Events

Cyber threat from China "the thing I probably worry the most about" per @CISAJen

32 PLA aircraft and 5 PLAN vessels around Taiwan were detected by 6 a.m.(UTC 8) today. R.O.C. Armed Forces have monitored the situation and tasked CAP aircraft, Navy vessels, and land-based missile systems to respond these activities

Chinese Foreign Ministry: The British Parliament's statements regarding Taiwan's independence are contrary to the facts

Bloomberg: Putin will visit China in October to attend the "Belt and Road" forum

Taiwan Ministry of Defense:Since 0900 (UTC 8) today, ROCArmedForces has detected 24 PLA aircraft (including J-10, J-16, KJ-500, Y-9, UAV etc.), 12 of which crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait or entered the southwest ADIZ. The aircraft also conducted joint combat patrol with 5 PLAN vessels

Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 76 km NE of Dunbage, China

Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - western Xizang

US State Department approves possible sale of F-16 equipment to Taiwan

South African Foreign Minister: BRICS countries agreed to expand the membership of the group

BRICS Summit in South Africa

Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 - 209 km NNE of Shi Yomi, India

State Department says it’s imposing visa restrictions on officials of #China “for their involvement in the forcible assimilation of more than one million Tibetan children in government-run boarding schools.”

South African President: We share similar views with China on the expansion of BRICS

The US Secretary of Commerce is visiting China on August 27 to meet with senior government officials

Chinese Foreign Ministry: Tokyo discharges "nuclear-contaminated water arbitrarily" into the sea

Taiwan Ministry of National Defense held a press conference in the morning. Spokesperson Major General Sun Lifang pointed out in an interview that the national military has carefully and carefully grasped the dynamics of all sea and airspace around the Taiwan Strait through joint intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance methods. This is what the Ministry of National Defense has been doing very seriously. .nnSun Lifang said that so far, he has not heard any relevant information confirming the loss of a Chinese nuclear submarine. Such information is circulated from social media, and there is no other official statement to further confirm it. "I have no other comment on it" of the message circulating on social media

China on Monday launched a Long March-4C carrier rocket from NW China's Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center and successfully sent Earth observation satellite Gaofen-12 04 into orbit. The launch marks the 484th flight mission of the Long March series carrier rockets

Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 - southern Xinjiang, China

Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 201 km NNE of Shi Yomi, India

Earthquake of magnitude 5.0 - eastern Xizang

Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 12 km WSW of Neijiang, China

Chinese military official: conducting naval and air exercises around Taiwan

POLITICO: The Biden administration signs a strategic partnership deal with Vietnam, the latest attempt to confront China in the region

China's central bank sets the midpoint for the yuan at its lowest level against the dollar in six weeks

After his visit to Moscow the Chinese Defense Minister begins his official visit to Belarus

Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 57 km WNW of Longquan, China

US President: China is a "time bomb" because of the economic challenges it faces

Chinese Ministry of Commerce: US restrictions on investment in China harm the international trade system

Biden signs an executive order banning US companies from investing in China's artificial intelligence sector

US officials: The Treasury Department will investigate any violations regarding US investments in technologies in China