Chinese state media says US aircraft carrier deployment to South China Sea is ‘at their pleasure’

Chinese state media says double US aircraft carrier deployment to the South China Sea is ‘at their pleasure’ and they could destroy them at any moment with missiles in chilling threat In a tweet The Global Times warned: ‘China has a wide selection of anti-aircraft carrier weapons like DF-21D and DF-26 “aircraft carrier killer” #missiles’  … Read more

Chinese state media says US aircraft carrier deployment to South China Sea is ‘at their pleasure’

Chinese state media says double US aircraft carrier deployment to the South China Sea is ‘at their pleasure’ and they could destroy them at any moment with missiles in chilling threat In a tweet The Global Times warned: ‘China has a wide selection of anti-aircraft carrier weapons like DF-21D and DF-26 “aircraft carrier killer” #missiles’  … Read more

Coronavirus’s closest ancestor ‘was found SEVEN YEARS ago in a bat-infested mine in China’

A virus 96 per cent identical to the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 was found in an abandoned mine in China seven years ago, according to an investigation. The bat-infested copper mine in Mojiang, western China, was home to a coronavirus that left six adult men sick with pneumonia and three of them dead. Scientists took … Read more

Has Beijing been quietly ‘grooming’ Britain’s elite through an exclusive club known as the 48 Group?

Hands interlocked, his face in solemn repose, Peter Mandelson stands deferentially behind China’s Xi Jinping on a visit to Beijing.  When taken in 2018, the picture drew little, if any, comment. Why would it? Lord Mandelson has, after all, made quite a habit of cosying up to authoritarian leaders.  But now it has acquired new … Read more

Has Beijing been quietly ‘grooming’ Britain’s elite through an exclusive club known as the 48 Group?

Hands interlocked, his face in solemn repose, Peter Mandelson stands deferentially behind China’s Xi Jinping on a visit to Beijing.  When taken in 2018, the picture drew little, if any, comment. Why would it? Lord Mandelson has, after all, made quite a habit of cosying up to authoritarian leaders.  But now it has acquired new … Read more

A rousing message to the world from a young leader of the pro-democracy protesters defying China

As my plane took off, I looked down wistfully for one last time at the city I love so much, with its skyscrapers, its ferries and its fabulous fizzing energy. I was bidding farewell to Hong Kong. At the age of 26, I was leaving my home, my parents, my two brothers and my friends … Read more

A rousing message to the world from a young leader of the pro-democracy protesters defying China

As my plane took off, I looked down wistfully for one last time at the city I love so much, with its skyscrapers, its ferries and its fabulous fizzing energy. I was bidding farewell to Hong Kong. At the age of 26, I was leaving my home, my parents, my two brothers and my friends … Read more

Thousands of villagers swarm to hunt for a ‘mysterious creature’ after hearing ‘dragon’s humming’

Thousands in China swarm to hunt for a ‘mysterious creature’ after hearing ‘a dragon’s growling’ from the mountains Villagers in Guizhou said that they had heard baffling noises from the mountains Thousands of locals allegedly went to search for the source of the curious sound Some described it as ‘a dragon’s growling’, others claimed it … Read more

Inside the ‘very powerful’ 48 Club in China ‘grooming’ storm

A powerful network of British business and political elites rub shoulders with Chinese dignitaries and top executives, an insider has revealed to MailOnline. London’s 48 Club, which aims to strengthen the UK’s commercial ties with Beijing, has come under the microscope after an explosive new book claimed its members were being ‘groomed’ by the Chinese … Read more