Indo-Pacific News

#Chinese Troops Struggle With Low Quality Winter Clothing On #Indian Border #PLA troops are struggling to survive in sub-zero temperatures with poor quality of clothing & accommodation. Steady line of emergency medical evacuations from the PLA positions

#China #Taiwan tensions could result in all-out war with the #US The prospect featured prominently in the Pentagon's annual report: Years of increasing tension across the Taiwan Strait appear to be coming to a head.

#Chinese #Australians scared to speak out for fear family members in #China will be targeted, paper says "Foreign govts were seeking to interfere in diaspora communities “to control or quash opposition or dissent deemed to be a threat to their government”

#China sends 19 warplanes to #Taiwan on Saturday for the second day. This after sending 18 fighters & bombers on Friday during #US Undersecretary of State Keith Krach's visit Taiwan's air force scrambled its own planes, deployed air defence systems