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06 February 2023 - China Special Weapons News

  • China: Tibetan children forced to assimilate, independent rights experts fear UN News 06 Feb 2023 -- Roughly one million Tibetan minority children in China have been separated from their families and placed into Government-run boarding schools, forcing their assimilation into the dominant culture, three independent UN human rights experts said on Monday.

  • Chinese mainland welcomes KMT delegation to visit Global Times 06 Feb 2023 -- The Chinese mainland expressed a message of welcome after the Chinese Kuomintang party (KMT), the pro-reunification opposition party in China's Taiwan region, announced it was sending a delegation led by deputy chairman Andrew Hsia for a 10-day visit to the Chinese mainland from February 8 to 17.

  • Two Chinese naval escort taskforces launch joint training exercise PLA Daily 06 Feb 2023 -- From February 3 to 4, local time, the Chinese 42nd and 43rd naval escort taskforces carried out a multi-subject joint training exercise in the Gulf of Aden and waters off Somali.

  • China could 'make strategic response' if US deploys medium-range missiles in Japan Global Times 06 Feb 2023 -- The US and Japan will discuss new weapons deployment, including medium-range missiles, Tomahawk cruise missiles and long-range hypersonic weapons, in some Japanese islands close to China's Taiwan under the pretext of "defense", according to some media reports. Chinese military analysts warn that the plan poses a serious threat to regional countries including China, North Korea and Russia. China is right and capable of making a "strategic response" to counter the potential provocative act, they noted.

  • US sincerity to stabilize ties under test amid airship incident; overreaction exposes incompetence in crisis management Global Times 06 Feb 2023 -- The shooting down of a civilian Chinese airship did not mark the end of the balloon episode, as US politicians continued to either advance "China threat" rhetoric or add fuel to the political struggles between the two parties in the US regardless of the impact on China-US relations, analysts said. Turning an accident caused by force majeure into a political farce highlights the US' incompetence in dealing with crises, and the US' rude handling of the balloon incident is a serious provocation that risks derailing China-US ties and it will eventually pay the price for its recklessness.
  • China urges US to handle balloon accident in calm, professional and restrained manner Global Times 06 Feb 2023 -- China urged the US to handle the balloon accident in a calm, professional and restrained manner, but the US insistence on using armed force in disregard of China's position and demands is obviously an overreaction, the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Monday.
  • China lodges solemn representation to US embassy over shooting down of civilian airship Global Times 06 Feb 2023 -- Representing the Chinese government, China's Vice Foreign Minister Xie Feng lodged a solemn representation on Sunday to the US Embassy in China over the US' attacking a Chinese civilian unmanned airship by force.

  • Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning's Regular Press Conference on February 6, 2023 PRC MofA 06 Feb 2023

  • National security law trial of 47 opposition figures starts in Hong Kong Global Times 06 Feb 2023 -- A national security law trial of 47 opposition figures began on Monday in Hong Kong, drawing worldwide attention. Experts on Hong Kong affairs stressed that the court must reveal to the public that the ultimate intention of these suspects was to take power in Hong Kong by using loopholes in the city's electoral system and then to seek independence by colluding with external forces.
  • In Hong Kong court, subversion trial linked to democratic primary kicks off Radio Free Asia 06 Feb 2023 -- A Hong Kong court on Monday began the trial of 16 defendants out of a group of 47 former opposition politicians and activists charged with subversion under the national security law for taking part in a democratic primary in the summer of 2020.



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