China
Sara Carter: Sen. Cotton was wrongly labeled ‘a conspiracy theorist’ for wanting to know the origin of COVID

Sara Carter appeared on Steve Hilton’s “The Next Revolution” to discuss on Sunday the Wall Street Journal’s groundbreaking report on the very first cases of COVID-19 reportedly coming from the Wuhan Institute of Virology in November 2019.
“There are so many unanswered questions,” Carter said. “Very few journalists actually are asking the right questions.”
On the other hand, those who had been asking the right questions were mocked. “When people like Senator Tom Cotton came forward and said look we need to investigate this, we need to see what’s happening in China, we need to understand the origin of this virus, of coronavirus,” Carter said, “it was as if he was a conspiracy theorist.”
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) was slammed in the media for asking those questions early on in the pandemic and for negating the World Health Organization.
Cotton and Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) both pressed Dr. Fauci earlier this year on the origins of the coronavirus. Then, they were rebuffed. Now, Fauci is calling for an investigation into its origin. Cotton tweeted Monday how “remarkable” of a coincidence it would be if the virus didn’t originate in the lab.
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China
VIDEO: Chinese military plane comes ‘dangerously’ close to U.S. aircraft over South China Sea

The United States Army recorded and released unnerving video of a close encounter with a Chinese jet over the South China Sea. The Chinese military plane came “dangerously” close to the U.S. military aircraft in the international airspace last week, the U.S. military announced on Thursday.
US, Chinese jets in close encounter over South China Sea pic.twitter.com/X8fbV84neF
— PressTV Extra (@PresstvExtra) December 29, 2022
The Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM), the command responsible for overseeing U.S. operations in the area, said in a statement that the encounter occurred on December 21, during which a Chinese Navy J-11 fighter jet flew within 10 feet (3 meters) of a U.S. Air Force RC-135, a reconnaissance plane with about 30 people on board.
According to a U.S. military spokesperson, the Chinese jet came within 10 feet of the airplane’s wing, but 20 feet from its nose, causing the U.S. aircraft to take evasive maneuvers to avoid a collision.
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