Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
07 February 2023 - China Special Weapons News
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- China Coast Guard 'harassed' Philippine counterpart, security expert says Radio Free Asia 07 Feb 2023 -- The Chinese coast guard was again on Tuesday accused of "tailing and harassing" Philippine law enforcement ships in the South China Sea, possibly due to Manila's recently announced security agreements with Washington, a maritime security expert said.
- China to advance lunar exploration program People's Daily 07 Feb 2023 -- China will push forward its phase-4 lunar exploration program this year, including a planned mission to bring 2 kilograms of samples from the far side of the moon back to Earth, Wu Weiren, chief designer of the country's lunar exploration program, revealed on Monday.
- 43rd Chinese naval escort taskforce officially starts escort mission PLA Daily 07 Feb 2023 -- The 42nd and 43rd Chinese naval escort taskforces held a rotation ceremony in the Gulf of Aden on February 5. This marks that the 43rd Chinese naval escort taskforce officially took over the escort mission in the Gulf of Aden and waters off Somalia from the 42nd taskforce.
- Xi stresses grasping, advancing Chinese modernization Global Times 07 Feb 2023 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday stressed the importance of correctly understanding and vigorously advancing Chinese modernization.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning's Regular Press Conference on February 7, 2023 PRC MofA 07 Feb 2023
- Biden: 'We seek competition, not conflict' with China Radio Free Asia 07 Feb 2023 -- President Joe Biden warned Beijing against violating U.S. sovereignty in a speech on Tuesday that called for unity between Democrats and Republicans in what he termed America's "competition, not conflict" with China.
- US House Panels Hold Hearings on PRC Economic, Military Threats Following Balloon Incident Sputnik 07 Feb 2023 -- The US House Financial Services and Armed Services committees held hearings on Tuesday to discuss the economic and military threats posed by the People's Republic of China (PRC), following the transit of a Chinese balloon across the US last week.
- Australia Holds Breakthrough Trade Talks with China VOA 07 Feb 2023 -- Australian Trade Minister Don Farrell has been invited to China, boosting hopes that sanctions and tariffs on Australian exports are a step closer to being removed. Diplomatic tensions have hindered bilateral ties for several years, but the Canberra government has said it wants to "stabilize the relationship."
- Solomon Islands politician critical of China relations ousted as Malaita premier Radio Free Asia 07 Feb 2023 -- A Solomon Islands politician who was critical of the government's embrace of China was ousted as premier of Malaita province on Tuesday.
- China's UN diplomat calls on ceasefire for people suffering as massive heavy weapons keep pouring in Ukraine Global Times 07 Feb 2023 -- China expressed worries over humanitarian situation in Ukraine at the UN Security Council Briefing on Monday as conflicts on the ground show no signs of easing and large number of heavy weapons keep pouring in, calling on relevant parties to truly promote peace talk and ceasefire for the sake of people there.
- West should immediately stop interfering in political manipulation of HK's judicial proceedings: Chinese FM commissioner Global Times 07 Feb 2023 -- The Commissioner's Office of the Chinese Foreign Ministry in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) expressed strongly disapproval and firm rejection on Tuesday to the irresponsible remarks made by some groups and members of the US Congress concerning HKSAR courts' trial of the Hong Kong 47 case. They slandered the situation of human rights and the rule of law in Hong Kong, and interfered in its judicial proceedings.
- Landmark Trial Opens for Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Activists VOA 07 Feb 2023 -- Hong Kong's largest national security trial since the sweeping National Security Law was imposed by Beijing is underway with a cross-section of pro-democracy figures standing accused of "conspiracy to commit subversion" for holding pre-election primaries in July 2020 that Beijing had not condoned.
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