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'The Plane Fell Vertically From the Sky'

No sign of survivors after Boeing with 132 aboard crashes in China

(Newser) - The early reports from the aftermath of a passenger jet crash in China are grim: No sign of survivors has been found after the Boeing 737 crashed into the mountains in a remote southern region, reports the AP . China Eastern Airlines, which operated the flight, has publicly offered its condolences,...

Two Journalists Witness Tense US-China Exchanges

Chinese radio operators warn Navy plane to leave South China Sea area, and it refuses

(Newser) - China has fully militarized at least three of several islands it built in the disputed South China Sea, arming them with anti-ship and anti-aircraft missile systems, laser and jamming equipment, and fighter jets in an increasingly aggressive move that threatens all nations operating nearby, a top US military commander tells...

Passenger Jet With 132 Aboard Crashes in China
Boeing 737
Crashes in China
Mar 21, 2022 5:17 AM CDT

Boeing 737 Crashes in China

132 people were aboard, but there's no word yet on casualties

(Newser) - A China Eastern Boeing 737-800 with 132 people on board crashed in the southern province of Guangxi on Monday, officials said. The Civil Aviation Administration of China said the crash occurred near the city of Wuzhou in Teng county, per the AP . The flight was traveling from Kunming in the...

Biden, Xi Try to Budge Each Other for 2 Hours

Chinese leader stays noncommittal but says they should work for peace

(Newser) - President Biden took his effort to dissuade China from helping Russia with its invasion of Ukraine to the top on Friday, holding a video meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping for nearly two hours. Biden detailed the "implications and consequences" of providing military or economic support to Russia, the...

US Figure Skater's Family an Alleged Target of China Spying

Case involving Alysa Liu part of Justice Department charges

(Newser) - US Olympic figure skater Alysa Liu and her father Arthur Liu—a former political refugee— were among those vicitimized in a spying operation that the Justice Department alleges was ordered by the Chinese government, per the AP . Arthur Liu said he had been contacted by the FBI last October and...

China Battles Biggest COVID Surge Since Wuhan

City of 17.5M has been locked down

(Newser) - As much of the rest of the world is lifting COVID restrictions, China is battling to contain its worst wave of the virus since Wuhan in 2020. Shenzhen, a tech business hub in southern China that's home to 17.5 million people, was locked down on Sunday, and Jilin,...

China Locks Down City of 9M
China Locks Down City of 9M
Mar 11, 2022 5:23 AM CST

China Locks Down City of 9M

Massive Hong Kong outbreak may have peaked

(Newser) - China on Friday ordered a lockdown of the 9 million residents of the northeastern city of Changchun amid a new spike in COVID-19 cases in the area attributed to the highly contagious omicron variant. Residents are required to remain home, with one family member permitted to venture out to buy...

China Speaks Up on Ukraine &#39;Situation&#39;
China Speaks Up 
on Ukraine 'Situation'
the rundown
Mar 7, 2022 10:30 AM CST

China Speaks Up on Ukraine 'Situation'

Beijing offers to mediate, continues policy of not faulting Russia over invasion of Ukraine

(Newser) - In China's view, what's happening in Ukraine is neither a war nor an invasion but a complex "situation." That was the word used by Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday as he announced that Beijing was willing to mediate, reports Reuters . "Three feet of ice...

Ukrainian Athletes Make It to Paralympics: 'It's a Miracle'

As war rages on back home, Paralympians converge on Beijing, with Russian athletes banned

(Newser) - The Winter Paralympics open Friday in Beijing, with the Russian athletes sent home and the Ukrainian team escaping a war zone to get to China. "It's a miracle that we have made it to the Paralympics," Ukrainian delegation head Valerii Sushkevych said, per the AP . Russia's...

Intelligence: China Told Russia to Wait Until After Olympics

Putin sent troops into eastern Ukraine the day after the Games ended

(Newser) - The closing ceremony of the Beijing Olympics was Feb. 20. On Feb. 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin deployed troops into eastern Ukraine after giving a speech attempting to justify the move. Three days later, the Russian invasion began in full. There's a possible explanation for why Russia, which had...

Here's What It'll Look Like When Rocket Crashes Into Moon

Moon dust to fly hundreds of miles from impact crater, which is expected to be quite large

(Newser) - The moon is about to get walloped by 3 tons of space junk, a punch that will carve out a crater that could fit several semitractor-trailers. A leftover rocket will smash into the far side of the moon at 5,800mph on Friday, away from telescopes' prying eyes, the AP...

Taiwan Welcomes US 'Gesture of Support'

Bipartisan team of former defense officials to offer assurances during Ukraine fight

(Newser) - An American team of former defense and security officials is headed to Taipei to demonstrate that, despite the attention-consuming battle in Ukraine, the US has not forgotten Taiwan. The government has raised the alert level on the island out of concern that China, which claims Taiwan, will make a move...

New Studies Refute Idea of Lab Leak for COVID
New COVID Studies:
It Wasn't a Lab Leak
new studies
Feb 27, 2022 6:55 AM CST

New COVID Studies: It Wasn't a Lab Leak

Instead, they point to Huanan market as the likely source, but matter is far from settled

(Newser) - Three new studies cast doubt on the notion that COVID originated in a lab leak in China, reports Nature . Instead, two of the studies suggest it's all but certain that the coronavirus began at the Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan, China, per CNN . The third is less definitive on...

China Makes Arrests in Chained Woman Case
China: Chained Woman
Was Actually Sold Twice
UPDATED
Feb 23, 2022 9:25 AM CST

China: Chained Woman Was Actually Sold Twice

Officials update Xiaohuamei's story once again

(Newser) - Update: Chinese officials' evolving story on the woman found chained by her neck has gotten another revision. While authorities earlier reversed their denials and confirmed the woman, named Xiaohuamei and confirmed to be 44, had been a human trafficking victim, they now say she was actually sold twice. In early...

China's Latest Take on Taiwan: It Is 'Not Ukraine'

But comparisons between the 2 geopolitical conflicts are nervously being noted

(Newser) - The world is currently hyperfocused on tensions between Russia and Ukraine , but some eyes are starting to turn to another geopolitical tussle: that between Taiwan and China, with the latter scoffing at any comparisons made between the two conflicts. The New York Times reports that Tsai Ing-wen, the president of...

China: Rocket Set to Crash Into Moon Isn't Ours

Experts disagree, say Chang'e-5T1 booster will make impact March 4

(Newser) - China is denying responsibility for a wayward rocket expected to crash into the far side of the moon next month. Though the rocket was initially misidentified as a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that failed to return to Earth after launching a weather satellite in 2015, experts— including those at NASA'...

Australia Accuses China of 'Bullying' at Sea

Chinese warship shone a laser at Australian military pilot

(Newser) - Australia and China are sniping at each other over an incident at sea. Australian authorities say a Chinese warship shone a military-grade laser at an Australian military jet, reports Reuters . But China says it was the Australian pilot who was in the wrong during the incident, which took place last...

Olympic Presser Gets Heated Over Taiwan, Uighurs

Reports of human rights abuses are 'lies,' organizing committee rep claims

(Newser) - What sports? The Beijing Olympics organizing committee's last scheduled daily news conference of the Games got downright political, as journalists asked about Taiwan, the forced labor of Uighurs, and the safety of Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai. Yan Jiarong, an organizing committee spokesperson, first made clear that China considers...

Rocket Due to Crash Into the Moon Isn't From SpaceX

Expert says WE0913A is likely a Chinese rocket, launched in 2014

(Newser) - Update: The space expert shouting about a rocket smashing into the moon says he made a big mistake. The item dubbed WE0913A is still projected to hit the dark side of the moon at 7:26am EST on March 4, but it's not the upper stage of a SpaceX...

Ross' Wife Is Gay? China's Censors Won't Hear of It

Fans of 'Friends' cry foul after detail is cut from episode

(Newser) - China's censors are back in the news , this time over an episode of Friends. When Ross explains to his parents that his wife has left him, the part in which he explains why—she's lesbian and has found a female partner—was cut from a recently aired rerun,...

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