Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
29 December 2023 - China Special Weapons News
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- China guards against new variant of COVID-19 People's Daily 29 Dec 2023 -- China is taking proactive measures to counter new COVID-19 cases caused by the JN.1 variant of the virus, which is spreading globally, China's health authority said Thursday.
- Suspicious of China, Philippines Expands US Military Presence VOA 29 Dec 2023 -- Naval Base Camilo Osias, a small military facility on the northern tip of the Philippines' largest island, does not look important.
- The Philippines' provocation over Ren'ai Jiao infringes China's sovereignty: Chinese FM Global Times 29 Dec 2023 -- The Philippines' blatant claim of building a permanent structure on the Ren'ai Jiao (Ren'ai Reef) in the South China Sea is a major move that once again serves as an attempt at breaking a promise, a change in policy, and the destruction of the uninhabited status of Ren'ai Jiao, the Chinese Foreign Ministry stated on Friday.
- Boosting defense shows resolve to protect Taiwan, isn't provocation: Tsai CNA 29 Dec 2023 -- Developing the domestic defense industry is not to provoke Beijing but to demonstrate Taiwan's resolve to defend itself, President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) told a rally in Taipei on Friday evening as she called for support for the Democratic Progressive Party's (DPP) presidential ticket.
- Keelung ward chief returned to custody over China trip case CNA 29 Dec 2023 -- A ward chief in Keelung was returned to custody on Friday after prosecutors appealed to have his bail overturned over his alleged involvement in organizing a recent "disproportionately subsidized" trip to China.
- Where did Taiwan's fake presidential election poll come from? Radio Free Asia 29 Dec 2023 -- On the evening of Dec. 22, Taiwanese prosecutors confirmed the arrest of Lin Hsien-yuan, a journalist of the online news site Fingermedia. They said they suspected him of concocting a "fabricated" presidential poll and taking direction from the Chinese Communist Party in Fujian province, across the Taiwan Strait.
- PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan Dec. 29, 2023 ROC MND 29 Dec 2023
- 2023 Yearender: China's commercial space industry delivers unprecedented progress Global Times 29 Dec 2023 -- China's commercial space industry has experienced a year of robust and all-around advancement in 2023, which has been lauded by industry insiders and observers as a prominent feature of China's overall development of its space program, with the unprecedentedly rapid emergence of private space companies a particular highlight.
- Former navy commander appointed as China's new defense minister Radio Free Asia 29 Dec 2023 -- Chinese lawmakers on Friday approved the appointment of Adm. Dong Jun, the former commander of the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) to the position of defense minister, state Xinhua news agency said.
- China Appoints Former Navy Commander as New Defense Minister VOA 29 Dec 2023 -- China appointed Dong Jun, a former commander of the Chinese Navy, as its new defense minister, the state-run Xinhua News Agency reported Friday.
- China Launches New Wave of Purges Against Key Defense Industry Leaders VOA 29 Dec 2023 -- Three leaders at key Chinese aerospace and defense firms have been removed from the Communist Party's top political advisory organ amid Beijing's effort to purge key figures related to the Chinese military, the official Xinhua News Agency said Thursday.
- Yearender: China's role as peacekeeper, global devt promoter further highlighted in a turbulent 2023 Global Times 29 Dec 2023 -- An eventful 2023 is drawing to an end. The Palestine-Israel conflict has again drawn the US into another Middle East crisis, whilst chaotic US domestic politics exacerbated by the country's domestic polarization, continues to create uncertainty and cast a dark shadow across the world. The protracted Russia-Ukraine conflict unnerves Europe, and it's finding it more difficult to grapple with the supply of weapons to Ukraine. In addition, the continent is battered with financial and industrial setbacks, as well as rising far-right forces.
- China's domestically built icebreaker makes debut Global Times 29 Dec 2023 -- China's new generation of domestically designed and manufactured icebreaking scientific research ship, Jidi, made its debut on Friday.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning's Regular Press Conference on December 29, 2023 PRC MofA 29 Dec 2023
- Xi stresses fostering new dynamics in ties with world Global Times 29 Dec 2023 -- China concluded the latest Central Conference on Work Relating to Foreign Affairs on Thursday, with the participation of top leaders and senior officials covering the Party and central and local governments, as well as all departments and agencies related to foreign affairs.
- Central conference on work relating to foreign affairs held in Beijing People's Daily 29 Dec 2023 -- The Central Conference on Work Relating to Foreign Affairs was held in Beijing from Wednesday to Thursday. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, attended the conference and delivered an important address.
- Conference maps path for foreign affairs People's Daily 29 Dec 2023 -- China called for promoting an equal and orderly multipolar world, and universally beneficial and inclusive economic globalization to meet the challenges facing the world, while setting out blueprints for its foreign affairs efforts during a two-day national conference.
- China-U.S. military video call achieves constructive progress: defense ministry People's Daily 29 Dec 2023 -- A recent video call between senior Chinese and U.S. military officers has achieved constructive progress, a spokesperson for China's Ministry of National Defense said on Thursday.
- China's MOC warns of harm from U.S. action on chips People's Daily 29 Dec 2023 -- A spokesperson for China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said on Thursday that any actions that go against market principles and sever the global semiconductor market will not only undermine the rights and interests of Chinese enterprises but also weigh on those from other countries, including the United States.
- Media Freedom Coalition Statement on the Second Anniversary of the Closure of Stand News and Media Freedom in Hong Kong US Dept. of State 29 Dec 2023 -- The text of the following statement was signed by the Governments of Australia, Austria, Canada, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Norway, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
- 'Futile to evade legal responsibility,' Chinese FM said as secessionist flees to UK for asylum Global Times 29 Dec 2023 -- It's futile to evade legal responsibility and secessionists will be held accountable in accordance of law, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Friday, after a former leader of a Hong Kong secessionists group said Thursday that he had fled Hong Kong to seek asylum in the UK.
- Hong Kong puts runaway activist Tony Chung on wanted list Radio Free Asia 29 Dec 2023 -- Authorities in Hong Kong on Friday issued a "recall" order for prominent independence activist Tony Chung, who recently arrived in the United Kingdom to seek political asylum, as police questioned the parents of activist Agnes Chow, who skipped bail and fled to Canada.
- China's Residential Property Sector Filled With Livid Buyers of Unfinished Units VOA 29 Dec 2023 -- A growing number of home buyers in China have seen their dream of moving into new homes dashed in the past year after a slew of bankrupt developers left behind millions of unfinished pre-sold properties.
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