Xue Pan [SEP] present in work
Xue Pan
Xue Pan () is a secondary character in the classic Chinese novel "Dream of the Red Chamber". He is a ne'er-do-well lout who is guilty of the killing of a man over a beautiful slave girl, Zhen Yinglian, who is renamed as Xiangling (Lotus). He has the manslaughter case done over with money, then escapes to the capital from Jinling.
He is the elder brother of Xue Baochai and the son of Aunt Xue. Pan was also a local bully
been used in connection with China's efforts to maintain a scientific presence in the Antarctic.
Although used primarily to support China's annual expeditions to Antarctica, "Xue Long" has made four voyages to the Arctic, via the Bering Strait in 1999, 2003, 2008 and summer 2010. During her 82-day voyage in JUL-SEP 2010, the ice-strengthened research ship was able to reach a new 'highest North' record (for China), reaching 88.22 degrees North latitude, at 177.20 degrees West longitude.