Apparently, the PRC used a ballistic missile to kill an old weather satellite last week, marking a successful test of an antisatellite weapon. The satellite was orbiting at 500 miles altitude, which is around where one would expect to find most imaging satellites.
The US, Australia and Canada have all expressed their concerns to the Chinese government, with more criticisms expected to follow from others.
All you future Tom Clancys can now start writing your stories about a cross-strait invasion of Taiwan following the "blacking out" of the sky over that area. Of course, the actual Tom Clancy featured a satellite-killing weapon in Red Storm Rising, twenty years ago.