Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
August 2005 - China Special Weapons News
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- Report: China Seeks North Asian Security Forum VOA News 28 Aug 2005 -- China reportedly is suggesting that multinational talks on North Korea's nuclear program should evolve into a permanent regional security forum.
- Russia: Moscow, Beijing Conclude War Games, As Region Looks On With Interest RFE/RL 25 Aug 2005 -- Thousands of Chinese and Russian troops have concluded their first-ever joint military exercises by staging a mock invasion by paratroopers on China's east coast.
- Defense Ministers Observe Sino-Russian War Games RFE/RL 24 Aug 2005 -- The Russian and the Chinese defense ministers met in China's port city of Qingdao today, where they are both monitoring the two countries' first major joint military exercises.
- China, Russia Exercises Highlight Growing Ties, Old Suspicions VOA 24 Aug 2005 -- Nearly ten-thousand Chinese and Russian troops are carrying out joint military exercises for a second week off eastern China's Shandong peninsula
- Rumsfeld Not Concerned About Russia-China Exercises, Experts Divided VOA 23 Aug 2005 -- U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says he is not concerned about the first bi-lateral Russia-China military exercises, which are now in their second week and include an amphibious landing in eastern China, not far from Taiwan
- CHINA AND RUSSIA CONDUCT PEACE MISSION 2005: AN 'EXERCISE OF POWER' US Dept. of State IIP, Foreign Media Reaction 23 Aug 2005
- Sino-Russian Exercises Continue RFE/RL 23 Aug 2005 -- Russian and Chinese forces have begun a mock assault on the beaches of northern China, the final stage of the first ever military maneuvers between the former Cold War rivals.
- Russia, China Prepare For Live-Fire Drills RFE/RL 22 Aug 2005 -- Russian and Chinese forces -- taking part in their first-ever joint military maneuvers -- are preparing for exercises involving the use of real ammunition on China's east coast.
- Chinese, Russian Paratroopers Jump To Historic First RFE/RL 20 Aug 2005 -- Russian and Chinese paratroopers today landed along China's northeastern coast as some 9,000 soldiers from the two countries began the second stage of their first-ever joint military exercises.
- Chinese-Russian Military Exercises Continue RFE/RL 19 Aug 2005 -- Russia and China today started the second day of their first-ever joint military exercises by developing a unit that will stage a landing on a Chinese peninsula in order to end an ethnic conflict in a fictional country.
- China Keeps US Businessman Under House Arrest, Accusing Him of Spying for Taiwan VOA 19 Aug 2005 -- U.S. Embassy officials in Beijing say Chinese authorities have held an American businessman under house arrest for more than two months, on accusations that he spied on behalf of Taiwan.
- All branches of armed forces taking part in Russian-Chinese military exercise RIA Novosti 18 Aug 2005 -- The Chief of the General Staff of China's People's Liberation Army told a news briefing in Vladivostok, Russia's Far East, Thursday that nearly all branches and services of the Russian and Chinese armed forces were participating in the joint military exercises, Peace Mission 2005.
- Russian-Chinese exercises a new era in bilateral cooperation RIA Novosti 18 Aug 2005 -- The first Russian-Chinese military exercises have opened a new era in bilateral military cooperation, a Russian diplomat said Thursday.
- Russia/China: Joint Military Exercise A Result Of New Strategic Partnership RFE/RL 18 Aug 2005 -- Russia and China kicked off their first-ever joint military exercises today in the city of Vladivostok in Russia's Far East.
- Historic Sino-Russian Exercises Under Way RFE/RL 18 Aug 2005 -- Russia and China today started their first-ever joint military exercises with an opening ceremony in Vladivostok.
- Fuel Shortages Disrupt China VOA 18 Aug 2005 -- Parts of China, particularly in the South, have been experiencing serious fuel shortages in recent days as international crude oil prices reach record highs
- US Hopes Accord With Israel Will Limit Military Sales to China VOA 17 Aug 2005 -- The United States and Israel have announced an understanding on the need for consultations before Israel sells military technology to other nations.
- US Concerned by Charges Against Hong Kong Journalist VOA 08 Aug 2005 -- The United States Monday expressed concern about spy charges filed by China against a prominent Hong Kong journalist. The journalist, for the Straits Times newspaper of Singapore, is accused of spying for Taiwan.
- Russia/China: Military Exercises Underscore Growing Ties RFE/RL 05 Aug 2005 -- Russia and China will hold unprecedented joint military exercises later this month in the Russian Far Eastern city of Vladivostok and in the coastal Chinese province of Shandong and nearby waters
- U.S. Lauds China's Efforts on North Korea Six-Party Talks Washington File 03 Aug 2005 -- China is making a major effort to advance the current round of Six-Party Talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear weapons programs, says U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill.
- JAPAN, TAIWAN AGREE IN ASSESSMENT OF CHINA'S MILITARY STRENGTH CNA 02 Aug 2005 -- Japan's prediction that China will begin to prevail against Taiwan militarily from 2006 unless Taiwan engages in an aggressive military build-up is in full agreement with a forecast by the Ministry of National Defense (MND) , a ministry official said Tuesday.
- China's CNOOC Withdraws Bid for Unocal VOA 02 Aug 2005 -- The Chinese government-controlled company, CNOOC, has withdrawn its bid for U.S. energy company Unocal
- Russia, China Preparing For Exercises RFE/RL 02 Aug 2005 -- Russia and China will hold their first-ever joint military exercises later this month.
- Asia: China Rediscovers Its Maritime Heritage RFE/RL 02 Aug 2005 -- A recent U.S. Defense Department report suggests that China is seeking to become a regional sea power. Perhaps the most surprising thing about this development is that it took so long. In recent decades, China has been exploring a maritime tradition that it largely abandoned centuries ago.
- China Presents Second Draft of Joint Statement to North Korean Nuclear Talks VOA 01 Aug 2005 -- China has proposed a second draft of a joint declaration on ending North Korea's nuclear program after delegates from the six countries involved in talks in Beijing failed to agree on the wording of an initial proposal
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