Twitter restricts New Zealand academic’s account after she mocked China’s President Xi and his party’s 100th anniversary celebrations Anne-Marie Brady said two of her tweets were temporarily marked ‘unavailable Her Twitter account was also temporarily restricted over the weekend, she said Brady is an expert in China’s attempts to exert political influence around the world … Read more
The Shenzhou-12 spacecraft is launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on June 17, 2021 in Jiuquan, Gansu Province of China, carried on the Long March-2F rocket, to Chinese Tiangong space station July 19, 1964: China took its first official step into space, launching and recovering an experimental biological rocket carrying white mice. April 24, … Read more
A strange spiral appeared in the skies over the northwest Pacific on June 8 that baffled residents, with some likening it to the portal in the ‘Doctor Strange’ movie– but astronomers reveal it was caused by a rocket. American astronomer Jonathan McDowell weighed in the bizarre sighting, revealing it was fuel released by China’s Long … Read more
China has released a selfie taken by its Zhurong rover on the surface of Mars, in celebration of its first month on the Red Planet. Zhurong can be seen with its landing platform in the background adorned with the Chinese flag, from which the rover rolled off at the end of May to begin its … Read more
China rolled out its Long March-2F Y12 rocket to its launch pad at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Wednesday in preparation of sending astronauts to the nations’ new orbiting modular space station. The three-person crew is set to board the Shebzhou-12 spacecraft next week and blast off to the main section of the Tianhe, or … Read more
A Virginia mom who grew up in Maoist China has slammed Critical Race Theory (CRT) during a contentious school board meeting on Wednesday. Xi Van Fleet told members of the Loudoun County School Board that she is ‘very alarmed’ by the teaching of CRT, which she says ‘trains children to be social justice warriors and … Read more
China’s former premier ‘criticises President Xi’ with essay calling for ‘fairness and justice’ in the country – before Beijing’s censors remove it from the internet China’s former Premier wrote an essay calling for ‘freedom and justice’ The controversial essay has been interpreted as a coded criticism The piece was shared widely online before reportedly being … Read more
Would YOU cross it? The double-deck ‘bendy’ glass bridge in China that’s so extraordinary some didn’t believe it was real The incredible Ruyi Bridge is 328ft long (100m) and spans the Shenxianju valley in China’s Zhejiang province The crossing consists of three undulating bridges and part of its deck is made from transparent glass Since … Read more
Japan’s team for this summer’s delayed Olympic Games have rejected the offer of Chinese coronavirus vaccinations, because they are not currently approved in the country. Tokyo 2020 bosses agreed a deal on Thursday to buy Covid-19 vaccinations from China in a bid to ensure all athletes are jabbed before the Games begin in late July. … Read more
China’s top general calls for increased military spending to prepare for ‘Thucydides trap’ that will force a war with US General Xu Qilian said the world’s biggest military needs modernising for war The Thucydides Trap refers to the likelihood of war between two global powers Relations are tense between the US and China after Donald … Read more