“A U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon transited the Taiwan Strait in international airspace on June 24. The United States will continue to fly, sail and operate anywhere international law allows including within the Taiwan Strait,” the statement read. “By operating within the Taiwan Strait in accordance...
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Secret trial for Chinese rights activist who said Xi Jinping ‘not smart enough’ 💥💥💥
The move comes as the ruling Communist Party doubles down on stifling dissent ahead of a key meeting this fall when Xi is expected to further tighten his grip on power with an almost unprecedented third term. Xu Zhiyong, a veteran civil rights activist and...
China sends dozens of warplanes into skies near Taiwan 💥💥💥
The Defense Ministry said the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force planes were a mix of fighter jets, early warning and control aircraft, electronic warfare aircraft, anti-submarine aircraft, electronic intelligence aircraft, and aerial refueling aircraft. It was the third-highest daily number of Chinese jets entering...
Victims of Tangshan restaurant attack recovering from injuries, Chinese police say 💥💥💥
The assault, which took place in the early hours of June 10, saw several women repeatedly kicked and punched by a group of men. It sent shock waves across China after surveillance footage of the incident was leaked online. A day after the attack, the...
Hundreds of thousands affected by floods, landslides as heaviest rain in 60 years hits southern China 💥💥💥
Flooding caused by the torrential rain has forced 177,600 people to relocate, destroyed 1,729 houses, damaged 27.13 hectares of crop and caused losses of more than $250 million, Guangdong’s Department of Emergency Management said Tuesday. Guangdong is one of at least seven provinces where the...
Fire at Shanghai petrochemical complex kills at least one person 💥💥💥
The fire occurred in the ethylene glycol plant area of Sinopec’s petrochemical complex at approximately 4 a.m. in the city’s Jinshan district, the company said on its official Weibo account. Rescue teams from Jinshan and Fengxian districts, and the city’s chemical industrial park, were dispatched...
China launches third, most advanced aircraft carrier named ‘Fujian’ | CNN 💥💥💥
CNN — China on Friday launched its third and most advanced aircraft carrier from Shanghai’s Jiangnan Shipyard, with a new launch system that experts say is fast catching up with the United States. Named “Fujian,” the ship is China’s first domestically designed and built catapult...
China will support Russia on security, Xi tells Putin in birthday call 💥💥💥
Speaking on his 69th birthday, Xi also pledged to deepen strategic coordination between the two countries, according to China’s Foreign Ministry. A separate readout from the Kremlin said the two leaders stressed their countries’ relations were “were at an all-time high” and reaffirmed their commitment to “consistently...
China’s bank run victims planned to protest. Then their Covid health codes turned red 💥💥💥
But when Liu scanned a local QR code to exit the Zhengzhou train station, his health code came back red — a nightmare for any traveler in China, where freedom of movement is strictly dictated by a color-code system imposed by the government to control...
UN rights chief won’t seek second term after China trip backlash 💥💥💥
Bachelet, 70, was criticized by rights groups as well as some Western governments, including the United States, who said the conditions Chinese authorities imposed on the visit did not enable a complete and independent assessment of the rights environment. “As my term as High Commissioner...