James Blunt - Bones

 Bones/骨頭

"Bones" by James Blunt

Translated by yy

I have never been a beautiful boy

Never liked the sound of my own voice

I wasn't cool when I was in my teens

I never slept but I did have dreams

As I step out in this big old world

Seven billion just trying to cope and

Everyone of us someday will die

But today I never felt more alive

Can you feel it coming?

Can you feel it coming?

Can you feel it, feel it, feel it?

Running through your bones

Running through your bones

Yeah you set my heart on fire

And it's all hot wired to my bones

I can count all the things I fear

I close my eyes but they don't disappear

If there's a god then there's a guarantee

But if there's not it's just you and me

Can you feel it coming?

Can you feel it coming?

Can you feel it, feel it, feel it?

Running through your bones

Running through your bones

Yeah you set my heart on fire

And it's all hot wired to my bones

So kiss me before the sun falls down

Run before your legs give way

Swallow it until you drown

Can you feel it coming?

Can you feel it coming?

Can you feel it, feel it, feel it?

Running through your bones

Running through your bones

Yeah you set my heart on fire and

And it's all hot wired to my bones

Running through my bones

Yeah you set my heart on fire

And it's all hot wired to my bones

Running through my bones

Running through my bones

"Bones" by James Blunt

Translated by yy

《骨頭》

還是小男生的我長得不好看

我也不喜歡自己的嗓門

在我十多歲時還不算是位很酷的小伙子

從未睡飽過可是我確實有些很明確的理想

就在我踏入這個改不掉的老世界的同時

全世界有七十億名的人口他們只想與生命妥協

某天我們當中的每一位都會死亡

但我的感覺從未像今天如此地活生生

它來了，妳感覺到沒？

它來了，妳感覺到沒？

妳感覺，感覺，感覺到沒？

傳入我的每根骨頭

傳入我的每根骨頭

是的妳將我的心臟放火燃燒

像很熱的鐵線傳導入骨

我真的害怕的幾件都算得出來

閉起眼那些事情瀝瀝如在眼前

果真有位神的話就有因果關係

否則就只有妳我關係

它來了，妳感覺到沒？

它來了，妳感覺到沒？

妳感覺，感覺，感覺到沒？

傳入我的每根骨頭

傳入我的每根骨頭

是的妳將我的心臟放火燃燒

像很熱的鐵線傳導入骨

所以趁日頭未入歧途之前請妳親我一下

趁未跑斷雙腿之前繼續跑吧

繼續喝吧直到了沉入杯中

它來了，妳感覺到沒？

它來了，妳感覺到沒？

妳感覺，感覺，感覺到沒？

傳入我的每根骨頭

傳入我的每根骨頭

是的妳將我的心臟放火燃燒

像很熱的鐵線傳導入骨

傳入我的每根骨頭

是的妳將我的心臟放火燃燒

像很熱的鐵線傳導入骨

傳入我的每根骨頭

傳入我的每根骨頭

USICA | Nov. 13, 2021

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US is seeking coexistence with China, not Cold War, says Jake Sullivan

‘The goal here is not containment, it’s not a new Cold War’

Nov. 10 - America is not seeking a new Cold War with China, but looking for a system of peaceful coexistence, US national security adviser Jake Sullivan said.

​“The goal here is not containment, it’s not a new Cold War,” Mr Sullivan said in an interview to CNN on Sunday.

“It is rather a favourable disposition in which the US and its allies can shape the international rules of the road on the sorts of issues that are fundamentally going to matter to the people of our country and to the people everywhere,” he added.

The objective of the Biden administration was not to seek any political transformation in China, but to shape the international order to favour its interests and other likeminded democracies, he pointed out.

Mr Sullivan’s remarks come a week after president Joe Biden said US was not seeking “physical conflict” with China, despite rising tensions...     more
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EXCLUSIVE Chinese embassy lobbies U.S. business to oppose China bills -sources

​WASHINGTON, Nov 12 (Reuters) - China has been pushing U.S. executives, companies and business groups in recent weeks to fight against China-related bills in the U.S. Congress, four sources familiar with the initiative told Reuters, in letters to and meetings with a wide range of actors in the business community.

Letters from China's embassy in Washington have pressed executives to urge members of Congress to alter or drop specific bills that seek to enhance U.S. competitiveness, according to the sources and the text of a letter sent by the embassy's economic and commercial office seen by Reuters.

Chinese officials warned companies they would risk losing market share or revenue in China if the legislation becomes law, according to the text of the letter.

​The Chinese embassy and the head of its economic and commercial office did not return separate requests for comment.

The sources said China's request also left some individuals who received a letter concerned that they could be seen as violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) if they lobbied lawmakers on similar issues in the future.

As a result, none of the sources wanted to be identified as having received or seen the letter.

​Sweeping legislation to boost U.S. competition with China and fund much-needed semiconductor production, known as the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA), passed the Senate with bipartisan support in June. A related bill in the House of Representatives called the Eagle Act, which is more strictly policy focused, has stalled as Congress has been preoccupied with other domestic initiatives.

The language in the letters, which Reuters determined were sent separately to a wide number of people, explicitly asks companies to oppose USICA and the Eagle Act.

Beijing sees the measures, which take a hard line toward China on human rights and trade issues, as part of a U.S. effort to counter the country's growing economic and geopolitical might.

"We sincerely hope you ... will play a positive role in urging members of Congress to abandon the zero-sum mindset and ideological prejudice, stop touting negative China-related bills, delete negative provisions, so as to create favorable conditions for bilateral economic and trade cooperation before it is too late," the Chinese embassy said in one letter sent in early November.

Reuters confirmed the shared language of the letter with the four sources.

"The result of those China-related bills with negative impacts will not be that the interests of U.S. companies will be protected while those of Chinese companies will suffer. It is only going to hurt everyone," it said.

"Promoting a China-free supply chain will inevitably result in a decline in China's demand for U.S. products and American companies loss of market share and revenue in China," it said.

Two of the sources said similar messages were conveyed in meetings with staff of China's embassy.

"It's an outright ask by a foreign government," one of the sources said, highlighting the implications for FARA, which requires persons acting on behalf of a foreign power or political party to disclose those relations to the Department of Justice.

Related Article from Wikipedia
United States Innovation and Competition Act - Wikipedia

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Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby Holds an Off-Camera Press Briefing
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NOV. 9, 2021
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Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby
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Q:  So -- so -- so China condemns this visit, and also took some readiness patrol, I don’t know what that means -- so how do you see this action on the part of China?
MR. KIRBY:  Look, congressional delegation visits to Taiwan are fairly routine.  This is the second one this year.  It's not unusual, so I -- I -- I would put it in the context of -- of the normal practice here, and in keeping with our obligations under the Taiwan Relations Act, which has been supported by multiple administrations, both Democratic and Republican, that reinforces our requirement to help Taiwan with its self-defense needs...     quoted from

China's People's Liberation Army-Navy | Nov. 6, 2021

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The Pentagon's ominous report on China's military power

Nov. 6 - The Pentagon this week released its annual assessment on Chinese military and security developments. The report aims to "provide background on China’s national security, foreign policy goals, economic plans and military development."
What it really illuminates, however, are the expansionist objectives of the Chinese Communist Party.

​For a start, the Pentagon now projects that China is likely to have at least 1,000 deliverable nuclear warheads by 2030. The Pentagon estimates that Beijing may have "up to 700 nuclear deliverable warheads by 2027." The analysis also indicates that China may have already established a "nascent nuclear triad," which includes the ability to launch nuclear missiles from the air, sea, and ground.

Unsurprisingly, China’s People’s Liberation Army-Navy is predicted to continue growing. China, the report notes, already has "numerically the largest navy in the world with an overall battle force of approximately 355 ships and submarines." In 2019, Beijing commissioned its first domestically produced aircraft carrier. Sea power has long been the primary means by which countries project influence. And it isn’t unusual for a nation to expand its naval power as its economy, and thus its interests, grow. What is striking, however, is the PLAN's rapid ability to build its navy and to get its vessels sea-ready — particularly when contrasted with the United States. The PLAN is expected to have a battle force of 420 ships by 2025 and 460 ships by 2030.

This is far beyond the U.S. Navy's projected strength. The Hudson Institute's Seth Cropsey has recently charged that the Navy is "hobbled by questionable training, a shortage of personnel, and a general unpreparedness to fight and prevail in a war." Should a war with China occur over Taiwan, Cropsey has warned that the U.S. Navy "will face a serious erosion of its combat power after only a handful of Chinese missile barrages."

China also looks set to increase its ballistic missile capabilities. The PLA’s intermediate-range ballistic missiles are predicted to increase in stock by as much as 33%.

Nor does the Pentagon’s new assessment leave little doubt about the direction of Chinese air power. In 2019, Chinese military planners sought to transition from territorial air defense to "offensive and defensive operations." They seem to be making progress. The People’s Liberation Army Air Force is "rapidly catching up to Western air forces." The Pentagon warns that "this trend is gradually eroding longstanding and significant U.S. military technical advantages … in the air domain."

Chinese space, counterspace, and cyberwarfare capabilities are also predicted to increase dramatically. Overall, the Defense Department warns, China is looking to "project and sustain military power at greater distances … not just within the immediate environments … but throughout the Indo-Pacific region and indeed, around the world."

On the day that the Pentagon’s report was published, the chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Mark Milley, told the Aspen Security Forum that China wants to challenge the U.S. globally. This much seems clear. What is less certain, however, is whether Americans and their elected representatives are as alarmed as our defense planners. They should be.     source from
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The People's Liberation Army Navy (Chinese: 中国人民解放军海军; pinyin: Zhōngguó Rénmín Jiěfàngjūn Hǎijūn), also known as the Chinese Navy, PLA Navy or PLAN, is the naval warfare branch of the People's Liberation Army, the armed wing of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and, by default, the national armed forces of China. The PLAN traces its lineage to naval units fighting during the Chinese Civil War and was established on 23 April 1949.[5] Throughout the 1950s and early 1960s, the Soviet Union provided assistance to the PLAN in the form of naval advisers and export of equipment and technology.     quoted from Wikipedia

Strait issues need global airing: expert

​GROWING THREAT: A recent US paper suggests that China’s military capabilities could peak in 2027, giving Taiwan more reason to reach out to allies, a professor said

Nov. 6 - In view of Beijing’s growing military, Taiwan should internationalize Taiwan Strait issues to build support from countries that are concerned with cross-strait peace, a Taiwanese academic said on Thursday.

Tamkang University professor of international affairs and strategic studies Wong Ming-hsien (翁明賢) made the suggestion after a report published by the US Department of State on Wednesday said that the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) aims to modernize its warfare capabilities by 2027 to counter the US presence in the Indo-Pacific region, with the aim of forcing Taiwan into unification negotiations.

The report, titled Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China, said that the PLA’s goals are to defeat “a strong enemy,” coerce Taiwan and other rivals into territorial disputes, counter a third-party intervention in China’s periphery and project power throughout the world.

said that the report’s projections correspond with comments made by retired US Navy admiral Philip Davidson in March that China could attempt an invasion of Taiwan within the next six years...     more

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Nov 6, 2021

COP26 | Nov. 2, 2021

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What is COP26?
In 1992, countries agreed to an international treaty called the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which set ground rules and expectations for global cooperation on combating climate change. It was the first time the majority of nations formally recognized the need to control greenhouse gas emissions, which cause global warming that drives climate change.

That treaty has since been updated, including in 2015 when nations signed the Paris climate agreement. That agreement set the goal of limiting global warming to "well below" 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 F), and preferably to 1.5 C (2.7 F), to avoid catastrophic climate change.

COP26 stands for the 26th Conference of Parties to the UNFCCC. The "parties" are the 196 countries that ratified the treaty plus the European Union. The United Kingdom, partnering with Italy, is hosting COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, from Oct. 31 through Nov. 12, 2021, after a one-year postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic...     more

see also in Wikipedia
The 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26, is the 26th United Nations Climate Change conference. It is being held in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, between 31 October and 12 November 2021, under the presidency of Alok Sharma.[1][2] The conference is the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the third meeting of the parties to the Paris Agreement.
This conference is the first time that parties are expected to commit to enhanced ambition since COP21. Parties are required to carry out every five years, as outlined in the Paris Agreement, a process colloquially known as the 'ratchet mechanism'.[3]
The venue for the conference is the SEC Centre in Glasgow. Originally due to be held in November 2020 at the same venue, the event was postponed for twelve months because of the COVID-19 pandemic...     more

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Nov 2, 2021

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken
U.S. will make sure Taiwan has ability to defend itself: Blinken

Nov. 1 - ​U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Sunday that the United States will remain committed to the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA) and make sure Taiwan has the ability to defend itself.

In an interview on CNN's State of Union, Blinken reiterated there has been no change for his country when it came to Taiwan. He was asked to comment on President Joe Biden's recent remarks in which Biden said the U.S. would defend Taiwan in the event of an attack from China.

​"There is no change in our policy," Blinken said. "We've had a longstanding commitment that, by the way, then-Senator Biden strongly supported when he was in the United States Senate, a longstanding commitment pursuant to the Taiwan Relations Act to make sure that Taiwan has the means to defend itself, and we stand by that."

"The President stood by that strongly, and we want to make sure that no one takes any unilateral action that would disrupt the status quo with regard to Taiwan. That hasn't changed," Blinken added...     more

James Blunt | Face The Sun

 Face The Sun/臉朝向太陽

Yes, this love's not good enough
It's time to let it go
Our weary hearts just fall apart
I feel it in my bones

And God knows
That it's hard to find the one
But in time
All the flowers turn to face the sun
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So silently just walk with me
Like any other day
No sad goodbyes, no tears, no lies
Just go our separate ways

And God knows
That it's hard to find the one
But in time, all the flowers
Yes, in time, all the flowers
Turn to face the sun

And God knows
That it's hard to find the one
But in time, all the flowers
Yes, in time, all the flowers
Turn to face the sun

James Blunt - Face The Sun Lyrics | AZLyrics.com

《臉朝向太陽》

對，這份愛情還不夠好
現該是休棄它的時候
我們疲憊的心只是碎了
我對它的感覺很強烈

還有老天曉得
要另外再找一份的話可不容易
但在還未來不及之前
所有花兒們的臉全都朝向太陽

所以我們只是和我一同悄悄地離開
和以往一樣每隔幾天這事就會發生
沒有傷心的道別、沒有眼淚、也沒有虛假
我們只是各走各的路

還有老天曉得
要另外再找一份的話可不容易
但在還未來不及之前，所有花兒們的
是的，在還未來不及之前，所有花兒們的
臉全都朝向太陽

還有老天曉得
要另外再找一份的話可不容易
但在還未來不及之前，所有花兒們的
是的，在還未來不及之前，所有花兒們的
臉全都朝向太陽