December 29, 2025

China conducted large-scale military exercises involving live fire, vessels, and aircraft all around Taiwan on Monday. The military exercise is dubbed “Justice Mission 2025,” which will focus on encompassing the island and halting vessels from accessing the island’s major ports. This will mark the sixth large-scale exercise conducted by China since 2022, which occurred not too long after the US sold billions of dollars’ worth of weaponry to Taiwan.

A Chinese private rocket venture, named LandSpace, is attempting to follow the model that Elon Musk’s SpaceX has established. In fact, the company has already tested the Zhuque-3 rocket and is attempting to execute a reusable launch, which would mark the first time this has happened in a Chinese company. Though the maiden mission ended in a crash, the company is looking to establish a budget-friendly rocket, similar to SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rockets. This is altering the pace at which the Chinese space program operates. They are currently attempting to raise capital on the stock exchanges for their future, and expensive, construction and testing phases.

Two new popular politicians in Nepal have allied to take down the two-party system, which has ruled the nation for the better part of the last eight decades. Balendra Shah, the young mayor of the capital city, who used to be a musician, allied with the leader of the nationwide independent party, Rabi Lamichhane. If the new alliance wins the March election, the mayor, only 35, shall be the prime minister. They also plan to address the problems with corruption, among others, that sparked mass protests in September, causing the resignation of the prime minister.

Russia successfully launched three satellites designed by Iran into space on Sunday with the use of its most powerful rockets. Russia launching satellites for Iran clearly indicates that Russia and Iran have been close, considering that both have been constrained by Western states. These satellites will orbit Earth at about 500 kilometres, and their use is for farm and environmental observation. These satellites, which include Paya, Zafar-2, and Kowsar, have been designed by Iranian scientists in their independent effort, despite pressures from outside sources, with Russia and Iran inking a major agreement in the most important sectors such as energy, defence, and so forth.