China’s ‘phantom space strike’ made to spoof US defenses

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Chinese engineers have developed and unveiled a new space-based spoofing system designed to deceive missile defense systems into launching limited interceptors against fake target signatures in space, according to a South China Morning Post report. The report, which refers to the system as “phantom space strike”, says that a team from the People’s Liberation Army […]Continue Reading

China-Russia economic ties tighten in the shadow of war

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As Russia faces Western sanctions, China seeks to deepen Sino-Russian economic tiesby boosting trade and switching to deal-settlement in their own currencies. Chinese media columnists say Russia and China have already strengthenedtheir relations – by giving a green light to a natural gas project called the Far Easternroute. They add that China would also sell more […]Continue Reading

First Nobel sustainability awards presented in Sweden

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The Nobel Sustainability Trust (NST) has honored Xie Zhenhua, Special Envoy for Climate Change at China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Collin O’Mara, CEO of American conservation organization National Wildlife Federation and Chinese-American entrepreneur and Asia Times’ shareholder Dr Bruno Wu for their outstanding contributions to sustainability. NST, a Swiss-based foundation founded in 2007 by […]Continue Reading