May 2013 UPDATE TO Previous Blog "CHINA EYES GREENLAND'S NATURAL RESOURCES"

                
                       UPDATE concerning  CHINESE INTEREST IN THE ARCTIC

 

We know and understand that the country of Iceland, mentioned in this New York Times article,    IS NOT Greenland, which was mentioned and discussed in a previous recent BLOG, but it certainly raises a few eyebrows  and causes people who keep an eye on these things to smile knowingly .

One does not get to be a Chinese billionaire without intelligence, in both senses : focused knowledge AND  reasoning ability . It certainly places increased importance in, and raises interest among those keeping an eye on, developments in : 

1. logistics and Arctic transportation modalities

2. Airships to the Arctic and ISO Solar

3. Ice Road Truckers

4. the Canadian national government and its provincial counterparts, not to mention ... 

5. I imagine --- the intelligence community in the West.

It looks to this Blogger as though events of some major strategic geopolitical interest and importance are taking place in a very high-stakes game .

Gentlemen, start your engines (and your helium and hydrogen concerns), despite the naysayers who simply don't understand  the role of Lighter-than-Air airships . This could also explain the enormous upsurge in the number and sources  of Blog views that our counters are showing.      Stay tuned (and buy stock in companies that deal in rare and expensive lifting gases) .

THE UPDATE ITSELF, as published in the NEW YORK TIMES, one of the few news sources that one can trust these days, no matter what your political persuasion :

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4 May 2013

"Even to Icelanders accustomed to harsh weather and isolation," reported The New York Times in March, the city of Grimsstadir "is a particularly desolate spot." Nonetheless, Chinese billionaire land developer Huang Nubo has announced he intends to build a luxury hotel and golf course in the area for his countrymen seeking "clean air and solitude." Since snowfalls often run from September until May, locals are skeptical of Huang's motives, but he continues to press for a long-term lease covering about 100 square miles for a project estimated to eventually cost about $100 million.

[New York Times, 3-22-2013]
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CAN YOU SAY "CLEAN AIR AND SOLITUDE" WITH A

STRAIGHT FACE, KIDS ?