THE C919 DILEMMA: China’s ‘Homegrown’ Jet Still Flies on Wester...
NEW DELHI — On August 12, 2026, a sleek, white COMAC C919 operated by Air China touched down at Ulaanbaatar’s new international airport in Mongolia. Welcomed by a celebratory water salute, the flight from Beijing marked the first scheduled international commercial passenger flight for China’s... read more »
China Satellite Launch Marks Beginning of Thousand Sails Constellation to R...
China has launched the first batch of satellites for its “Thousand Sails Constellation,” a megaconstellation designed to rival SpaceX’s Starlink ¹. The constellation, also known as the “G60 Starlink Plan,” aims to deploy over 15,000 low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites... read more »
Take Chinese-made Covid-19 vaccines if Indians wish to travel to China
China has made it mandatory for people coming from India and 19 other countries to get themselves inoculated with Chinese-made Covid-19 vaccines if they wish to travel to China. For Indian travelers, this condition is a problem because Chinese-made vaccines are not available in India. A notice... read more »
Seventeen coal miners die after blast in west China
Seventeen coal miners have died after being trapped by a weekend gas explosion in northwestern China, an official news agency reported on Monday. The miners were trapped Saturday by the explosion at a mine 120 km from Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang region, the Xinhua News Agency said. It said... read more »
