#國際
【印度向菲律賓出售反艦導彈】（Part 1/2）

Michael Ron Bowling 的感想：
中國的侵犯正在團結鄰國

報導摘錄：
The sale represents the first time that India has exported the BrahMos, which is made by an Indo-Russian joint venture based in New Delhi. It also comes as India expands defense ties with the U.S. and its allies in response to China’s growing military heft.

The government of the Philippines—a U.S. treaty ally—wrote to BrahMos Aerospace Private Ltd. on Dec. 31 to accept a proposal to buy three batteries of the supersonic missile system for $375 million, according to two Indian officials and Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana.

Each battery comprises two missile launchers, a radar and a command-and-control center, and can fire two missiles within 10 seconds, one of the Indian officials said, adding that a contract was expected to be signed this month.

Source： Michael Ron Bowling 及《華爾街日報》
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#國際
【印度向菲律賓出售反艦導彈】（Part 2/2）

報導摘錄（翻譯）：
這筆交易是在新德里加強與美國及其盟國的防務關係以應對中國不斷擴大的軍事實力之際達成的

雙方官員表示，印度已達成協議，向菲律賓提供布拉莫斯反艦巡航導彈系統，該協議可能有助於抵消中國最近在該地區爭端上的強硬態度。

此次出售是印度首次出口 BrahMos，這是由位於新德里的印俄合資企業生產的。與此同時，印度也在擴大與美國及其盟國的防務關係，以應對中國日益增長的軍事影響力。

據兩名印度官員和菲律賓國防部長德爾芬·洛倫扎納（Delfin Lorenzana）稱，菲律賓政府——美國的條約盟友——於 12 月 31 日致函布拉莫斯航空航天私人有限公司，接受以 3.75 億美元購買三組超音速導彈系統的提議。 .

一名印度官員表示，每個砲台包括兩個導彈發射器、一個雷達和一個指揮控制中心，可以在 10 秒內發射兩枚導彈，並補充說預計將在本月簽署一份合同。

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#國際
【中國真的好缺水】（Part 1/3）

🌟 Bloomberg 《彭博》
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原文摘錄：
China’s water situation is particularly grim. As Gopal Reddy notes, China possesses 20% of the world’s population but only 7% of its fresh water. Entire regions, especially in the north, suffer from water scarcity worse than that found in a parched Middle East.

Thousands of rivers have disappeared, while industrialization and pollution have spoiled much of the water that remains. By some estimates, 80% to 90% of China’s groundwater and half of its river water is too dirty to drink; more than half of its groundwater and one-quarter of its river water cannot even be used for industry or farming.

This is an expensive problem. China is forced to divert water from comparatively wet regions to the drought-plagued north; experts assess that the country loses well over $100 billion annually as a result of water scarcity.

Source：Bloomberg, The Diplomat & Aljazeera

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