Category: China
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Black swan landed on Tiananmen Square, after a warning from Xi Jinping
In the morning of Sep 5, a black swan “visited” Tiananmen Square. Afterwards, the onlookers were evacuated by the authority staff. The incident triggered heated discussions among netizens at home and abroad. According to the state media “Beijing Daily”, after the flag-raising ceremony that day, the black swan suddenly landed on Tiananmen Square. It combed…
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Intelligence community fails to identify COVID origin after a 90-day probe
According to a report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), officials were unable to determine whether the virus escaped from a lab or spread to humans via an infected animal. However, the intelligence community ultimately concluded that if China did not fully cooperate, it would be unable to pinpoint the virus’s…
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Chinese nuclear bombers enters Taiwan’s airspace as fears of war emerge
Taiwan’s military was dispatched after 19 Chinese aircraft, including nuclear-capable bombers, entered its air defense identification zone, according to the defense ministry. Taiwan dispatched combat aircraft to warn off Chinese advances while also monitoring them with missile systems. Ten J-16 and four Su-30 fighters, as well as an anti-submarine aircraft, were reported by the ministry.…
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China: Eping dam collapsed, leading to over 5,400 people being evacuated
According to the Chinese state media, more than 5,400 people have been evacuated in China’s central province of Hubei due to Eping dam damage. The Eping hydroelectric power plant dam in Zhuxi county has partially collapsed due to heavy rains, according to state media, with specialists working to restore the facility. The authorities have not…
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China’s Sinovac jab leads to higher risk of facial paralysis
University of Hong Kong researchers said the Chinese-made Sinovac jab could lead to an increased risk of Bell’s palsy, a disorder characterised by a sudden weakness in facial muscles. Researchers from the HKU medical school identified an average of 4.8 cases of Bell’s palsy for every 100,000 people who received the CoronaVac vaccine, compared with…
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CCP newspaper suggests U.S. will abandon Taiwan after Afghan collapse
On Monday, one of China’s official mouthpiece newspapers questioned whether the US would defend Taiwan in a conflict following the collapse of the Afghan government, demonstrating how the messy American exit from Kabul has far-reaching global consequences. The state-affiliated Global TimesThe had series of tweets following the debacle in Afghanistan. “If war breaks out across…
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Texas blocks Chinese billionaire’s wind farm amid hacking fears: report
Texas lawmakers are preventing a Chinese billionaire from establishing a wind farm near a US army base out of concern that it could be used to hack into the state’s power grid, according to New York Post, Sun Guangxin, 59, spent five years amassing 140,000 acres of land in Val Verde, Texas, in order to…
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China reportedly launched cyberattacks against Israel, targeting defense industry
According to an online security firm, China waged an extended cyber war against Israeli private businesses and government entities in 2019 and 2020. In a hacking campaign that lasted more than two years, hackers linked to the Chinese Ministry of State Security targeted Israeli shipping, defense, and tech companies, as well as government servers, according…
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Indiana’s Attorney General launches probe into the Confucius Institutes of CCP
On Tuesday morning, Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita is expected to announce that he has launched an investigation into Valparaiso University’s ties to the Confucius Institutes, which are widely regarded as the Chinese Communist Party’s propaganda arm. Rokita’s office said in a statement that the investigation will “look into any possible violation of the Higher…
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‘Bat woman’ of China warns new COVID variants will keep emerging
One of the top virologists in China has warned that new variants of the coronavirus will continue to emerge. Shi Zhengli, known to some as “the bat woman,” said the world should be prepared to live with a continuing stream of variants for the foreseeable future, according to the South China Morning Post. “As the number…
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