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浏星雨：悲壮的新中国“泰坦尼克号”
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大家可能不记得了，若干年前，一艘中国渡轮在中国海岸线上漂泊9个小时。最后在离祖国大陆1.5海里的地方，304名乘员中死亡282人。22位生还者全部是年轻力壮者，其中7名为船员，一位海军军官，一位人民警察。只有一名26岁的女性生还，没有老人和儿童获救。我们一起来回顾一下当时的情况：

11月24日这一天下午

4：21时，一艘载有302人的渡轮“大舜”号在烟台小山子岛东北约10海里处起火。

4：30时，中国人民海军北海舰队设在山东的通讯观察站和山东港务部门一样，接到了“大舜”号的求援呼叫，“大舜”轮高呼“我船底仓起火，需要紧急救援”，海军的各个观通站都把这个消息转发给了山东烟台港务局等部门和海军指挥机关。

4：50分左右，也就是20分钟后，海军北海舰队指挥机关才接到观通站发来的消息，但北海舰队指挥机关只是命令海军通观站保持联络，并用雷达进行跟踪。

5：30分时，“大舜”轮火势蔓延，船上一片混乱。

6：00-7：00之间的一个小时中，海军山东各地观通站反复接到求援信号，感到事态严重。海军总部和北海舰队通知烟台附近基地的舰船等待命令。

6：25时，交通部烟台海监局请求烟台市政府与部队联系派直升机参与救助。为此山东省委、省政府和烟台市委、政府及青岛市政府及时并在此后的3个小时多次请求北海舰队出动直升机支援。

北海舰队答复“直升机不能起飞”，原因是：“天气恶劣，情况复杂，不具备夜间起飞条件”；“抵烟台就需加油，但烟台不具备加油条件”；“莱山附近的空军第五师的机场只给大型机加油，其机场人员、设备型号等多方面条件都与直升机的要求不符，无法加油”；“直升机派飞的条件不具备，风浪太大，螺旋桨会结冰”。（这可不是笔者编造的，而是国务院烟台海难调查报告中的原话）。而11月24日晚6，7点钟的时候，海风7级，气温7摄氏度，远未低到可以结冰的温度。从 7点以后，海风才逐渐加大至9级。25日早上8点的时候，气温才降低至零下1.3度，并飘起了小雪花。

7：30分时，也就是“大舜轮”着火并求救的3个小时后，中央军委命令海军总部组织营救。为此北海舰队司令部命令海军救援大队派遣５艘舰艇出海救援。

但是，一艘海军舰艇发动机不能开车，作罢：一艘海军舰艇在就要驶出军港时停车失去动力：一艘出港不久迷路触礁。另外两艘继续前进。

9：05分，一艘海军军舰在海里摇晃得厉害，被迫返航。只有686号船继续前进。

9：15分，交通部门请求海军派遣能够地抵御风浪的大型舰艇或者潜艇救援。人民海军回答：大型舰艇出去参加训练去了；虽然有潜艇在附近，但在9级风浪中潜艇上浮必然倾翻。

9：30分，海军雷达站报告，“大舜”轮从雷达上消失，判断大舜轮已经沉没。为此北海舰队命令仅存的一艘海军舰艇686号返航。这时，“大舜”轮火势加大而无法控制。

9：50分，海军686舰在返航途中，接到命令护送另外一艘失去动力的过往船只“银河公主”号返航。

10：20分，交通部海监局告知海军“大舜”轮只是着火，还没有沉没并再次请求救援。为此海军总部命令海军686号放弃返航，并驶向交通部门所告知的地点。

11：00分，海军686舰抵达出事海域，但没有发现大舜轮。再次怀疑“大舜”号已沉没。

11：20分时，海军686舰观察员目视发现“大舜”号，于是边用高频机与之联络，一边向其靠近。

23：30分时，联络接通。“大舜”号船长急切地向海军686号舰艇求救：“686号船，请快快来救我们”。这时686号舰艇距离“大舜”轮不到100米，舰上的海军官兵已经能够清楚地看到“大舜”轮上晃动的慌乱人影。

23：38分时，“大舜”轮向左侧倾翻在离海岸1.5海里的地方。

人民海军从接警到出兵整整花了3个小时，从出兵到抵达现场有花了将近4个小时。这七个小时对于普通人来说，只是短暂的一瞬间。但是对一支人民军队来说，是可以结束几场重要战斗的时间。对于“大舜”轮上的300个中华人民共和国公民来说，这是处于生与死的关键时刻。下面来看看这300个男女老少在这7个小时中所面临的是一个怎样大的灾难。

28岁的幸存者邵明慧，他一直用手机与在大连港务局工作的妻子保持联系到22：30。他回忆说：

　　“下午4：10，我在三等舱的船头位置上铺躺着，就听到“嚓嚓”的金属碰撞声，随后听到两次响铃，同舱的人让我出去看看，我看见散席上面的人已经在忙着穿救生衣，知道失火了，我赶紧回舱叫其他人。4：30，室内浓烟滚滚，我下到底层帮船员救火，这时火势已经控制不住了，我帮着拧水龙头，但怎么也打不开，水龙带与接口也不配套，等到弄出来水已经是5点多了。”

“到晚上11点多的时候，听到几声船体碰撞的声音。我跳下床，看到左边的舱门已经被船员封住了，穿着救生衣的乘客都从右边的舱门挤到外边的甲板上。此时有孩子的哭闹声，有妇女的求救声，情况混乱的程度有如到了世界末日一般。人们都想到了死！”

　　“沉船的一刹那，一个情节让我终生难忘。一对夫妇守着已经睡着的小孩面前，爸爸护着孩子的头，妈妈护着孩子的脚，大声喊着拼命拥挤的人群：“别踩着我的孩子。”获救后，我再也没见到那一家三口。”

幸存者杜运伟面对记者时，手中的香烟一直燃着，可他并没抽几口，留下很长的烟蒂：

开始，大家涌在甲板上，有手机的人一个接一个地向家里通报目前的状况，声音很嘈杂，我身边的一个男的好像有一个很小的孩子，他在打电话给妻子时有些绝望，已经提到照顾孩子的事了。人们在甲板上冻了3个小时，情绪都不高，说话的很少，有时候甲板上几乎鸦雀无声。

惨烈的“大舜号”死难者打捞过程中，出现了一个令人触目惊心、惨不忍睹的悲壮场面：一对婆孙紧抱而死，至死也不分离！

好几位“ 大舜号”的幸存者告诉记者，自从“大舜号”起火出现险情之时开始，外婆高桂兰就把一直在船舱里蹦蹦跳跳的小倩如抱在身上，以便随时逃生。眼看轮船倾斜进水、抢救无望了，全船人惊惶失措，纷纷逃生，外公不止一次地对外婆说，我来掩护，你一定要想尽办法抱小倩如逃走，孩子还小，她的世界还没有开始呢！

29岁的幸存者张实元说：“我看见有很大的烟从底舱冒出，风吹来时，浓烟能将甲板罩住。不时有妇女和小孩哭出声来，有人就安慰说：不要哭，哭也没有用。”这些妇女和小孩一定是忘记了人民解放军。

这 7个小时中，这300个公民一直飘荡在祖国的怀抱里，最远的时候只有10海里，最近的时候只有1海里。倾翻的地方离海岸只有1.5海里，站在沙滩上就可以望见倾翻的“大舜”轮，解放军的冲锋舟5分钟就可以开到。倾翻的地方距离烟台港不到20海里，救援船只要一个小时就可以开到。

在这样的地方，交通部海监局的“烟救13”花了2个半小时赶到，人民海军的686号舰艇则花了大约4个小时的时间。

中央气象台预报室主任曾在访谈中说：在西方国家出现灾难的时候，第一个出现的是记者；在我们社会主义中国，第一个出现的必定是人民解放军。 可是，当人民解放军出现的时候，300个公民已经被死神煎熬了足足7个小时。姗姗来迟的解放军官兵见到的是数百具人民群众尸体。

中国人民海军686舰军官说：当我们接近大舜号以后，就在我们眼前一百米左右。大舜号眼看着沉没了。沉没以后，当时海边上漂起来一些救生筏、萍果、拖鞋，还有一些衣服什么的，一些杂物、木板什么的。

中国人民海军686舰战士说：刚到时，看到海上漂着到处都是东西，也有救生艇，很多东西，不知道人在哪儿，反正过去慢慢找，摸索着找，结果看到救生艇，向救生艇靠近，发现上面有人，于是打皮缆过去。他们看不到，当时他们非常紧张，他们没有注意到这个皮缆。然后我们打了多少根皮缆，最后……把他们拉进来。

302位共和国公民，在离祖国大陆1.5海里的地方，在解放军的眼皮低下，只有22为生还。这22位生还者全部是年轻力壮者，其中7个是船员，一位海军军官，一位人民警察，没有一个是儿童。他们主要靠的是自己的体力，还有运气。

他们几乎都是落水以后才巧遇身边有救生筏，再要么幸运地被海风吹到岸边，要么被海浪抛向救援船（“烟救13”号和海军686舰），还有一个是自己游到岸边的，另一个不会游泳却让日本救生衣托着飘到沙滩爬上来的。他们没有一个是真正地被解放军从海里面就出来的。

军舰上的解放军在做什么呢？他们高高地站在舰艇上面扔抛绳索和救生圈。这些接受专业训练，深谙水性的海军官兵没有一个曾下水救人。

“大舜”轮上58位女性乘客中，唯一的女性生还者是26岁的董颖，她是穿着日本救生衣，趴在日本救生筏上，被海风吹到岸边后，被云溪村农民就起来的。

她说：“救生筏上只有我和一位金大哥，由于风浪太大了，救生筏根本无法靠近海军“686”救援船。在黑暗、寒冷、无助的茫茫“死亡之海”上，我放声大哭起来。”她可能不知道，救生筏没有动力，无法自主移动，当然无法靠近海军686船了。正确的救援程序是，海军686舰接近他们，救援他们。救生筏的功能只是为等待救援赢得时间。如果海军能主动接近救援，那位金大哥也一定能够生还。

幸存者杜运伟回忆说：我幸运地发现了前方有一个皮筏子。我又用尽了全身的力气向上爬了三次，可一次也没有成功，我当时就哭了，心里边念叨如果再上不去，我就彻底完了……歇了好一会儿，我开始第四次向皮筏子上斜，恰好一个大浪打过来，我被脸朝下推到皮筏子里。我后来把一个20多岁的女孩和两个男人拉到筏子里来，其中一个男人是船员，这样我们的筏子里面一共有四个人。船上的海军看到我们后，（只）扔来了两个救生圈。可能是由于我救了他们三个的缘故，那个女孩和船员把其中一个套在我身上，另一个给了旁边的很虚弱的一个男人。我获救了，但那个虚弱的男人因为没有力气抓住救生圈滑落了。第二次，船上的海军扔过来的是绳子，那个船员抓住游走了，但那个女孩怎么也抓不住。

这个风华正茂的女孩和那个虚弱的男人，是人民解放军眼睁睁看着死掉的。如果人民解放军真的像书中所写的“以人民利益为重”的话，不，如果人民解放军的救援手段科学一点的话，他们就不会白白死掉。

马士奇是年龄最大的获救者，45岁的农民，他那个救生筏上一共有6个人，幸运的是，他们的救生筏在飘荡中靠在了海军686好舰旁边。但海军也只是向他们抛绳索。这个救生筏的6个男人努力了20多次，才最后接住绳索并绑在筏上。筏上的人在抓住海军的绳索爬上军舰。幸好，这条筏上的都是力壮者，因而全部获救。

徐建洵所在的救生筏上也类似。是他们几个筏上的男人接住了海军发射过来的绳索后，抓住绳索上军舰获救的。

幸存者王海平不会游泳，他是被一股激流冲到水面的。他惊奇地看到有皮筏子漂在水面上，他一把抓住一个，上面已经有一个人。连拖带拉，王海平总算爬上了皮筏。接着，他们又拽上去一个人。

但王海平所在的救生筏就没有这么幸运了。他所在的筏上一共有3人。686号舰上的海军朝他们发射过来一只皮缆，将他们所乘的救生筏打破，开了一个口子。他们拼命地向解放军们呼喊，但没有任何用处。接着，皮筏子翻了。不会游泳的王海平只能听天由命，却奇迹般地飘到了沙滩上。

另一批难民更惨。有二三十名游客穿着红色救生衣跳进水里努力游向救捞船员扔下的救生圈，有几个人已经抓着了救生圈，但在把他们往回拖时绳子突然断了，最后他们只有一人获救。此人就是在大连服役的海军军官。

一年后，一本记述这个特大悲惨事件的书（悲壮的挽歌:11.24特大海难纪实）的扉页上这样写道：“在灾难面前，党中央、国务院和我们的各级党委、政府所表现出的高度负责精神，我们的干部群众所表现出的一方有难、八方支援精神，我们的人民子弟兵所表现出的人民的利益高于一切的精神，值得称道和弘扬。”

１１月２７日下午，中共中央政治局委员、中共山东省委书记吴官正在烟台市牟平区姜格庄海岸救援现场，紧紧握着烟台警备区司令员王太圣、政委高维敏的手，连声说：“谢谢，谢谢，关键时刻还是解放军。”

[此贴子已经被作者于2009-1-17 14:51:24编辑过]

Geithner Confirmed for Treasury Secretray

Timothy F. Geithner was confirmed by the Senate as the secretary of the Treasury despite questionable tax record.

Through 2001-2003, Geithner worked at IMF, the International Monetary Fund. IMF does not withheld federal tax for its US employees. However, IMF does provide detailed tax information, and even provides partial payment, so that the US employees can use the money to pay the IRS.

Mr. Geithner knowingly chose not to pay federal tax, including social security tax and medicare tax. Unfortunately, his 2003 tax form was audited by the IRS in 2006. He was forced to pay back tax for 2003. Still, Mr. Geithner knowingly chose not to pay back tax for 2001 and 2002, because "the statue of the limitations had run out on the 2001 and 2002 liabilities (NY Time)".

Mr. Geithner paid the back tax after being tapped for the Treasury post. The US Senate confirmed his appointment on Jan 26, 2009, because US is in urgent need of an honorable person to run the $700 bail-out project, and the $825 stimulus plan.

Communists in Tech Celebrating While Campus Mourned Lost of Life

The VT output sponsored by the communism government, the Association of Chinese Students and Scholars (ACSS), celebrated lunar new year at 7 pm on Sunday Jan 26, 2009 with music and dancing, the exact same time while the memorial for the slain Chinese girl Yang Xin was being held at the Graduate Life Center where she once lived. Only that the show was in a different (the auditorium) room. While people in US and China were still in shock, the ACSS cares nothing but covering its own ass. Immediately after the tragedy, the ACSS banned the VT Chinese community from discussing the case. Some VT Chinese students openly called the organization to reconsider the timing of the event, but for the communists and those communists wannabes, The show must go on.


A facebook group was set up for the girl. Yang Xin's body is being sent back to her family in Beijing for a funeral. The girl was searching for cheap ticket to go back China during Spring break for her wedding on March 7th.

荒草何茫茫，白杨亦萧萧。
严霜九月中，送我出远郊。
四面无人居，高坟正蕉嶢。
马为仰天鸣，风为自萧条。
幽室一已闭，千年不复朝。
千年不复朝，贤达无奈何。
向来相送人，各自还其家。
亲戚或余悲，他人亦已歌。
死去何所道，托体同山阿。

-- 陶渊明

VT Killing

A 22 years old female Virginia Tech student was fatally stabbed in a school student center, Graduate Life Center (GLC) where the girl resides. The victim is Yang Xin, a graduate student in Accounting from Beijing. Yang Xin was known as a diligent student who graduated from Memorial University of New Foundland in Canada. Yang earned a BBA (Bachelor of Business Administration) in merely two years. After graduation Yang interned at a Subway store as assistant manager while preparing for GMAT, the entrance exam for graduate study in Business School. Yang arrived the States only days ago on Jan 8, 2009 to start her study at VT.


The killer is Zhu Haiyang, a graduate assistant in the Agriculture and Applied Economics Department. Zhu comes from Ningbo in Zhejiang Province. The killer was educated in Shanghai. According to posts on Internet forums, the killer got know the victim when he picked up the girl at the airport, arranged by the VT Chinese student association as a volunteer service for new students. The duo were seen together at the Au Bon Pain restaurant on the first floor of GLC around 7 pm Wednesday evening. There had been no sign of argument. Then the girl called 911; then the killer stabbed the girl. When police arrived, they found the murderer with the knife, and the girl, ..., decapitated. Officer Nicole Irvine who responded to the 911 call 'observed the suspect holding the head of the victim in his hand (Police Search Warrant Affidavit).' The killer has a personal web space at QQ titled 'Ocean's Ocean'.

The killer's apartment management staff described him as "rude and belligerent". Will Segar, the landlord said Zhu only came to his attention because of his bellicose interaction with those around him. Segar even talked to a Blacksburg police after he observed Zhu harassing other people. However, the officer told Segar there was nothing he could do, and suggested Segar talked to the international affairs at VT. Segar went ahead, but did not receive any 'useful advice on how to deal with Zhu.'

The killer's academic background was questioned too. Zhu graduated from a little known college after the Chinese government expand the college enrollment by ten times (from 600,000 per year in late 80s to 6 million per year in the 90a). His fellow Chinese friends praised him for English skills, but both his academic adviser Denise Mainville and the department head Kevin Boyle murmured on his academic performance when inquired by reporters. The vetting process of VT is obviously flawed to have admitted any students from these kind of nobody-heard-of schools. Nonetheless, a VT nod gave the killer a virtual mandate to act at will and a false sense of entitlement. It's possible. as speculated on the Net, the killer was angered so easily by hearing a single word 'no'. It's possible though, the killer had already been scolded by the Tech and had been facing a disgraceful dismissal, which might prompt him to execute one last stunt.

Although there's no easy way to prevent a sick murder from acting crazy thoughts into action, some alleged that the role the Association of Chinese Students and Scholars (ACSS) at Virginia Tech played was facilitated by the killer. People on online forums accused them to have arranged the killer to pick up the girl from the airport. The girl was also arranged to live in the killer's apartment for four days before she was assigned a school housing unit at GLC, where she was killed. After the incident, the ACSS promptly sent out a message barring anyone from disclosing any information. The ACSS also deleted all relevant discussions at a maillist and an online forum exclusive to Chinese students and scholars at VT. The killer has been known as an enthusiastic member of the ACSS, an official organization sponsored by the communism government. Some see the ACSS, an organization supposed to benefit all Chinese students, was utilized by a small group of greedy former communists (or communists wannabes) with personal interest. Simply put, any such communism outpost should have been banned from ground of college campus.

The victim's mother in Beijing was notified by telephone last night.

France to Sell Leclerc MTB to Taiwan

French just announced it would sell Leclerc MTB (main battle tank) to Taiwan, partially as compensation for the scandal entangled La Fayette frigates deal back in 1992.


Leclerc is acclaimed the most advanced western MTB today. It is light, fast, equipped with most advanced information system, and is capable of quick reloading and precise targeting. It is especially well suit for the road condition in Taiwan, where most of the land is hilly and the rest full of swamps lakes and rivers.

For mainland China, the move is no different than how British sees a foreign country selling tanks to Irish Republican Army. The Sino-France tie has already been soured after French President Sarkozy met exile Dalai Lama a few months ago. The Chinese premier Wen Jiabao is on his way visiting a range of European countries, with the notable omission of France.


France sold Taiwan six La Fayette class frigates in 1992. Shortly after, the body of a navy colonel who had been close to the negotiation was washed up shore in Taiwan. A subsequent investigation showed $120 million dollars kickback was paid by the French party to state holders, including politicians in Taiwan, Taiwan naval officers, international brokers. In addition, and to the world's surprise, $366 million dollars was paid to French officials and communist higher-ups in Beijing. Disgraced France had proposed selling minehunter ship, Mirage fighters, and upgrading the La Fayette frigates in 2006 as a compensation. But the project was exposed and killed by public outcry in Taiwan.

Communisim Who?

Two parts of Obama's Inauguration Address were crossed out in the official Xinhua News Agency Chinese transcript:

1. Recall that earlier generations faced down fascism and communism not just with missiles and tans, but with sturdy alliances and enduring convictions. Then understood that our power alone cannot protest us, ......

2. ......, — know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy. To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history; but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist.

The broadcasting of the ceremony by CCTV was abruptly cut when Obama mentioned the word 'communism'. The video clip could be viewed at Youtube.

A Sad Story

Toddler Crawled to "Comfort Zone" to Die

In his last moments of life, 16-month-old Benjamin Kingan picked up his blanket and crawled to a chair police later said was his "comfort zone."

It should have been a place where Benjamin would be safe, but police say the woman assigned to care for him at a Lincolnshire day care center, has admitted she killed the little boy by throwing him on the ground on Wednesday.

Lincolnshire police investigator Adam Hyde said after the incident, Benjamin picked up his blanket and his pacifier and went to his favorite bouncy chair, where he was found cuddled up and unresponsive less than half-an-hour later.

Police said the Minee-Subee Day Care Center in Lincolnshire was licensed and had a spotless record.

But they said 22-year-old Melissa Calusinski, an employee at the center, has been charged with first-degree murder and is being held on $5 million bond.

- Associate Press

The twin sister of 16-month-old Benjamin Kingan was in the room when an aide allegedly threw the toddler to the floor of a Lincolnshire day-care center, fatally injuring him, friends and relatives said Monday.

With visitation for the toddler set for today, his parents must not only grapple with losing a child but with how to support a "twinless twin."

- Chicago Sun Times

In lieu of flowers, the Kingan family asks that donations be made to the WINGS domestic violence shelter where the boy’s mother worked, at www.wingsprogram.com.

- Chicago Sun Times

Only Chinese Travellers Are Allowed to Die on Chinese Rail

Only Chinese travellers could die on Chinese rail system in a harmonic society.

Chen Shanwu got on the K160 train from Kunming to Chongqing on January 14, 2009. Around 4 o'clock the next morning, he suffered a seizure, 2 hours before it would arrive the final destination Chongqing. His wife Li Zhengying reported to the attendants, but was told the train would not stop for a sick person so they would have to wait. In addition, the train was behind schedule, so it would skip a few scheduled stops. The words from the rail was to 'HOLD ON' until it arrive Chongqing 2 hours later. Two hours later, Chen Shanwu died.

On August 22 last year, in a high profile PR stunt, a high speed train 2220 from Qiqihaer to Dalian made an unscheduled emergent stop so that a group of seven Japanese tourists could catch their flight. The rail system even arranged police car escort between the train stop place and the airport.

The rail system is not the only state run agency to honor the Communism government's call to build a harmonic society. On December 19, 2008, the Chinese aviation authority opened up an air route in Xinjiang so that an American who got cold could have a shorter flight to Hong Kong. The route was closed immediately afterwards. Not far away in northwestern airport in Jiuquan, a 14 years old Chinese girl was denied boarding a flight to nearby city Lanzhou, the only chance for her to have a surgery to connect leg severed in a car accident. The girl had to take a car to the hospital, and lost her leg forever.

It is a personal tragedy to be born in a communism China as a Chinese. On the other hand, if you bear a foreign passport, Welcome to Beijing!

Locals Lined Up Embracing New Year

Locals in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province holding big containers lined up for delicious soy sauce and vinegar made by a historic producer Hengshun Group. It has been a tradition to purchase soy sauce from this place, because of its reputation of good tasting soy sauce brewed in traditional methods. Chinese had long passed days when they had to wait in queue for scarce resources. However, getting beloved soy sauce has become a new year tradition for locals. Hengshun Group is most known for its Zhenjiang Fragrant Vinegar, a kind of rice vinegar, around the globe.

In the first half day, 6.5 tons of vinegar and 30 tons of soy sauce was sold to about 10 thousands individual buyers. The Chinese New Year which is based on lunar calendar will be on Jan 26, 2009.