China is staging one of its biggest incursions so far in the seas and skies around Taiwan, according to data from the island’s defence ministry. It said that 71 Chinese air force planes, including fighter jets and drones, had entered Taiwan’s so-called air defence identification zone. Taiwan is self-ruled – but China sees it as…
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Monday it fired a test satellite in an important final-stage test for the development of its first spy satellite, a key military capability coveted by its leader Kim Jong Un along with other high-tech weapons systems. The North’s official Korean Central News Agency also released low-resolution, black-and-white photos…
On Dec. 13, China’s ruling communist regime deactivated their COVID-19 tracking app after easing pandemic restrictions. However, experts warn that the regime continues to track and monitor the Chinese populace through the data. The state-controlled social media platform WeChat announced on its public account that the COVID-19 tracking app “Communications Itinerary Card” and health QR…
TOKYO, Dec 16 (Reuters) – Japan on Friday unveiled its biggest military build-up since World War Two with a $320 billion plan that will buy missiles capable of striking China and ready it for sustained conflict, as regional tensions and Russia’s Ukraine invasion stoke war fears. The sweeping, five-year plan, once unthinkable in pacifist Japan,…
Indian and Chinese troops were injured in a fresh clash on their disputed Himalayan border last week, senior officials said in New Delhi on Tuesday. The incident—another melee with fists instead of firearms—took place at a point called Yangtse in the Tawang region of Arunachal Pradesh, a state at India‘s eastern tip, claimed by China…
If you want to know what the government’s Covid plan is in China, look at what it does rather than what it says. Take Beijing for example. There has not been a significant drop in infections, yet public transport now no longer requires a PCR test result, bars and restaurants are slowly re-opening, and in…
BEIJING (AP) — China rolled back rules on isolating people with COVID-19 and dropped virus test requirements for some public places Wednesday in a dramatic change to a strategy that confined millions of people to their homes and sparked protests and demands for President Xi Jinping to resign. The move adds to earlier easing that…
Beijing students shout ‘freedom will prevail’, as Urumqi fire prompts levels of disobedience unprecedented in Xi era People opposed to China’s stringent Covid restrictions have protested in cities across the country in the biggest wave of civil disobedience on the mainland since Xi Jinping assumed power a decade ago. Protests triggered by a deadly apartment…
China and Japan have pledged to strengthen communication over maritime issues and hold a new round of economic talks in an effort to stabilise relations, but a number of sticking points remain. Following Thursday’s meeting between President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, the two sides released a five-point document that said they had…
BEIJING – China on Friday further relaxed its strict Covid-19 measures, reducing the quarantine period for travelers from seven to five days, and axing a suspension on flights that bring in Covid-19 cases. Now, travellers will have to isolate only at their point of entry into China, and not at their final destination. This may…