Published: 9:30pm, 5 Dec 2024Updated: 10:47pm, 5 Dec 2024
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1. Mainland China sanctions 13 US companies over weapons sales to Taiwan
Mainland China has slapped sanctions on 13 US defence companies, along with executives of other firms, over arms sales to Taiwan.
2. 13 missing in Shenzhen after railway building site landslide on Wednesday night
A catastrophic landslide at a construction site alongside a high-speed railway line in China’s southern tech hub of Shenzhen late on Wednesday night has left 13 people missing.
3. Amid fighter fleet overhaul, China’s military cuts its pilot training by a year
China’s military has trimmed at least a year off its fighter pilot training programmes, with one US source predicting that the PLA will have “completely modernised” its pilot instruction system by the early 2030s.