Taiwan top military official dead in Black Hawk helicopter crash
Taiwan’s top military official is among eight people killed when a military helicopter made an emergency landing in mountainous terrain, officials say. General Shen Yi-ming and 12 others were on the Black Hawk helicopter when it was forced to land in poor weather near the capital, Taipei. Earlier reports said some people had been found […]
China jails scientist who gene-edited babies
He Jiankui, who announced birth of twin girls whose genes had allegedly been altered to confer immunity to HIV, was also fined.
China warns Hong Kong protesters not to ‘play with fire’
China has issued a strong warning to Hong Kong’s protesters, saying their attempts “to play with fire will only backfire”. A spokesman for China’s top policy office in Hong Kong told protesters not to “underestimate the firm resolve [of] the central government”. Anti-China forces are the “behind-the-scenes masterminds” of violence in the city, the spokesman […]
Rubber bullets, tear gas fired at Hong Kong protesters
Riot police have fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters in Hong Kong following a large pro-democracy rally in the city. Officers charged demonstrators who threw objects at police lines. The clashes came after marchers ignored a designated finish line, continuing on to China’s central government offices and throwing eggs at the building. Organisers […]
NDEGWA: We need to take stand in US-China trade row
Stephen Ndegwa The escalating trade spat between the two largest economies in the world—the United States and China, —is emerging as a serious threat to the global economy. China must have seen it coming, after claims by the US for over a decade that Chinese tech giant Huawei was engaged in unfair trade practices and […]