2 year agoChina: The Yuanwang-5 space tracking vessel left its home port on Tuesday for maritime surveillance missions. The vessel has so far traveled over 570,000 nautical miles and completed more than 80 maritime surveillance missions
Taiwan President @iingwen expressed her condolences after civilian aircraft carrying 132 people crashed in the mountains of southern China Monday afternoon
2 year agoChina's civil aviation regulator immediately activated its emergency response mechanism upon receiving reports of the fatal Boeing737 accident on Monday and called for an investigation on potential safety hazards after the crash
Bloomberg: China's envoy to the U.S., Qin Gang, on Sunday said China "will do everything" to de-escalate the war and said Beijing hadn't sent any "weapons and ammunition" to any side
Over 260 militiamen stationed in Wuzhou arrived at the plane crash site to put out the fire and search for survivors. Rescue efforts are being implemented in an orderly manner
Air crash update:The rescue team including 138 fire and rescue personnel are on their way to the crash site of #ChinaEasternAirlines #MU5735 (#Boeing737) and ETA at around 21:30 BJT
Chinese Foreign Ministry: We are deeply concerned about the harm caused to civilians in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine
2 year agoChinese gov't media reports a China Eastern Boeing 737 passenger plane carrying 133 people has crashed in southern Guangxi province. Casualties not clear yet
2 year agoMultiple unconfirmed reports about a possible accident involving China Eastern Airlines flight MU5735 a Boeing 737-89P (B-1791) en route from Kunming to Guanghzou, China
Chinese Foreign Ministry: Our government has provided financial support to Ukrainian refugees and displaced persons
Hong Kong to scrap Covid flight bans from April 1; in-person classes to resume April 19 earliest
Chinese president signs order to buy more weapons and military equipment
Four Chinese military aircraft, two fighter jets and two bombers, flew into the southwestern part of Taiwan's air defense identification zone ADIZ Saturday, the six consecutive day such incursion happened
Taiwan Ministry of Defense:4 PLA aircraft (J-11, H-6*2 and J-16) entered #Taiwan's southwest ADIZ on March 19, 2022
Biden's call with Xi has not eased US concerns China may be willing to provide military or financial support to Russia. "We have that concern," said Jen Psaki. "The President detailed what the implications & consequences would be if China provides material support
2 year agoPresident Xi Jinping had a video call with US President Joe Biden on March 18, and they had a candid and in-depth exchange of views on ChinaUS relations, the situation in Ukraine, and other issues of mutual interest
2 year agoWhite House says President Biden in call with President Xi Jinping "described the implications and consequences if China provides material support to Russia as it conducts brutal attacks against Ukrainian cities and civilians"
Xi Jinping told Biden that the Taiwan issue needs proper handling so as not to affect Beijing's relations with Washington
Biden-Xi call has ended after 110 minutes
The Chinese president stresses during a phone call with Biden that conflicts and confrontations are not in anyone's interest
White House confirms that President Biden's secure video call with President Xi Jinping of the People's Republic of China convened at 9:03 AM EDT
Taiwan Ministry of Defense:3 PLA aircraft (J-11*2 and Z-9 ASW) entered #Taiwan's southwest ADIZ on March 18, 2022
China sailed its aircraft carrier Shandong through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Friday, shadowed by a U.S. destroyer, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters, just hours before the Chinese and U.S. presidents were due to talk
A Chinese foreign ministry official met with Russia's ambassador to China on March 17 to exchange views on bilateral relations, the Chinese foreign ministry said in a statement on Friday
An ambassador tells AFP that Moscow canceled the vote on its "humanitarian" resolution after it failed to secure co-sponsorship of the draft text from China and India
White House cites 'high concern' that China may provide Russia with weapons
2 year agoAustralian, Japanese and US ships joined up for maneuvers in the South China Sea 15 March. Australian frigate ARUNTA 151, Japanese destroyer YUDACHI D103 & USS MOMSEN DDG92 with a USN P-8A of VP26 were shadowed by a Chinese Type 054A frigate
Taiwan Ministry of Defense:1 PLA J-16 entered #Taiwan's southwest ADIZ on March 17, 2022, the flight path as illustrated. #ROCAF tasked CAP aircraft and deployed air defense missile system to monitor the activity. No matter what happened, we keep #guarding our country day and night
Earthquake of magnitude 5.1 - 98 km S of Laojunmiao, China
Five people charged with acting as Chinese government agents to spy on, harass U.S. residents critical of Beijing
