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Rainer Puster / EyeEm/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — China has nearly tripled its nuclear warhead arsenal since 2020, according to the Pentagon’s latest China military power report released Wednesday. “DOD estimates the PRC has surpassed 600 operational nuclear warheads as of mid-2024,” a senior U.S. defense official told reporters this week. In 2020, the Pentagon estimated China’s nuclear […]
Rainer Puster / EyeEm/Getty Images (HONG KONG and LONDON) — The Chinese military test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile into the Pacific on Wednesday, marking the first known launch of an ICBM in decades, officials said. The People’s Liberation Army launched the ICBM carrying a “dummy warhead” into the “high seas” at about 8:44 in the […]
Rainer Puster / EyeEm/Getty Images (HONG KONG and LONDON) — A Chinese official rejected on Thursday an accusation from NATO members, who said that Beijing has become a “decisive enabler” of Russia’s war in Ukraine. A spokesperson for China’s Mission to the European Union said a declaration issued on Wednesday by NATO members was “filled […]
Photo taken at Beijing Aerospace Control Center BACC in Beijing on Dec. 3, 2020 shows the ascender of Chang’e-5 spacecraft flying above the lunar surface. (Jin Liwang/Xinhua via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — China is set to launch the first-ever mission, known as Chang’e 6, on Friday to collect rock and soil samples from the […]
KeithBinns/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — National security expert and co-founder of CrowdStrike, Dmitri Alperovitch, discusses rising tensions between the U.S., China, and Taiwan in his book “World on the Brink.” Last week, Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited China to meet with President Xi Jinping and China’s foreign minister. During the meeting, President Xi expressed his […]
400tmax/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The head of a top unit at the Department of Homeland Security says in a new interview that “sensitive” materials are showing up overseas — in Iranian weapons — in the latest warning about how U.S. adversaries are believed to be trying to steal American technology. “The Iranian drones that are […]
Matt Anderson Photography/Getty Images (HONG KONG) — The highly-anticipated meeting between President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping has been overshadowed by Biden’s comments calling Xi a “dictator” after the two leaders met on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation in San Francisco on Wednesday. “Well, look, he is,” Biden said. “He’s a […]
Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo’s plane touches down in Beijing, the goal of the trip, according to the Secretary, is to promote “healthy competition” between the two countries but also walk a fine line between holding China accountable for the national security issues the country engages in. […]
Rainer Puster / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An American citizen charged with spying in China has been sentenced to life in prison after it was revealed that he had been held for over two years. Suzhou Intermediate Court announced the sentence against 78-year-old Liang Chengyun, also known as John Shing-Wan Leung, in a press […]
Rainer Puster / EyeEm/Getty Images (TAIPEI, Taiwan) — China’s military declared it’s “ready to fight” after wrapping up three days of combat drills simulating a blockade to “seal off” Taiwan. The large-scale land and sea exercises follow last week’s meeting by Taiwanese leader Tsai Ing-wen with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in the United States. China […]
