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11 December 2021 - China Special Weapons News

  • UAE shuts down construction at Chinese port facility near Abu Dhabi under US pressure, officials say Press TV 11 Dec 2021 -- The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has ordered construction work at a Chinese port project near the capital Abu Dhabi to be halted under intense US pressure after American officials argued that Beijing intended to use the site for military purposes, a senior Emirati official says.

  • KMT chair vows to continue to push for peace across Taiwan Strait CNA 11 Dec 2021 -- Eric Chu (朱立倫), chairman of the opposition Kuomintang (KMT), vowed to continue the party's efforts in pursuing peaceful ties across the Taiwan Strait in a message to the Straits Forum on Saturday.
  • China will have better chance to solve Taiwan question in 3-5 years: experts Global Times 11 Dec 2021 -- Although the cross-Taiwan Straits situation has become increasingly intense in 2021, the US and the Taiwan secessionist authority are unlikely to challenge the Chinese mainland's red lines and create extreme danger or war, experts said at the Global Times Annual Forum on Saturday. Some participants contended that China will have better chance to solve the Taiwan question in 3-5 years' time when it has developed overwhelming advantages against the US in the region.
  • Taiwan question tops issues of concern for China-US ties in 2022, experts say at GT annual forum Global Times 11 Dec 2021 -- The Taiwan question will be the top issue of concern between China and the US for 2022, Chinese experts said at the Global Times Annual Forum on Saturday. Some experts said that the Biden administration lacks confidence in facing the rise of China and does not believe in goodwill from China.

  • Moscow Calls Out US Hypocrisy Amid Reports CIA is Planning Pivot to Focus on Russia, China Sputnik 11 Dec 2021 -- On Friday, informed sources told CNN that the Central Intelligence Agency was looking to overhaul the training and management of its spy network and operations to pivot away from 'counterterrorism' to focus more on its traditional and complex state adversaries China and Russia.

  • Foreign Ministry Spokesperson's Statement on the "Summit for Democracy" Held by the United States PRC MofA 11 Dec 2021 -- "Recently, the United States held a so-called "Summit for Democracy", drawing the ideological line and turning democracy into a tool and a weapon. It sought to thwart democracy under the pretext of democracy, incite division and confrontation, and divert attention from its internal problems. It attempted to preserve its hegemony over the world, and undermine the international system with the United Nations at its core and the international order underpinned by international law."
  • China: US using democracy as 'weapon of mass destruction' Press TV 11 Dec 2021 -- The United States is using democracy as a "weapon of mass destruction" to interfere in other countries and to sow division and chaos, says a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson.
  • China Says US Using Democracy as 'Weapon of Mass Destruction' to Meddle in Others' Affairs Sputnik 11 Dec 2021 -- US President Joe Biden hosted a two-day virtual 'Summit for Democracy' on Thursday and Friday, sparking consternation from countries not invited to the gathering, and questions from officials in Russia and China about what gives the US the right to define whether a nation is democratic or not.
  • Foreign Ministry spokesperson's statement on US 'Summit for Democracy' Global Times 11 Dec 2021 -- Recently, the United States held a so-called "Summit for Democracy", drawing the ideological line and turning democracy into a tool and a weapon. It sought to thwart democracy under the pretext of democracy, incite division and confrontation, and divert attention from its internal problems. It attempted to preserve its hegemony over the world, and undermine the international system with the United Nations at its core and the international order underpinned by international law. This move by the United States goes against the trend of the times, and has been widely opposed by the international community.
  • US uses democracy as weapon to incite confrontations, maintain its hegemony: FM spokesperson on 'democracy summit' Global Times 11 Dec 2021 -- The so-called democracy summit held by the US is using ideology to draw lines globally, using democracy as a tool and weapon to incite separation and confrontations with the purpose to divert attention from its internal problems and maintain its hegemony, spokesperson of the Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Saturday in response to the US "democracy summit."
  • U.S. inciting division, confrontation in name of democracy is undemocratic: FM spokesperson People's Daily 11 Dec 2021 -- The United States is advancing its hegemony in the name of democracy by stoking division and confrontation, and nothing could be more undemocratic, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said Friday.



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