Liu Zhen

1 week ago | scmp.com | Liu Zhen

In a future conflict over Taiwan, Beijing’s sixth-generation fighter could block the airspace to foreign bases in Guam for up to two hours from 1,000km away, according to a mainland Chinese military magazine. The goal involving the next-gen fighter was created in view of People’s Liberation Army weaknesses against the American B-21 stealth bomber in a conflict within the first island chain, it said. The ginkgo leaf-shaped fighter is unofficially dubbed the J-36 and is in development by the PLA.

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Liu Zhen

5 hours agoPresident Trump promised to bring manufacturing back to the U.S. But even companies that opted to build their business in the States are facing existential threats. Johann Pauwen and Michaele Simmering founded their furniture design business, Kalon, in Los Angeles in 2007. At the time, the U.S. was …

1 week ago | scmp.com | Liu Zhen

The People’s Liberation Army has revealed details of its Type 094 nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine for the first time, during the navy’s open day. The sea-based nuclear deterrent is said to have a submerged displacement of 11,000 tonnes, according to information on display during events to mark the PLA Navy’s 76th anniversary last week. Posters on display for the open day also said the nuclear submarine had a maximum speed of 30 knots and could operate at a maximum depth of 400 metres.

1 week ago | scmp.com | Liu Zhen

A group of Chinese entrepreneurs educated abroad publicly condemned a leading businesswoman’s remarks that overseas-trained workers could be spies. The comments by Dong Mingzhu, chairwoman of Gree Group and China’s “home appliance queen”, have fuelled debate over global versus local talent in China amid ongoing tension with the United States.

2 weeks ago | scmp.com | Liu Zhen

China’s tightening export controls on critical minerals could hit more than three-quarters of the United States’ weapons supply chain, according to a new study. Researchers from Govini, a defence acquisition information firm, identified 80,000 weapons parts that were made using antimony, gallium, germanium, tungsten or tellurium – the global supply of which are all dominated by China – “meaning nearly 78 per cent of all [Pentagon] weapon systems are potentially affected”.