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China Boasts Its Second Aircraft Carrier Is Military Ready

2020-12-31T07:36:45Z

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[/news/china/index.html China] has claimed that its second aircraft carrier, the Shandong, is now military ready after soldiers carried out a series of live-fire drills. The country's state broadcaster this week released a dramatic video, which shows the 50,000-tonne warship launching ammunition to blow up enemy targets during an exercise. Beijing's show of military might comes as tensions have heightened between China and the United States after Washington approved two sales of weapon and [https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=us&tbm=nws&q=defence%20systems defence systems] worth around $4.2billion (£3.25billion) to Taiwan. China claimed that its second aircraft carrier, the Shandong, had completed a series of drills. Pictured, the ship is docked at a naval port in Sanya in southern China on December 17, 2019 Footage shows the ship launching ammunition to blow up enemy targets during an exercise RELATED ARTICLES [# Previous] [# 1] [# Next] [/news/article-8888305/Panda-Mei-Xiang-Chinese-web-users-urge-government-save-based-bear-abused.html Chinese web users urge authorities to 'save' US-based panda...] [/news/article-8891611/Hong-Kong-teen-activist-Tony-Chung-charged-secession.html Teen Hong Kong activist is charged with secession as he...] [/news/article-8892219/Taiwan-marks-200-days-without-domestically-transmitted-coronavirus-case.html Covid-19 success story Taiwan marks 200 days without a...] [/news/article-8890845/Joe-Biden-compromised-Chinese-Communist-Party-answer-key-questions.html Joe Biden 'could be compromised by the Chinese Communist...] Share this article Share 16 shares China's propaganda machine has been [/news/article-8872451/South-China-Sea-Beijing-claims-soldiers-launched-dozens-missiles-live-fire-drill.html boasting about the country's military capabilities] while sending warnings to other countries amid souring relations with the US and self-ruled Taiwan, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/du-lich-trung-quoc-gia-re/ tour trung quốc] which China claims as its own. Chinese President Xi this month told his marine soldiers to [/news/article-8838495/Chinas-President-Xi-tells-soldiers-focus-preparing-WAR-visits-marine-base.html focus on war preparedness] while remaining highly vigilant. China Central Television's military channel reported on Tuesday that the Shandong had 'successfully completed a series of maritime tests and training items'. It stated that the military exercises 'effectively examined' the performance of the vessel's weapons and equipment. China Central Television's military channel stated on Tuesday that the Shandong had 'successfully completed a series of maritime tests and training items' in a video report (above) Lai Yijun, the captain of the Shandong, is pictured be[/news/article-7800999/Chinas-second-aircraft-carrier-Shandong-enters-service-amid-tensions-Taiwan-US.html was commissioned by Chinese President Xi][/news/article-7800999/Chinas-second-aircraft-carrier-Shandong-enters-service-amid-tensions-Taiwan-US.html was commissioned by Chinese President Xi] during a ceremony at a naval port in Sanya, southern China's Hainan Province, in December last year. The ship is named after the eastern coastal province of Shandong and puts China in a small club of nations with multiple aircraft carriers. Beijing's first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, is a re-fitted Soviet-era Ukrainian ship and named after the province where it was revamped. It entered service in September, 2012. The country is building [/news/article-8739675/Chinas-aircraft-carrier-pictured-construction-Shanghais-warship-factory.html a third aircraft carrier], which will be equipped with a [http://www.wordreference.com/definition/flat-top%20flight flat-top flight] deck and an electromagnetic aircraft launch system, according to previous reports. The warship was commissioned to China's People's Liberation Army Navy in Sanya, Hainan Province, last December by Chinese President Xi (seen in CCTV news) during a ceremony China Central Television last week claimed that Beijing's army had launched [/news/article-8872451/South-China-Sea-Beijing-claims-soldiers-launched-dozens-missiles-live-fire-drill.html dozens of missiles] during drills over the South China Sea. The air-to-air missiles were reportedly fired during the two-day military exercise attended by nearly 100 soldiers in an undisclosed area on the South China Sea. The United States on Monday said it had approved a $2.4billion (£1.86billion) sale of 100 Harpoon coastal defence systems to democratically ruled Taiwan. It came after the US State Department had given the green light to a separate deal of three weapons systems to the island, including sensors, missiles and artillery that could have a total value of $1.8billion (£1.38billion). Beijing has ramped up diplomatic and military pressure on Taiwan since the 2016 election of Tsai, who views the island as a de facto sovereign nation and not part of 'one China'. Beijing has ramped up diplomatic and military pressure on Taiwan since the 2016 election of Tsai, who views the island as a de facto sovereign nation and not part of 'one China'. Tsai is pictured reacting during an election campaign in New Taipei City, Taiwan, on January 5 Chinese fighter jets and bombers have entered Taiwan's air defence zone with unprecedented frequency in recent months, while propaganda films have shown [/news/article-8831001/China-threatens-Taiwan-conducting-live-fire-military-drill.html simulated attacks] on Taiwan-like territories and [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/du-lich-trung-quoc-gia-re/ kynghidongduong.vn] US bases in Guam. Beijing said Tuesday it 'firmly opposed' Washington's move, urging the US to 'call off the relevant arms sales plan to Taiwan, so as not to cause further damage to China-US relations and peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait'. Foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said China would 'take proper and necessary measures to firmly safeguard its national sovereignty and security interests.' China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Monday that it would impose sanctions on the US companies involved in the sales, including Boeing and Lockheed Martin. A US official on Wednesday played down the threats, saying that Beijing, not Washington, was jeopardising regional stability. data-track-module="am-external-links^external-links"> Read more: [ CCTV Military/Weibo] DM.later('bundle', function() DM.has('external-source-links', 'externalLinkTracker'); );

Malware Probes Find A China Angle

2020-12-30T21:22:33Z

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id="article-body" class="row" section="article-body"> China is coming under scrutiny as the possible source of malicious software and Internet attacks directed at foreign governments and other institutions. A pair of recent research reports have cast some light on shadowy online initiatives with roots in China. Completed separately, both reports--"Tracking GhostNet," from the [ Munk Centre for International Studies in Toronto], and "The snooping dragon," from the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory--address the Chinese government's efforts to monitor the activities of the Dalai Lama and the governing of Tibet. Asked about the reports, analysts in China say that such claims are exaggerated and politically motivated, [ according to CNN]. Meanwhile, Vietnamese security firm BKIS says it has come across clues suggesting that the Conficker worm, which is supposed to start communicating with computers on April 1, [/news/conficker-worm-might-originate-in-china/ may have Chinese origins]. BKIS reported Monday that it [https://slashdot.org/index2.pl?fhfilter=spotted%20similarities spotted similarities] between Conficker's code and that of the 2001 Nimda virus, though in both cases the findings are not at all definitive. In "[ Tracking GhostNet: Investigating a Cyber Espionage Network]," issued over the weekend, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/du-lich-trung-quoc-gia-re/ tour trung quốc] the Canadian researchers say that the GhostNet comprises 1,295 infected computers in 103 countries, almost one third of them being "high-value targets, including ministries of foreign affairs, [ embassies], international organizations, news media, and NGOs." Despite going into great detail about how the GhostNet operates, and acknowledging the Chinese government's interest in the strategic exploitation of cyberspace, the Munk Centre researchers stop short of pointing fingers directly at a perpetrator: The capabilities of GhostNet are far-reaching. The report reveals that Tibetan computer systems were compromised giving attackers access to potentially sensitive information, including documents from the private office of the Dalai Lama. The report presents evidence showing that numerous computer systems were compromised in ways that circumstantially point to China as the culprit. But the report is careful not to draw conclusions about the exact motivation or the identity of the attacker(s), or how to accurately characterize this network of infections as a whole. The report argues that attribution can be obscured. The breaches tended to stem from a so-called social-engineering exploit, in which targets in the Tibetan community were sent an e-mail that appeared to be from the address campaigns@freetibet.org and that carried an attached Word document titled "Translation of Freedom Movement ID Book for Tibetans in Exile"--and that Word document was infected with the malicious code. The compromise of targeted systems could be substantial: The system directs infected computers to download a Trojan known as gh0st RAT that allows attackers to gain complete, real-time control. These instances of gh0st RAT are consistently controlled from commercial Internet access accounts located on the island of Hainan, People's Republic of China. Our investigation reveals that GhostNet is capable of taking full control of infected computers, including searching and [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/du-lich-trung-quoc-gia-re/ kynghidongduong.vn] downloading specific files, and covertly operating attached devices, including microphones and web cameras. About 70 percent of the control servers behind the attack had Internet Protocol addresses assigned to China, but researchers also found such servers in the U.S., Sweden, South Korea, and Taiwan. Of the nearly 1,300 infected computers, Taiwan had the most, followed by the U.S., Vietnam, and India. Given that China has the world's largest Internet population, the researchers say, "the sheer number of young digital natives online can more than account for the increase in Chinese malware. With more creative people using computers, it's expected that China (and Chinese individuals) will account for a larger proportion of cybercrime." And while the Tibetan computer systems were "conclusively compromised," the report says, "it is not clear whether the attacker(s) really knew what they had penetrated, or if the information was ever exploited for commercial or intelligence value." The University of Cambridge report, "[ The snooping dragon: social-malware surveillance of the Tibetan movement]," doesn't refrain from charging that the Chinese government was directing malware attacks: "(I)t was a targeted surveillance attack designed to collect actionable intelligence for use by the police and security services of a repressive state, with potentially fatal consequences for those exposed." Both reports also addressed the broader implications of the practices and behaviors observed in the Tibet-related malware efforts, and warn of the need for increased vigilance by both IT professionals and everyday computer users. As in many other breaches, from the [/news/melissa-virus-turns-10/ Melissa virus] 10 years ago to the Conficker worm today, breaches succeeded in part because people using the computer systems failed to take precautions when surfing the Web or opening e-mail messages. The costs could be significant, according to the Cambridge University report: As social-malware attacks spread, they are bound to target people such as accounts-payable and payroll staff who use computers to make payments. Prevention will be hard. The traditional defence against social malware in government agencies involves expensive and intrusive measures that range from mandatory access controls to tiresome operational security procedures. These will not be sustainable in the economy as a whole. Evolving practical low-cost defences against social-malware attacks will be a real challenge. See also: [/news/conficker-worm-might-originate-in-china/ Conficker worm might originate in China] [/news/60-minutes-whats-next-for-the-conficker-worm/ '60 Minutes': What's next for Conficker worm?] [/news/u-k-parliament-computers-get-confickered/ U.K. parliament computers get Confickered] [ ] [/news/melissa-virus-turns-10/ Melissa virus turns 10] [#comments Comments] [/topics/security/ Notification on Notification off Security]

Yao Ming Is Now A Chinese Ambassador To Mars

2020-12-30T15:35:10Z

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id="article-body" class="row" section="article-body"> [ Enlarge Image] Jim Rogash, Getty Images Retired basketball star Yao Ming's new role is simply out of this world. The former [http://www.reddit.com/r/howto/search?q=Houston%20Rockets Houston Rockets] Centre is to become China's new "Ambassador to Mars," according to the [ South China Morning Post]. It's not yet known whether China's most famous athlete may be expected to [ team up with the Looney Tunes] to defeat aliens in a basketball tournament. For now, Ming's main task is to help publicize China's plan to send a spacecraft to Mars by 2020. China's Mars 2020 mission, [ first announced] earlier this year, is expected to carry a solar-powered probe to the surface of the red planet. It will use a Chinese-made Long March-5 rocket to launch from the Wenchang Space Centre in China's Hainan province. Yao will be joined in his ambassadorial duties by 10 other Chinese luminaries, including science-fiction writer Liu Cixin, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/du-lich-trung-quoc-gia-re/ kynghidongduong.vn] teenage boy band [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/du-lich-trung-quoc-gia-re/ tour trung quoc] TFBOYS and women's Olympic gold-medal-winning volleyball team coach Lang Ping. China isn't the only one with its eyes on Mars. Elon Musk [/news/spacex-mars-elon-musk-plans-saturn-v-rocket/ late last month outlined his plan] to colonize the planet, saying he envisions self-sustaining human civilisations on Mars in the next 40-100 years. [#comments Comments] [/crave/ Crave] [/topics/culture/ Culture] [/topics/sci-tech/ Notification on Notification off Sci-Tech]

Chinese Probe Lands On Moon To Gather Lunar Samples

2020-12-30T01:53:41Z

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A Long March 5 rocket carrying China's Chang'e-5 lunar probe launches from the Wenchang Space Center on China's southern Hainan Island in November 2020 A Chinese space probe on Wednesday began drilling on the surface of the Moon hours after landing, in an ambitious attempt to bring back the first lunar samples in four decades. Beijing has poured billions into its military-run space programme, with hopes of having a crewed space station by 2022 and of eventually sending humans to the Moon. The Chang'e-5 spacecraft -- named for the mythical Chinese moon goddess -- touched down on the near side of the Moon on Tuesday, and [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/du-lich-trung-quoc-gia-re/ tour trung quoc] is now gathering samples from the surface, the China National Space Administration said. Chang'e-5's goal is to collect lunar rocks and soil to help scientists learn about the Moon's origins, formation and volcanic activity. If the return journey is successful, China will be only the third country to have retrieved samples from the Moon, following the United States and the Soviet Union in the 1960s and 1970s. Chang'e-5's goal is to collect lunar rocks and soil to help scientists learn about the Moon's origins, formation and volcanic activity This is the first such attempt since the [http://www.groundreport.com/?s=Soviet%20Union%27s Soviet Union's] Luna 24 mission in 1976. Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying on Wednesday described the mission as "revolutionary in increasing human understanding of the history of the Moon." The probe had finished drilling for samples by Wednesday morning and is now "gathering surface samples as planned", China's National Space Administration said. The spacecraft was launched from the country's southern Hainan province last week and entered lunar orbit on Saturday after a 112-hour journey. State broadcaster CCTV showed rows of scientists at mission control, wearing blue jackets emblazoned with Chinese flags, monitoring the probe then clapping after it successfully touched down. A huge screen at the front of the room displayed images sent by the probe of the grey lunar surface. A separate state media video released later showed the probe drilling into the moon's surface. - 'No easy task' - The spacecraft plans to collect two kilograms (4.5 pounds) of material in a previously unexplored area known as Oceanus Procellarum -- or "Ocean of Storms" -- a vast lava plain, according to the science journal Nature. China Moon probe The probe was designed to both get samples from the Moon's surface, as well as drill a two-metre (7-foot) deep hole and gather specimens from there, to ensure a diverse collection. State media said the craft was preparing for "around 48 hours" of tasks on the lunar surface. The samples will then be returned to Earth in a capsule programmed to land in northern China's Inner Mongolia region in December, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/du-lich-trung-quoc-gia-re/ kynghidongduong.vn] according to US space agency NASA. Back on Earth, Chinese scientists are using footage from Chang'e-5 to reconstruct patches of the Moon's surface in a lab to better guide the probe's movements, CCTV said. Footage from the broadcaster showed lab staff from the China Academy of Space Technology wearing augmented reality glasses and using shovels to shape a sand pit according to contours of the moon's surface. The mission is technically challenging and involves several innovations not seen during previous attempts at collecting moon rocks, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics researcher Jonathan McDowell told AFP last month. Thomas Zurbuchen, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/du-lich-trung-quoc-gia-re/ tour trung quốc] a top official at NASA's science mission directorate, congratulated China on the landing. "This is no easy task," he tweeted. "When the samples collected on the Moon are returned to Earth, we hope everyone will benefit from being able to study this precious cargo that could advance the international science community." - 'Space dream' - Under President Xi Jinping, plans for China's "space dream", as he calls it, have been put into overdrive. Chang'e-5 will collect material from a previously unexplored area of the Moon known as Oceanus Procellarum Beijing is looking to finally catch up with the US and Russia after years of belatedly matching their space milestones. China launched its first satellite in 1970, while human spaceflight took decades longer -- with Yang Liwei becoming China's first "taikonaut" in 2003. A Chinese lunar rover landed on the far side of the Moon in January 2019 in a global first that boosted Beijing's aspirations to become a space superpower. The latest probe is among a slew of ambitious targets, which include creating a powerful rocket capable of delivering payloads heavier than those NASA and private rocket firm SpaceX can handle, a lunar base, and a permanently crewed space station. China's taikonauts and scientists have also talked up crewed missions to Mars. burs-gle-tjx/rox/oho

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2020-12-30T01:53:31Z

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