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Eleven people were confirmed dead as of Saturday morning following the partial collapse of a highway bridge in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, local authorities said.

Commission Chair Jane Harman: bipartisan commission unanimous “threats [facing U.S.] greater than WW II.” Need “fundamental change to way Pentagon does business, lack of urgency.” “Clearly a broken budgeting process,” “how to pay for fixes.” Gen Jack Keane: 2018 NDS Commission showed us how U.S. military has atrophied. “5 years later have failed to keep up with threats.” “Potential for near term war is real.” “China is outpacing US military has negated US military advantage after 2 decades of investment.” “When we get within 1000 miles of Chinese mainland the military advantage moved to China, would be challenged to win. We could lose,” Gen Jack Keane tells @AspenSecurity

US seeing increase in "intent to use" by Russia China of space and counterspace weapons, @DefenseIntel Dir LtGen Jeff Kruse tells @AspenSecurity

“We request your administration provide us with a full list of military, diplomatic, and economic options developed by the Departments of State and Defense to support the Philippines,” read a letter, seen by Reuters,from Senators Roger Wicker and Jim Risch

China: fire in a shopping center in Sichuan, people trapped

China suspended negotiations with the US on arms control and nuclear non-proliferation

Auf dem Truppenübungsplatz Brest hat die aktive Phase gemeinsamer Übungen zwischen belarussischen und chinesischen Streitkräften begonnen

US Navy: The US and Philippine Coast Guards conducted a bilateral search and rescue exercise in the South China Sea on July 16.

Bloomberg: Would you defend Taiwan against China? Trump: No

Der Chef des ungarischen Außenministeriums sagte, er rechne mit einem Treffen mit Lawrow am Rande des UN-Sicherheitsrates; am Morgen habe er mit dem Chef des chinesischen Außenministeriums telefoniert.

Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Andrei Bulyga, held talks with his Chinese counterpart, Major General Zhang Fan - Ministry of Defense

China, Russia start joint naval drills, days after NATO allies called Beijing a Ukraine war enabler

China renews the call for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip

China-Taiwan: "An invasion or a PRC act of aggression is neither imminent nor inevitable" per Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs @ASD_IndoPacific Ely Ratner at @CSIS "But we've got a lot of work to do to keep it that way" he adds "We are working with allies like never before ."

Bundesregierung verbietet Huawei- und ZTE-Technik aus China in 5G-MobilfunknetzenMehr dazu hier:

Das Weiße Haus: China unterstützt Russlands Krieg in der Ukraine

Chinesischer Präsident: Ein früher Waffenstillstand und eine politische Lösung in der Ukraine würden den Interessen aller Parteien dienen

Ungarischer Ministerpräsident aus Peking: China ist eine wichtige Kraft bei der Schaffung von Bedingungen für Frieden im russisch-ukrainischen Krieg

Philippine Army Commander: The United States offered us support in the South China Sea operations

Die internationale Gemeinschaft sollte Maßnahmen ergreifen, um der Gefahr israelischer Angriffe auf Palästina oder einer Ausweitung des Krieges zwischen Russland und der Ukraine vorzubeugen, fordert der türkische Präsident seinen chinesischen Amtskollegen auf

Erdogan meets Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Kazakhstan for the first time since 2022

Xi Jinping at the SCO summit called on the association countries to increase the exchange of intelligence data

The European Union has carried out its threat to impose provisional tariffs on imports of electric cars from China of up to 37.6%, according to the bloc's Official Journal

Chinese President: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization stands on the right side of history, fairness and justice

Putin begins negotiations with Xi Jinping.

China announces unusual military exercises in the South China Sea near Hainan Island

China expands electronic eavesdropping stations in Cuba, according to satellite Images shared with WSJ

The Agreement on free trade between Serbia and China enters into force

Taiwan Ministry of Defense:6 PLA aircraft and 7 PLAN vessels operating around Taiwan were detected up until 6 a.m. (UTC 8) today. 2 helicopters entered Taiwan's southwestern and southeastern ADIZ. ROCArmedForces have monitored the situation and responded accordingly

June 30: commercial aerospace company Space Pioneer (天兵科技) tested the first stage of its Tianlong-3 (天龙三号) launch vehicle at its integrated test center at Gongyi (巩义), Henan, but the testing ended in failure when, about 50 seconds after liftoff, the rocket stage crashed into the mountains, 1.5km from the test center, and exploded