Enoch Wong

3 weeks ago | scmp.com | Liu Zhen |Enoch Wong

The People’s Liberation Army appears to have deployed its new hypersonic anti-ship missiles during drills around Taiwan on Tuesday, in what analysts said was a signal to the US against any potential interference amid the rising tensions. Two YJ-21 missiles – also known as Eagle Strike-21 – were visible on board an H-6K strategic bomber seen taking off from an unidentified airfield in a video posted on Tuesday to the PLA Eastern Theatre Command’s official social media account.

1 month ago | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Enoch Wong |Connor McDonald |Elizabeth Thomas |Ali Zarrinpar

Data Availability Statement The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.

2 months ago | scmp.com | Enoch Wong

Beijing will take necessary measures to defend its legitimate interests, China’s Ministry of Commerce said on Friday after Japan announced a series of tech and trade curbs, including sanctions on more than a dozen Chinese companies. “For some time, certain countries have broadened the concept of national security and abused export controls to suppress China’s semiconductor industry,” the ministry said.

2 months ago | scmp.com | Enoch Wong

US experience gained in the Red Sea conflicts, including those against drones, could be useful in a potential conflict with China, according to a US report. “The past 15 months in the Red Sea have provided the [US] Navy with a real-world stress test of its systems, platforms and people”, including “taking down hundreds of missiles and drones” from Yemen’s Houthi rebels since November 2023, defence news website The War Zone (TWZ) reported on Tuesday.

2 months ago | scmp.com | Enoch Wong

China’s ambassador to the United States Xie Feng has praised an American who appeared on the televised Lunar New Year’s Eve gala as proof of the kindness that exists between the two peoples. Evan Kail, a pawn shop owner from Minneapolis, donated an album of photographs that depicted a series of wartime atrocities committed by the Japanese, including the 1937 Nanking massacre.