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Demonstrators gathered in Westminster after reports Erkin Tuniyaz was to meet UK officials
Iain Duncan Smith has accused the Chinese governor of Xinjiang of murder as he joined Uyghur activists protesting against his reported visit to Britain.
Demonstrators gathered outside the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) on Monday after it emerged that Erkin Tuniyaz, the chairman of the Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region, , a scenario Duncan Smith branded “unacceptable”. Tuniyaz was expected to come to the UK this week, according to the reports, with some speculating he has already arrived.

American high-altitude balloons have illegally crossed China’s airspace more than 10 times without the approval of relevant Chinese authorities,” Mr Wenbin said. He gave no evidence for the allegation ...

They have not hung out over American bases or been any threat to our forces whatsoever,” Grynkewich said. “The ones that I'm referring to were Chinese.” One “main incident” last fall, and “one or two ...

Corporate records and media reports reveal an airship scientist at the center of China’s high-altitude balloon program. Companies he has founded were among those targeted by Washington.

SINGAPORE—U.S. cloud-computing companies, dominant globally, are facing intensifying competition from upstart Chinese rivals in Southeast Asia, offering a head-to-head look at how the two geopolitical ...

Judge Cindy K. Chung will be the first Asian American judge to sit on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. President Biden nominated her last year.

The U.S. Senate on Monday night voted to confirm the first Asian American judge to sit on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, which hears appeal cases from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, ...

Cindy K. Chung testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee during her confirmation hearing to be a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Sept. 7, 2022. Photo: Diego M.

making her the first Asian American judge to serve on the Philadelphia-based court. Chung won approval in the Senate on a 50-44 vote, marking the second confirmation of a federal appeals court judge ...

Philippines coastguard says crew member temporarily blinded and mission disrupted in South China Sea
The Philippines has accused a Chinese coastguard ship of directing a “military-grade laser light” at one of its vessels, temporarily blinding a crew member and disrupting a mission in the South China Sea.
The Chinese ship shone a green laser light twice towards the boat as it sought to deliberately block a resupply mission, the Philippine coastguard said. It also accused the Chinese vessel of making “dangerous manoeuvres by approaching about 150 yards from the vessel’s starboard quarter”.

Prime minister will do ‘everything it takes’ to keep country safe as Britain conducts security review
UK fighter jets are on standby to shoot down Chinese spy balloons if any are spotted in British air space, the prime minister has said.
Rishi Sunak said Typhoon planes were ready at all times in case the UK came under threat from balloons such as the one US officials said they shot down last week.