8 month agoHong Kong nears 1,900 COVID19 cases. Record high daily increases of 100+ over the weekend. Most cases local transmission & about half untraceable sources. HK says 10K daily tests are being conducted & plans underway for more COVID19 wards as city nears 75% capacity
Mini-Malabar: The @USNavy's USS Nimitz carrier battle group will conduct a passage exercise (PASSEX) with @IndianNavy frontline ships today & tomorrow near the Andaman & Nicobar islands. Needless to say, especially significant with churn in Ladakh, South China Sea, etc
Earthquake of magnitude 4.9 - 242 km WSW of Qamdo, China
[email protected] understands that UK Foreign Secretary @DominicRaab will suspend or revoke its extradition treaty with Hong Kong tomorrow, but will stop short of sanctioning Chinese officials when he addresses the House of Commons
Earthquake of magnitude 5.0 - 240 km WSW of Qamdo, China
Hong Kong sees more than 100 new cases of coronavirus infection today, several local media cite sources. If so, it will the biggest single-day jump in the city, making a new stage as the third outbreak wave. The govt is expected to tighten social distancing measures
9 month agoTwo more B-1s have arrived at Andersen AFB for a Bomber Task Force deployment in support of a #FreeAndOpenIndoPacific
9 month agoU.S. B-1 bombers returned to Guam Friday as USS Ronald Reagan and USS Nimitz carrier strike groups resumed operations together in South China Sea
9 month agoNimitz Carrier Strike Group south west of Singapore now. Heading up Straits of Malacca
9 month agoUS government designates 5 PRC nationals as narcotics kingpins
9 month agoRonald Reagan and Nimitz carrier strike groups resume operations in South China Sea
Urumqi, the capital of China's far western region of Xinjiang, reported five new coronavirus cases by noon on Friday, after the report of an earlier case, its first in months, led to hundreds of flights being cancelled
9 month agoAt Lukung on the western tip of Pangong Tso, Defence Minister @RajnathSingh meets with troops
Following only one official new coronavirus case, more than 600 flights into and out of the Xinjiang capital Urumqi have been cancelled and the subway shut down. Just 1 covid19 case.
9 month agoIndia's Defence Minister @rajnathsingh in Ladakh of Northern India early this morning, exactly a month after June 15 Galwan Valley violent faceoff with China. Armed Forces carried out Para-dropping exercise in Stakna in front of the Defence Minister. Senior commanders brief him
9 month agoDefence Minister @RajnathSingh arrives in Leh
"We keep every option on the table with regards to China," says @PressSec
9 month agoAt least four Chinese fighter jets spotted on Woody Island (Paracel Islands) in the South China Sea on 15 July
A family member of a pro-establishment lawmaker's staffer is listed as close contact of confirmed covid19 case. Legco secretariat said it will step up cleaning at respective floor
9 month agoIndian Army on Ladakh stand-off with China: 'The two sides remain committed to the objective of complete disengagement. This process is intricate and requires constant verification. They are taking it forward through regular meetings at diplomatic and military level.'
Pompeo: China's behavior threatens US national security
Pompeo: The Communist Party of China has repeatedly made threats against US contractors working with Taiwan
China engaged in "expansionist, imperialist, authoritarian behavior," says @SecPompeo
Visa restrictions to be imposed on companies such as @Huawei that facilitate human rights violations, announces @SecPompeo
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at a press conference: China's violations must stop
North Korea slams "reckless" U.S. remarks on Chinese maritime claims
China's foreign ministry, on possible U.S. sanctions on China officials regarding S. China sea, says we are not afraid of sanctions
KCNA: "It is an extremely sinister act that a non-Asian country across the ocean, not being content with its reckless remarks over the issue of the South China Sea, has hurled abuses at the CPC, linking the issue with the latter."
Trump says he signed executive order ending preferential treatment for Hong Kong
Trump signs a law imposing bank sanctions on the background of Hong Kong's National Security Law
