Transpicuous News Relaunch from the Land of OZ!

Good morning everyone!  After a LONG hiatus, and massive move that took 43 hours, and a long recuperation from wild jet lag.... I'm BACK!

So for our very first Transpicuous New Show from Australia, instead of tackling the topics I thought I'd be relaunching with, a hot news story fell into my lap Wednesday morning that I had to jump on:

China-developed the world's first quantum satellite ready to be 

lunched this July

By Huang Jin (People's Daily Online)    14:45, March 08, 2016

The first quantum communications satellite developed by China is expected to launch in July of this year. The Beijing–Shanghai quantum private communications line will also be opened in the second half of this year, according to Pan Jianwei, academic at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, during an interview with China Youth Daily.

According to Pan, this milestone means that a quantum communications network will be formed, and that 30 years of research on quantum information will be finally put to use.Pan said that quantum communication between the satellite and the ground will be achieved for the first time anywhere in the world.In recent years, quantum communications is considered to be supportive research for  next-generation communication technology because of its transmission efficiency and absolute security. Pan said that, as quantum technology is indivisible and cannot be cloned, it may be implemented as an information carrier for the distribution of sensitive information, thereby guaranteeing the secure transmission of important content.Quantum communications research has become a focus and frontier of global research in physics.China started developing its quantum satellite in 2011, and launched the quantum opticalfiber communication network project, the Beijing–Shanghai line, in 2013. TheBeijing–Shanghai quantum private communications line will cover a total length of over2,000 kilometers, connecting a network of numerous cities including Beijing, Jinan, Hefeiand Shanghai. It will be the world's first wide-area optic fiber quantum private network.According to Pan, the assembly of the quantum satellite has already been completed. The satellite has passed electrical measurement and thermal balance testing, and is currently undergoing mechanical and magnetic testing in Shanghai’s Small Satellite Engineering Center."With further development, quantum communications should benefit millions of households in the near future," Pan said, adding: "I hope that within another 10 years of hard work, online transfers and payments can be guaranteed through quantum communication for every consumer." 
http://en.people.cn/n3/2016/0308/c98649-9027010.html

In this Transpicuous News Report, I jumped back in time to look at the cities mentioned in this report, China's Super Computers, and the interesting explosions that have been happening over the past 9 months.

Explosions in China

Tianjin:  "Chemical explosion", August 12 2015
(Liaoning Province : Chemical explosion, August 14 2015
second chemical explosion, November 17, 2015 )
Shandong: Chemical plant explosion, August 23, 2015
Shenzhen:  Massive landslide and natural gas explosion,  December 21, 2015
Guangzhou: Oil refinery explosion, December 24, 2015
Hunan:  Chemical plant explosion, January 9, 2016

http://en.people.cn/n3/2016/0308/c98649-9027010.html

http://futurism.com/china-upgrades-most-powerful-supercomputer-in-the-world-hosts-it-in-defense-research-center/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercomputing_in_China

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/20/china-landslide-sparks-gas-explosion-and-leaves-dozens-missing

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-34029202

https://www.rt.com/news/322440-blast-chemical-plant-liaoning/

http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1849401/china-hit-explosion-second-factory-less-24-hours-after-deadly

https://www.rt.com/news/328384-hunan-chemical-plant-blast/

https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/12/24/explosion-rips-through-guangzhou-oil-refinery/