5 month agoPeople have gathered at Taipei's Liberty Square to light lanterns and pray for political dissidents and activists currently detained in the People's Republic of China, including 10 Hongkongers who tried to flee by speedboat last August
5 month agoUSS Nimitz receives call from President Biden during Super Bowl while in South China Sea
Latest Covid-19 lockdowns yield 4 new cases, as Hong Kong exempts China's Sinovac vaccine from medical journal requirement
Reuters: Cheng, a high-profile anchor on English-language state media channel CGTN, was arrested on Feb. 5, Payne said. Initially detained in mid-August last year, Cheng had regularly attended business functions and embassy events for the Australian community in Beijing
5 month agoA policeman in South China's Guangdong Province shot another policeman before attempting suicide on Sun; an investigation is underway and both of them are in hospital
Japan chief cabinet secretary Kato: sternly protested against China over its patrol ships' entry into waters near disputed East China Sea islands
Australia foreign minister says Australian government has been advised that australian citizen Cheng Lei was formally arrested in China on 5 February, after 6 months of detention
Australia foreign minister says Cheng was arrested on suspicion of illegally supplying state secrets overseas
Quad Summit: Quad group prepares 1st leaders' meeting to keep China in check — Under Pres Biden, the US appears eager to build on the Quad, with his NSA Sullivan calling it "a foundation upon which to build substantial American policy in the Indo-Pacific"
5 month agoTwo Y-8 ASW planes from the PLA of China entered southwestern Taiwan's ADIZ on the morning of February 7, 2021. ROCAF deployed patrol planes
27 more confirmed cases in Hong Kong, 6 cases of unknown origin
5 month ago"China holds military exercises in Bohai Strait and northern Yellow Sea between February 7 and 21; entry will be banned," says Liaoning Maritime Security Administration
5 month agoUnknown People's Liberation Army Air Force aircraft orbiting over tha strait of Taiwan
Germany will not ban Huawei from its 5G networks
The first batch of PLA-donated COVID19 vaccine has been delivered to the Pakistan side at the request of the Pakistani military, which is the first foreign military to receive Chinese military vaccine aid, China's defense ministry said Sunday
Estonia & Lithuania send ministers instead of presidents to the 17+1 summit with Chinese Xi
Chinese dredging ships are swarming Taiwan's Matsu Islands, forcing the local coast guard to run round-the-clock patrols. Parked just outside Taiwan's waters, the dredgers did not displayed their names, making it difficult to identify them
A US warship sailed near the Chinese-controlled Paracel Islands in the disputed SouthChinaSea in a freedom of navigation operation, the @USNavy said, the first such mission under President Biden's administration
5 month agoA Chinese PLA RECCE Y-8 aircraft entered southwest Taiwan's ADIZ on the afternoon of February 6, 2021. ROCAF deployed patrol planes
5 month agoUSN Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton Heading towards the South China Sea AE5C76 UAV
Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said transit by USS John S. McCain near disputed islands in South China Sea today "did not require" defense secretary approval
5 month agoOneSpace (零壹空间), which last time out attempted an orbital mission in March 2019, launched its OS-X6 (OS-X6B暨) suborbital solid rocket at 09:05 UTC today. Source: Image: OneSpace
One day after sailing through the Taiwan Strait, the guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain conducted a freedom of navigation operation near the disputed Paracel Islands shadowed by Chinese warships. All interactions safe and professional, officials say
Chinese University of Hong Kong warns of strict penalties against students and student bodies if they 'endanger national security'
Three Chinese spies who falsely posed as journalists have been expelled from Britain in past year. The three intelligence officers for Beijing's Ministry of State Security arrived in UK on journalism visas under fake pretext of working in media
Biden Says US Will Confront "Authoritarianism" From China And Russia
Reuters: "China is ready to conduct bilateral dialogues on issues related to strategic security with other nuclear-weapon states, including the U.S. and Russia.," Li Song, China's ambassador to the U.N.-sponsored Conference on Disarmament, told the gathering
Global inequality in access to COVID19 vaccines is alarming and could potentially backfire to deadly and devastating effect, warns the Geneva-based IFRC
5 month ago"The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) conducted a routine transit through the Taiwan Strait on February 4 (local time) in accordance with international law." (US Navy 7th Fleet)
5 month agoChina: Chinese military conducted high-altitude ballistic missile interception test
