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China, US militaries hold a new round of maritime military safety consultation in Hawaii, engage in candid and constructive exchange
The Chinese and American militaries held two-day working-level talks in Hawaii, which China’s Ministry of National Defense (MOD) described on Saturday as candid and constructive. This marks the first time in two years that China and the US have held a meeting under the military maritime consultative mechanism, signaling the restart of the China-US military maritime security dialogue.
From Wednesday to Thursday, the militaries of the two sides held the China-US Military Maritime Consultative Agreement (MMCA) Working Group meeting in Hawaii, aiming to promote the healthy, stable, and sustainable development of military relations between the two nations, according to a readout released by the MOD.
Des Hawaïens indigènes bloquent la construction d’un télescope sur le Mauna Kea
Les Hawaïens autochtones appellent ce volcan en sommeil Mauna Kea, et beaucoup le considèrent comme sacré. Seuls les chefs et les prêtres de haut rang sont autorisés à l’escalader.
À présent, les manifestants autochtones hawaïens bloquent la construction d’un télescope d’un milliard de dollars sur cette terre sacrée. Mais le gouverneur de l’État a signé une proclamation d’urgence accordant à la police le pouvoir de vider le site.
The sacred and the scientific clash on Hawaii’s Mauna Kea
Native Hawaiians Want To Halt A Massive Telescope Project. Here’s Why.
On July 17, a group of Native Hawaiian activists protesting a telescope project on Mauna Kea watched as the oldest among them were carted off, one by one, by law enforcement officers.
The elderly, most of them Hawaiian, known as kūpuna, were blocking a road to the summit of the mountain, the tallest in Hawaii, as part of a larger ongoing protest against the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT).
As of Sunday, the project remained at a standstill. The existing 13 telescopes on the summit have shut down amid the protests. More than 35 people were arrested on July 17, but no others have been since.
This fight over the $1.4 billion telescope isn’t anything new.
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