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10 August 2022 - China Special Weapons News
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- Urumqi enforces 'static management' in parts of city to stem new wave of coronavirus resurgence Global Times 10 Aug 2022 -- Urumqi, capital city of Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, will partially suspend public transportation and close off residential communities for five days starting from Wednesday as the city registered 27 positive COVID-19 cases.
- Tibet's Lhasa launches city-wide COVID-19 testing People's Daily 10 Aug 2022 -- Lhasa, the capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, launched city-wide nucleic acid testing on Monday night after the city reported 18 positive COVID-19 tests.
- Taiwan vows to stay vigilant after Chinese military drills conclude CNA 10 Aug 2022 -- Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense (MND) said it remains on high alert Wednesday following an announcement by the People's Liberation Army (PLA) indicating its military drills around the island concluded that day.
- Pelosi visit signals change in U.S.' 'one China' policy: Expert CNA 10 Aug 2022 -- The recent visit of House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taipei is evidence the United States has made Taiwan's wishes a central component of a redefined "one China" policy, according to a U.S.-based political scientist.
- Pelosi Says Trip to Taiwan Meant to Show Strong Status Quo Relationship Sputnik 10 Aug 2022 -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday her recent trip to Taiwan was intended to demonstrate a strong relationship based the status quo.
- House Speaker Pelosi: China Cannot Isolate Taiwan VOA 10 Aug 2022 -- China's military drills, threats and cuts in some bilateral cooperation in reaction to U.S. lawmakers' visit to Taiwan is an attempt to establish a "new normal" in the Taiwan Strait, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters on Wednesday.
- Chinese, Taiwanese navies continue military drills amid rising tensions Press TV 10 Aug 2022 -- Chinese and Taiwanese warships have lined up in front of each other to continue their naval drills, as tensions between the two sides soar in the aftermath of a controversial visit to Chinese Taipei by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
- China says it has wrapped up war games around Taiwan, as Taipei hits out at fake news Radio Free Asia 10 Aug 2022 -- China's military said it had wrapped up a week of war games around Taiwan on Wednesday, while Taipei cried foul over Chinese disinformation tactics as Beijing ratcheted up pressure in response to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Aug 2-3 visit to the self-governing island.
- Race for Semiconductors Influences Taiwan Conflict VOA 10 Aug 2022 -- China has blocked many of Taiwan's exports in retaliation for U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan on August 2, but certain goods including semiconductors and high-tech products have been spared because of China's reliance on those products from Taiwan, experts say.
- KMT delegation's mainland visit a normal one; absurd for DPP to hype it with malicious intent: Taiwan Affairs Office Global Times 10 Aug 2022 -- The visit of a Kuomintang Party of China (KMT) delegation to the Chinese mainland is normal and it is absurd to hype it with malicious intent, Ma Xiaoguang, spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said on Wednesday, after an attempt by Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to obstruct and smear the visit.
- Amid Cross-Strait Crisis, Taiwan's Opposition KMT Sends 'Fact-Finding Delegation' to Mainland China Sputnik 10 Aug 2022 -- With China engaged in wide-ranging military drills around Taiwan in response to a visit to the island earlier this month by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), a group of Taiwanese politicians have traveled to the Chinese mainland to downplay the risk of serious conflict to the Taiwanese business community.
- MAC slams 'wishful thinking' and 'lies' in China's Taiwan white paper CNA 10 Aug 2022 -- Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) on Wednesday blasted China's newly released white paper on Taiwan as "full of wishful thinking and disregard for facts" while reaffirming its position that neither side of the Taiwan Strait is under the jurisdiction of the other.
- China fears losing international support for its claims on Taiwan: analysts Radio Free Asia 10 Aug 2022 -- China increasingly fears losing international support for its claim that the democratic island of Taiwan and China are part of a "one China" that was split apart during the civil war and is awaiting "unification," analysts told RFA.
- FCDO summons Chinese Ambassador Zheng Zeguang over Beijing's aggressive escalation against Taiwan UK FCDO 10 Aug 2022 -- The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) has summoned China's Ambassador to explain his country's actions against Taiwan.
- Neither China nor international community will accept US' gangster logic: Chinese FM Global Times 10 Aug 2022 -- It is the US that breaks their promise, violates China's sovereignty and support secessionists and China's countermeasures in responding to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to the island of Taiwan are justified, necessary, proper and legitimate, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin told a press conference on Wednesday.
- Chinese PLA is prepared no matter how US forces transit the Taiwan Straits: experts Global Times 10 Aug 2022 -- A US Pentagon official on Monday claimed that the US forces will continue to undertake Taiwan Straits transits in the coming weeks and exercise freedom of navigation operations elsewhere in the region to show their support for allies and partners, to indicate their commitment "to maintain the status quo of a free and open Indo-pacific." Experts believe that the probability of the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier transiting the Taiwan Straits is low, but no matter how the US military wants to show its presence, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) is ready.
- China releases white paper on Taiwan question and reunification, outlines irreversible historical process, stronger capability and rock-solid resolution in new era Global Times 10 Aug 2022 -- The Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council and the State Council Information Office of China published a white paper titled "The Taiwan Question and China's Reunification in the New Era" on Wednesday, following the tensions triggered by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's provocative visit to Taiwan island last week.
- China releases white paper on Taiwan, vows to achieve unification 'peacefully' Press TV 10 Aug 2022 -- China has released its first white paper on Taiwan in two decades, expressing "greatest sincerity" for peaceful unification of the self-ruled island with the mainland days after US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's controversial visit to Taipei.
- China to Take All Steps Necessary to Reach Reunification With Taiwan - White Book Sputnik 10 Aug 2022 -- China reserves the right to take all necessary measures in response to the provocations by instigators of Taiwan's separatism in the event of failure to reach peaceful reunification with the island, including the "last resort" of the use of force, according to a new Beijing white book released on Wednesday.
- China, US face 'high risks of miscalculations, crisis' with US' possible more provocative moves over Taiwan amid Biden's 'buck-passing' remarks Global Times 10 Aug 2022 -- The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) continued its open and transparent military exercises around the island of Taiwan on Tuesday, after US President Joe Biden's "buck-passing" comments that he was concerned about China's military drills. Chinese analysts said the Biden administration has dodged the root cause for the escalated tensions in the Taiwan Straits and does not consider thoroughly the consequences of its reckless moves, which is the most fatal flaw in Biden's China policy.
- Chinese vice foreign minister answers questions on Pelosi's Taiwan visit People's Daily 10 Aug 2022 -- Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu on Tuesday took questions from the press on Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan.
- Full Text: The Taiwan Question and China's Reunification in the New Era People's Daily 10 Aug 2022 -- The Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council and the State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China published a white paper titled "The Taiwan Question and China's Reunification in the New Era" on Wednesday.
- Spokesperson makes remarks on white paper on Taiwan question and China's reunification in new era People's Daily 10 Aug 2022 -- A spokesperson for the Taiwan Work Office of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee on Wednesday made remarks on a newly published white paper titled "The Taiwan Question and China's Reunification in the New Era."
- China releases white paper on Taiwan question, reunification in new era People's Daily 10 Aug 2022 -- The Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council and the State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China published a white paper titled "The Taiwan Question and China's Reunification in the New Era" on Wednesday.
- PLA Eastern Theater Command continues joint exercises around Taiwan People's Daily 10 Aug 2022 -- The Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) continued its joint combat exercises and training on Tuesday in the waters and airspace around the Taiwan Island.
- China's live ammo drills off South Korea are part of effort to control seas Radio Free Asia 10 Aug 2022 -- China's military exercises in the Yellow and Bohai seas following drills near the self-governing island of Taiwan are part of Beijing's efforts to exert its power in the region, with an eye toward eventual domination, security analysts in South Korea and the United States say.
- PLA to conduct regular combat readiness security patrol in Taiwan Straits Global Times 10 Aug 2022 -- The People's Liberation Army (PLA) Eastern Theater Command on Wednesday announced it will conduct regular combat readiness security patrols in the Taiwan Straits after declaring a successful conclusion of recent drills around the island, which experts said indicates that the PLA is ready for combat whenever national sovereignty and territorial integrity is threatened.
- PLA Eastern Theater Command wraps up joint military operations around Taiwan Island, all tasks fulfilled successfully PLA Daily 10 Aug 2022 -- The Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) has recently carried out a series of joint military operations involving troops of multiple services and arms in the waters and airspace off the Taiwan Island, with all tasks accomplished and the troops' combat capabilities in integrated joint operations effectively verified, said Senior Colonel Shi Yi, spokesperson for the Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), in a written statement released on Wednesday.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin's Regular Press Conference on August 10, 2022 PRC MofA 10 Aug 2022
- China-US climate talks suspension is legitimate countermeasure; US must bear consequences: Chinese FM Global Times 10 Aug 2022 -- China's suspension of climate change talks with the US is a "legitimate and reasonable" countermeasure over Nancy Pelosi's provocative visit to China's Taiwan region and the US must bear all the consequences, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said at Wednesday's press briefing.
- Chinese diplomat blames US for being 'main instigator' of crisis in Ukraine Press TV 10 Aug 2022 -- China has accused the United States of being the main instigator of the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine that began on February 24.
- China calls on US to 'positively' respond to Iran's 'reasonable concerns' in Vienna talks Press TV 10 Aug 2022 -- China has called on the United States to "positively" respond to the Islamic Republic of Iran's "reasonable concerns" in the nuclear deal talks, blaming it for starting the "crisis".
- Hong Kong police arrest four over 'seditious' Facebook page, radio hosts denounced Radio Free Asia 10 Aug 2022 -- Hong Kong police arrested four people for "seditious" social media posts in connection with a Facebook page titled "Civil servant secrets," after the page was denounced by a newspaper backed by the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for "inciting civil servants" and "smearing government policies and operations."
- Recently Released from Prison, Hong Kong Activist Cautious on Next Steps VOA 10 Aug 2022 -- Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Avery Ng is readjusting to freedom following his April release from prison, where he served a 12-month sentence for unauthorized assembly under the city's mini-constitution, the Basic Law.
- Sinopec discovers 1.7b-ton oil reserves in Xinjiang Global Times 10 Aug 2022 -- China's oil giant Sinopec discovered an oil field containing 1.7 billion tons of oil reserves during an exploration program in the Shunbei oil and gas field located in the Tarim Basin, Northwest China's Xinjiang region, according to media reports on Wednesday.
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