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Exclusive: Whitehall officials planning strategy to tackle disruption to global supply chains in the aftermath of an attack
Whitehall officials have strategised a series of scenarios about the economic fallout that could follow if , sources have told the Guardian.
Concerns about the major disruption to global supply chains and consequences of any coordinated western response have been examined by civil servants as part of what is said to be routine “forward-scanning” exercises.

The Philippines accused a Chinese coastguard ship of directing a ‘military-grade laser light’ at one of its vessels, temporarily blinding a crew member
Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos has summoned the Chinese ambassador to express serious concern over the “increasing frequency and intensity of actions” by China against Philippine vessels.
The meeting came a day after the Philippines at one of its vessels, temporarily blinding a crew member and disrupting a mission in the South China Sea.

US officials who tracked balloon from launch on Hainan island reportedly examining possibility that unusual weather took it over North America

The US is reportedly examining the possibility that the Chinese spy balloon was pushed off course by strong winds when it entered US airspace, having tracked it since its launch days earlier.
Of the four flying objects shot down by the US in recent weeks, only the first has been attributed to Chinese surveillance efforts. The balloon took off from China’s Hainan island, before travelling on a path which appeared to go over Guam, on Tuesday. It then took an “unexpected” turn to the north, the report said, citing anonymous US officials. After it entered Canadian airspace, strong winds blew it south over the border, the Post reported.

The US had been tracking the Chinese spy balloon ever since it left Hainan Island near China’s south coast – meaning it was under surveillance for almost a week before it entered American airspace, ...

The US had been tracking the Chinese spy balloon ever since it left Hainan Island near China’s south coast – meaning it was under surveillance for almost a week before it entered American airspace, ...

Something weird was happening Just days after American President Joe Biden ordered the downing of a Chinese spy balloon that had flown over the United States, something weird started to happen. Three ...

UFOs are being shot down left and right, causing a political and foreign policy dilemma for President Biden.

The entire country watched as a surveillance balloon floated across the continental United States earlier this month. While the Chinese Communist Party claimed the balloon was being used to track ...

The US had been tracking the Chinese spy balloon ever since it left Hainan Island near China’s south coast – meaning it was under surveillance for almost a week before it entered American airspace, ...

Ignoring charges of spying, Beijing says Washington’s “overreaction” is a symptom of the country’s broken politics.

Foreign Office says officials would have been prepared to meet with Erkin Tuniyaz to raise human rights concerns
The governor of China’s western region of Xinjiang will not be visiting Britain this week, according to the UK Foreign Office, after a backlash from MPs over alleged human rights abuses in the region.
British officials had said if Erkin Tuniyaz visited this week, they would have been prepared to meet with him to raise concern over the human rights situation in Xinjiang. But those plans faced backlash from politicians who highlighted human rights violations against Uyghur Muslims in the region.

American academic and scientific institutions are routinely weaponized by the Chinese government for its own military and economic benefit.