The always-transparent China has been building a submarine base near Sanya, on Hainan Island off its southern coast. This represents a further expansion of China’s presence in this South China Sea/Paracel Islands area–a build-up that has been going on for the last twenty years. What I find interesting is that FoxNews calls this a secret… Continue reading Secret Submarine Base?
Month: July 2009
Dr. No’s Crab Cay Lair
As far as villains’ lairs go, the island hideout of Bond character Dr. No is the template from which many other fictional lairs followed. Dr. No was the first movie in the James Bond series. It’s got all the typical elements that any good villain needs: It’s an island in the Caribbean. It has a… Continue reading Dr. No’s Crab Cay Lair