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21 February 2023 - China Special Weapons News
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- China increases surveillance, security in run-up to Tibetan New Year celebrations Radio Free Asia 21 Feb 2023 -- The Chinese government has imposed intense restrictions on residents of Tibet's capital for the Tibetan New Year, with security forces ramping up surveillance and monitoring of residents and conducting random searches, Tibetans inside the region said.
- What Joint Drills With South African, Russian Navies Mean for China VOA 21 Feb 2023 -- South Africa is under fire for hosting joint naval exercises with Russia during the one-year anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine, with critics saying it will be a propaganda victory for Moscow. But what does the third participant in the drills, China, have to gain from the tripartite exercises taking place this week?
- China seals deal to export L15 trainer jet to UAE, displays Y-20 cargo plane & FC-31 stealth fighter at expo Global Times 21 Feb 2023 -- China's aviation industry announced on Tuesday that a deal to export the domestically developed L15 advanced trainer jet to the UAE has been sealed, as it put the latest, aerial refueling-capable variant of the aircraft on display at an ongoing defense expo in Abu Dhabi, with experts hailing the aircraft as one of the best trainers in the world.
- 20th CPC Central Committee to hold 2nd plenary session Global Times 21 Feb 2023 -- The second plenary session of the 20th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee will be held from February 26 to 28 in Beijing, according to a decision made at a meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee on Tuesday. Experts said the upcoming meeting is making full political preparations for China's orderly orchestrated development plan after the country successfully fought the COVID-19.
- 20th CPC Central Committee to hold 2nd plenary session People's Daily 21 Feb 2023 -- The second plenary session of the 20th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee will be held from Feb. 26 to 28 in Beijing, according to a decision made at a meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee on Tuesday.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin's Regular Press Conference on February 21, 2023 PRC MofA 21 Feb 2023
- China releases Global Security Initiative Concept Paper, 'a timely, necessary and targeted' blueprint for tackling hotspot issues Global Times 21 Feb 2023 -- China released a Global Security Initiative (GSI) Concept Paper on Tuesday, fully elaborating a common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security concept and providing China's wisdom in tackling growing risks and challenges in traditional and non-traditional security areas. Chinese diplomats and experts hailed the release of the document as timely, necessary and targeted, saying that it provides a detailed blueprint in tackling global and regional hotspot issues in an effective way, especially further clarifying China's peace-promoting position on the Ukraine crisis.
- China issues Global Security Initiative (GSI) Concept Paper, calling to resolve disputes through dialogue and rejecting power politics Global Times 21 Feb 2023 -- A nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought, China announced in the Global Security Initiative Concept Paper it released on Tuesday amid growing risks and challenges that the world faces today, particularly in light of the Ukraine crisis, with the aim of eliminating the root causes of international conflicts and improving global security.
- Blinken tells China's top diplomat balloon 'unacceptable violation of US sovereignty' Radio Free Asia 21 Feb 2023 -- China and the U.S. continued to trade accusations over the suspected spy balloon shot down off the South Carolina coast earlier this month as the two countries' top diplomats met.
- Russia, China must stick together against West: Russian official Press TV 21 Feb 2023 -- Nikolay Patrushev, the secretary of Russia's Security Council, has told China's top diplomat that the two countries must stick together over a range of issues against the West.
- Malicious intention behind US' fake news about China supplying weapons to Russia: Chinese FM Global Times 21 Feb 2023 -- What are the intentions behind the US in spreading false information about China "providing weapons" for the Russia-Ukraine conflict? Where is the conscience of the US, the world's largest arms provider, when its military industry is making a fortune from the battlefield in Ukraine? The Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Tuesday in response to recent remarks of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken about China considering arming Russia with lethal support.
- Wang Yi Touts Rock-Solid Ties With Russia as Moscow Lauds 'More Just' Order Two Nations are Building Sputnik 21 Feb 2023 -- Russia and China have ramped up bilateral economic, trade, and diplomatic cooperation over the past year amid the expansion of the Ukraine crisis into a full-on proxy conflict between Moscow and the West. At the same time, Russia has reiterated that the Taiwan issue is China's internal matter, and called on the US and its allies to butt out.
- Beijing Urges Foreign Nations to Cease 'Ukraine Today, Taiwan Tomorrow' Statements Sputnik 21 Feb 2023 -- Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang on Tuesday urged foreign countries to stop fueling the Ukraine conflict and to desist with speculation about Beijing's stance regarding Taiwan.
- China Accuses US of 'Fueling the Fire' in Ukraine Crisis VOA 21 Feb 2023 -- The Chinese foreign minister has warned the United States against blaming China and "fueling the fire" in the Ukraine conflict, saying it is "deeply concerned" that the situation could spiral out of control.
- 'US, Not China, Pouring Weapons Into Ukraine', Says Chinese Foreign Ministry Sputnik 21 Feb 2023 -- With the US accusing China of looking into selling weapons to the Russian military, China's foreign ministry says that - having pumped tens of billions in heavy weapons to Ukrainian militants - Washington is "not qualified" to lecture Beijing about international arms trafficking.
- China keeps striving for mediation by engaging all relevant parties in Russia-Ukraine conflict, while US only 'adds fuel to fire' Global Times 21 Feb 2023 -- Chinese top diplomat Wang Yi started his Russia visit on Tuesday after his trip to France, Italy, Hungary and a series of meetings with diplomats from countries including the US and Ukraine in Germany on the sideline of the Munich Security Conference, with analysts saying China is making efforts for mediation by engaging with all relevant parties involved in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, while the US keeps on adding fuel to the flame and exploiting the conflict to make a political show.
- China calls on US-led NATO to 'stop fueling fire' in Ukraine war Press TV 21 Feb 2023 -- China has expressed "deep concern" over the escalation in the protracted Ukraine-Russia war, urging Western countries to "stop fueling the fire" and warning of the possibility that it could "spiral out of control."
- China says U.S. in no position to lecture on Ukraine crisis People's Daily 21 Feb 2023 -- The United States is in no position to tell China what to do on the Ukraine crisis as it is the United States, not China, that has been pouring weapons into the battlefield, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said on Monday.
- China Slams US For 'Double Standards' Over North Korea Nuclear Issue, Says Sanctions a 'Dead End' Sputnik 21 Feb 2023 -- The Security Council met on Monday after North Korea conducted yet another short-range ballistic missile test, firing two missiles towards its eastern waters in a warning to the United States, which is continuing to flex its military muscles near the country's border.
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