Science

Tech 05/26/22, 02:11

Multiple Chinese and Russian warplanes entered the South Korea air defense zone when both held a joint military exercise on Tuesday, May 24. In response, South Korea's military said it scrambled fighter jets to the scene. As Korean media news outlet KBS reported, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff alerted these ...

Tech 05/21/22, 04:18

Canada announced on Thursday that it would ban China’s Huawei and ZTE’s 5G technology from the country’s networks, citing national security concerns. Canadian Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne said that companies that previously installed this 5G equipment will be required to stop and remove it by June 2024. Those companies installing 4G ...

Tech 05/21/22, 03:56

Sound of Hope reported that the USS Tripoli, a cutting-edge amphibious assault ship of the U.S. Navy, only completed last month, has recently arrived in the Pacific, where China is stepping up military moves. On May 17, the official Chinese media Observer cited the U.S. Department of Defense's report on May ...

Tech 05/20/22, 09:43

On May 16, Defense News reported a new breakdown of the satellite sighting of a Chinese submarine at the Huludao shipyard in northern China. Geospatial intelligence outfit AllSource Analysis captured the warship on a drydock on April 29. Defense News suspected the satellite sighting could be a Type 093B, a newly ...

Tech 05/20/22, 09:33

Newsis reported on May 16 that the South Korean Defense Work and Industrial Technology Crime Division of the Suwon District prosecutor's office arrested and prosecuted two SEMES employees and two business partners who leaked "supercritical cleaning equipment" from Samsung Electronics' subsidiary SEMES to China. They are charged with violating the Act ...

Enviroment 05/20/22, 09:26

Many provinces have experienced significant floods as a result of torrential rain, high winds, and thunderstorms. Severe rains hit Guangnan County in Yunnan Province, causing trees to topple and destroy electrical poles and guardrails on May 9, 2022. A resident in Liancheng Township, Guangnan, had to relocate because his floor was ...

Tech 05/20/22, 08:14

Taiwan News reported on May 19 that four Chinese military aircraft entered Taiwan’s air defense identification zone, marking the 13th intrusion this month. Taiwan's National Defense Ministry (MND) said, on May 18, 2 People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) Shenyang J-16 fighter jets, 1 Shaanxi Y-8 reconnaissance plane, and 1 Shaanxi ...

Enviroment 05/20/22, 04:47

On May 18, an enormous amount of water flooded Hangzhou's Jinshahu Subway Station. Water poured down from the ceilings, leaving the ground under half a meter deep in water. The operation of 5 other stations was interrupted. The Hangzhou Daily reported that at 3:00 pm on the 18th, there was a ...

Tech 05/20/22, 03:35

According to the USNI News, the San Diego Naval Base will send four unmanned surface vessels or USVs to Hawaii this summer to participate in the world's largest naval warfare exercise, RIMPAC 2022. This plan is to improve the integrity between unmanned and manned Navy forces. Considering from a command-and-control perspective, these ...

Enviroment 05/20/22, 03:10

Chinese automobile maker Guangqi Honda is facing public backlash over an extension plan for its factory in Guangzhou city, Guangdong province. Chinese media IFeng.com reported on May 17 that thousands of citizens believe the renewed facility will be too close to the residential area. They were worried that it would cause ...

Tech 05/19/22, 10:23

Chinese defense expert Song Zhongping told the Global Times that the J-20 is advanced new equipment for China. Ren Yukun, a senior official from the state-owned Aviation Industry Corporation of China, said that the J-20 has replaced its original WS-10 engines and now has a “Chinese heart.” China is training pilots in ...

Tech 05/19/22, 09:54

Recently, citizens in Zhejiang province said that calls to other countries and Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan were terminated. Screenshots of the announcement from provincial mobile service provider China Mobile Zhejiang were also shared. According to state media CCTV, China Mobile Zhejiang confirmed the call block. The service provider justifies that ...

Tech 05/17/22, 01:16

The U.S. Air Force and Navy have developed an inexpensive alternative weapon called Quicksink. According to the Strategy Page, Quicksink is a regular guided bomb that can destroy a ship with the power of a heavy torpedo but is more efficient and cheaper. This weapon uses a modified version of the ...

Tech 05/16/22, 10:38

Major Chinese telecommunication China Mobile is rolling out a new system to restrict calls from abroad. The move comes as the government is allegedly tightening its grip on telecom fraud. According to South China Morning Post, China Mobile users must confirm whether they would like to receive overseas calls by May ...

Tech 05/15/22, 10:33

Chinese blacklisted video surveillance technology is being used in a top-secret laboratory in the United Kingdom. People familiar with the matter told Bloomberg that the UK's Health Security Agency is now using the Chinese surveillance camera—Hikvision—at laboratories. The UKHSA is in Porton Down, England. This science hub focuses on two crucial areas: ...

Tech 05/15/22, 10:19

Satellite images recently showed the China military is building up large-scale targets in a remote desert to simulate its future attack. Maxar Technologies took pictures from space. The pictures showed a simulated target of a full-size U.S. Navy aircraft carrier in the Taklimakan Desert in Xinjiang. There are also at least ...