US: ‘Major force-posture initiatives’ with Australia following Sub Deal

Australia and the United States announced expanded military cooperation, including rotational deployments of all types of U.S. military aircraft to Australia. Photo: Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images (cropped) 17 September 2021 | Daphne Psaledakis and David Brunnstrom | Reuters WASHINGTON, Sept 16 […]

US, UK Agree To ‘Share’ Nuclear Submarine Tech With Australia

Hello China. A US official called the move the “biggest strategic step Australia has taken in generations.” 15 September 2021 |  AARON MEHTA and COLIN CLARK | Breaking Defense WASHINGTON: In a major expansion and deepening of the ties between the United […]

US denies offering Brazil support for a NATO partnership in return for dumping Huawei 5G

Photo: (Source: China Daily) The US also said they had confidence in Brazil’s ability to carry out free elections. China is one of Brazil’s largest trade partners. 09 August 2021 | Jeff MasonMichael Martina | Reuters WASHINGTON, Aug 9 (Reuters) […]

Watch: China’s Zhurong Rover Landing on Mars

Photo: A section of a panorama produced by Zhurong, released June 27, showing comms and solar arrays, roving tracks and the distant landing platform. Credit: CNSA/PEC 27 June 2021 | Andrew Jones | Spacenews.com HELSINKI — China has released landing process […]

Apple Daily Diary: The end of ‘free’ journalism in Hong Kong?

Photo: Lam Man-chung, executive editor-in-chief of Apple Daily, applauds colleagues on the paper’s last day. Photograph: Lam Yik/Reuters 27 June 2021 | Anonymous | Guardian A Hong Kong police national security operation has forced the closure of the city’s most vocal and pro-democracy […]

The Kiwi Wars: The intellectual property battle raging between NZ and China

Photo: In Beijing, the legitimate SunGold kiwifruit is very popular. Zespri believes counterfeit fruits are not being sold in so-called tier one Chinese cities. (ABC News ) Cuttings of prized SunGold kiwifruits were smuggled to China and NZ growers are divided over […]

China set to send first crew to new space station

Photo: In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, the Shenzhou-12 manned spaceship with its Long March-2F carrier rocket is being transferred to the launching area of Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China’s Gansu province, on Wednesday, June 9, […]