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August 2003 - China Special Weapons News

  • U-N/NUCLEAR BAN VOA 31 Aug 2003 -- Pressure is mounting on the United States and China to ratify a nuclear test ban treaty that would ban all nuclear explosions.
  • Iran, China review expansion of mutual ties IRNA 26 Aug 2003 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi conferred here Tuesday with the Chinese Deputy Prime Minister and the Chinese Head of Iran-China Economic Commission Wu Yi on expansion of economic and industrial cooperation.
  • China hails Iran`s readiness to strengthen cooperation with IAEA IRNA 26 Aug 2003 -- China welcomes Iran`s readiness to strengthen cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), President Hu Jintao said.
  • Chinese FM terms Tehran-Beijing ties as positive IRNA 26 Aug 2003 -- Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing here on Tuesday, terming Tehran-Beijing ties as positive, expressed China`s satisfaction with further expansion of mutual relations and lauded Iran`s efforts to the effect.
  • Iranian, Chinese FMs stress promotion of Tehran-Beijing ties IRNA 26 Aug 2003 -- Iran and China discussed here Tuesday bilateral relations and other issues of mutual interests as well as key regional and international developments.
  • Delegates Begin to Arrive for Six-Way Talks Korea-net 26 Aug 2003 -- Representatives of countries participating in the first round of six-way talks aimed at resolving North Korea's nuclear weapons program started to arrive here Monday (Aug. 25).
  • KOREA TALKS UPDATE VOA 26 Aug 2003 -- As representatives of six nations prepare in Beijing to discuss North Korea's nuclear-weapons program, China says it will oppose sanctions against the North.
  • KOREA TALKS VOA 26 Aug 2003 -- China is calling for North Korea's security concerns to be addressed when six nations gather in Beijing Wednesday to discuss the North's nuclear weapons program.
  • RED CROSS/CHINA FLOODS VOA 24 Aug 2003 -- The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies says the situation for nearly four-million people in China remains dire, one-month after severe floods hit 26 Chinese provinces. The agency says 150-million people have been affected by the floods.
  • Chinese Military Delegation Winds Up Its Visit to DPRK KCNA 23 Aug 2003 -- The high-level military delegation of the Chinese People's Liberation Army led by Colonel General Xu Caihou, director of the General Political Department of the Chinese People's Liberation Army who is member of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and member of its Central Military Commission, left here today after winding up its five-day visit to the DPRK.
  • Protocol Signed between DPRK and China KCNA 22 Aug 2003 -- A protocol of the 39th meeting of the Committee for Scientific and Technological Cooperation was signed with due ceremony between the governments of the DPRK and China in Pyongyang today.
  • CHINA/NOKOR REFUGEES VOA 22 Aug 2003 -- The Committee to Protect Journalists is demanding that China release two South Korean journalists arrested in Shanghai this month. The two were detained while covering an attempt by North Korean refugees to gain asylum.
  • U-S-CHINA HUMAN RIGHTS VOA 21 Aug 2003 -- The Bush administration went public Thursday with criticism of China for what it says has been "backsliding" on its human rights performance. Officials say China has failed to fulfill promises made at a U-S-Chinese human rights dialogue late last year.
  • CHINA / SARS VOA 21 Aug 2003 -- The World Health Organization is bracing for what it says could be a new outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome later this year.
  • Gift to Kim Jong Il from CPLA High-Level Delegation KCNA 20 Aug 2003 -- Leader Kim Jong Il received a gift from the high-level military delegation of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (CPLA) on a visit to the DPRK.
  • High-level Military Delegation of China Arrives KCNA 19 Aug 2003 -- A high-level military delegation of the Chinese People's Liberation Army led by Colonel General Xu Caihou, director of the General Political Department of the Chinese People's Liberation Army who is member of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and member of its Central Military Commission, arrived here today.
  • Jo Myong Rok Meets Chinese Military Delegation KCNA 19 Aug 2003 -- Vice Marshal of the Korean People's Army Jo Myong Rok, first vice-chairman of the National Defence Commission of the DPRK and director of the KPA General Political Department, today met and had a conversation with the high-level military delegation of the Chinese People's Liberation Army led by Colonel General Xu Caihou, director of the General Political Department of the Chinese People's Liberation Army who is member of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and member of its Central Military Commission.
  • High-level Military Delegation of China to Visit DPRK KCNA 18 Aug 2003 -- A high-level military delegation of the Chinese People's Liberation Army will soon visit the DPRK.
  • CHINA / HOWARD / NOKOR VOA 18 Aug 2003 -- Australian Prime Minister John Howard is throwing his country's full support behind the upcoming talks on North Korea's nuclear program set for next week in Beijing. Mr. Howard stressed the pivotal role China can play in resolving the dispute.
  • CHINA EARTHQUAKE VOA 17 Aug 2003 -- Scores of aftershocks were felt after a strong earthquake hit China's remote northern province of Inner Mongolia Saturday. Two people were killed and thousands of homes destroyed.
  • CHINA/SARS VOA 16 Aug 2003 -- China's last two SARS patients have been released from the hospital in Beijing, bringing to an end an outbreak of disease that killed 349 people in the country. But officials are warning that the disease could reappear.
  • China Modernizes Its Air, Sea and Land Military Capabilities AFPS 15 Aug 2003 -- When the People's Republic of China announced a 17.5 percent or $3 billion increase in spending for defense modernization in March of 2002, it brought the publicly reported total to $20 billion according to a Pentagon report.
  • ROK, China Fine-Tune for NK Nuke Talks Korea-net 14 Aug 2003 -- South Korea and China on Wednesday (Aug. 13) fine-tuned their stances ahead of the first round of six-way talks over North Korea's nuclear weapons program, which will be held on Aug. 27-29 in Beijing.
  • NORTH KOREA / TALKS VOA 14 Aug 2003 -- China and South Korea have confirmed that six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear programs will take place in Beijing later this month.
  • Yoon, Li to Coordinate on 6-Way Talks Korea-net 13 Aug 2003 -- Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing will arrive here on Wednesday (Aug. 13) for further consultations with South Korean officials on the six-way North Korea nuclear talks to be held in Beijing the last week of this month.
  • CHINA-JAPAN WEAPONS VOA 13 Aug 2003 -- The Chinese government is demanding that Japan shoulder responsibility after a number of people in northeastern China were sickened by poison gas left by Japanese troops during the Second World War.
  • CHINA/MINE VOA 12 Aug 2003 -- China's long list of miners killed while working has grown with another deadly accident in Shanxi Province. The incident focuses new attention on the tough task Beijing faces in ensuring miner safety.
  • TURMOIL IN HONG KONG VOA 12 Aug 2003 -- In Hong Kong last month, massive pro-democracy demonstrations erupted after the Beijingcontrolled government tried to restrict civil liberties. Now, authorities in Hong Kong are cautiously trying to reintroduce the same controversial political reforms that sparked such pro-democracy protests in the first place. In this Dateline report, analysts say that Beijing worries that Hong Kong's political turmoil may spill over to the mainland.
  • China's PLA Sees Value in Pre-emptive Strike Strategy AFPS 11 Aug 2003 -- The military strategy of "shock and awe" used to stun the Iraqi military in the opening campaign of Operation Iraqi Freedom might be used by the Chinese if military force is needed to bring Taiwan back under communist control.
  • 6-Way Nuke Talks Likely Between Aug. 25-31 Korea-net 11 Aug 2003 -- Six-way talks aimed at resolving the standoff over the North Korea's nuclear weapons program will probably be held the last week of this month in Beijing, diplomatic sources in Seoul and Beijing said.
  • CHINA/JAPAN VOA 11 Aug 2003 -- China and Japan have marked the 25th anniversary of their shared friendship treaty, but some individual concerns - including chemical weapons apparently left in China by the Japanese during World War Two - cropped up during a high-level exchange of visits.
  • CHINA/JAPAN/NORTH KOREA VOA 10 Aug 2003 -- An energetic round of diplomatic activity continues in preparation for six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons program. Diplomats from China, Japan and Russia are on the road for planning meetings.
  • DPRK and China Exchange Views on Six-Party Talks KCNA 09 Aug 2003 -- Kang Sok Ju, first vice-minister of foreign affairs of the DPRK, today met and had a talk with a delegation of the Chinese Foreign Ministry led by vice-minister Wang Yi.
  • CHINA/JAPAN/NORTH KOREA VOA 09 Aug 2003 -- Chinese, Japanese and South Korean officials are shuttling around the region ahead of multi-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear program. A senior Chinese official says the talks in Beijing will be held later this month.
  • Bonner Says China Will Help with Container Security Washington File 05 Aug 2003 -- Customs Commissioner Robert Bonner told reporters in Hong Kong August 1 that China's agreement in principle three days earlier to join the U.S. Container Security Initiative (CSI) means the program will soon cover ports that ship approximately two-thirds of all containers headed to the United States.
  • HONG KONG/POLITICS VOA 04 Aug 2003 -- Beijing has approved new financial and security secretaries for Hong Kong. Their predecessors resigned last month amid the territory's biggest political crisis since it returned to Chinese sovereignty in 1997.
  • CHINA U-S DISSIDENT VOA 04 Aug 2003 -- A U-S-based Chinese dissident went on trial Monday in Beijing for alleged spying. The case of scholar Yang Jianli is drawing concern from members of the U-S Senate and from U-N human rights officials.
  • Establishing "One China" Policy Could Be Peaceful or Forceful AFPS 01 Aug 2003 -- The People's Republic of China would prefer to resolve the issue of Taiwan's independence peacefully, even as leaders of the communist country seek military options to enforce its policy of "One China," cites a Defense Department report.
  • CHINA MISSILES / TAIWAN VOA 01 Aug 2003 -- Beijing is denouncing a Pentagon report that says China is pointing more missiles at rival Taiwan in case of a future conflict. Chinese officials call the report an excuse for the United States sell more weapons to Taiwan.
  • CHINA/DISSIDENT TRIAL VOA 01 Aug 2003 -- Western politicians and diplomats will be watching closely next week when a U-S resident goes on trial in Beijing on charges of spying. Chinese democracy activist Yang Jianli was arrested last April while traveling in China with a false passport.



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