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Old 05-10-2008, 01:48 PM
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Default How did a Floating casino become a Chinese Aircraft Carrier?

I was checking out the China Military and came across this:

Newsmax.com - Military Buildup Continues in China

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Finally, the former Soviet aircraft carrier Varyag was commissioned into the Chinese Navy as Shilang, hull No. 83. The name was selected because Shilang was the last Chinese Navy admiral to invade Taiwan.

However, the fact the Chinese have the Varyag is in part due to the Clinton administration.

In 1998 the engineless, weaponless Ukrainian aircraft carrier was sold at auction for $20 million. The winning bidder was a Macao-registered firm called Chong Lot. The purchasers pledged it would be used for peaceful purposes. The carrier was to be sent to Macao and would be used for a floating casino.

Turkish authorities, who denied the carrier passage through the Bosporus Strait because it was a warship, finally gave in when everyone, including the Clinton defense establishment, declared the Varyag to be a floating slot machine and not an aircraft carrier.

In the end, the carrier never made it to Macao but somehow ended up at the main Chinese naval base in Dalian. Today, it is an official Chinese Navy warship.
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Old 05-10-2008, 01:53 PM
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NewsMax means to make you stupid, Wyatt.

Just thought you might want to know.
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Old 05-10-2008, 01:57 PM
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oh yea? why? let me check..........
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Old 05-10-2008, 02:06 PM
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NewsMax means to make you stupid, Wyatt.

Just thought you might want to know.

I see what you mean, fuck news max

An aircraft carrier for China? - International Herald Tribune

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Fisher and other analysts note that extensive work now appears to be under way on a carrier purchased from Ukraine, the Varyag, now moored in the northern Chinese port of Dalian.

They speculate that the Varyag, fresh from the dry dock and, according to recent photographs, now painted in the navy's gray, could be used for training or even upgraded so that it was fully operational.

Not surprisingly, the Taiwan military has also been monitoring activity on the Varyag.

At a briefing in Taipei on Jan. 19, a Taiwan military spokesman, Liu Chih-chien, pointed to satellite photographs of the carrier at anchor in Dalian, where he said it had been under repair.

"Although China claimed that the Varyag will be used as a tourist attraction, the aircraft carrier would actually be used as a training ship in preparation for building an aircraft carrier battle group," Liu said.
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With any luck they used lead based paint on it.
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This part of the Story is very Enlightening...


The Clintons know Ng Lapseng well because he visited them often. Hillary had her photo taken in 1995 with Ng Lapseng inside the White House in front of a DNC symbol. In fact, Ng was staying as a guest in the White House at the time.

Details of Ng’s visits illustrate his relationship with the Clintons. Ng came into the country on June 20, 1994, and he brought with him a suitcase with $175,000 in cash. Two days later, he met at the White House with Mark Middleton, one of Clinton’s top aides.

After that meeting, Ng went to a DNC dinner with Bill and Hillary. Ng was seated at the No. 1 table where he gave the Clintons the $175,000 in cash.

On July 31, 1994, Ng returned to the United States, this time with $42,000 in his pocket. Two days later he again traveled to the White House with Mark Middleton and attended the DNC birthday party for President Clinton. There he gave $42,000 to President Clinton.

It is recorded that Ng visited the White House 12 times. Ng was often not alone during these trips to the White House. In fact, Ng often stayed at the White House with his good friend and a close friend of the President Clinton, Charlie Trie.

While Ng was hob-knobbing with Bill and Hillary he was also wiring hundreds of thousands of dollars to Trie as well as bringing in pockets full of cash. Trie received $1.4 million in wire transfers from Ng. Ng’s wire transfers to Charlie turned into Trie’s main source of income.

The funds enabled Trie, his wife, and two of Trie’s corporations, Daihatsu International Trading and San Kin Yip International Trading, to contribute $215,000 to the DNC.

To say that the Clinton’s did not know Ng is a lie. They clearly knew who he was and they took his money willingly.

Today, Ng’s work can be seen at the Dalian ship yard as hull No. 83. Bill and Hillary refuse to discuss Ng Lapseng, and his business ventures, including the aircraft carrier Varyag. They refuse to discuss the photographic evidence of Ng, standing next to Bill and Hillary inside the White House.

Bill and Hillary also refuse to discuss the money that flowed out of his pockets and into the coffers of the DNC. All of this is too familiar of the Clinton years. If any voter is concerned about Hillary’s baggage, they need not look any farther than the grey hull of the Chinese warship Shilang and the smiling face of Ng Lapseng.

I have but one suggestion. The Chinese navy should rename the warship to the Clinton, in honor of those friendly folks who made it possible for a casino to become an aircraft carrier.
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