James10 hours agoChina, Philippines Vessels Face Off in Second Day of Clashesverified_publisherBloomberg - By Andreo CalonzoChinese and Philippine vessels faced off in multiple clashes in the South China Sea over the weekend as tensions continued to escalate between the …
James1 day agoSouth China Sea: Chinese coastguard takes ‘control measures’ against Philippine boats near Scarborough Shoalverified_publisherSouth China Morning Post - Josephine MaThe Chinese coastguard says it took “control measures” on Saturday against Philippine vessels in the disputed South China Sea.Three vessels from the …
James1 day agoUS, other countries hit China's latest intimidation vs Filipino shipsrappler.com - Jairo BolledoMANILA, Philippine — Several countries, including Philippine ally, the United States, condemned China’s latest intimidation against Filipino vessels …
James10 hours agoUS and Philippines condemn the Chinese coast guard's water cannon blasts on fisheries vesselswpxi.com - JIM GOMEZ(AP) — The Philippines and its treaty ally, the United States, separately condemned a high-seas assault Saturday by the Chinese coast guard together …
James1 day agoChinese methane-powered rocket launches satellites into orbitverified_publisherAl JazeeraSuccess of LandSpace Technology’s Zhuque-2 Y-3 could boost investor confidence in methane as a potential rocket fuel. A methane-powered rocket developed by a private Chinese company has launched three satellites into orbit, a milestone in its mission to test whether the vehicle is ready for …
James3:342 days ago'Shock after shock': A visit to China's secret biolab in CaliforniaScripps NewsIn the heart of Californias San Joaquin Valley, the city of Reedley is known locally as the worlds fruit basket. They say more fresh fruit is grown here than any other place on Earth.But its what was going on inside a dilapidated warehouse in the center of town that thrust this small agricultural community into the nations spotlight.It was literally shock after shock after shock, Jesalyn Harper, Reedleys only full-time code enforcement officer, told Scripps News. She said it all started when she received a tip that cars were parking outside a building which she thought was vacant.So, she knocked on the door.There were three women that answered the door, Harper said. They appeared to be of Asian descent, possibly Chinese. They were all wearing basic PPE, white lab coat, gloves and surgical masks.When she walked inside, she was stunned by what she saw. There was blood and other bodily fluids in Gatorade bottles labeled in Mandarin, samples of at least 20 potentially infectious agents including malaria, dengue fever, and COVID-19 and a pungent odor from what turned out to be nearly 1,000 mice.I started to get nervous because it started to go into the realm of This is a lab, she said. And it's scary to think that something like this could be hidden in plain sight.SEE MORE: Pandas, fentanyl and Taiwan: Takeaways from Biden's meeting with XiHer discovery launched some 15 investigations across local, state and federal agencies and sparked conspiracy theories that a Chinese biological weapons lab had taken root in rural America.Our local politicians are out there terming it Wuhan 2.0, said Reedley City Manager Nicole Zieba. As officials scrambled to make sense of what Harper had found, it was quickly apparent to Zieba that no one at the lab wanted locals to know they were there.They moved in under the cover of night into Reedley, she said. And no one, not even the businesses across the street that we talked to, no one knew anything was happening inside this building.No one knew who was behind it, either. Scripps News' search for answers led to court records that listed a company called Universal Meditech as the labs owner. Not a single associate responded to phone calls or emails. So, we found their company address through California state records and drove to their Fresno offices.When we arrived, we found a modern building in stark contrast to the run-down warehouse in Reedley. It was surrounded by security cameras made by a Chinese surveillance technology firm …
