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With the shoot-downs of high-flying balloons over the U.S., columnist Tim Rowland explores what the future might be like. Hint: Invest in needles.

The fallout from the spy balloon from the People’s Republic of China shot down after it floated over the U.S. has ratcheted up tension between the two superpowers to an unbearable point.

Suspected surveillance craft likely took advantage of strong winds that inadvertantly changed its flight path to enter US airspace, reports find ...

The foreign affairs committee of China's ceremonial parliament is accusing American lawmakers of trampling on the sovereignty of other nations after the United States passed a measure condemning a ...

Chinese players have won 90% of table tennis’ Olympic gold ... "Yes of course, if we had an American, a Canadian -- I’ll say an Australian -- that would be a massive, massive story.” Or a Brazilian.

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The accusation came days after Beijing claimed that the United States had sent airships over China multiple times, ramping up tensions between the two superpowers.

As more unidentified objects were shot down by the U.S. Air Force in recent days, experts warned that there were an “endless” array of potential targets.

Erkin Tuniyaz’s visit is no longer going ahead, but Britain should never have engaged with this whitewashing of the treatment of Uyghurs and other minorities

The oppression of the Uyghurs and other Turkic and Islamic minority people in China’s Xinjiang region has come into stark focus over the past five years.
First, minorities were interned in “re-education facilities” for indeterminate periods. Then came evidence of Chinese “minders” being with Uyghur families and report on their behaviour, of checkpoints on pedestrian streets, face-scanning cameras, the enforced installation of state on personal phones, and the closing or and other religious sites. Throughout all this, a man named Erkin Tuniyaz has been a leading official in Xinjiang’s regional government, and an enthusiastic defender of this . Since 2021, he has been of the entire region.
Dr James McMurray is a research associate in anthropology and a member of the Asia Centre at the University of Sussex

The Office of Naval Intelligence head also called for the intel community to release more information to back up claims of Beijing's bad intentions.

Chinese spy balloon may have drifted into American mainland airspace by mistake, officials reveal - Suspected surveillance craft likely took advantage of strong winds that inadvertantly changed its ...