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19 August 2023 - China Special Weapons News
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- Analysts: Chinese Military Drills Serve as Warning to Taiwan, Response to Camp David Summit VOA 19 Aug 2023 -- China staged a new round of military exercises around Taiwan on Saturday, as it expressed anger toward Taiwanese Vice President William Lai's two stopovers in the United States.
- Experts call for further cross-Straits integration amid challenges from secessionists, external forces Global Times 19 Aug 2023 -- Amid profound changes in geopolitics and constant provocations by Taiwan secessionists, experts and scholars from both sides of the Taiwan Straits on Friday called for further strengthening of cross-Straits people-to-people exchanges and economic and trade cooperation to promote social integration and development on both sides.
- Taiwan accuses China of trying to influence elections through military drills CNA 19 Aug 2023 -- Taiwan's Presidential Office on Saturday condemned military exercises China conducted near the island nation, which it said caused disorder in the region and were an attempt to influence Taiwan's elections next year.
- China announces drills near Taiwan following VP Lai's return from Paraguay CNA 19 Aug 2023 -- The People's Liberation Army (PLA) conducted military drills on Saturday near Taiwan proper, as a "stern warning" to Taiwan independence separatists for colluding with "foreign elements" and in response to their "provocations," according to China's state-run Xinhua News Agency.
- PLA launches joint patrols and military exercises around Taiwan Global Times 19 Aug 2023 -- The Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army on Saturday launched joint air and sea patrols and military exercises of the navy and air force around the island of Taiwan.
- UPDATE: PLA holds joint drills around Taiwan island following separatist Lai's provocative 'stopovers' in US Global Times 19 Aug 2023 -- The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) announced on Saturday that it is holding a joint exercise around the island of Taiwan, following the return of the island's separatist deputy regional leader Lai Ching-te from his "stopovers" in the US.
- Chinese mainland's investigation into Taiwan's trade restrictions justified, legitimate: experts People's Daily 19 Aug 2023 -- The Chinese mainland's investigation into the Taiwan region's trade restrictions is justified and legitimate, and will help promote the sound development of cross-Strait economic and trade ties, experts have said.
- Lai the liar, out-and-out troublemaker who works for "Taiwan independence" People's Daily 19 Aug 2023 -- Lai Ching-te's recent "stopover" trips through the United States ended up receiving a lukewarm response.
- Mainland's Taiwan affairs office supports study on suspension of tariff preferences for Taiwan products People's Daily 19 Aug 2023 -- A Chinese mainland spokesperson on Friday voiced support for the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) in mulling over the suspension or partial suspension of tariff preferences for Taiwan products under the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) in accordance with rules.
- PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan Aug.19, 2023 ROC MND 19 Aug 2023
- China Conducts Military Drills Near Taiwan as Warning to 'Separatist Forces' - Beijing Sputnik 19 Aug 2023 -- The Chinese air force and navy conducted joint patrols and exercises around Taiwan on Saturday as a warning to the "separatist forces of the island," Shi Yi, the spokesman for the Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), said.
- China launches military drills in 'stern warning' to Taiwan Press TV 19 Aug 2023 -- China has launched military drills around Taiwan in what it described as a "stern warning" to the self-ruled island following a visit to the US of Taipei's vice president William Lai.
- Senior CPC official urges better Party building in central Party, state institutions People's Daily 19 Aug 2023 -- Senior Communist Party of China (CPC) official Cai Qi on Friday called for efforts to comprehensively improve the quality of Party building in central Party and state institutions.
- China's space lab starts formal operation People's Daily 19 Aug 2023 -- China's orbiting Tiangong space station, which functions as a national space laboratory, has been put into operation, pushing forward space applications and achieving fruitful results, according to the China Manned Space Agency.
- Ambassador: China-Iran cooperation at its best Press TV 19 Aug 2023 -- Chinese Ambassador to Tehran Chang Hua says his country's cooperation with Iran is at its best in various fields, voicing hope that both sides will further improve ties.
- Expectations run high as emerging economies gear up for BRICS summit People's Daily 19 Aug 2023 -- The 15th BRICS Summit, to be held in South Africa's Johannesburg next week, has received a lot of media attention in the months leading up to the event, underscoring the growing influence of BRICS over the past years.
- Summit set to bolster BRICS cooperation People's Daily 19 Aug 2023 -- The upcoming 15th BRICS Summit, to be hosted by South Africa, will present key opportunities to boost dialogue and cooperation between the five major emerging economies and other developing nations, and enhance solidarity between China and Africa, officials and analysts have said.
- "china-230819-rfa01.htm">To the Chinese diaspora in New Zealand, China mutes critics and feeds talking points Radio Free Asia 19 Aug 2023 -- Su Wende's Mandarin Pages newspaper thrived in New Zealand for years - until blacklists and advertising boycotts driven by China's consulate cut the Chinese-language daily to a weekly.
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