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21 June 2023 - China Special Weapons News
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- Tibetan political leader calls for 'true autonomy' within China in Australian address Radio Free Asia 21 Jun 2023 -- Tibetans would willingly accept Chinese rule if granted true autonomy by Beijing, the leader of Tibet's government-in-exile said Wednesday.
- The Ministry of National Defense issues a press release explaining "the trends and developments of the Shandong aircraft carrier vessel formations" ROC MND 21 Jun 2023
- China Patrolling Disputed Islands Northeast of Taiwan Sputnik 21 Jun 2023 -- China has conducted a maritime patrol near disputed islands in the East China Sea known as the Diaoyu Islands in China and the Senkaku Islands in Japan, the China Coast Guard said on Wednesday.
- Indonesia moves ASEAN military drills to uncontested waters in South China Sea Radio Free Asia 21 Jun 2023 -- Indonesia is moving the first planned military exercise with other Southeast Asian nations away from disputed South China Sea waters, where Beijing has increasingly been asserting its sweeping territorial claims.
- U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Transits Taiwan Strait U.S. 7th Fleet 21 Jun 2023 -- The legend-class national security cutter USCGC Stratton (WMSL 752) conducted a routine Taiwan Strait transit on June 20 (local time) through waters where high-seas freedoms of navigation and overflight apply in accordance with international law. The ship transited through a corridor in the Strait that is beyond the territorial sea of any coastal State. Stratton's transit through the Taiwan Strait demonstrates the United States' commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific. The United States military flies, sails and operates anywhere international law allows.
- Fiji reverses Taiwan office name change decision due to Chinese pressure CNA 21 Jun 2023 -- Taiwan on Wednesday called it "regrettable" that Fiji had recently decided to reverse its previous decision to allow the Taiwanese representative office in the country to revert to its former name, which includes "Republic of China," (ROC) because of Chinese pressure.
- Chinese aircraft carrier sails through Taiwan Strait: Defense ministry CNA 21 Jun 2023 -- A fleet led by a Chinese aircraft carrier and consisting of an unspecified number of ships transited through the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday, according to Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense (MND).
- PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan Jun. 21, 2023 ROC MND 21 Jun 2023
- Taiwan Spots 19 Chinese Military Aircraft Near Island on Wednesday - Defense Ministry Sputnik 21 Jun 2023 -- The latest escalation around Taiwan took place in April after Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen met with US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Beijing responded by launching massive three-day military drills near the island in what it called a "warning" to Taiwanese separatists and foreign powers.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning's Regular Press Conference on June 21, 2023 PRC MofA 21 Jun 2023
- US Not Backing Down on Biden's Xi Dictator Comment VOA 21 Jun 2023 -- The White House is not backing down on comments made by President Joe Biden likening Chinese President Xi Jinping to a dictator.
- Biden 'dictator' comment sparks Beijing backlash Radio Free Asia 21 Jun 2023 -- China has called U.S. President Joe Biden's use of the word "dictator" to describe Chinese leader Xi Jinping "extremely absurd and irresponsible."
- Chinese Foreign Ministry Expresses Protest Over Biden's Remarks About Xi Jinping Sputnik 21 Jun 2023 -- Earlier, US President Joe Biden has said that Chinese leader Xi Jinping did not have all the information about the balloon incident.
- Biden rants against Chinese President Xi, calls him a 'dictator' Press TV 21 Jun 2023 -- US President Joe Biden has called Chinese President Xi Jinping a "dictator," a day after Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Xi on a trip to the country that was aimed at easing tensions between the two powers.
- US slanders China's pursual of fugitives and stolen goods: Chinese FM Global Times 21 Jun 2023 -- China firmly opposes the US approach of slandering, and even resorting to judicial means to obstruct, China's pursual of fugitives and stolen goods, China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday.
- Chinese FM clarifies position on US-claimed 'rules-based intl order' Global Times 21 Jun 2023 -- China never rejects communication, but the key is how to communicate and whether it can achieve desired results, Yang Tao, director-general of the Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, told the Global Times on Monday, as he briefed Chinese and foreign media about US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit to China from Sunday to Monday.
- North Korea slams Blinken's recent China visit as 'begging trip' Press TV 21 Jun 2023 -- North Korea has ridiculed US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's recent visit to China as a "disgraceful begging trip," further slamming it as a failure of policy aimed at exerting pressure on Beijing.
- Stability of global supply chain is in the interests of China, Germany: FM Global Times 21 Jun 2023 -- China and Germany have agreed that maintaining the stability of the global supply chain is in the interests of both countries, Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday, while briefing the outcomes of the seventh inter-governmental consultation.
- Chinese premier calls for more cooperation between China, Germany People's Daily 21 Jun 2023 -- Visiting Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Tuesday said China and Germany should work more closely, make more contributions to world peace and development, play the role of stabilizer in the midst of changes, and speed up the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.
- China and Pakistan ink $4.8 billion deal to build 1,200-megawatt nuclear power plant: report Global Times 21 Jun 2023 -- China and Pakistan inked a $4.8 billion deal on Tuesday to construct a 1,200-megawatt nuclear power plant, according to media reports.
- Montenegro Exits Deal That Hedged Mammoth Chinese Highway Loan RFE/RL 21 Jun 2023 -- In a show of confidence in its finances, Montenegro will end a deal with Western banks that protected it from increased debt on a controversial Chinese loan for nearly $1 billion used to build a highway.
- Samoa's plan for Chinese visitors stumbles on minister's ties to tour company Radio Free Asia 21 Jun 2023 -- Samoa has severed ties with a Hong Kong tour company contracted to market the Pacific island country in China after criticism of a cabinet minister's links to the business - the latest transparency scandal for the government of Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa.
- Don't display slogans, wear provocative T-shirts in Hong Kong, Taiwan tells citizens Radio Free Asia 21 Jun 2023 -- Taiwanese authorities have warned their nationals planning to travel to Hong Kong to avoid carrying electronic tealights, wearing T-shirts referencing the 1989 Tiananmen massacre or possessing news materials relating to the city's 2019 mass protest movement.
- Hong Kong station deletes thousands of shows in ongoing erasure of public dissent Radio Free Asia 21 Jun 2023 -- Hong Kong's government broadcaster has removed thousands of episodes of old shows from its podcast platform in recent months, amid an ongoing purge of dissent in the city under a draconian national security law.
- Is China a developing country? What does international law say about its status? Radio Free Asia 21 Jun 2023 -- Legislation passed by the U.S. House of Representatives and a Senate committee in the first half of this year seeks to change China's label of developing country used in the World Trade Organization (WTO). Chinese officials have responded by reaffirming that China is still a developing country under international law.
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