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27 September 2021 - China Special Weapons News
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- Over 2.2 bln COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in China People's Daily 27 Sep 2021 -- Over 2.2 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses had been administered in China as of Sunday, data from the National Health Commission showed Monday.
- Chinese mainland reports 13 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases People's Daily 27 Sep 2021 -- The Chinese mainland on Sunday reported 13 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Monday.
- Beijing Cautiously Backs Taliban's Hopes Of International Recognition In Afghanistan RFE/RL Gandhara 27 Sep 2021 -- China is calling for sanctions against Afghanistan to be lifted as part of a wider push by Beijing to gain international political support for the Taliban's rule in the country.
- Spy Fish? China Tests Manta Ray Submersible Drone in South China Sea Radio Free Asia 27 Sep 2021 -- Chinese researchers from a military-linked university have completed the first open sea test in the Paracel Islands of a bionic robot that looks and swims like a manta ray, Chinese media reported.
- Beijing Blasts Quad Security Dialogue, Says It Causes 'Discord' in Asia-Pacific Sputnik 27 Sep 2021 -- The so-called Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, better known as the Quad, is an informal security pact between the United States, Australia, India and Japan explicitly designed to confront China militarily and diplomatically in the Asia-Pacific region.
- NATO Secretary General meets virtually with China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi NATO 27 Sep 2021 -- NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg met virtually with State Councillor and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi of the People's Republic of China on Monday (27 September 2021). The Secretary General and the Foreign Minister discussed NATO-China relations and exchanged views on current international security challenges.
- British warship passing through Taiwan Strait CNA 27 Sep 2021 -- British Royal Navy warship HMS Richmond was passing through the Taiwan Strait on Monday morning, according to a tweet from the frigate.
- British Warship Passes Through Taiwan Strait, Angering China Radio Free Asia 27 Sep 2021 -- China strongly condemned Monday the passage of a British frigate through the Taiwan Strait as the U.K. looks to bolster its presence in the Indo-Pacific.
- UK warship's Taiwan Straits transit 'meaningless display of presence' Global Times 27 Sep 2021 -- Mirroring the US move in August, a UK warship from the HMS Queen Elizabeth carrier strike group sailed through the Taiwan Straits on Monday, showing its presence in a provocative manner. Chinese experts said the symbolic move will not bring the UK back to its former imperial glory, but only destroy peace and stability across the Taiwan Straits.
- Chinese military opposes British warship's sailing through Taiwan Strait PLA Daily 27 Sep 2021 -- The British Royal Navy frigate HMS Richmond sailed through the Taiwan Strait on September 27 and openly hyped it up. The Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) sent naval and air forces to track and monitor the British warship in the whole course, said Senior Colonel Shi Yi, spokesperson for the PLA Eastern Theater Command, in a written statement released on Monday.
- 'Evil intentions': China condemns UK after warship sails through Taiwan Strait Press TV 27 Sep 2021 -- China has accused Britain of an act of provocation in the Taiwan Strait after a British frigate sailed through the strategic waterway.
- China Slams UK for Harbouring 'Evil Intentions' After British Warship Sails Through Taiwan Strait Sputnik 27 Sep 2021 -- Earlier on Monday, the official Twitter account of warship HMS Richmond posted a picture of the vessel navigating the contentious Taiwan Strait after "a busy period working with partners and allies in the East China Sea."
- British Warship Plows Through Taiwan Strait Amid Beijing-Taipei Tensions Sputnik 27 Sep 2021 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping earlier called for more efforts to ensure peace and security in the Taiwan Strait, as a US Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, the USS Barry, conducted what it stated was a "routine" transit through the sensitive waterway, in a mission implemented "in accordance with international law".
- China ready to work with Malaysia to strengthen communication and properly handle differences on South China Sea issue: Chinese Defense Minister Global Times 27 Sep 2021 -- China is ready to work with Malaysia to oppose hegemonism and power politics, strengthen communication and properly handle differences on the South China Sea issue, jointly safeguard peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific and inject more positive energy into the turbulent world, said Chinese State Councilor and Defense Minister, Wei Fenghe, on Monday during a conversation with Malaysian Defense Minister, Hishammuddin Hussein, through video link.
- Exclusive: CH-6 drone makes debut at Airshow China, 'powerful UAV affordable, reliable' Global Times 27 Sep 2021 -- China will display the CH-6 high-altitude, long-endurance drone, the latest entry to the renowned CH drone series, at the Airshow China 2021 to be held in Zhuhai, South China's Guangdong Province from Tuesday to Sunday. Its chief engineer said on Monday that the aircraft is characterized by high performance as well as affordability, reliability and ease of use.
- China to speed up research into new strategic weapons for air force: J-20 chief designer Global Times 27 Sep 2021 -- Yang Wei, chief designer of China's J-20 stealth fighter jet, said that during the country's 14th Five-year Plan (2021-25), Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) will develop the capability of H-6 series bombers and will speed up research into new strategic weapons and equipment, to further strengthen long-range strategic strike capability for the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying's Regular Press Conference on September 27, 2021 PRC MofA 27 Sep 2021
- China believes more countries will stand up to resist illegal unilateral sanctions, political framing: Chinese FM Global Times 27 Sep 2021 -- China believes more countries will stand up to all kinds of illegal unilateral sanctions, long-arm jurisdiction, and political framing, jointly uphold international fairness and justice and safeguard the basic norms governing international relations, said Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday in a phone conversation with his Venezuelan counterpart.
- Britain Warns Citizens of Hong Kong Extradition Threat VOA 27 Sep 2021 -- Concerns are growing over the reach of the national security law that China imposed on Hong Kong as Britain warned several of its citizens that they could face arrest and extradition to the former British colony.
- Chinese public security chief vows to smash 'color revolution' plot in Hong Kong Global Times 27 Sep 2021 -- The police force must focus on cutting off the hostile mastermind home and abroad who harmed national security and smashing plot of launching the "color revolution" in Hong Kong, Chinese Public Security Minister Zhao Kezhi said on Sunday. He called on the police to continue to shoulder responsibility in helping to maintain the stability of the special administrative region and cracking down on radical secessionists.
- China Says Hong Kong Crackdown 'Must Continue' After Vigil Organizer Disbands Radio Free Asia 27 Sep 2021 -- Following the dissolution of a group that once organized candlelight vigils marking the June 4, 1989 Tiananmen massacre, a top Chinese official warned on Monday of attempts to foment a 'color revolution' in Hong Kong.
- China Gives Hero's Welcome to Returning Huawei Exec Meng Wanzhou Radio Free Asia 27 Sep 2021 -- The ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s state propaganda machine cranked into high gear over the weekend with the return of Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou following her release from house arrest in Vancouver.
- China Vows to Stop Building Coal Plants Overseas, But What Does That Mean? VOA 27 Sep 2021 -- When Chinese President Xi Jinping last week announced his country will stop building coal power plants overseas, environmental activists were jubilant.
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