Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
June 2012 - China Special Weapons News
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- China Completes First Space Manned Docking Mission VOA 29 Jun 2012 -- China is celebrating the safe return of three astronauts, who successfully completed a mission that included the country's first manual docking in space and the first Chinese woman astronaut.
- United Technologies Subsidiary Pleads Guilty to Criminal Charges for Helping China Develop New Attack Helicopter DOJ 28 June 2012
- Tension Mounts Between Vietnam, China VOA 28 Jun 2012 -- Vietnam's new Law on the Sea, passed last week, has sparked a fresh round of tensions with China about competing territory in the South China Sea.
- US Exempts China, Singapore From Iran Oil Sanctions VOA 28 Jun 2012 -- The Obama administration has exempted China and Singapore from economic sanctions against countries that import oil from Iran. The tougher U.S. sanctions took effect Thursday
- Russia Looking at China S-400 Deliveries in 2017 RIA Novosti 27 Jun 2012 -- Russia will start exports of the S-400 Triumph air defense missile systems to China no earlier than 2017, a source in the defense industry told RIA Novosti on the condition of anonymity.
- China's space, deep-sea progress has military implications: expert CNA 25 Jun 2012 -- China's recent advancements in its space and deep-sea programs have important military implications and could give Beijing further bargaining chips in regional disputes, a Macau-based military expert said Monday.
- China's UAVs capable of disrupting U.S. aircraft carriers: reports CNA 24 Jun 2012 -- China has reportedly developed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) capable of interfering with the navigation of U.S. aircraft carriers in the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea, according to foreign reports.
- US: Tibetan Self-Immolations 'Desperate Acts' of Protest VOA 22 Jun 2012 -- The U.S. State Department says the spate of self-immolations in Tibetan areas of southwestern China are not the work of outcasts or troublemakers as China contends.
- Phnom Penh Won't Deport Bo Xilai-linked Frenchman VOA 22 Jun 2012 -- Cambodia says it will not deport a French architect who once worked closely with a disgraced senior Chinese official at the center of one of modern China's biggest and most public political scandals.
- China-Cambodia Ties Under Scrutiny in Arrest of French Citizen VOA 22 Jun 2012 -- Cambodian authorities are saying little about the case of a French national believed to be connected to disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai.
- India, China agree to step up defence and security dialogue IRNA 21 Jun 2012 -- India and China today agreed to step up their defence and security dialogue and work to take steps to ensure that the two countries achieve a USD 100 billion trade target by 2015.
- Ai Weiwei: Still Can't Leave China VOA 21 Jun 2012 -- Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei says police have told him he is stilled barred from leaving the country, despite the expiration of a one-year bail imposed after his release from detention.
- Russian Professors Jailed For Selling Secrets To China RFE/RL 20 Jun 2012 -- Court has sentenced two professors from Russia's leading military university to jail terms after they were convicted of providing secret data on Russia’s intercontinental “Bulava” missile to China.
- Russian Professors Sentenced for Selling Missile Secrets RIA Novosti 20 Jun 2012 -- The St. Petersburg City Court sentenced two university professors to long prison terms for selling military secrets to China.
- Anti-China Protest Leads to 2 Tibetan Immolations VOA 20 Jun 2012 -- Two young Tibetans set themselves on fire in eastern Tibet while calling for Tibetan independence and a long life for their exiled spiritual leader.
- Hundreds Tibetans expelled from Lhasa: Human Rights Watch CNA 20 Jun 2012 -- Human Rights Watch said hundreds of Tibetans in Lhasa were arbitrarily expelled from the city by local authorities, a move aimed at enhancing security.
- China Denies Ulterior Motives for Cutting Rare Earths Supply VOA 20 Jun 2012 -- China controls the global supply of rare earths, a group of minerals critical to the production of high-tech products.
- Remarks by President Obama and President Hu Jintao of China before Bilateral Meeting The White House 19 Jun 2012
- China upgrades eavesdropping on Taiwan: report CNA 19 Jun 2012 -- China has upgraded a key eavesdropping site in southeastern Fujian province opposite Taiwan.
- Blind Chinese Dissident Settles Into Life in US VOA 19 Jun 2012 -- Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng is spending his days being tutored in English and the basics of the U.S. democratic and legal system.
- Chinese Spaceship Docks with Orbiting Module RIA Novosti 18 Jun 2012 -- China’s Shenzhou-9 spacecraft has automatically docked with the Tiangong-1 lab module.
- First Chinese Woman Astronaut Goes Into Space RFE/RL 16 Jun 2012 -- China has launched a rocket carrying its first woman into space along with two fellow male astronauts.
- China Launches First Woman into Space VOA 16 Jun 2012 -- China successfully launched its first woman astronaut into orbit on a mission that marks an important step in the country's plans to build a permanent space station.
- Kyrgyzstan to Deepen Military Ties with China RIA Novosti 15 Jun 2012 -- Kyrgyzstan is looking to deepen its military cooperation with China, the Central Asian republic's president said.
- Tibetan Self-Immolates Near Qinghai Military Base VOA 15 Jun 2012 -- A Tibetan nomad has died after setting himself on fire in a remote region of northwestern China in protest of Chinese rule.
- China Prepares for First Manual Space Docking Mission VOA 15 Jun 2012 -- China is preparing to launch three astronauts into space, as part of efforts to become the third country to have a permanent base orbiting the Earth.
- China to Send its First Woman Into Space RIA Novosti 15 Jun 2012 -- China will send its first woman into space on Saturday when astronaut Liu Yan and two other crew members blast off on an upgraded Long March 2F rocket from the Jiuquan rocket launch site, in northwest China.
- Report: China Shipped Launch Vehicles to N. Korea VOA 13 Jun 2012 -- Japanese officials say China has violated a U.N. embargo by supplying North Korea with vehicles capable of transporting and launching ballistic missiles.
- China Denies Delivery of Missile Launchers to N. Korea RIA Novosti 13 Jun 2012 -- Beijing has denied media reports that a Chinese company allegedly supplied Pyongyang with four ballistic missile launchers last year in a breach of UN sanctions.
- China Defiant on Iran Oil Purchases VOA 12 Jun 2012 -- The Chinese government has indicated it has no plans to change its position on oil purchases from Iran, a day after the United States left Beijing off a list of economies that are exempt from U.S. sanctions on Iranian oil imports.
- Taiwan keeping eye on sea trials of China's aircraft carrier CNA 10 Jun 2012 -- Taiwan is paying close attention to the development of China's first aircraft carrier, including its sea trails, a defense official said Sunday as the trails have reportedly become more frequent recently.
- Chinese Dissident Aims to Raise Awareness of Laogai System in Tibet VOA 07 Jun 2012 -- Chinese and Tibetan human rights advocates are teaming up in Washington this week to raise awareness of the Chinese forced-labor prison camp system, known as laogai, and its use in Tibet.
- Chinese Dissident's 'Suspicious' Death Raises Questions VOA 07 Jun 2012 -- Online petitioners are calling for China to investigate what they call the "suspicious death" of a prominent dissident.
- U.S. report warns of threats from China's military modernization CNA 06 Jun 2012 -- Taiwan should do more to resist China's military threat, the Washington-based think tank American Enterprise Institute suggested.
- China Not Focus of Asia-Pacific Rebalancing, Spokesman Says AFPS 05 Jun 2012 -- The U.S. strategy to rebalance military forces toward the Asia-Pacific region is not intended to restrict China’s growth.
- Chinese Media Issue Warning on US Military Shift VOA 05 Jun 2012 -- Chinese state media warned that Washington's planned military shift towards the Asia-Pacific threatens to create rifts between the two countries and may upset regional stability.
- China Studies US to Revamp Police Force VOA 05 Jun 2012 -- China is spending more than ever before in an attempt to upgrade its domestic police force.
- Russia, China in Fast Neutron Reactor Talks RIA Novosti 05 Jun 2012 -- The Russian state-run civil nuclear corporation Rosatom may sign an initial agreement to build a commercial fast neutron reactor in China.
- China Rejects US Call to Release Tiananmen Prisoners VOA 04 Jun 2012 -- China's foreign ministry has expressed "strong dissatisfaction" with a U.S. call for Beijing to free all those still imprisoned for the 1989 Tiananmen Square demonstrations.
- China Rejects U.S. Criticism On Tiananmen Annniversary RFE/RL 04 Jun 2012 -- China's Foreign Ministry has expressed "strong dissatisfaction" over a call by the United States for Chinese authorities to free all people still imprisoned over protests 23 years ago.
- Taiwan Pres hopes for human rights improvement in China CNA 04 Jun 2012 -- President Ma issued a statement to mark the 23rd anniversary of China's 1989 Tiananmen massacre.
- Hong Kong Leads Tiananmen Remembrance VOA 04 Jun 2012 -- This week marks the 23rd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre.
- Heavy armed police presence at Tiananmen on massacre anniversary CNA 04 Jun 2012 -- Tiananmen Square attracted its usual crowds of tourists, who were treated to the spectacle of an extraordinary deployment of heavily armed police and public security personnel in the area.
- Dalai Lama Envoys Quit to Protest Chinese Posture on Tibet VOA 04 Jun 2012 -- Two envoys who represented the Dalai Lama in failed talks with China on Tibet issues have resigned to protest Beijing's unwillingness to consider new autonomy measures for the Himalayan region.
- Taiwan urges China to face up to Tiananmen crackdown CNA 03 Jun 2012 -- Taiwan's China policy planner urged Beijing on the eve of the 23rd anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre to face up to the incident's historical facts and the important message it held for the development of democracy and human rights.
- Secretary Responds to China Concerns During Dialogue AFPS 02 Jun 2012 -- There is no choice but to pursue a mature relationship between the United States and China, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta told attendees of the 11th annual Asia security conference, known as the Shangri-La Dialogue, here today.
- China mum on new airbase, sea trials CNA 01 Jun 2012 -- Chinese authorities have refused to confirm or deny reports that its jet fighters can take off from a newmilitary airbase in coastal Fujian Province in southeastern China andreach the disputed Tiaoyutai Islands in just 12 minutes.
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