Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
29 June 2023 - China Special Weapons News
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- COVID infections still the number one infectious disease in Beijing: weekly report Global Times 29 Jun 2023 -- A total of 2,869 cases of 19 infectious diseases were reported from June 19 to 25 in Beijing with the majority of them being cases of coronavirus, authorities said on Thursday. The number of infections has seen a decline compared with the previous week, despite a significant increase in the influx of people from all over the country during the just-concluded Dragon Boat Festival.
- PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan Jun. 29, 2023 ROC MND 29 Jun 2023
- Taiwan's youth falling victim of DPP's collusion with U.S.: mainland spokesperson People's Daily 29 Jun 2023 -- The young people of Taiwan are falling victim to the military collusion between the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities and the United States, a mainland spokesperson said on Wednesday.
- Spokesperson slams DPP for stigmatizing mainland's support for Taiwan People's Daily 29 Jun 2023 -- The Chinese mainland is willing to offer more support for the entry of agricultural and aquatic products from Taiwan island, a mainland spokesperson said Wednesday.
- Analysts: China's Plans for Cuba May Go Beyond Spy Base VOA 29 Jun 2023 -- Top U.S. lawmakers are calling on the Biden administration to brief Congress on the spy station China is allegedly building in Cuba, but American analysts fear that China's plans for America's backyard may go beyond intelligence gathering.
- China's Waning Leverage Over SKorea Lessens Chances of Retaliation Against THAAD, Experts Say VOA 29 Jun 2023 -- China's waning economic leverage over South Korea is making Beijing less likely to retaliate significantly against Seoul's normalization of the U.S. THAAD anti-missile defense system, experts say.
- Press release on Russian-Chinese consultations on outer space security Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 29 Jun 2023
- Xi stresses improving quality of Party's organizational work Global Times 29 Jun 2023 -- Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, has called for developing a good grasp of the CPC Central Committee's important theory on Party building, and improving the quality of the Party's organizational work.
- China's top legislature concludes standing committee session People's Daily 29 Jun 2023 -- The Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) concluded its third session Wednesday in Beijing.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning's Regular Press Conference on June 29, 2023 PRC MofA 29 Jun 2023
- Formulating Foreign Relations Law sets out clear prohibitive, restrictive legal provisions against foreign interference, sanctions: Chinese top diplomat Global Times 29 Jun 2023 -- Formulating a Foreign Relations Law is a key measure to improve China's foreign affairs-related legal system, which is also urgent necessity to safeguard national sovereignty, security and development interests, Chinese top diplomat Wang Yi said in an article published on Thursday. It also clearly opposes any hegemony and power politics, setting out clear prohibitive and restrictive legal provisions against foreign interference, sanctions and destructive actions toward China.
- The Law on Foreign Relations of the People's Republic of China People's Daily 29 Jun 2023 -- The following is the Law on Foreign Relations of the People's Republic of China:
- US Shoots Down Chinese Calls to Lift Sanctions VOA 29 Jun 2023 -- Renewed calls by Chinese officials for the lifting of sanctions in exchange for open lines of communication with the U.S. military are echoing into a diplomatic abyss, even as tensions between the two superpowers continue to mount.
- Remarks by US officials send out mixed signals; Republicans' interference stumbling block to high-level exchanges: experts Global Times 29 Jun 2023 -- Shortly after the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken concluded his visit to China that helped relaunch the high-level exchanges between the two countries, the US top diplomat came up with some remarks addressing the US-China relations, which according to some experts, unleashed mixed signals, putting the sincerity of Washington to repair the soured ties into question.
- China says US must lift sanction as condition for military talks, setting up crisis hotline Press TV 29 Jun 2023 -- Beijing says the Joe Biden administration needs to lift sanctions against China if it wants high level communications between the two world powers' armed forces.
- China-US quiet war of words escalates Radio Free Asia 29 Jun 2023 -- Chinese-language state media was silent on Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen's meeting with a bipartisan U.S. congress visit this week, but the English-language tabloid Global Times described the delegation as representing "hostile forces."
- Sanctions Obstruct China-US Military Communication - Diplomat Sputnik 29 Jun 2023 -- US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, following his visit to Beijing, said military cooperation dialogue is "work in progress" as the United States and China have not agreed to resume military-to-military communication amid rising tensions in the bilateral relationship.
- Australia offers to extend deployment of troops, police in Solomon Islands Radio Free Asia 29 Jun 2023 -- Australia has offered to extend its military and police deployment in the Solomon Islands as the Pacific island country, which has cultivated security and economic ties with China, prepares to host a regional sporting event later this year and hold postponed elections in the first half of 2024.
- Solomon PM urges review of security pact with Australia in move likely to anger China Press TV 29 Jun 2023 -- The prime minister of Solomon Islands has called for a review of a security treaty with Australia as he hosts the country's defense minister in the capital Honiara, amid concerns by China that Canberra is playing into US-led competition in the Pacific.
- New Chinese 'Super' Observation Station In Tajikistan -- Near Afghan, Uzbek Borders -- Said To Be For Climate, Technological Uses RFE/RL 29 Jun 2023 -- A new Chinese "super" observation station for climate and environmental monitoring has opened in Tajikistan, as China aims to advance in a developing technological arena and improve its green credentials in Central and South Asia.
- Bolivia taps China, Russia in bid to unlock huge lithium riches Press TV 29 Jun 2023 -- The Bolivian government has signed lithium agreements with Russian state nuclear firm Rosatom and China's Citic Guoan Group as the South American country looks to develop its untapped resources of the battery metal.
- Chinese Cybercrime Syndicates in Myanmar Now Target Victims Worldwide VOA 28 Jun 2023 -- Organized criminal groups from China operating on the Thai-Myanmar border are threatening internet users worldwide with online scams and financial fraud, using trafficked "cyber slaves" to carry out their crimes, according to a new report by the congressionally established United States Institute of Peace in Washington.
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