China has expanded a hangar at the site in Korla, Xinjiang, which is linked to several lighter-than-air military craft programmes including the high-altitude balloon that flew over US airspace in ...

China has urged "cool-headed" handling of a dispute over a giant Chinese balloon heading for the eastern US. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken earlier called off a visit to Beijing, saying the ...

Tensions are escalating between the United States and China over the fate of a suspected Chinese spy balloon that wafted through U.S. airspace before a fighter jet shot it down off the coast of ...

Japan is debating the appropriate response to tackle such surveillance following the U.S. shootdown of a balloon from China. The threat came after the U.S. sanctioned six Chinese entities it said ...

Chinese officials confirmed Friday that the balloon is indeed theirs, but claimed it’s a civilian airship used for weather research. “The airship is from China. It is a civilian airship used ...

China has also persuaded several of Taipei's diplomatic allies to drop their support for Taiwan on promises of aid and investment. Taiwan regularly detects Chinese balloons over its waters and has ...

The balloons were spotted at an altitude of 4 800m to 6 000m, and one of them directly flew over the island, according to an illustration released by the defence ministry. While Taiwan calls itself a ...

pushing up exports of factory equipment. In early 2024, Mexico and Brazil ranked second and fourth in China’s automobile export rankings, with export volumes of 110,000 and 59,000 vehicles ...