SYLLOGE ON CHINA - Focus: Nuclear, Space, Missiles and other Security Issues

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, China's aerospace social media "Our Space," and the science and technology communication center of China Association for Science and Technology all posted explanations on the Quora-like platform Zhihu to explain the reasons why the water in the glass didn't float in space. [...] FT is playing the trick of a thief crying stop thief: Chinese Embassy in the UK responds to media’s accusations of digital espionage Global Times, July 3, 2022 The Financial Times' report is a malicious denigration of the Chinese government and slander on the Chinese students by the British media, said the Chinese Embassy in the UK, in response. [...] "Hainan will make full use of the synergistic advantage of the launch site and policies of the FTP, striving to build Wenchang into a top- ranking international space city, and to accelerate the construction of industrial chains of rocket launch, satellite and data," Feng Fei, governor of the Hainan provincial government, said. [...] Wu said that China firmly opposed such move by the US side, which seriously violated the one-China principle and the provisions of the three China-US joint communiques, severely undermined the political foundation of China-US relations, heavily damaged the relations between the two countries and the two militaries, and gravely escalated regional tensions across the Taiwan Strait. [...] In response to the vicious acts of collusion and provocation by the US and the Taiwan region, the PLA Eastern Theater Command has recently organized joint combat-readiness security patrol and combat training exercises involving troops of multiple services and arms in the airspace and waters around the Taiwan Island, Wu said.