Biden executive order will push vessels and facilities to shore up security and mandate reporting of cyber incidents. At the same time, the coastguard will impose cybersecurity requirements on owners and operators of Chinese-manufactured cranes at US ports.
The Komodo naval drills bring together 49 countries including sworn geopolitical rivals such as North and South Korea, and India and Pakistan. Experts say Indonesia is quietly filling the role of neutral go-between for a region scored by competing claims to seas and territories.
China is ramping up efforts to develop home-grown semiconductor talent as it seeks to rapidly fill a shortage of expertise that has been made worse by U.S. efforts to limit Beijing's access to advanced chip technology.
It is reported that the Russian Navy is represented in the drills by a naval group that consists of the frigate Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Gorshkov and the medium sea tanker Kama.
Virus spreading fast in China after policy U-turn. Several countries have imposed travel restrictions. EU meets on Weds to discuss China travel policy. WHO holds talks with Chinese scientists, seeks data
Healthcare and community workers said the mass vaccination drive had adopted different approaches in urban and rural areas and in large and small cities – yielding different results.
China's abrupt lifting of stringent COVID-19 restrictions could result in an explosion of cases and over a million deaths through 2023, according to new projections from the U.S.-based Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME).
Protests against China's heavy COVID-19 curbs spread to more cities, including the financial hub Shanghai on Sunday, nearly three years into the pandemic, with a fresh wave of anger sparked by a deadly fire in the country's far west.
China's September new home prices fell for the second straight month as mortgage boycotts, a heightened debt crisis and COVID-19 curbs weighed on homebuyers' sentiment.
Mooring trials taking place at the same time as fitting out, which could save time, state broadcaster says. Vessel expected to be a major presence in the Taiwan Strait.
A deal struck to maintain and upgrade Pakistan’s warplanes has prompted speculation the US military may have secured airspace access in return. Both sides share a common enemy in Afghanistan-based terror groups. But some analysts see China as part of the reason for the F-16 deal as well.
Peng Xianjue unveils plans for combined fusion-fission reactor that could make China world’s first to achieve the elusive viable energy source. No country has so far managed to build a facility that generates more power than it uses in the fission process.
Chinese scientists came across a previously unknown mineral in lunar soil samples, brought to the Earth by the Chang’e-5 spacecraft, China’s Central Television reported.
The ban was a hot topic of debate among delegates at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai this week. An employee at a Tianjin-based AI server company said its government busines's might suffer because of the ban.
China's ruling Communist Party will hold its five-yearly congress beginning on Oct. 16, with Xi Jinping poised to secure an historic third leadership term and cement his place as the country's most powerful leader since Mao Zedong.
A drought in China is threatening food production, prompting the government to order local authorities to take all available measures to ensure crops survive the hottest summer on record.
The Chinese military slammed Washington for its frequent “provocations” after an American guided-missile destroyer sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday.
PLA increases military exercises around the island, many coinciding with visits by US politicians. Mainland China is preparing to ‘pre-emptively strike a potential adversary’, defence expert says
ASO-S heads into space this autumn to observe the next solar maximum, a period of increased flares and sunspots predicted to peak in 2025. The data will help scientists understand turbulent space weather that can knock out power grids on Earth.
Chinese Vice Premier Liu He held a video conversation with US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Tuesday and raised concerns about the US’ imposing additional tariffs on Chinese goods and sanctions against China, as news reports emerged from the US recently that Washington may lift the tariffs.
