Sandstorms whipped up from the Gobi desert have spread from northern China to Thailand and South Korea and as far east as Japan, causing a reduction in visibility and an increase in respiratory illness. There have been four sandstorms in the space of a month in China this year The Guardian
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‘War may be triggered at any time’: China fires off ominous warning as it sends record warplanes towards Taiwan
Meanwhile, Taiwan’s defence minister Chiu Kuo-cheng has expressed concern, saying that Beijing might mount a ‘full-scale’ invasion by 2025 Two Chinese SU-30 fighter jets take off from an unspecified location to fly a patrol over the South China Sea. China has sent in a record number of military flights near Taiwan since last Friday. AP “War may be triggered at any time”. That’s the ominous warning from China after it sent a record number of aircraft across the Taiwan Straits over the past few days. In its editorial ‘Time to warn Taiwan secessionists…
‘War may be triggered at any time’: China warns as it sends record number of warplanes towards Taiwan
Meanwhile, Taiwan’s defence minister Chiu Kuo-cheng has expressed concern, saying that Beijing might mount a ‘full-scale’ invasion by 2025 Two Chinese SU-30 fighter jets take off from an unspecified location to fly a patrol over the South China Sea. China has sent in a record number of military flights near Taiwan since last Friday. AP “War may be triggered at any time”. That’s the ominous warning from China after it sent a record number of aircraft across the Taiwan Straits over the past few days. In its editorial ‘Time to warn Taiwan secessionists…
Why China Is Alienating the World: Backlash Is Building—but Beijing Can’t Seem to Recalibrate
In early 2017, China appeared to be on a roll. Its economy was beating estimates. President Xi Jinping was implementing the country’s Belt and Road infrastructure initiative and was on the cusp of opening China’s first overseas military base in Djibouti. Most important, Xi seemed poised to take advantage of President Donald Trump’s determination to pick fights with U.S. allies and international institutions. In a speech in Davos in January of that year, Xi even compared protectionism with “locking oneself in a dark room.” Nearly five years on, Beijing is…
Biden’s ‘Taiwan Agreement’
President Joe Biden holds a meeting on infrastructure with labor and business leaders at the White House in Washington, D.C. July 22, 2021. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) President Biden sparked confusion last night when he referred to a seemingly nonexistent agreement between the U.S. and China over Taiwan. “China has . . . I’ve spoken with Xi about Taiwan. We agree, we will abide by the Taiwan agreement. That’s where we are and I made it clear that I don’t think he should be doing anything other than abiding by the agreement,”…
US blocks radioactive fuel to China over fear it wants to TRIPLE nuke stockpile
THE US has blocked radioactive fuel to China over fears Beijing wants to triple its nuke stockpile. President Joe Biden’s administration ordered the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to block exports to China on “national security” grounds, The Times reported. 5 US President Joe Biden with Chinese President Xi JinpingCredit: Getty 5 The Taishan 1 nuclear power station in ChinaCredit: Free for editorial use The export of radioactive materials to China’s state-owned nuclear company the China General Nuclear Power Group is now banned under the order. It comes after Chinese state media…
Taiwan welcomes French Senate delegation ‘despite threats’ from Beijing
Led by Alain Richard, a former French defence minister and head of the French Senate’s Taiwan Friendship Group, the five-member delegation is expected to meet Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen on Thursday and exchange opinions on closer cooperation between Taipei and Paris, despite repeated protests by Beijing that the visit violates the one-China policy. Taiwan’s presidential office said that during the meeting, Tsai would award Richard a medal to “honour his support for Taiwan and his contributions to the development of Taiwan-France relations”. Before leaving for Taiwan, Olivier Cadic, vice-president of…
Why China Is Alienating the World
In early 2017, China appeared to be on a roll. Its economy was beating estimates. President Xi Jinping was implementing the country’s Belt and Road infrastructure initiative and was on the cusp of opening China’s first overseas military base in Djibouti. Most important, Xi seemed poised to take advantage of President Donald Trump’s determination to pick fights with U.S. allies and international institutions. In a speech in Davos in January of that year, Xi even compared protectionism with “locking oneself in a dark room.” Nearly five years on, Beijing is…
WW3 fears as US blocks radioactive fuel to China over fears Beijing wants to TRIPLE its nuke stockpile to 1,000
THE US has blocked radioactive fuel to China over fears Beijing wants to triple its nuke stockpile. President Joe Biden’s administration ordered the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to block exports to China on “national security” grounds, The Times reported. 5 US President Joe Biden with Chinese President Xi JinpingCredit: Getty 5 The Taishan 1 nuclear power station in ChinaCredit: Free for editorial use The export of radioactive materials to China’s state-owned nuclear company the China General Nuclear Power Group is now banned under the order. It comes after Chinese state media…
Hong Kong police raid museum commemorating 1989 Tiananmen victims
HONG KONG, Sept 9 (Reuters) – Hong Kong police on Thursday raided the premises of the closed June 4th Museum, dedicated to the victims of China’s 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in and around Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. The raid came hours after a dozen pro-democracy activists pleaded guilty of knowingly participating in an unauthorised assembly during last year’s June 4 anniversary, when rallies were banned by police, citing the coronavirus. The 2021 vigil was banned for similar reasons. The reason for the raid was unclear. Police did not immediately reply…