Question: How many Canberra protesters are expected to show support for the disputed region with many ties during the Yuan dynasty to the country in which evaporation was first explained?

the royal australian navy is in the process of procuring two canberra-class lhd's, the first of which was commissioned in november 2015, while the second is expected to enter service in 2016. the ships will be the largest in australian naval history. their primary roles are to embark, transport and deploy an embarked force and to carry out or support humanitarian assistance missions. the lhd is capable of launching multiple helicopters at one time while maintaining an amphibious capability of 1,000 troops and their supporting vehicles (tanks, armoured personnel carriers etc.). the australian defence minister has publicly raised the possibility of procuring f-35b stovl aircraft for the carrier, stating that it "has been on the table since day one and stating the lhd's are "stovl capable". <SEP> Taking note of the high number of Chinese supporters, Ted Quinlan, head of the Canberra torch relay committee, said: "We didn't expect this reaction from the Chinese community. It is obviously a well-coordinated plan to take the day by weight of numbers. Up to 600 pro-Tibet protesters were expected to attend the relay, along with between 2,000 and 10,000 Chinese supporters. But we have assurances that it will be done peacefully.". Also, Australia's ACT Chief Minister, Jon Stanhope confirmed that the Chinese embassy was closely involve to ensure that "pro-China demonstrators vastly outnumbered Tibetan activists." Australian freestyle swimmer and five-time Olympic gold medalist Ian Thorpe ended the Australian leg of the torch relay April 24, 2008, touching the flame to light a cauldron after a run that was only marginally marked by protests. People demonstrated both for China and for Tibet. At least five people were arrested during the torch relay. Police said "the five were arrested for interfering with the event under special powers enacted in the wake of massive protests against Chinese policy toward Tibet." At one point, groups of Chinese students surrounded and intimidated pro-Tibet protesters. One person had to be pulled aboard a police launch when a group of pro-Chinese students looked like they might force him into the lake. <SEP> Other historians also assert that these Ming titles were nominal and did not actually confer the authority that the earlier Yuan titles had. The late Turrell V. Wylie, a former professor of the University of Washington, and Li Tieh-tseng argue that the reliability of the heavily censored History of Ming as a credible source on Sino-Tibetan relations is questionable, in the light of modern scholarship. Van Praag writes that the "numerous economically motivated Tibetan missions to the Ming Court are referred to as 'tributary missions' in the Ming Shih." Van Praag writes that these "tributary missions" were simply prompted by China's need for horses from Tibet, since a viable horse market in Mongol lands was closed as a result of incessant conflict. Morris Rossabi also writes that "Tibet, which had extensive contacts with China during the Yuan, scarcely had diplomatic relations with the Ming." <SEP> Han-era astronomers adopted a geocentric model of the universe, theorizing that it was shaped like a sphere surrounding the earth in the center. They assumed that the Sun, Moon, and planets were spherical and not disc-shaped. They also thought that the illumination of the Moon and planets was caused by sunlight, that lunar eclipses occurred when the Earth obstructed sunlight falling onto the Moon, and that a solar eclipse occurred when the Moon obstructed sunlight from reaching the Earth. Although others disagreed with his model, Wang Chong accurately described the water cycle of the evaporation of water into clouds. <SEP> This book contained many theories involving early sciences of astronomy and meteorology, and Wang Chong was even the first in Chinese history to mention the use of the square-pallet chain pump, which became common in irrigation and public works in China thereafter. Wang Chong (; 27 – c. 100 AD), courtesy name Zhongren (仲任), was a Chinese meteorologist, astronomer, and philosopher active during the Han Dynasty. He developed a rational, secular, naturalistic and mechanistic account of the world and of human beings and gave a materialistic explanation of the origin of the universe. His main work was the "Lunheng" (論衡, "Critical Essays"). Wang also accurately described the process of the water cycle. <SEP> there were many religions practiced during the yuan dynasty, such as buddhism, islam, and christianity. the establishment of the yuan dynasty had dramatically increased the number of muslims in china. however, unlike the western khanates, the yuan dynasty never converted to islam. instead, kublai khan, the founder of the yuan dynasty, favored buddhism, especially the tibetan variants. as a result, tibetan buddhism was established as the de facto state religion. the top-level department and government agency known as the bureau of buddhist and tibetan affairs (xuanzheng yuan) was set up in khanbaliq (modern beijing) to supervise buddhist monks throughout the empire. since kublai khan only esteemed the sakya sect of tibetan buddhism, other religions became less important. he and his successors kept a sakya imperial preceptor (dishi) at court. before the end of the yuan dynasty, 14 leaders of the sakya sect had held the post of imperial preceptor, thereby enjoying special power. furthermore, mongol patronage of buddhism resulted in a number of monuments of buddhist art. mongolian buddhist translations, almost all from tibetan originals, began on a large scale after 1300. many mongols of the upper class such as the jalayir and the oronar nobles as well as the emperors also patronized confucian scholars and institutions. a considerable number of confucian and chinese historical works were translated into the mongolian language.