BRATISLAVA Darius Slay Jr Jersey , March 20 (Xinhua) -- Friday's solar eclipse also meant a significant reduction of the volume of energy transferred onto the Earth's surface, reported by local news agency on late Friday.
As revealed by spokesperson of the Slovak Hydrometeorologic Institute (SHMU) Ivan Garcar, the institute measured the difference in the levels of direct solar radiation between Wednesday and Friday at approximately 63 percent in Slovakia.
"While the level of direct solar radiation reached around 920 watts per square meter at the same time on Wednesday, it was only 340 watts per square meter today," confirmed Anna Pribulova of SHMU's Aerology and Radiation Center.
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BEIJING, May 3 (Xinhua) -- It is ignorant and presumptuous that Tomas Cloma and his country, the Philippines, daydreamed about snatching Chinese islands in the South China Sea.
In May 1956, Cloma (1904-1996), a Filipino lawyer and businessman, under the guise of expedition, arrived with others on the main isles and reefs of the Nansha Islands, such as Taiping Dao, Nanwei Dao and Zhongye Dao, raised Philippine flags and designated himself as president.
Cloma even sent the Philippine government two letters, in which he officially claimed the ownership of the islands and named them ""Kalayaan.""
Cloma's declaration met with immediate strong protest from the People's Republic of China.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the Nansha Islands ""have been inherent Chinese territory since ancient times ... China never allows any country to use any excuse to encroach on the Nansha Islands by any means.""
The Foreign Ministry statement was followed by a series of articles on Chinese media and by experts meant to safeguard China's sovereignty over the South China Sea islands.
A commentary from People's Daily criticized Cloma's so-called discovery of the Nansha Islands, saying that the islands have been Chinese territory even before the Philippine Islands were discovered.
Indeed, Chinese people discovered the South China Sea islands as early as the Han Dynasty (206-220 BC). At the time, people called the South China Sea ""Zhang Hai"" and named the isles and reefs ""Qitou.""