Taiwan on Thursday unveiled its first domestically-built submarine as the self-ruling island seeks to bolster its military deterrent in the face of increasing Chinese threats. Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen presided over the launch ceremony of the submarine “Narwhal”—which is also referred to as “Hai Kun” in Taiwan—in the southern city of Kaohsiung on Sept. 28. The submarine will be delivered to the navy after completing harbor and sea acceptance tests. Ms. Tsai said it will enter service in 2025 alongside two existing submarines purchased from the Netherlands in the 1980s. “In the past, a domestically made submarine was considered impossible, but today a submarine designed and built by our countrymen is in front of you. We did it!” she said at the ceremony, according to her office....Read more https://www.theepochtimes.com/china/taiwan-unveils-1st-indigenous-submarine-as-china-tensions-grow-5500714
The number of licence refusals for exports to China has more than doubled in 2022 because of the UK’s tightened control over goods and tech with military applications, a minister has said on Wednesday. Rosemary Pratt, director of the UK’s Export Control Joint Unit, told a defence exports conference in London that the increase was “largely” because of an update to the military end-use (MEU) export control rules, which she said had a “a big impact” on exports to China. The policy update, which took effect in May 2022, expanded the use of MEU controls and added China, Hong Kong, and Macau to the list of destinations subject to an arms embargo.... 
The family fortune of Chinese Premier Li Qiang has allegedly been made public on the Internet by an anonymous source. The unverified information published on an overseas Chinese platform on Sept. 22 implies that the family fortune is as high as 90 billion yuan (about $12.3 billion). As the second-ranking figure in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Li Qiang’s private information should be highly confidential. Alleged details of the premier’s wife and daughter were also made public, with the post providing supposed details about his wife, Lin Huan, including her date of birth, the college she graduated from, and her registered home address....
Chairperson of the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA), Ronson Chan Ron-sing, was intercepted when he went to cover the owners’ meeting of Long Ping Estate in September 2022. He was accused of refusing to show his identity card and was charged with one count of “obstructing a police officer in the proper execution of her duties” and an alternate charge of “obstructing public officers.” He denied the charge but was found guilty on Sept. 25 at the West Kowloon Court and sentenced to five days in prison. He applied for bail pending appeal and was granted. The HKJA expressed its deep regret over this verdict. The HKJA issued a statement in the evening, expressing its extreme regret that Mr. Chan, chairperson of the Hong Kong Journalists Association, was found guilty by the Magistrates Court of obstructing a police officer....