US REQUIRES” Very HIGH” Lai claimed on Thursday that the government was not under any pressure from Washington “during TSMC’s US investment method.” Wei claimed that TSMC’s expansion was fueled by growing US client demand and that it would not have an impact on the business ‘ investments in Taiwan.Continue Reading
Taiwan’s Defense Minister Wellington Koo said in response to concerns about US protection commitments to Taiwan that the United States cannot leave the Indo-Pacific because the area is one of its” key national interests.” At a time when China is putting more military pressure on the political area, the WhiteContinue Reading
SEEOUL: A US Navy airplane carrier’s visit to the South Korean harbor of Busan has caused the country to be condemned as “political and military provocations” by North Korea. Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of Kim Jong Un, made the statement, which was released on Tuesday ( Mar 4Continue Reading
BEIJING: Chinese authorities are instructing the country’s top artificial intelligence entrepreneurs and researchers to avoid travel to the United States, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Friday (Feb 28), citing people familiar with the matter.
The authorities are concerned that Chinese AI experts travelling abroad could divulge confidential information about the nation’s progress, the newspaper said.
Authorities also fear that executives could be detained and used as a bargaining chip in US-China negotiations, the Journal said, drawing parallels to the detention of a Huawei executive in Canada at Washington’s request during the first Trump administration.
The White House and China’s State Council Information Office did not immediately respond to requests from Reuters for comment.
Executives at leading Chinese companies in AI and other strategically sensitive industries, such as robotics, are being discouraged from traveling to the US and its allies unless absolutely necessary, the WSJ report said.
Executives who choose to travel are instructed to report their plans before leaving and, upon returning, to brief authorities on what they did and whom they met, the report said.
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng declined an invitation to attend an AI summit in Paris in February, according to the report. Another founder of a major Chinese AI startup cancelled a planned US trip last year following instructions from Beijing, the Journal added.
US and China are locked in a global AI race, with DeepSeek recently launching AI models that it claims rival or surpass US industry leaders like OpenAI and Google, at significantly lower cost.
In February, President Xi Jinping held a rare meeting with some of the biggest names in China’s technology sector, urging them to “show their talent” and be confident in the power of China’s model and market.
China criticized President Donald Trump’s latest threat to impose an additional 10 % duty on Chinese imports over deadly drug flows into the US on Friday ( Feb 28 ). The White House accused the White House of” shifting the blame” and taking steps to destabilize global supply chains. TrumpContinue Reading
Beijing alleged on Friday ( Feb. 28 ) that the United States was “acting under [the president’s ] threat to impose an additional 10 % duty on imports from China,” citing the continued flow of fentanyl into the nation. The start of Beijing’s annual parliamentary meet, a set-piece political eventContinue Reading
BEIJING: President Xi Jinping said China and Russia are” true friends” who” support each other”, state media reported on Monday ( Feb 24 ). According to Xi, “history and reality demonstrate that China and Russia are good neighbors who can’t be separated, and true friends who support one another andContinue Reading
Shiu, a social worker and professor at a school, rose to prominence during the 2014 Umbrella Movement, a civil defiance demonstration in Hong Kong, and was eventually imprisoned for it.
Shiu fought with soldiers over prisoners ‘ welfare during the 163 time he was imprisoned, and he fought for the reason after his release.
As thousands of people were imprisoned for the 2019 protests in Hong Kong, Shiu’s aid group Wall-fare was credited with helping people navigate the maze of prison administration.
After joining Shiu’s pen pal program, which connected her to people who were behind bars, a younger woman reportedly said she began researching prisoners ‘ right.
According to Wong,” He was the catalyst for my interest in prisoners ‘ freedom… he made me want to do more, even though I may not be able to change much,” she told AFP.
According to a poet surnamed Chiang who worked with the advocate, Shiu wanted to make jail life more bearable and organized to arrange to email books to prisoners.
He dedicated himself to nation and his Christian beliefs. That’s pretty admirable”, she said.
Wall-fare shut down in 2021 after Hong Kong’s protection captain accused it of endangering national security.
The League of Social Democrats ‘ advocate Dickson Chau praised Shiu as a “pioneer” in the government who attempted to alter the program.
At Saturday’s commemoration, Shiu was a famous author, and his publications, along with copies of his senator and professor days, were on display.
Veterans from Hong Kong’s pro-democracy tent, including Cardinal Joseph Zen and attorney Margaret Ng, were among those who paid gift.
In his last weeks, Shiu wrote about his battle with cancer and said he was “losing fat, never faith”.
Both anguish and happiness are necessary to life, according to the statement.
TAIPEI:  , Taiwan’s air force grounded all training jets after one of the aircraft crashed on Saturday ( Feb 15 ) due to “dual engine failure”, with the pilot ejecting safely.
The air pressure reported in a statement that the locally produced Brave Eagle went down after taking off from Chihhang Air Base in southwestern Taitung state at 8.40 am.
The captain, identified as Major Lin, was rescued and taken to hospital where he was in” great wellness” with no injury, it said.
A specific task force would look into the incident” to understand the cause and assure training safety,” according to the air force, despite the claim that the jet had “dual engine failure.”
All Brave Eagle advanced jet trainers ( AJT) have been grounded for safety checks following the collision, according to the statement.
The AT-5 Brave Eagle, made by state-owned Aerospace Industrial Development Corp with a budget of TW$ 68.6 billion ( US$ 2.1 billion ), had its first test flight in 2020.
Taiwan’s air army claimed the plane left the air base and reported the engine failure. The team parachuted to health and were rescued, it added.
The plane, which had only 183 flying hours, crashed into the water, according to the statement, while the second captain of the dual-cockpit plane was parachuted out after parachuting out, according to the statement, adding that an analysis team has been set up.
Taiwan’s air pressure ideas on taking 66 products by 2026 to change its aged father the AT-3 and United States-made F-5 training plane, which have suffered a series of accidents in recent years.
Although Taiwan’s armed forces are largely US-equipped, the government has prioritized the development of a highly developed, domestic defense sector, especially as China, which claims the island as its own, launches military modernization work and training close to Taiwan.
The AT-5 is Taiwan’s first plane made internally since the F-CK-1 Ching-kuo Indigenous Defence Fighter, or IDF, rolled out more than three decades ago, and the two planes look similar and include similar features.
The AT-5 is used for both air-to-air and air-to-ground combat instruction purposes, and may land and take off using a shorter amount of airport.
Although the development of the plane is still in its assessment stages, it can be equipped with weapons, which will provide help during a conflict.
In the 24-hour period ending 6.00am on Saturday, 19 Chinese military aircraft, eight naval vessels, one standard ship and one bubble were detected around the area, Taiwan’s defence ministry said.
President Lai Ching-te expressed his hope that the opposition-controlled parliament will address the defense budget’s freezing or cut areas in a statement expressing “our total support for the defense” in a press release on Saturday.
” In the face of China’s risks, the army is resolutely protecting our state”.
Following the discovery of a significant meteor that may affect our world in seven years, China has begun assembling a celestial defense team to combat the risk of near-Earth asteroids.
Last Friday ( Feb 7 ), the European Space Agency ( ESA ) updated their probability of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth in 2032 to 2.2 per cent, putting it at the top of the agency’s risk list.
The meteor, estimated to become 40m to 90m vast, was discovered by the University of Hawaii’s Institute of Astronomy in late December. After its chances of an effect with Earth exceeded an international tracking level, the discovery activated world meteor response mechanisms.
A special jobs center at China’s State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence posted a enrollment see listing three open positions for a “planetary military article” a few weeks after the object’s identification.
According to the announcement made last fortnight on the Twitter account of the journal China Space Science and Technology, the center, which is in charge of Earth observation and aerospace engineering research and implementation, is hiring graduates to study meteor monitoring and develop early warning techniques.
An asteroid had strike Earth using a variety of techniques. NASA, the first successful astronomical defense test, collided with an asteroid to alter its trajectory in 2022.
Li Mingtao, a scientist at the Taiwanese Academy of Science’s National Space Science Centre, told China Science Daily on Monday that China had made “great improvement” in meteor army.
” We must not only fully upgrade the equipment design and performance, but also develop a team of experts dedicated to asteroid defense and bring Chinese wisdom and strength to protecting the safety of the Earth,” Li said.
Li is engaged in developing novel meteor defense programs, according to his online account. He claimed that he wanted to suggest a Taiwanese strategy for the first warning and defense of the near-Earth meteor.
In September, China unveiled a philosophical program for its first mission to protect against a near-Earth meteor. According to state media, the mission intends to see an meteor and then launch a spacecraft to change its course in 2030.
China also participates in the two international organizations that coordinate the exchange of information and response to asteroids and other near-Earth objects, the International Asteroid Warning Network ( IAWN ) and the Space Mission Planning Advisory Group ( SMPAG ).
In the event of an effect with Earth, the 2024 YR4 meteor is large enough to cause localized harm.
Li claimed that if the meteor hit land, the surprise waves and radiation produced may destroy a medium-sized city even though it was possible to either fall into the ocean or degrade as it entered the Earth’s atmosphere.
In 2013, an meteor measuring 20m broad reach Chelyabinsk, Russia, with an explosion equal to 30 nuclear weapons. It damaged 300 homes and injured 1, 500 persons.
Li said that if the 2024 YR4 meteorite hit an metropolitan area, it may injure tens of thousands of people.
At the end of January, both NASA and the ESA released separate estimates that stated the likelihood of an Earth-related influence was higher than 1 %. Those conflict, along with the length of the meteor, put it above the level for IAWN and SMPAG to initiate a response.
The ESA estimated that there was a 1.2 % chance of an impact in their late last month estimate. As scientists observe and gather more information about the meteor, the probability was continue to change, and also drop to a bare minimum.
Li claimed that despite the asteroid receiving the most attention, “scientists really do not consider it to be a particularly serious matter and are comparatively calm.”
The meteor, which passed close to Earth in December during its four-year journey around the sun, will eventually vanish, so researchers will use more powerful cameras to gather as much information as possible while it is still obvious. As a result, they will use more powerful telescopes to do so.
By the time the new observation window opens in 2028, we will be able to assess the likelihood of it hitting the Earth more clearly, Li said.
The United Nations will hold a second discussion to decide whether to develop a defense plan at that time.
This article first appeared on SCMP.