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 use of the Mongolian language for schools in China’s Inner Mongolia has been fully cut, following a three-year transition process. The move leaves many ethnic Mongolians concerned about the complete loss of their culture among younger generations. “This is a systematic and planned policy of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) government to eliminate the Mongolian nation,” said Enghebatu Togochog, a U.S.-based Mongolian activist, regarding the mandatory switch, which is being billed as “bilingual education.” Mr. Enghebatu is the director of the New York-based Southern Mongolian Human Rights Information Center (SMHRIC). Mongolian activists outside of China often refer to their homeland as Southern Mongolia, rather than the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region, as it is called by Beijing.... 
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....