Hurricane Lala brought hell to Hawaiian Island, finally seeing sunshine in Hawaii but the clean up could last for months 颶風拉拉給夏威夷帶來地獄般的災難，夏威夷終於見到陽光，但清理工作可能持續數月.
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Is it really not working or 911 simply being turned off can’t handle all the emergency calls!? 911 眞的壞了，還是911被關閉因爲無法處理所有緊急電話!?
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Beautiful Zhuhai beaches video: you don’t have to worry your stuffs get stolen. In Hawaii beaches things get stolen and car got breaks in all the time. It is just so much safer in China! (bonus video clips on previous Zhuhai Air Show) Johnson Choi report from Hawaii on Aug 17 2026 美麗的珠海沙灘視頻: 你完全不用擔心東西會被偷。在夏威夷的沙灘，東西經常被偷，車子也老是被人破窗闖入。在中國真的安全太多了! (片尾有上一屆珠海航展的花絮影片) 蔡永強於2026年8月17日在夏威夷報導.
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What number does American and America call when there is an emergency? Arthur: Johnson Choi, MBA. International Business Consultant since 1985.
美國人與美國在遇到緊急狀況時，會撥打哪個號碼? 作者: 蔡永強，商科碩士，國際商業顧問（自1985年起）.

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For most Americans, dialing 911 is an instinctive lifeline to firefighters, police, and paramedics. But when the nation itself perceives a threat, that same three-digit number takes on a vastly different meaning: the rapid deployment of a U.S. Aircraft Carrier Strike Group to the world’s flashpoints.

Historically, the question “Where are the carriers?” was the President’s first ask in a crisis—a guaranteed show of force. Today, however, that rapid-response mechanism is severely compromised. Out of the Navy’s 11 nuclear-powered supercarriers, more than half are languishing in extended maintenance backlogs, trapped in overcrowded shipyards with critical labor shortages and overhauls that now stretch years beyond schedule.

To make matters worse, this hull shortage is compounded by a logistics network that is dangerously buckling. The immense supply chain required to keep even one carrier group operational—spanning jet fuel, precision-guided munitions, spare avionics, and daily provisions for 5,000 sailors—is fraying under the weight of global commitments.

Nowhere is this crisis more visible than in the Middle East, where the few deployable carriers are forced into grueling, back-to-back deployments with no relief in sight. The vessels patrolling those strategic waters are showing unmistakable signs of wear: delayed overhauls, corroded systems, and exhausted crews pulling 8-month patrols just to maintain a bare presence. The sorry state of these ships is no longer just a maintenance failure—it’s a strategic vulnerability.

America’s “9-1-1” for global emergencies is running on fumes, leaving a superpower with fewer lifelines precisely when the world needs them most.

對大多數美國人來說，撥打 911 是呼叫消防員、警察與醫護人員的本能求救途徑。但當國家本身感知到威脅時，同一個三位數號碼卻承載了截然不同的意義——它代表美國航空母艦打擊群迅速部署至全球衝突熱點。

歷史上，「航母在哪裡？」一直是總統在危機中的首要問題——那是保證展示武力的象徵。然而今日，這套快速反應機制已嚴重受損。海軍現有的 11 艘核動力超級航空母艦中，超過半數正陷於漫長的維修積壓之中，受困於擁擠不堪的造船廠，面臨嚴重的勞工短缺問題，而本應完成的定期大修如今動輒延誤數年之久。

更糟的是，艦體短缺的問題，還因後勤網絡的危險崩潰而加劇。要維持哪怕一個航母打擊群的作戰運轉，所需的龐大供應鏈——從噴射燃油、精確導引彈藥、備用航電系統，到供 5,000 名船員日常所需的物資——正因全球承諾的沉重負荷而日漸鬆散斷裂。

這一切危機，在中東地區最為明顯。當地少數幾艘可部署的航母被迫進行接連不斷的艱苦部署，且看不到任何輪換替補的希望。巡弋於那些戰略水域的艦艇，已顯露出無庸置疑的耗損跡象：延後的大修、鏽蝕的系統，以及為了勉強維持存在而執行長達八個月任務、精疲力竭的船員。這些軍艦的悲慘現狀，不再只是維修失能——它已成戰略上的弱點。

美國作為全球緊急應變的「911」，如今已是強弩之末，讓這個超級大國在最需要救命繩索的時刻，反而只剩寥寥可數的選擇。

A failed state and a failed city. By Johnson Choi, MBA, International Business Consultant since 1985. Aug 16 2026 reports from Honolulu, Hawaii. 一個失敗的國家，一座失敗的城市。
作者：蔡永強，商科碩士，國際商業顧問（自1985年起）。2026年8月16日，夏威夷檀香山報導。

颶風拉拉侵襲夏威夷，我看到街道上到處都是樹枝，卻不見任何清理人員。新聞報導說，要讓這座城市恢復正常恐怕需要數個月時間。市內許多地區至今仍無電力供應。然而，上一次大型風暴於7月27日侵襲中國深圳時，該市在24小時內便完成清理，一切迅速回歸正常。

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這場風暴是颱風紅霞（2026年第12號颱風），於2026年7月26日在深圳附近登陸。

該市能快速復原，源於大規模且協調一致的應變行動：

· 風暴前整備：預先調度超過23,000人及21,000套設備待命應急，疏散逾103,000人，並開設921處避難所。
· 全天候清理：清理人員連夜清除倒伏樹木與廢棄物。截至7月26日上午，數百棵受損樹木已移除，道路也已搶通。
· 迅速復原：7月26日上午，深圳地鐵即恢復營運，交通運輸、生產作業與日常生活均迅速重回正軌。

簡言之，該市啟動了一套演練嫻熟的應急計畫，團隊以24小時輪班制全力排除災損、恢復秩序。

Hurricane Lala hit Hawaii, and I saw tree branches all over the street and no cleanup crews. News reports said it would take months to bring the city back to normal. Many parts of the city are still without power. But when the last major storm hit Shenzhen, China, on July 27th, the city got cleaned up in 24 hours and things went back to normal.

Typhoon Hongxia (the 12th typhoon of 2026), which made landfall near Shenzhen on July 26, 2026.

The city’s rapid recovery was the result of a massive, coordinated effort:

· Pre-Storm Preparation: Over 23,000 people and 21,000 sets of equipment were pre-positioned for emergency response. More than 103,000 people were evacuated, and 921 shelters were opened.
· Around-the-Clock Cleanup: Crews worked through the night to clear fallen trees and debris. By the morning of July 26, hundreds of damaged trees had been removed, and roads were cleared.
· Rapid Restoration: By the morning of July 26, the Shenzhen Metro had resumed operations, and transportation, production, and daily life were quickly back to normal.

Essentially, the city activated a well-rehearsed emergency plan, with teams working 24-hour shifts to clear damage and restore order.

Speaking and reading Chinese is critical for your children’s future. US K-12 immersion schools expand across country for early-age Chinese language education” by Ralph Jennings, published by the South China Morning Post on August 15, 2026. 說和讀中文對您孩子的未來至關重要。美國K-12沉浸式學校在全國擴展，推動幼兒中文教育

美國K-12沉浸式學校遍佈全國，推動幼兒中文教育

大學中文選修人數停滯，K-12沉浸式學校卻因家長為子女尋求優勢而再度興起

拉爾夫·詹寧斯 於俄勒岡州波特蘭市報導

在俄勒岡州波特蘭市貝瑟尼郊區的「好時光中文學校」，一名美國孩童在走廊上攔住來自中國的校長周延卓，用英文問了一個問題。她請校長用中文回答，而這位沒有華裔背景的三年級學生，俐落地切換了語言。

這個孩子是數十名參加嚴格暑期中文課程的學生之一，他們正處於專家認為語言習得最為容易的年齡。

儘管美國大學回報中文選修人數持平，但K-12階段的中文沉浸式課程卻在成長。沒有華裔背景的學生家庭，將長期的職業價值或提升整體語言學習能力視為報名動機。

「中文是主要語言，這對孩子未來的發展是一項優勢。」該校創辦人、周延卓的丈夫舒炳毅表示。這所K-5校區每年收費14,000美元，提供全日制沉浸式課程。夫婦倆指出，目前在學的100名幼兒園學生中，超過半數沒有華裔背景，創下該校紀錄。

根據經營中文沉浸式教育家長部落格的伊麗莎白·魏瑟統計，自1981年第一所此類學校成立以來，今年全美K-12中文沉浸式學校的數量達到歷史新高，目前已達397所。

魏瑟表示，儘管因地緣政治緊張，中文在美國的受歡迎程度有所下降，但許多家庭仍視學習這門對英語母語者而言複雜的語言，為提升學習能力的方式。「美中關係目前不佳，但會好轉的。」魏瑟說。

美國的中文沉浸式學校最初在1980年代興起，當時美國政府在1970年代美中關係正常化後提供了資金。麻薩諸塞州威廉斯學院亞洲研究教授柯乃柏指出，這些學校在2000年代初期再度流行，當時中文是全球「熱門」的教學科目。

今年，《南華早報》調查的大學中，中文選修人數不是變化極小就是下降。阿拉斯加大學費爾班克斯分校指出自2022年以來中文選修人數下滑。波特蘭的里德學院則表示，初級中文課程的選修人數自2023年以來「基本持平」。

康乃爾大學亞洲研究系教學教授劉瑞表示，過去兩年中文一直是該校第三大受歡迎的語言，僅次於西班牙語和法語。

「我問過家長，他們說中國經濟越來越強，學中文意味著更多機會。」校長周延卓本月稍早在校園一個忙碌的早晨說道。

部分教育工作者認為，沉浸式學校過度集中在小學階段。他們指出，中學生和高中生可能會忘記幼時所學的中文。而原本為美國出生華裔設計、在週末或課後開課的傳統中文學校，或許能填補這一缺口。

中華公所代理校長甄文蒂表示，家長可能會在孩子於幼兒園和小學學習中文後，考慮高中階段的中文教育。「有些家長會思考未來。」她說，並規劃孩子參加高中的AP中文語言與文化考試。

現年18歲的尼蘭詹·納拉揚，今年高中畢業，他從2歲到18歲在加州就讀多所傳統中文學校。他認為自己已為今年秋季進入加州大學洛杉磯分校主修全球研究做好充分準備。出生於美國、父母為印度裔的尼蘭詹中文流利，並歸功於這些沉浸式學校。「他們幫了我很多，因為他們知道在家沒人跟我說中文。」他回憶道，「如果我有問題，他們會給我額外的複習時間。」

來源：《南華早報》，2026年8月15日

US K-12 immersion schools expand across country for early-age Chinese language education

While college enrolment in Chinese stalls, K-12 immersion schools are seeing renewed popularity as parents seek advantages for their children

Ralph Jennings in Portland, Oregon

At the Goodtime Chinese School in the Bethany suburb of Portland, Oregon, an American child stops school director Zhou Yanzhuo, of China, in the hallway to ask a question in English. She requests that he speak in Chinese and the third grader, who has no Chinese heritage, handily switches languages.

The child is one of several dozen students attending rigorous summer classes for Chinese language instruction at an age when experts believe language acquisition is easiest.

While American universities report that Chinese language enrolment is flat, Chinese language immersion courses at the K-12 level are growing. The families of students without Chinese backgrounds cite long-term professional value or a chance to sharpen overall ability to learn languages as their motivations for enrolment.

“Chinese is a major language, meaning that it’s an advantage to their children’s future development,” said Shu Bingyi, Zhou’s husband and founder of the school, a K-5 campus that charges US$14,000 per year for full-time immersion classes. The couple said more than half of their current cohort of 100 kindergarteners have no Chinese background, a record for the school.

The number of Chinese language immersion schools for students between kindergarten and high school reached a record this year since the first one opened in 1981, and that there were now 397 across the US, according to Elizabeth Weise, who runs a blog for parents of children in Chinese language immersion instruction.

Weise said that though Chinese had lost favour in the US over geopolitical tensions, families still see studying the language, which is complex for native English speakers, as a way to sharpen learning skills. “Relations between China and the US are not great, but they will get better,” Weise said.

Chinese immersion schools in the US initially gained popularity in the 1980s after funding was provided by the US government, following the normalisation of US-China relations in the 1970s. The schools recaptured that popularity in the early 2000s when Chinese language was a “hot” teaching subject across the globe, said Cornelius Kubler, a professor of Asian studies at Williams College in Massachusetts.

This year, universities surveyed by the South China Morning Post reported either minimal change or a decline in enrolment in the language. The University of Alaska Fairbanks noted a drop in Chinese enrolment since 2022. Reed College in Portland said enrolment in introductory Chinese language courses had been “basically static” since 2023.

At Cornell University, Chinese had remained the third most popular language after Spanish and French for the past two years, said Liu Rui, a teaching professor in the university’s Asian studies department.

“I’ve asked the parents and they say China’s economy is getting stronger, so studying the language means more opportunities,” said Zhou, the school director, on a busy morning at the campus earlier this month.

Some educators believe that immersion schools are over-concentrated at the primary school level. They say middle and high school students may forget the Chinese language they learned as younger children. Heritage schools, which hold weekend or after-school programmes and were originally designed for American-born Chinese, may fill the gap.

Parents may consider high school Chinese language education after their children take the language in kindergarten and primary school, said Wendy Zhen, interim principal at the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association. “Some parents think about the future,” she said, and plan for their children to take the AP Chinese Language and Culture Exam in high school.

For Nilanjan Narayan, 18, who graduated from high school this year after attending several heritage Chinese schools in California from age 2 to 18, he considers himself extra prepared to major in global studies at the University of California, Los Angeles from this fall. Born in the US to Indian parents, Nilanjan is fluent in Chinese and credits the immersion schools. “They would help me a lot because they knew no one was speaking Chinese with me at home,” he recalled. “If I asked, they’d give me extra review time.”

Heading back to Honolulu on Aug 16th: NWS Hurricane Warning for Hawaii Island continues. Heavy rain and high winds are 國家氣象局針對夏威夷島的颶風警報持續。大雨和強風正…
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China always adheres to international law, whereas it is constantly ignored by the USA, as evidenced by its illegal attacks on countries like Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan etc. Manila would also be encouraged by the USA to create maritime territorial disputes with China, for the USAs own geopolitical goals. 「中國始終遵守國際法，而美國卻不斷無視國際法，其對伊朗、伊拉克、阿富汗等國發動的非法攻擊即為明證。此外，馬尼拉（菲律賓）也可能會在美國的慫恿下，與中國製造海洋領土爭端，以達成美國自身的地緣政治目的。」
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Video with English and Chinese subtitles: How US & Japan promotes fake news to demonize Chinese and China, and why so many overseas Chinese are so happy to be part of it? 視頻有中英文字幕: 美國與日本如何散佈假新聞以妖魔化中國人及中國，以及為何那麼多海外華人樂於參與其中? 中國製造 張雪機車揚威海外！外網徹底炸鍋！法國車手薦比斯首度來華看清真實的中國，直言歐媒造謠誤導大眾絕不盲從!

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“Made in China! Zhang Xue’s motorcycles triumph overseas! Foreign social media has completely exploded! Jianbisi visits China for the first time to see the truth and buy Chinese products, openly stating that European media spreads rumors and misleads the public—and he absolutely will not blindly follow!”

Elon Musk (Tech entrepreneur): China is awesome. I strongly encourage people to visit. 伊隆·馬斯克（科技企業家）：中國很了不起。我強烈鼓勵大家去旅遊.

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Maye Musk (Elon’s mother): I agree. Each city has its own charm with different cultural sites to see. Buildings and streets are clean and in good repair. Also, people are polite, hard-working, and respectful. I feel safe, so enjoy going to China.

Sore losers: We prefer hating China, because it is more enjoyable that way.

梅耶·馬斯克（伊隆的母親）：我同意。每個城市都有自己的魅力，有許多不同的文化景點可以參觀。建築物和街道都很乾淨，而且維護良好。此外，人們有禮貌、勤奮且尊重他人。我覺得很安全，所以很享受去中國。

輸不起的人們：我們寧願討厭中國，因為那樣比較有意思。