KVSP China
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Contributor/Getty Images (TAIPEI, Taiwan) — China says it has started three days of combat readiness patrol exercises around Taiwan starting on April 8, just a day after Taiwan President Tsai returned home following her meeting with U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Chinese state media released a video which mentions some of the assets used in […]
Photo by Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Intelligence chiefs from across the U.S. government face a grilling Wednesday from members of the Senate Intelligence Committee, with China likely a main focus. The annual “Worldwide Threats” hearing features the Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, CIA director William Burns, FBI director Christopher Wray and Director […]
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Following warnings from the Biden administration that China is weighing whether to provide Russia with lethal aid for their war in Ukraine, the White House’s national security adviser said Sunday that “at this point” they have “not seen them take the step of providing weapons” to Moscow. “We are watching closely,” […]
Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 recover a high-altitude surveillance balloon off the coast of Myrtle Beach, S.C., Feb. 5, 2023, after it was shot down. — Department of Defense (HONG KONG) — China on Monday accused the United States of flying spy balloons into its airspace without permission more than 10 times […]
Rainer Puster / EyeEm/Getty Images (HONG KONG and BEIJING) — With just days to go until the Lunar New Year, throngs of bundled-up travelers shuffle their way through the freezing temperatures towards Beijing Railway Station, the distinctive mishmash of eastern and western styles built in the 1950s to triumphantly herald Mao’s “New China.” “We wish […]
Massimiliano Finzi/Getty Images (GENEVA) — The World Health Organization said Wednesday China is “heavily underreporting” the number of COVID-19 deaths as a wave of infections sweeps the country. The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention has not posted a daily briefing on COVID-19 to its website since Jan. 8 and has reported just 37 […]
Rainer Puster / EyeEm / Getty Images (NEW YORK) — China is reporting its first deaths linked to COVID-19 in weeks as cases surge amid the country lifting many of its so-called “zero COVID” policies. The deaths, which were reported on Monday by the National Health Commission and occurred in Beijing, are the first recorded […]
KeithBinns/Getty Images (HONG KONG) — China on Monday flew 71 warplanes into Taiwan’s air defense zone, as part of a drill that included 47 planes crossing the de-facto maritime border between the mainland and the island. The 47 aircraft crossed the median line in the Taiwan Strait, entering into Taiwan’s southwest air defense zone at […]
