China conducted an urgent unmanned spacecraft launch on Tuesday, after damage to a previous mission’s return capsule left the crew on its space station without a means of getting back to Earth. The Long March-2F rocket carrying Shenzhou-22 lifted off shortly after midday from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in...
Taiwan coastguard faces China’s might near frontline islands
With a clear view of China’s skyscraper-studded coastline, Taiwanese coastguard captain Huang Heng-chun steers his patrol boat through choppy waters around a group of islands controlled by Taipei. Huang and his crew are on alert for China Coast Guard ships, which have been entering sensitive waters around Kinmen with greater...
New Zealand spy service warns of China interference
New Zealand’s spy service warned Thursday that China is the most active power engaging in foreign interference in the country, including through front organisations. New Zealand faces the “most challenging national security environment of recent times”, the country’s intelligence agency said in an annual risk assessment. Key drivers of the...