1 week agoDeath toll rises to 12 in Zhengzhou Metro train flood, 5 injured, 500+ rescued. Chinese ministry of transport issued emergency notice, call for effective flood management plan by the urban rail transit departments across the country
Pakistan again blocks TikTok App due to "continuous presence of inappropriate content"
1 week agoHeavy downpour in Central China Henan province. One man ran into the water and helped a trapped family out of the pit
1 week agoChina's Zhengzhou Int'l Airport will not receive any incoming flights before noon and 1,100 passengers will be forced to remain at the aviation base amid disastrous rainfall in the capital city of Henan province. The airport canceled almost half of its 622 flights yesterday
A new Zhengzhou subway line under construction was hit by flood waters on Tue
The Chinese army warned that a stricken dam in the centre of the country "could collapse at any time" after being severely damaged in torrential storms that killed at least three people and brought the region to a standstill
1 week agoThe central Chinese city of Zhengzhou has been lashed by record rainstorms, causing severe waterlogging, traffic disruptions, power outages and civilian casualties. First-responders have started the emergency rescue work
1 week agoThe meteorological station in C China's Henan Province on Tuesday issued a red alert, the most severe warning for heavy rain, after cities including the provincial capital Zhengzhou were hit by downpours
1 week agoThe State Council of China announced that Zhengzhou, Henan has entered a state of readiness for a major disaster. Almost the entire city of Zhengzhou was flooded, many residents were washed away by the water, and floating corpses appeared everywhere
China rejects cyber hacking charge, accuses US of 'massive' eavesdropping Chinese embassy to the EU says 'certain country in the West' has abused its technological advantages for years, without naming US
![[Explosion at Dengfeng Chemical Plant, Henan] At about 6 am on July 20, an aluminum alloy company in Quhe Village, Daocheng Town, Dengfeng City, Henan Province had a explosion, which was quite powerful. Dengfeng City officially released news that rescuers had evacuated the people around the factory for the first time. Currently, there are no casualties or loss of contact](https://china.liveuamap.com/pics/2021/07/20/22262843_0.jpg)
1 week ago[Explosion at Dengfeng Chemical Plant, Henan] At about 6 am on July 20, an aluminum alloy company in Quhe Village, Daocheng Town, Dengfeng City, Henan Province had a explosion, which was quite powerful. Dengfeng City officially released news that rescuers had evacuated the people around the factory for the first time. Currently, there are no casualties or loss of contact
The U.S. government has high confidence that hackers tied to the Ministry of State Security, or MSS, carried out the unusually indiscriminate hack of Microsoft Exchange Server software that emerged in March, senior officials said
Working in partnership with other countries "a stronger way" to respond to cyber-activities by China and others, says @PressSec
US reserves right to take additional action against China for cyber attacks, says @PressSec
"We are not differentiating" between cyber attacks of China and Russia, says @PressSec when asked about earlier @POTUS comment
Bloomberg: U.S. is accusing the Chinese government of not only leading malicious cyber operations, but also of hiring mercenaries. the claim accuses China of not only sponsoring espionage, but also supporting and possibly endorsing the work of cyber criminals executing attacks
1 week agoA Philippine coast guard patrol vessel challenged a Chinese navy warship at Marie Louise Bank (in the West Philippine Sea) last week and followed it until it left Philippine waters
The U.S. is considering tighter sanctions on Iranian oil sales to China as a way to encourage Tehran to conclude a nuclear deal and raise the costs of abandoning stalled negotiations
The UK also names the Chinese Ministry of State Security as being behind activity known by cyber security experts as "APT40" and "APT31". "Widespread, credible evidence demonstrates that sustained, irresponsible cyber activity emanating from China continues" @FCDOGovUK says
1 week agoUS and countries around the world are China "accountable for its pattern of irresponsible, disruptive, and destabilizing behavior in cyberspace, which poses a major threat to our economic and national security," says @SecBlinken
Chinese state-backed groups were responsible for a "reckless" attack on Microsoft Exchange servers earlier this year, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said
A Hong Kong study found that people inoculated with the mRNA Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine had 10 times the amount of antibodies compared to those who received the Sinovac vaccine
1 week agoAIS signal confirms China's Haijing 5202 is sailing near Noble Clyde Boudreaux drilling rig in Indonesia's Tuna block in the South China Sea. It's followed by Indonesian Navy corvette KRI John Lie (358)
Speaker of Ukrainian delegation at Minsk contact group Arestovich says Ukraine could turn to the "East"(China,UAE,Qatar), in case of U.S. and Europe surrenders Ukrainian interests to Russia
"The situation in Hong Kong is continuing to deteriorate," says @PressSec on US alert issued today. "The risks faced in Mainland China are now increasingly present in Hong Kong
The death toll from the flood disaster triggered by heavy rainfall in western and southern Germany has risen to more than 100 as of Friday noon local time, according to police and local authorities
China: Some data on coronavirus cases cannot be shared because of personal information
2 week agoHouse of Commons votes for a *diplomatic* boycott of @beijing2022 - motion passes unanimously
40 people killed with 70 others missing in Germany after severe flooding swept across western and southern parts of the country, causing buildings to collapse, police said Thursday
2 week agoTaiwan Ministry of National Defense: One PLA Y-8 ASW entered Taiwan's southwest ADIZ in the afternoon of July. 15, 2021
