1 year agoChinaWeapons The original plan for Chinese Aircraft Carriers program : Total Six carriers- CV-16 CV-17, based on CV-16, modified CV-18, flat top, conventional powered, IEPS CV-19, modified, convectional powered CV-20, nuclear powered,10000+ T displacement CV-21
1 year agoAbdurehim Heyt's video message published today on CRI Turk's website: "I'm Abdurehim Heyt. Today is 10 Feb 2019. I'm here under investigation as a suspect. There was no coercion whatsoever. My health is good."
Legislators call for better security around the MTR network, suggesting patrols on footbridges and CCTV cameras, after suspected vandalism damaged a power cable in Tai Po on Sunday
1 year agoChina refused to receive NZ289 from New Zealand. @FlyAirNZ: "The aircraft operating flight did not have regulatory approval to land in China and was required to return to Auckland."
Turkey confirms the death of the renowned musician, Abdhurehim Heyit, in a Chinese detention centre in Xinjiang. This was the man they called the "King of the Dutar", a renowned musician and performer.
Turkish Foreign Ministry also says saddening death of Uyghur singer Abdurehim Heyt at a Chinese prison while serving an 8-year-sentence due to a composition emboldened the outcry within Turkish public opinion
Turkey condemns China's treatment to Uyghur Turks as systematic assimilation policy, calls China to close concentration camps and respect human rights
1 year agoChinese embassy dimisses as "ridiculous" Lithuanian intelligence report that accuses China of "increasingly aggressive" espionage
China in Africa: "They're in the process of building over 3,800 miles worth of railroads. Railroads tie primarily to areas of mineral extraction, which they can then take these goods to a port somewhere" per @USAfricaCommand's Gen Waldhauser "They're heavily invested. Heavily involved"
China in Africa, "They participate in @UN peacekeeping operations, places like Mail, places like Sudan" in addition to lone military base, for now, in Djibouti per Waldhauser, but much more than miitary
A meeting between @POTUS and China President Xi unlikely prior to March 1 tariff deadline, according to a senior US official.
Speaking to Russian/Chinese influence popping up in Africa, Algeria remains a big partner of Russia's "and the AFRICOM relationship with them is in the 'crawl, walk, run" stage,'" but we do "what we can to foster" our own relationship, @USAfricaCommand's Gen. Thomas Waldhauser
1 year ago"We have some interesting engagements with safety flight, weapons training on the ranges and so forth" @USAfricaCommand's Gen Waldhauser says of China's base in Djibouti "We have a requirement to work with them, to work through some of those issues"
United States President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are considering a meeting on Feb 27 and 28 in Da Nang in Vietnam, the South China Morning Post reported.
Guaidó: The best thing for Russia and China is that there is a change of government
Commander of IRGC's Naval Force orders confiscation of Chinese fishing vessels that catch fish in Iranian waters in the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman.
Washington and Beijing "work hard" to reach an agreement in time - Mnuchin/U.S. Treasury department
1 year agoAt least 30 people were injured in a crash involving a coach and a light rail train in Hong Kong on Monday.
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana says the Philippines should file a protest against China. 'We don't want them keeping on building things there.. It will become theirs.'
1 year agoJ-20 pilot Bailong's Spring Festival greeting with a lot of new A2A shots.
1 year agoNorth Korean TV reveals Kim Jong-un personally rehearsed the orchestra and chorus before it travelled to China to perform for Xi Jinping.
China appeals to Washington and Moscow to preserve a nuclear arms treaty following a U.S. decision to withdraw from the pact.
Sri Lanka is negotiating a $1 billion loan from China to construct a highway linking the capital Colombo to the hilly resort city of Kandy,
Ex-Blackwater chief Erik Prince has signed a preliminary deal to build a training centre in Xinjiang.
1 year agoChinese jets at Chengdu
China acknowledges having contacts with the opposition: "We are prepared to work with all parties"
President @realDonaldTrump is meeting with Liu He, Vice Premier of China.
In Oval Office, @POTUS reads letter from China President Xi which says he hopes both sides will meet each other half way.
Prosecutors charge 20 people in scheme to bring Chinese women to U.S. to give birth to American babies
PetroChina to remove Venezuelan @PDVSA from refinery project in China: sources
