. if you want strictly international military forum, you are welcome to join Defence talk (one of our sister forums).

all mods and admins exercise our powers from experience and need of the forum, we also follow rules that's been established for the forum. if a rule is broken or we believe that there's a chance a rule will be broken in a thread, we'll exercise the power given to us. we don't allow any country bashing in this forum, so comments like "but seems as opresive as the PRC goverment but by all means excercise your power" you can keep to yourself. i don't think you have ever visited mainland china, so don't comment if you don't know.

If you ever decide to question a moderator or admin, be sure to remember this, you will get a warning for it, because we only exercise power when we think its neccessary, and when we do, you can be sure we have the entire support of the mod/admin team and that it the moderating is needed.

Read the rules and regulations before posting. (this is for all other new members too)

[MiG 21]

so comments like "but seems as opresive as the PRC goverment but by all means excercise your power" you can keep to yourself. i don't think you have ever visited mainland china, so don't comment if you don't know.

auh but pisigma i have been to Xi An to the tomb of some emperor i think it was emperor quin i think was his name and i think the bell tower if i remember right but if i remember correctley during the construction of the three gorges damn many peaple were moved forecebly i once saw a video of a pla police force or maybe a soldier beating a merchant because his shop was placed wrong,(i may have just pulled the trigger) but i has to say that

MiG 21, you need to watch your acts and words, or else
we will take actions as known in the rules and common sense!

[The_Zergling]

PiSigma's point was that moderators enforce the rules. They don't make them up, they just enforce them, so basically it's pointless to argue if your post is in violation of board policy.

[isthvan]

Hello from Croatia
ex. MP

[Gollevainen]

Welcome isthvan, MP meaning Military police? Would you give bit more wider reference of your service backround so that we can make you a VIP member?

[planeman]

Hello all, I'm Mad Planeman. I'm generally interested in military engineering, particularly aerospace. I like to think I'm reasonably well researched but my only real talent is artwork.

[panky_janus]

Hello Everybody,
I am Pankaj Choudhary age 27. s/w professional..( Working in ERP domain ).
nationality : indian
current residence : bangalore , karnataka india.
I have never worked in military , but i am very intrested in military stuff .
I went through this site before deciding to join it . I would like to clear a few things . I am proud indian just as everybody else is a proudchinese/american/russian/french/german..... and i would like to give respect where its due . Each country has its own strength/weakness in every sphere economy/military ... . If and when i post in some thread please be assured it will be measured and backed with proof .
Hope to have enlightened discussion with all you guys .
thanks

[sumdud]

To all new members, welcome to Sino-defenceforum.

May I ask what is Teochew?
As for hanqiang1011, have you went to the military yet?
We got a plane man? Hooray!!!!

[isthvan]

Welcome isthvan, MP meaning Military police? Would you give bit more wider reference of your service backround so that we can make you a VIP member?

Sorry my internet provider have some problems latley, so i wasnt able to respond until now... My service backround is nothing special... Croatia have a consrcipt army... I have served in 66.MP batallion... Reserve corporal... I'm a mechanical engineer,used to work in defence industry, now i work in private sector...

[Gollevainen]

Well I'm from coscription army myself, a reserve corporal too;)

But our policy is that everyone having military service is to get VIP-membership status. I will contact Dongfeng so that he will set you up...

[KYli]

To all new members, welcome to Sino-defenceforum.

May I ask what is Teochew?
As for hanqiang1011, have you went to the military yet?
We got a plane man? Hooray!!!!
The Teochew dialect, Chaozhou or Diojiu, is a dialect of the Chinese spoken variant of Minnan, spoken in the Chaoshan region of eastern Guangdong.

潮州話:) .

[sumdud]

The Teochew dialect, Chaozhou or Diojiu, is a dialect of the Chinese spoken variant of Minnan, spoken in the Chaoshan region of eastern Guangdong.

潮州話 .
Oh! So that's wat it's called in English.
Err...... what does all the other pinyin mean? All I can figure is Chaozhou (潮州話) and Guangdong, the province.....

And thanks for that info. :)

[King_Comm]

Sorry, I joined the forum couple of weeks ago, and didn't realise that I have to introduce my self here until now.

I am living in a country called Australia, it lays between the south pacific and the Indian ocean.

I don't really understand the VIP rule, because I've seen many military enthuasists have far better knowledge on military matters than dumb soldiers who know very little about the world beyond their quaters.

But, after saying that, I am actually qualified to apply for VIP membership as I serve as an artillery signaller in the Australian Army reserve.

[Gollevainen]

I don't really understand the VIP rule, because I've seen many military enthuasists have far better knowledge on military matters than dumb soldiers who know very little about the world beyond their quaters.

But, after saying that, I am actually qualified to apply for VIP membership as I serve as an artillery signaller in the Australian Army reserve.

;) ;) ;) but dump soldier like us knows things no armschairgeneral can ever even dream of...facts can be read from books, but experience, one that you can only gain by actually serving gives your insigth to the facts that completes the vip-scene.

and to gain that status, e-mail to our webmaster and tell him about your service or make fifteen or so post and then you can send it via PM to him.

[swimmerXC]

WELCOME ALL!
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/1853/1000a1ym.jpg
http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/5264/10006ka.jpg

[KYli]

WoW we have one thousand members. Well Done SDF.










:nana: :nana: :nana: :china: :china:

[SampanViking]

Congratulations SDF for a real achievement:china:

[flite]

An old, ex-US Navy fighter pilot (F-4 and F-14).

Fascinating forum and website.

[King_Comm]

but dump soldier like us knows things no armschairgeneral can ever even dream of...facts can be read from books, but experience, one that you can only gain by actually serving gives your insigth to the facts that completes the vip-scene.

==Even though on arm chair, arm chair generals are still generals, they usually see the bigger picture, more perceptive to changes, and are often have a better understanding of ideas behind wars, so I would propose some sort of selection board, and any one can apply for VIP membership, and the selection board will review the posts made by the applicants and determine whether he/she is qualified for VIP memebership.

[TheHarkonnen]

My name is Paul Farwell. I am 18 years old with no occupation.
I am American.
I live in Ohio, United States.

I am deeply interested in China, anything about warfare, current events, and science fiction.

I don't learn much at school about these things, so that is why I am here.

[Gollevainen]

welcome all new members

Even though on arm chair, arm chair generals are still generals, they usually see the bigger picture, more perceptive to changes, and are often have a better understanding of ideas behind wars, so I would propose some sort of selection board, and any one can apply for VIP membership, and the selection board will review the posts made by the applicants and determine whether he/she is qualified for VIP memebership.

well armchair general means (in my mind) a normal civilians (in our cases mostly 14-17 year old kids) who knows lot of stuff, read from books and internet forums and thinks themselves as experts of military stuff when they actually have no clue about the 'real things'....if we would have real officers in here, it would be like christmass;) ;) Thats why we take all who have served as Vip members, as well as those who have 'real' experience from defence industry and like. So basicly the point is to get adults whit some sort of background to create community of mutual profesionalism to discuss over chinese military topics and by that make SDF a leading chinese military forum...thats the 'offical' goal of us

[f2000]

i am very sorry not to introduce myself although have for a long time.
well i am from malaysia.
i really like the pla modernization towards being big military power in asia n the world.
n iwould like to see more chinese influence in southeast asia:china:

[King_Comm]

well armchair general means (in my mind) a normal civilians (in our cases mostly 14-17 year old kids) who knows lot of stuff, read from books and internet forums and thinks themselves as experts of military stuff when they actually have no clue about the 'real things'....

==I see, I was still thinking about the old Jian Chuan Zhi Shi (naval and merchant ships) forum, a forum founded by the JCZS magazine in 1997, before it was overran by Chinese extreme nationalists and Neo-Cons then taken over by sina and converted to a pHp style forum, it was filled with experts from different fields who either have spent years study the art and science of warfare or who are do not participate in defence R&D but have great understanding of the military implication of what they were working on, of course, JCZS forum is probably just a remenant of an era where only those who knows what they are talking about can access the internet, it is probably impossible to prevent a forum from being diluted with 14 to 17 year olds who think that they know everything, but, what can you do, almost everyone can access internet now.

[Gollevainen]

that migth be so...thougth we are pretty convinced that more mature athmosphere we achieve, more members wiht actuall profesionalism will appear...eventually making us top of the notch in chinese military matters....

[LazerLordz]

Hey there, I'm from Singapore.Currently studying Political Science.

Military experience.. well I did my 2.5 years in the Army, trained as a Armament Specialist, got my rank of 3rd Sergeant.

See y'all. :)

[Gollevainen]

Welcome, Now after you hit the 15 post limit and thus you are able to send PM, please inform Dongfeng or Webmaster about your service backround to become a Vip-member...

[LazerLordz]

Welcome, Now after you hit the 15 post limit and thus you are able to send PM, please inform Dongfeng or Webmaster about your service backround to become a Vip-member...

Alrighty, Thanks :)

[umairdt]

Umair.
22 a qualified ACCA from Pakistan.
Majority of family in armed forces, that's where I get my interest in military matters from.
Lastly a mod at your partner site DT.

[Gollevainen]

Welcome Umair...:china:

[Dizasta76]

I introduced myself in the announcement section. I just came across this section and the topic, so i'll introduce myself again!

Hi, my name is Mujahid Achakzai. Pakistani and am a member of Pakistani Defence Forum. Good to be here on Sino Defence Forum, hope to have some meaningful and productive discussion with my Chinese friends!

Dizasta

[rommel]

Welcome aboard Dizasta76

Enjoy the place !!!!

[Battlegal1976]

hey just signed up a week ago. this is my first post. Im in Perth, Western Australia. Game on:roll:

[kunalsrivastava]

hi,
i am kunal srivastava from india,all my details are on my yahoo id genuiskunal@yahoo.com ,check it out .


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Mods edit, by Gollevainen: I would like to point out that all kind of spamming, advertasing and other non-relevant annoucment is stricktly forbidden in this forum. This is place for chinese military discussion, not some gneral cathering arena, so i suggest that you focus on the military issues for now onwards.

[Finn McCool]

I would like to make an announcement-

BruceLee is this kid named Cheyene who I showed Sinodefence to. He doesn't have any intention of being serious. I'm willing to give him a chance though, becaues he is pretty smart, but right now he knows nothing about anything that would be discussed on this site. I'll try to get him to serious, but I don't know if I can.

[SteelBird]

Hi all, this is SteelBird from Cambodia. I'm mixed blood, I was born in Viet Nam and moved back to Cambodia when I was about 10, that is 20 years ago. I speak and write Chinese as well as Cambodian and Vietnamese. My English is limited. I've been in SDF for quite some time, but the first time to introduce my self here. I work as a software developer and co-operator. Hope to make more friends here.

PS: Would anyone please tell me how to have an icon beside the ID?

[The_Zergling]

Well, if this is your definition of "limited English" then I say you haven't been around much! Anyway, welcome.

To change your avatar (pic next to your name), go to the User CP in the top left corner. On the left-hand menu there will be an option called "Edit Avatar". From there on... it depends on your own taste.

[kunalsrivastava]

hi,i am kunal ,ur english is good ,i think enough to understand and rest u r not going to be judge by a proffessor of literature.............spelling mistakes.........well uptill now my experiance is that this forum is excellent in terms of technological advancement made in defence areas .........good material with proof provide really impressive detailed knowledge of growth...............and many more .................have enjoyment............be well informed .
i would like to congratulate chinese persons on putting such a show .
i welcome u
kunal
indian

[logical]

Hi, regards to everyone,,,, I am Bhutta with "LOGICAL' logging name, is retired armyman with 27 yrs of service, bassically logistician, with aviation experience and ofcourse flair for flying,Loves R/C aeromodelling,net surfing and take pride in having frindship with China. Thanks:china:

[petty officer1]

Wow! A lot people have joined.

Welcome!

Lets just remember that we want to keep this forum very very professional.

so all flaming is STRICTLY forbidden.

[swimmerXC]

Hi, regards to everyone,,,, I am Bhutta with "LOGICAL' logging name, is retired armyman with 27 yrs of service, bassically logistician, with aviation experience and ofcourse flair for flying,Loves R/C aeromodelling,net surfing and take pride in having frindship with China. Thanks:china:

Welcome logical, go contact Webby or Dong Feng to get you a VIP membership (same to all those who served in the armed forces or have a defence pro background) :)

[araz]

Hi, My name is Amir Razvi. I am originally from Karachi, Pakistan. I am presently residing in UK, where I work as a Surgeon. I have no defence related background, but have always had an interest in Pakistani Defence developments. I do not post much, but go to various forums to keep abreast of the recent changes and developments. As Pakistani and Chinese defence collaboration has been the highpoint and an important cornerstone of Pakisani
defence development I have joined this forum to learn more from all the friends here.
Amir Razvi

[infinity]

hi.... i'm new here...been browsing this site n forums 4 almost 8 mths and think its time to join in the disscussion... but first let me intoduce myself as require...heheh

user name; infinity
age: 26
natinality: malaysian but currently living and working in singapore
hometown: penang, west malaysia
race: chinese

[SampanViking]

Welcome aboard infinity, it is also very useful to learn how the PLA/PRC is viewed as both a organisation and by its perceived intentions, by its near neighbours.

We only ask that such conversations are kept objective and mature;)

[Sabertooth05]

Hi Guys,

Name: Subu
Hobby: Aviation Enthusiast
Education: Engg.
Location: India

[PiSigma]

yeah more engineers... welcome all of u. i'm the mod that won't be around much for the next 4 months.. damn overtime:mad: good 1.5 time pay:D

remember to read the rules and enjoy the discussions

[MANGAL]

hi, my name is Jeffry
i am Indonesian and searching for postgraduate studies in security and military science in asia-pacific region , could anyone help me for that information?

[Dr. Strangelove]

Hello, I'm Dr. Strangelove. I'm an America, Libertarian. I really don't have anything against China, but I can't stand Communism, or the way Mao ran goverment. I absolutely love Tanks, specifically 1939-1945 German Panzers.

[netspider]

I have posted a few posts on this forum, so I am not completely new now. I am a Chinese, living in United States now. I am a computer scientist. I am interested in general military staff, but more on military history.

[Gollevainen]

Hello, I'm Dr. Strangelove. I'm an America, Libertarian. I really don't have anything against China, but I can't stand Communism, or the way Mao ran goverment. I absolutely love Tanks, specifically 1939-1945 German Panzers.

Then its fortunate that we dont allow any political discussion what so ever so You have no proplem as long as you retrain yourselv from posting any of your political feelings. If you express them, your days migth become short in here. We are military forum over people's republic of china's defence matters.

Otherwise, a warm welcome to both of you in behalv of the KGB (moderation team) of the Sinodefence forum:D

[Dr. Strangelove]

I'm not sure if I should feel threatened or welcomed..ah well, we'll see what happens.

[The_LT]

Hi there!
Well, I'm new to the board and would like to introduce myself. I am from the US and work as communication consultant. I have military experience and as u can tell by my SN what my rank was/is. I enjoy talking about world military, especially interested in Chinese Military, just because..well, i am chinese :) so...and its good to see the miilitary of my culture/race/ original nationality (whatever the term is) is the hot topic in foreign militaries and countries! I hope can I contribute with my miliitary views (nonpolitical), experiences and from my studies/reasearch for my thesis on China.

[Gollevainen]

welcome, After you have made 15 post, your PM function is enabled so you can contact one the administrators and they promote you as an VIP member...

[Dongfeng]

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


Hi there!
Well, I'm new to the board and would like to introduce myself. I am from the US and work as communication consultant. I have military experience and as u can tell by my SN what my rank was/is. I enjoy talking about world military, especially interested in Chinese Military, just because..well, i am chinese :) so...and its good to see the miilitary of my culture/race/ original nationality (whatever the term is) is the hot topic in foreign militaries and countries! I hope can I contribute with my miliitary views (nonpolitical), experiences and from my studies/reasearch for my thesis on China.

[bd popeye]

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

Dong, I have long since retired from the USN.. but I can help to answer your questions until LT does.

The highest rank achived by a person of Chinese background I know was an Admrial in the USN. In fact a Arliegh Burke class DDG is named afer him.

http://www.chung-hoon.navy.mil/historyandinfo/admchunghoon/admchunghoon.html

Ethnic background should not be a factor in recruiting. Although the US military would like more "minorites" in the more technical and officer positions.

In the USN and US Army there are a goodly number of people of Asian desent. Not necessairly Chinese. In the now closed "Worlds Armed Forces pic thread" I posted numerous pics of Asians in the USN.

[Sea Dog]

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

Ah yes. Admiral Chung-hoon. War hero. Great man. When I served, I knew a Chinese Lt. who served in submarines (LA Class SSN) named Ricky. I think he currently works in marine engineering on the civvy side. And there was a Chinese US Air Force General a number of years back who was a squadron commander in AETC. I can't recall his name though.

[Long Island Bob]

New here. Permit me to introduce myself.


Me:

My name is Bob Hyneman. I am almost 40, a stay-at-home Dad trying to launch a small business (also form home).

I studied International Relations in college and became something of a China specialist before switching to economics.

Along the way I studied in Mainland China (Shanghai’s Fudan University) for 1 year and spent about three more in Taiwan, drinking beer and teaching English as a second language.

My wife is from Taiwan. I speak some Chinese, (I used to speak a lot of it). Her family and friends frequently stay here for months at a time, so most often English is the second language in my household.

We are both active in the Chinese and Taiwan Chinese community here on Long Island New York. Nearly all our friends are from Taiwan. Our closest friends are James Mau and his Family. James is a commander in the ROC navy who is currently finishing his PhD in Physical Oceanography at SUNY Stony Brook. His career path might lead in several directions, he ahs applied to be the next ROC Naval Attache to the “Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States” (aka “the embassy”).

I know less than most on this forum about the specific Chinese weapons systems but I am something of a China watcher.

MY view:

In college I was taught to view the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) as consisting four wings or factions.

They are
1.) The Maoists, currently the smallest and lest powerful wing (practically nobody in China believes in that CRAP anymore)
2.) The Economic Reformers
3.) The Democracy Advocates
4.) the Nationalists (and her the word nationalist applies in its worst, most pejorative fashion).

Prior to Tiananmen Zhao Ziyang ruled the country by keeping one foot in both the Economic Reform camp and the Democracy Advocate camp. Entrenched interests and a desire for social stability ensured that he proceeded with each type of reform slowly.

After Tiananmen the Democracy advocates were purged from positions of power, and the ruling coalition is comprised of the Economic Reformers (on top) and the Nationalists are the junior partner.

Today democracy advocates are sent to jail while rabid nationalists are given cabinet appointments.
More late on this as we get to know one another.

Obviously anyone who views things as I have described above would be quite concerned with the possibility that one day the nationalists might be the SENIOR partner in the ruing coalition. Given recent military trends in China it is clear their strength is growing and given China’s borderline social unrest it is not inconceivable that one day the Nationalists might seize power altogether.

I promise to be polite in my postings and not to pretend I know more about China’s weapons systems than I actually do (I know very little).

In exchange all I ask is that you humor me once in a while by responding to my theories and postings so that I can be sure I am not getting too far off the mark.

Thanks in advance.

I look forward to meeting you all.


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[T-U-P]

since there is already a new member introduction thread, i will merge this one with that one.

welcome to the forum!

Fudan university? nice, my uncle works in a subbranch of fudan university on some hydrogen/water/electric powered cars.

[WebMaster]

Hello Bob, welcome to SinoDefenceForum.com!

[Long Island Bob]

since there is already a new member introduction thread, i will merge this one with that one.

welcome to the forum!

Fudan university? nice, my uncle works in a subbranch of fudan university on some hydrogen/water/electric powered cars.


good to meet you T-U-P.
I met some really great people at Fudan.

Nearly all of them (good or bad) were among the most brilliant and hard-working people I have ever encountered. If your uncle works there he must be a pretty impressive guy.

[T-U-P]

good to meet you T-U-P.
I met some really great people at Fudan.

Nearly all of them (good or bad) were among the most brilliant and hard-working people I have ever encountered. If your uncle works there he must be a pretty impressive guy.
well he used to be working in a train technology institution in shanghai, then his institution got merged with fudan university, so that's how he ended up there, but he is a smart guy nevertheless, he know almost everything about mechanics and electronics, so my grandparents always keep appliances that are broken and wait for him to go back home to fix them. haha:D

[Hsiung-Feng]

Hi Everyone!

My name is Jack and i currently a retiree living in Seattle, Washington USA. I am probably the oldest guy on this forum(60 years old)

For the past two decades, i have been part of the TC-1 and TC-2 missiles research team in Chungshan Institute of Science and Technology (中山科學研究院). I am very glad to see there are many military enthusiasts like me in this forum and i m looking forward to discuss military with all of you!:)

[Finn McCool]

Nice Hsiung Feng. My name is Jack too. Good name. It is always good to have professionals on the forum.;)

[jimmyttl]

hey... It might be kinda late for me to introduce myself here. ^^ but better late than never huh i guess. My name is Jimmy from M'sia but currently residing in Canberra, Australia doing my undergraduate studies and I am turning 19 this year (hope I am not the youngest in the forum anyway).

last but not least.. let's pray for world peace :off

[acutreat]

:china:
Hi all

I am new to this site and thoroughtly enjoyed reading the articles and opinions posted on this web site. Have a nice day.

[Gollevainen]

welcome both of you...

and jimmytl, beeing 19 you are propaply the oldest in here:D ...if you out clude me and few other "young men" and even fewer old farts of 40+

[f2000]

hello i'm malaysian n live in kuala lumpur.
sorry not introducing myself although for months joining this forum:china:
well i'm 18:china:

[T-U-P]

welcome f2000, hope you'll be one of the permanent members.

and jimmytl, beeing 19 you are propaply the oldest in here ...if you out clude me and few other "young men" and even fewer old farts of 40+
ahaha, your logic will always work. i'll be the oldest if you exclude anyone above 17...:roll: :nono:

[Gollevainen]

yeah but majority of us are under 19....

[shujaatK]

Hi!

I am **** to the core

63 years young

An industrial project development consultant

Have had a lot of pleasure, from sinodefence, pakdef etc. for years

I paint, scuba, travel and play cricket

[WebMaster]

Welcome to SinoDefenceForum everyone. Enjoy your stay here and INVITE others as well as your friends to be part of the growing defence community!

[grahamsh]

Just to say hi...I'm Graham, a Brit, been working in Shanghai since late 2002...only recently found this site - excellent stuff !

My main interests are mainly historical - WW2 in China, especially around Shanghai ; activities of foreign forces in China pre WW2, etc ; less so modern stuff and older historical.

Been travelling a lot in China over last year or so both in Yangtze River Delta area and north of China, found one or two interesting historical sites (e.g the Unit 731 museum in Harbin and some old German defences in Qingdao). I will maybe post some pics later. Happy to chat/take queries about life in China on the site or by PM or offline.

Any other members here in Shanghai ????

Best wishes

Graham

[TAWE]

hi,im TAWE
chinese
college student
no direct experience in military
found some cool pictures from this website,so i decided to have a deep look at it.
TAWE

[Siddharth]

hi,im TAWE
chinese
college student
no direct experience in military
found some cool pictures from this website,so i decided to have a deep look at it.
TAWE

Welcome TAWE.

i have a feeling you are going to be famous here:D

[Hill]

I live in California and am retired. I have a great interest in identifying military hardware, especially aircraft from satellite photos. Consequently I spend a lot on time on Google Earth. With much more of China showing in high resolution, I think I may be able to get a little help here with IDs. I'm eager to meet you all and see what we can find.:)

[Big-E]

Hi! Stepping in from DT to take a look around. I imagine everything is as professional as the home site. As for myself I'm in my late twenties, I have served in the USN for 7yrs and currently instruct Marines on advanced tactics in the F/A-18. Hope to meet some fellow defense professionals, any jet jockeys around?

[WebMaster]

Hello Big-E, good to see you around here as well! :)

Please enjoy.

[BassHunter]

hi im from israel and i founded this site by somone who gived a link in irandefence forums i hope there are good people here not arrab terrorists like in iran defence lol :)

aa and im 14 years old :)

[Gollevainen]

Welcome Bashunter...

There is no worryes, as this place is purely military forum, we don't allow any sort of political BS in any subject. So enjoy and take a better look to our rules and regulations

[swimmerXC]

Welcome Bashunter...

There is no worryes, as this place is purely military forum, we don't allow any sort of political BS in any subject. So enjoy and take a better look to our rules and regulations

Yeah only terrorist around here is Golly if you piss him off ;)

[Chiazilla]

Hey.

My real name is Jason Chang and I'm from US, California. I'm going to be 15 in about four weeks. I'm Chinese American and have lived in the US since I was born. I just registered in this forum so I can one day join in on these discussions. As for now I think I'm just going to standby and observe. I don't think I have the knowledge or experience to discuss in a military forum.

If you have any questions about computers, you're welcome to ask me.

[without one]

Hi All!
I'm a new here and this is my first post here...well at all,I have never been in any english forums.I'm from Guangdong,China.Aged 23 this year.Not really a pro in military affairs but can still offer some insights.Just wanted to know how foreigners think about our military and to share some thoughts with you all.And to improve my english as well.

Good day to you All!

[rhino123]

Hi,


I am from S'pore (don't mind the short form), and had once served in the country's Army as a conscript for two and a half years before becoming a civies again.

Anyway, I get to be quite interested in the military during that time when I have kind of alot of time in the Army (as many of my brethen might have guessed, yes I am a pencil pusher).

Not really good at what is new and what is history in the military world of today, I am here basically as a newbie, trying to learn more from more professional such as the members in this forum.

Thanks and best regards.

[Gollevainen]

well welcome Chiazilla, without one and rhino123....enjoy the forum and so on...

and rhino123, basicly your conscription time earns you avip-membership status so contact web-master or dongfeng if you want more acces on yuor account...

[Finn McCool]

Wow, Sinodefence is growing really fast. I remember when I joined I could basically name all the people who posted regularly, as I had read it for about a month before joining. That was only a few months ago.

[DarkEminence]

My sincere regards. I am a new member (it turned out you had to register in order to post...the wonders of technology). :china:

[sumdud]

LOL.
Welcome, DarkEminence.
Where you from, lad?
(PS. Don't you play Utopia?)

[DarkEminence]

Perhaps a formal introduction would be preferred. Male of chinese descent approaching the college years, from the State of California, United States. Been interested in foreign affairs and military manouvres for many years (I've been a fan of Admiral Yi and Charles DeGaulle. Both are masters of their relative domains while facing adversity from within their own governmnent). Quite an interesting site you have here (I've noticed this site for about a year now).

With regards to Utopia, my internet connections is far too slow for such a game (my computer was known to freeze just to connect onto the internet).

[babyblue]

Hi all...
just joined today. I'm from Sydney but was born in Canton. I been to this forum a few times before in the past, abeit not frequently. My interests in really modern militaries as waned in recent years, I'm more into WW2 stuff nowadays, but I still update myself on China's fast-paced modernisation.
Yeah so just basically here to perhaps learn more from you guys about all those new Chinese hardware, and maybe meet some girls here as well...as I know there's usually tonnes of them in forums of this sort:D

[sumdud]

Welcome, Babyblue.
You will find many members similar to your case.

About the girl part, LOL.
(I thought you were a girl when I saw your screenname at first.)

[TopHatter]

Hello all.
I'm new to this forum, looks good :)

[falcon_snack]

Yoo guys, i'm rookie too! glad to know you all in here:)

[betaiso]

hi,

Im a alcoholic..lol

Im 16 chinese and live in australia.