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24 April 2023 - China Special Weapons News
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- 18th Round of India-China Corps Commander Level Meeting India MEA 24 Apr 2023 -- The 18th round of India- China Corps Commander Level Meeting was held at Chushul-Moldo border meeting point on the Chinese side on 23rd April 2023.
- China-India border issue 'shifting from standoff to normalized management' with 18th military meeting Global Times 24 Apr 2023 -- China and India held the 18th round of Corps Commander Level Meeting on Sunday, a move Chinese experts said on Monday showed that the border issue is shifting from a standoff to normalized management.
- The Ministry of National Defense issues a press release in relation to "the vessel formation of the Shandong CCP aircraft carrier conducting navigation training in the Western Pacific" (April 24, 2023) ROC MND 24 Apr 2023
- PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan April 24, 2023 ROC MND 24 Apr 2023
- PLA aircraft carrier fleet seen not far from Taiwan: MND CNA 24 Apr 2023 -- A naval fleet including China's newest aircraft carrier, the Shandong, has been detected 120 nautical miles southeast of Taiwan's southernmost point, the Ministry of National Defense (MND) said Monday.
- China approves arrest of Taiwanese activist: Beijing media CNA 24 Apr 2023 -- The Supreme People's Procuratorate has granted a request to arrest Taiwanese activist Yang Chih-yuan (楊智淵), who has been detained since Aug. 3, 2022 in Wenzhou on charges of secession, Chinese media reported Tuesday.
- A staunch supporter of China's space undertakings People's Daily 24 Apr 2023 -- President Xi Jinping has been a staunch supporter of China's space undertakings. He has paid visits to several space launch sites and he frequently mentioned the country's space achievements in his New Year addresses.
- Senior CPC official stresses Party building in central Party, state institutions People's Daily 24 Apr 2023 -- Senior Communist Party of China (CPC) official Cai Qi on Sunday stressed improving Party building at a conference on the Party work and discipline inspection work in central Party and state institutions.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning's Regular Press Conference on April 24, 2023 PRC MofA 24 Apr 2023
- China respects sovereignty of ex-Soviet republics: FM Global Times 24 Apr 2023 -- European foreign ministers arrived in Luxembourg for the Foreign Affairs Council meeting on Monday to discuss a number of topics, including China. However, there have been growing divisions and deepening disunity over how to deal with China within the bloc, especially after French President Emmanuel Macron's call for "strategic autonomy" and recent remarks by the Chinese envoy to France drew much attention.
- China respects sovereignty of ex-Soviet states: Chinese FM Global Times 24 Apr 2023 -- Following recent comments made by the Chinese Ambassador to France Lu Shaye concerning the sovereign status of ex-Soviet states, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Monday that China respects the status of the member republics as sovereign states after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
- China backs away from 'wolf-warrior' remarks on Ukraine's national sovereignty Radio Free Asia 24 Apr 2023 -- China's foreign ministry on Monday walked back comments calling into question Ukraine's national sovereignty from one of its "wolf-warrior" diplomats who told a French TV station over the weekend that the country lacked "actual status in international law" - remarks that echoed Russian propaganda on Ukraine.
- Chinese Diplomat's Comments On Post-Soviet Nations Sparks Outcry, Demands For Explanation RFE/RL 24 Apr 2023 -- Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia have summoned Chinese envoys in their countries to explain recent comments by Beijing's ambassador to France that questioned the sovereignty of former Soviet states amid Russia's war against Ukraine.
- Foreign Ministry summons Chinese chargé d'affaires in Estonia Estonia MFA 24 Apr 2023 -- Today 24 April, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned Meng Jianhua, the Chargé d'Affaires of the Chinese embassy, to object to the claims made by Chinese Ambassador to France Lu Shaye that questioned the sovereignty of former Soviet states and Crimea being part of Ukraine.
- Concerning the meeting of a representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with the Chargé d'Affaires a.i. of the Embassy of China in relation to statements by the Ambassador of China to France Latvia MFA 24 Apr 2023 -- On 24 April 2023, in response to the statements of the Ambassador of China to France, Lu Shaye, during his TV interview on 21 April 2023, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia summoned the Chargé d'Affaires ad interim of the Embassy of China in Latvia, Song Danhui, to a meeting to provide explanations.
- Lithuania's Foreign Ministry protests over a statement by the Chinese Ambassador to France Lithuania MFA 24 Apr 2023 -- On 24 April, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania summoned Qu Baihua, China's acting chargé d'affaires, and expressed its strong protest over the remark by the Chinese Ambassador to France of 22 April that the so-called 'former Soviet countries' had no actual status in international law.
- Lithuania's Foreign Minister Landsbergis: "Lithuania is not a post-Soviet country. It is a country that the Soviet Union forcibly occupied" Lithuania MFA 24 Apr 2023 -- Today, on 24 April, Lithuania's Minister of Foreign Affairs Gabrielius Landsbergis is attending the EU's Foreign Affairs Council in Luxembourg.
- EU-China relations should not be tied to the Ukraine crisis: Chinese envoy to EU Global Times 24 Apr 2023 -- The EU should not view the China-EU relations through the "prism" of the Ukraine crisis and should not sacrifice the China-EU relations and the interests of China as the cost to develop its relations with the US, Fu Cong, head of the Chinese Mission to the EU, told Chinese media outlet the Paper in a recent interview.
- FM sends working group to Sudan; first batch of Chinese personnel safely evacuated to neighboring country Global Times 24 Apr 2023 -- Chinese Foreign Ministry has dispatched a working group to Sudan and the first batch of Chinese personnel have been safely evacuated to Sudan's neighboring country, spokesperson Mao Ning said on Monday, as the conflict continues to escalate in capital Khartoum.
- US-South Korea State Visit Could Feature Quiet Talks on China VOA 24 Apr 2023 -- U.S. President Joe Biden will pull out all the stops Wednesday when he hosts South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol for a pomp-filled state visit to cap a day grounded by serious discussions, including, analysts say, quiet talks about countering an increasingly powerful China.
- China tightens border controls, slaps travel bans on blacklisted dissidents Radio Free Asia 24 Apr 2023 -- Authorities in China are carrying out extensive checks on passengers leaving the country, slapping travel bans at border checkpoints on individuals seen as 'politically sensitive,' according to rights activists.
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