![]() ![]() Training including risks assessment and monitoring of enemies have been conducted in the face of the intensifying threats from China, with the US offering arms sale to the self-ruled island. War footing Tanks are deployed to carry out a shore defense operation as part of the 37th edition of the HanKuang military exercise in Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan September 16, 2021. It explaining the ministry advice was meant for people who might find themselves suddenly locked down under Covid measures. The government-owned Economic Daily newspaper warned readers not to let their imagination run wild with fears of an invasion. There was also chaos in Qidong City, where shops sold out of rice and some people reported being robbed for their groceries on the way home.Ĭommunist party officials were forced to appeal for calm and assured citizens there were no shortages or supply problems. They stripped shelves bare, and the queue for the checkout took up to two hours. Shoppers scrabbled to get hold of the last bags of rice, flour and noodles at a supermarket in Beijing, China November 2, 2021. One supermarket manager in Changzhou City said a huge crowd rushed through the doors yesterday morning. Torches, noodles, cooking oil and hardtack – long-lasting biscuits favored by survivalists – were also being stockpiled. Shoppers were seen jostling for the last bags of rice and flour after some selfish preppers bought more than half a ton each, claimed the local Jimu News. EPAĮmpty shelves and long queues were seen in supermarkets across China as the online rumors fuelled panic buying of groceries. Women wearing protective face masks walk past shelfs with cooking oil, rice and flour in a supermarket in Beijing, China, November 4, 2021. Others are said to have feared they were about to be plunged into a severe lockdown to stop a Covid outbreak. Some believed it meant an invasion of Taiwan was imminent following increasingly extreme threats from Beijing aimed at the US. It immediately sparked speculation the government was expecting shortages over winter. The panic was sparked – apparently by accident – by a Ministry of Commerce notice suggesting families stock up on food in case of emergencies. Panicking shoppers across the country rushed out to buy food, water and survival gear as rumors spread of all-out conflict with Taiwan that might drag in the US and its allies. Women face jail after kissing in front of Moscow’s Tomb of Unknown SoldierĬhina’s government accidentally sparked a “doomsday prepper” frenzy after advice to stockpile essentials led to fears of imminent war. The one sign your mom is a narcissist and how it could affect your relationship Phoenix Suns’ owner showed employees 'pics of bikini-clad wife’ and Russia possess around 4,000 warheads, according to the WSJ report.Four Americans hurt in Mexico beach attack that left two dead The communist nation’s “nuclear expansion may enable the to have up to 700 deliverable nuclear warheads by 2027,” a 2021 Department of Defense (DOD) report states.īy contrast, both the U.S. dropped on Hiroshima in 1945, had a roughly 17 kiloton yield, it is estimated the DF-41 has a 5,000 kiloton yield, according to Popular Mechanics. ![]() The DF-41 is an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) capable of delivering up to 10 nuclear warheads, according to a weapons profile from the Center for Strategic and International Studies. The silos are purportedly large enough to accommodate China’s state of the art DF-41 long-range missile, the WSJ reported. The communist nation is reportedly “accelerating” the development of “more than 100 suspected missile silos,” each reportedly able to house missiles with nuclear tips that have the ability to reach American shores, according to the WSJ report, which cited anonymous sources familiar with Chinese leadership strategy. China Stockpiling Nuclear Weapons At An Alarming Rate: REPORTĬhina is racing to stockpile nuclear weapons capable of striking North America, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday. ![]()
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