Military supplies delivered to Belarus aboard 4 Chinese flights, observers report.
"At the beginning of January, the Belaruski Hajun monitoring group recorded unusual activity by the Chinese cargo airline Air China Cargo at Minsk National Airport. Over a period of four days, the Boeing 747-400F registered B-2476 completed four round-trip flights between Ürümqi (airport code ZWWW) and Minsk (UMMS)...
We have reason to believe that the cargo plane transported military equipment from China to Belarus. The cargo likely bypassed customs clearance and was transshipped out of the airport immediately, as staging the freight in the usual military cargo area would have attracted additional attention with the consignment sitting out in the open."
@skykiss jfc. This would be a marriage made in hell. China helps Russia, then Russia helps China. This shit needs to be dealt with before it’s too late and technically republicans are the most to blame for blocking aid to Ukraine. Good god i hate republicans so much
📖 The book "Consuls in the Cold War", edited by Sue Onslow and Lori Maguire, includes a chapter authored by Pedro Aires Oliveira dedicated to the diplomatic relations between Portugal and the People's Republic of China in the mid-20th century. 🇵🇹 🇨🇳
Palestinian medics react after several members of the Palestinian Red Crescent were killed when an Israeli strike hit an ambulance, according to the Red Crescent, in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip. REUTERS/Mohammed Al-Masri
Does your paper have this manipulative pro-China "advertisement" in your local paper?
This "China Watch" newspaper supplement has been added into the LA Times every Sunday for years - focusing on older, more gullible voters. And it's pretty insidious.
NEW: "Sham Signal App Tied to China Raises Alarms"
You're using your smartphone, scrolling through your favorite apps, sending messages, and staying connected. But what if some of those innocent-looking apps are not what they seem?
Some brief thoughts on the disclosure that a #PRC diplomat in #Canada was involved in a plot to intimidate a #Conservative#MP and his loved ones: A #thread.
4/4 Perhaps Michael Chong said it best himself: "When the government fails to expel a diplomat who is targeting MPs and their families - particularly when the information becomes public - it signals to authoritarian states that Canada is open for foreign interference."
It's all atrocious - the PRC's actions, the diplomat's departure from norms, the government's failure to notify the MP - but if the government chickens out of calling China out on it, with actual teeth, we've lost.
Why would China not push us around if they know that they can, and that we're too afraid to do anything about it? They're certainly showed the temperament and inclination to do so.