China Deploys Military Jets To Disputed South China Sea Island

China has deployed fighter jets to disputed Woody Island in the latest development surrounding the disputed South China Sea Islands, according to a media report. The move comes amid heightened tensions in the area.

US intelligence spotted “under ten” jets near Woody Island, also known as Yongxing Island, an American official told Fox News.

The dispatched jets reportedly include China’s Shenyang J-11s (“Flanker”) and Xian JH-7s (“Flounder”). The sightings date back to a few days ago.

Fox News also reported last week that China had sent two batteries of HQ-9 surface-to-air missiles to the same island.

Earlier this week, China’s Foreign Ministry claimed that its strengthened defenses on the South China Sea Islands are similar to US deployments in Hawaii, adding that Washington should not get involved in the territorial dispute.

“There is no difference between China’s deployment of necessary national defense facilities on its own territory and the defense installation by the US in Hawaii,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told journalists at a regular press briefing on Monday.

This tense exchange comes after Secretary of State John Kerry hosted his Chinese counterpart, Foreign Minister Wang Yi, in the US. Wang was also scheduled to visit the Pentagon on Tuesday, but the meeting was canceled due to a “scheduling conflict,” according to Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook.

Last week, Washington criticized China’s activities on the disputed Spratly Islands (known as Nansha Qundao in Chinese) in the South China Sea. Secretary of State John Kerry condemned China’s “militarization” of the archipelago, promising “very serious conversations” with Beijing, according to Washington Post.

Meanwhile, the US has stepped up cooperation with its Asian allies to counter what it perceives as a rise in China’s naval capabilities in the region and beyond. Washington’s military measures include conducting regular naval patrols in the South China Sea, as well as air surveillance and US-led war games.

The Chinese and US militaries have previously had close encounters at sea and in the air leading to diplomatic turmoil.

Woody Island is the biggest island in the Paracel chain in the South China Sea. China laid claim to the island in the 1950s, but the rights to the area, which is at the heart of economically important shipping routes in the South China Sea, are being contested by Taiwan and Vietnam.

The archipelago also offers rich fishing grounds, along with possible oil and natural gas deposits, which explains the territorial disputes among neighboring countries.

Sexual Adventure Kills Driver in Road Mishap

A young couple's sexual adventure in a speeding car ended in tragedy after the man lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a truck, leaving him dead on the spot. His girlfriend is recuperating in hospital with severe injuries on her head and a broken leg.
The man, 31, from Puranpur had gone to Pilibhit to pick up his lover, 24, from Pilibhit. They then hit the Pilibhit-Puranpur highway. Police, who said the fact that it was already dark -- the accident happened on Monday night -- may have played a role in the head-on collision, added that the couple's car seemed to have lost control and was unable to swerve past the oncoming mini-truck. Officers probing the incident said that both the man and the woman were naked waist down when they were taken out of their mangled vehicle.
Cops, who reported the accident from near Kathna bridge, said a FIR has been filed at the Gajroula police station and that a complaint has also been made out against the driver of the mini-truck for rash driving. One of the officers said, "It was residents of the Bengali Colony here who rushed out of their homes when they heard the loud sound of the crash. They tried to rescue the passengers in the car, but the man had already died by then."
Station officer at Gajroula Rajesh Yadav said, "Probably the couple was having sex in the moving car and either didn't see the truck coming from the other side or couldn't drive past it. The driver lost his life immediately after the accident due to grave injuries. The girl, who has a deep gash on her head and a fractured leg, is out of danger."

MLA Gyandev Ahuja Summoned Over 'JNU Drug Hub' Comment

Vexed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Gyandev Ahuja's bizarre statement claiming that the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) was a hub for sex and drugs, party president Amit Shah has summoned Ahuja.
The BJP MLA from Ramgarh in Rajasthan's Alwar district had claimed that those studying in JNU are involved in activities including "sex and drugs" among others.
Listing out the "illicit" activities been conducted at JNU, Ahuja claimed, "More than 10,000 butts of cigarettes and 4,000 pieces of beedis are found. 50,000 big and small pieces of bones are found. 2,000 wrappers of chips and namkeen are found, and so are 3,000 used condoms. They commit misdeeds with our sisters and daughters there. And 500 used contraceptive injections are also found."
He also alleged that "students are mostly found taking drugs after 8pm inside the campus. Those studying in JNU are not children, but parents of two children. They indulge in peace protests in the mornings and during the nights, they perform obscene dances," he added.
The BJP MLA's comments came during a march on Monday in Alwar against JNU students.