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BEIJING, March 19 (Xinhua) — In the wheat fields of Nanyukou Village, Cheng’an County, in north China’s Hebei Province, farmers have given up the spring toil of spraying pesticides by hand, leaving it instead to agricultural drones. “We used to work hard in the fields with ‘face to the soil …

Taiwan has teamed up with allies to develop a 50-kilowatt laser weapon system, marking a potential great leap in the self-governing island’s defenses against China’s rising drone threats and incursions. The Taipei Times reported that Taiwan is rapidly advancing in the development of a pioneering 50-kilowatt vehicle-mounted laser weapon, which …

News Analysis In California, a former U.S. Army pilot sells classified aviation research to China’s communist regime. In Kentucky, leaders of a defense contracting company allegedly conspire to sell technical drawings to China and illicitly introduce Chinese parts into the Pentagon’s supply Chain. In Illinois, a China-based company allegedly bribes …

The “soaring dragon”, a high-altitude unmanned aerial vehicle, became the latest Chinese drone to threaten Taiwan’s airspace this week, in a sign of how important drones are becoming in the brewing conflict in east Asia. The Guizhou WZ-7, which carries out aerial reconnaissance but can also provide targeting data for …

A recent photo of China’s J-20 ‘Mighty Dragon’ with a twin-seat configuration emerged on social media, making it the only Generation 5 stealth fighter of this design. Lockheed Delivers ‘Game Changing’ High-Energy Laser Weapon HELIOS To US Navy; Ready For Real Combat This bares the rapid pace at which China …

China’s first domestically manufactured 200-ton-class unmanned surface vessel (USV) has reportedly completed its maiden autonomous sea trial, potentially paving the way to employ new naval combat tactics such as distributed operations and swarm battle. The ship is distinguished by its stealth and long-range capabilities. On Tuesday, a sea trial was …

China launched an unmanned ship, named Zhu Hai Yun, on May 18 that can be controlled remotely and navigate autonomously in open water and carry dozens of drones, submersibles, and other vessels for conducting ocean research, according to state-run Science and Technology Daily. The ship is 88.5 meters long, 14 …

CSSC Huangpu Wenchong has launched a research ship intended to help China’s oceanographers to expand their research through the use of unmanned and autonomous tools. This unmanned ship can be controlled remotely and navigated freely in water, making it a powerful tool for the country to carry out its marine scientific …

Intelligence officials on Friday issued new warnings about China’s ambitions, saying it was collecting genetic data from around the world as part of a technological push that could give it a decisive military edge and dominance over the American healthcare sector.   A report by the National Counterintelligence and Security Center …

In November 2018, I travelled to Guangzhou, a city of about 14 million people in southern China. Late autumn is the time for making lap yuk, a type of preserved pork that is a local speciality, and across town I would often spot slabs of meat hanging from high-rise apartment …