Liu Zhen

1 week ago | scmp.com | Liu Zhen

China has unveiled the world’s first close-in anti-drone barrage weapon system, a groundbreaking innovation against drone swarms and high-speed missiles, according to its developer. The Bullet Curtain system, developed by China’s largest arms maker Norinco, employs a unique “plane-to-point” interception method, creating a wall of projectiles to blanket incoming targets with overlapping firepower. It was revealed in the April edition of the Norinco publication Modern Weaponry.

2 weeks ago | scmp.com | Liu Zhen |Sylvie Zhuang

A remote US airbase in the western Pacific – best known as the departure point for the planes that dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki – has been reclaimed from the jungle to pose an asymmetrical threat to the Chinese mainland, analysts said. The US$120 million reconstruction of North Field on Tinian Island – just 193km (120 miles) north of Guam – has included at least 1.86 million square metres (20 million sq ft) of runway and other infrastructure.

2 weeks ago | mdpi.com | Liu Zhen

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2 weeks ago | scmp.com | Liu Zhen

China has pledged to create a “comprehensive system” to support the employment of university graduates as the nation attempts to counter economic shocks from its intensifying trade war with the United States. Chinese authorities said on Tuesday that over the next three to five years, the country would establish a system to support employment of new graduates.

3 weeks ago | scmp.com | Liu Zhen

The People’s Liberation Army will respond to any “dangerous provocations” by the US military in the waters and airspace near China, Beijing said on Thursday after a bilateral maritime security meeting in Shanghai. “The reconnaissance, survey, and high-intensity drills conducted by US warships and aircraft in the sea and airspace near China are highly likely to cause misjudgment, jeopardising China’s sovereignty and military security,” the PLA Navy said. More to follow …