Chinese warning at Julian Felipe Reef: "You are approaching a Chinese reef. To avoid any move that may cause misunderstanding, please leave immediately." "This is gov't Philippine aircraft C295. We are conducting routine maritime patrol over Philippine EEZ. We are proceeding based on our planned route"
4 month agoThis is what the Armed Forces of the Philippines sees and hears each tine they conduct maritime patrols over the West Philippine Sea. Philippines aircraft was challenged at least five times yesterday
"In my discussions with the team, they expressed the difficulties they encountered in accessing raw data," Tedros said. "I expect future collaborative studies to include more timely and comprehensive data sharing
Data was withheld from World Health Organization investigators who travelled to China to research the origins of the coronavirus epidemic, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday
"I've seen a lot of names reported out there" but no timeline on naming a nominee for US ambassador to China, says @PressSec
White House spokeswoman: China was not transparent and did not cooperate on the Coronavirus issue
"They have not been transparent," says @PressSec of China
4 month agoUS , UK and 12 Other Govs issue Statement of "Shared Concerns" on WHO - China study that stresses animal transmission of Covid. "We support a transparent & independent analysis & evaluation, free from interference & undue influence," of origins of Covid-19
WHO mission in Wuhan regarding the origin of the Coronavirus: We felt political pressure, including from outside China
Chinese corp involved in a sensitive security project near a secluded Israeli Air Force base in the desert. Israel's defense ministry says they knew nothing about it. Netanyahu's office and NSC also claim to know nothing
WHO chief criticises lack of data access from China for Covid origins investigators
Carrie Lam: HongKong Legislative Council elections expected in December
4 month agoHong Kong national security police will screen election candidates
4 month agoMuse, Shan State: Ko Nyo Min Thu, 35-years-old, a peaceful protester was shot in the head by Myanmar security forces. He died
On the deal Iran and China signed this weekend, @PressSec says, "We of course will take a look and ensure that any sanctions that need to be implemented would be as it relates to this package, but we haven't looked at the specific agreement yet at this point in time
Earthquake of magnitude 5.6 - western Xizang
Dozens of Kazakhs have been staging protests outside the Chinese consulate in Almaty since February 8, demanding Beijing's answer about their missing family members in Xinjiang.
4 month ago10 KJ-500 AEW and C, Y-8 ASW, J-16 * 4 and J-10 * 4 planes from the PLA of China entered southwestern Taiwan's ADIZ on March 29. ROCAF deployed patrol aircraft & air defense missile systems to observe activities
Hong Kong court denies bail to ex-lawmaker charged under national security law
4 month agoFlight of Chinese aircraft in the East China Sea and the Pacific Ocean
4 month agoMilitary's sponsored Militants dispersed strike in Muse and abducted at least 20 Protesters today . Militants are also searching every houses and destroying CCTV to cover their Brutalities too.
"We now largely use land-based missile forces to track them. We are considering the war of attrition issue," Deputy Defence Minister Chang Che-ping said in parliament
Reuters: Taiwan's defence minister said in October that Taiwan had spent almost $900 million so far in 2020 on scrambling its air force against Chinese incursions, describing the pressure they are facing as "great"
Reuters: Taiwan's air force is no longer scrambling each time Chinese aircraft encroach on its air defence identification zone but tracks the intruders with ground based missiles instead to help save resources, a senior official said on Monday
Ley takeaways via the AP: The closest relative of the virus that causes COVID19 has been found in bats,.(but) the report says "the evolutionary distance between these bat viruses and SARS-CoV-2 is estimated to be several decades, suggesting a missing link
A joint @WHO-China study on the origins of COVID19 says that transmission from bats to humans through another animal is the most likely scenario and that a lab leak of the coronavirus is "extremely unlikely," according to a draft copy obtained by @AP
4 month ago[email protected] on the Myanmar military airstrikes in N. Karen State: "We haven't had airstrikes there for over 20 years. Second, these were at night, so the capability of the Burma military has increased with the help of Russia and China and other nations, and that is deadly
The United Arab Emirates will start producing China's Sinopharm vaccine next month in a deal that deepens Beijing's influence in the Arab Gulf, long a bastion of U.S. power
4 month agoChina: The MinDéf broadcast 1 video of the flight of the PLA air force in the ADIZ of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Taiwan's MinDéf reported 1 violation of its air defense zone by 20 PLA planes, including 4 Xian H-6K bombers
Beijing enveloped in hazardous sandstorm, second time in two weeks
