4 month agoChief Exec. Carrie Lam has encouraged Hongkongers to use the gov't Covid19 tracking app on her Facebook page as some social distancing measures are eased. She also said she will take China's Sinovac inoculation, as it will be the first vaccine to arrive in HongKong on Fri
4 month agoMinistry of National Defense, R.O.C. : One PLA Y-8 RECCE entered Taiwan's southwest ADIZ in the afternoon of Feb. 18, 2021.
The HKSAR government on Thursday approved the emergency use of the COVID19 vaccine produced by Chinese company Sinovac Biotech, making it the second allowed to be administered in Hong Kong following the mRNA vaccine developed by Fosun Pharma and BioNTech
US threat team focused on propaganda/disinformation from Russia, China Iran & counterterrorism, @StateDept Global Engagement Center (GEC) Principal Deputy Coordinator Daniel Kimmage tells @WashInstitute
Estonia warns of "silenced world dominated by Beijing."
4 month agoTwo Y-8 RECCE planes of the PLA of China entered southwestern Taiwan's ADIZ on the morning of February 17, 2021. ROCAF deployed patrol planes
4 month agoUSA: The warship USS Russell (DDG 59) conducted a Freedom of Navigation Operation (FONOP) near the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea on February 17, 2021
National security: Hong Kong paralegal charged with conspiring with Jimmy Lai to collude with foreign forces
4 month agoLt General YK Joshi, Northern Army Commander visited the forward areas of Eastern Ladakh to review the disengagement process: Indian Army
China's ambassador to Myanmar said the current political situation was "absolutely not what China wants to see" and dismissed social media rumours of Chinese involvement in the Feb. 1 military coup as "completely nonsense"
4 month agoHappened at Myanmar-China Border, Muse, Shan State The people protest against military dictatorship and call out China to support the coup
4 month agoChina: A fire at the Fukang bakery in the Yujin community of Yanjin city killed 7 family members in east China's Shandong province early Tuesday morning. An investigation is launched to find the causes of the fire
Hong Kong police buy firearms from Czech supplier after US order blocked by sanctions – report
One Chinese military aircraft entered Taiwan's Southwestern ADIZ today, prompting the Taiwanese airforce to once again deploy aircraft to monitor the situation and fired defense missiles to surveil the Chinese aircraft's movement
A PLA Navy destroyer flotilla joined the AMAN-21 exercise in Pakistan, in which navies from China, Russia and the US meet to enhance professional communication & interactions. The exercise showcases united resolve against terrorism & maritime crimes
Reuters: Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK), the publicly funded broadcaster in the former British territory, said separately on Friday it was suspending the relay of BBC news programming starting later on Friday, following the decision from Beijing to do so for the mainland
"We're committed to deepening ties" with Taiwan, says @StateDeptSpox, a day after @POTUS spoke with China President Xi Jinping
Hope and expect China would play a constructive role in helping to restore democracy in Burma, says @StateDeptSpox
BBC World News has been barred from airing in China, the Chinese state media CGTN said early on Friday, citing the National Radio and Television Administration
"If we don't get moving, they're going to eat our lunch," says @POTUS of China. "We just have to step up
4 month agoUSS Theodore Roosevelt and Nimitz in the South China Sea
4 month agoPeople's Liberation Army Air Force KJ-500 AEW&C (7A429E) active over the strait of Taiwan
4 month agoHong Kong activist accused of subversion may face rioting charge over 2019 storming of legislature
Around 90 people were hospitalized with COVID19-like symptoms as early as October 2019 in central China, two months prior to the large-scale spread of the virus, said @WHO investigators
Biden confronts China's Xi in first call, raising issues of China's "coercive and unfair economic practices, crackdown in Hong Kong, human rights abuses in Xinjiang and increasingly assertive actions in the region, including toward Taiwan"
President Biden has spoken with Chinese President Xi for the first time since taking office, raising "fundamental concerns" about Beijing's economic practices, crackdown in Hong Kong, and human rights abuses, the White House says
4 month agoDetails on the @DeptofDefense China Task Force
"China justified the entry of its coast guard ships into Japan's territorial waters near Tokyo-controlled, Beijing-claimed Senkaku Islands, saying they are China's inherent territory"
On Monday, China blocked the invitation-only audio social media app @joinClubhouse
