Tag: China
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China might be underreporting its COVID-related death toll — experts
China reported no new COVID-19 deaths in its growing outbreak, sparking criticism of its virus accounting as the capital braces for a surge of severe cases amid reports of dozens of hearses queued outside a Beijing crematorium on Wednesday. A similar spike in in-hospital deaths was observed in other parts of the Asian country, leading…
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Not aliens — but a Chinese 'high-altitude balloon programme' for intelligence gathering
The United States National Security Council spokesperson, John Kirby, said in a press conference on Sunday that China has “a high-altitude balloon programme for intelligence collection connected to the People’s Liberation Army”. Kirby did not, however, disclose the origin or purpose of the three latest aerial devices shot down over America over the weekend and…