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08 January 2024 - China Special Weapons News
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- Taiwan to allow charter flights from 13 locations in China over LNY CNA 08 Jan 2024 -- Taiwan will allow charter passenger flights from 13 additional locations in China to meet the increased travel demand around the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday, the Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) said Monday.
- Taiwan at crossroads: Who will be the island's next president? Radio Free Asia 08 Jan 2024 -- Taiwan is gearing up for a pivotal presidential election on Saturday that will shape its future relationship with China and its stance on independence. The election will decide whether to continue on the path set by the current President Tsai Ing-wen of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), known for her independence-minded approach.
- Taiwan Prepares for Contentious Presidential Election VOA 08 Jan 2024 -- Taiwan will hold its contentious presidential and legislative election on January 13, with millions of Taiwanese voters expected to vote and elect a new president to lead the democratic island amid heightened tensions across the Taiwan Strait.
- Chinese Balloons Aim to Influence Taiwan's Election, Experts Say VOA 08 Jan 2024 -- Taiwan's defense ministry said it detected three more balloons from mainland China flying over the Taiwan Strait on Monday, the latest in a spate of such balloons the ministry has spotted over the past month.
- US Opposes 'Malign Influence' in Taiwan's Elections VOA 08 Jan 2024 -- The United States says it opposes "outside interference or malign influence" in Taiwan's elections, ahead of the island's hotly contested presidential and legislative elections on January 13.
- China decides to sanction five U.S. defense industry companies People's Daily 08 Jan 2024 -- China has decided to sanction five U.S. defense industry companies, a foreign ministry spokesperson said on Sunday.
- China detains foreign national over 'espionage for MI6' Press TV 08 Jan 2024 -- China says its security agencies have detained a foreign national over espionage charges related to Britain's foreign intelligence agency MI6.
- China arrests foreign consultancy chief as 'spy' for Britain's MI6 Radio Free Asia 08 Jan 2024 -- China's Ministry for State Security said Monday it has arrested a man surnamed Huang, who heads a foreign consultancy in the country, as an alleged British spy, with one newspaper warning that there are "007s" everywhere in real life.
- Ministry of State Security reveals UK'S MI6 using foreign consultant for espionage targeting China Global Times 08 Jan 2024 -- China's Ministry of State Security (MSS) on Monday disclosed a case in which the British Secret Intelligence Service (known as MI6) used foreign personnel from "a third country" to engage in espionage activities against China.
- Ministry of State Security reveals MI6's use of foreign national for espionage operations targeting China Global Times 08 Jan 2024 -- China's Ministry of State Security (MSS) on Monday disclosed a case in which the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) used foreign personnel from a third country to engage in espionage activities against China.
- U.S. Navy Sailor Sentenced to 27 Months in Prison for Transmitting Sensitive U.S. Military Information to Chinese Intelligence US Dept. of Justice 08 Jan 2024 -- A U.S. Navy service member was sentenced today to 27 months in prison and ordered to pay a $5,500 fine for transmitting sensitive U.S. military information to an intelligence officer from the People's Republic of China (PRC) in exchange for bribery payments.
- Xi calls for CPC self-reform at top discipline organ plenum Global Times 08 Jan 2024 -- Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on Monday called for advancing the Party's self-reform and winning the tough and protracted battle against corruption.
- China's top anti-graft body to intensify scrutiny in finance, SOEs, healthcare, and more fields Global Times 08 Jan 2024 -- The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the National Commission of Supervision (NCS), the country's top anti-graft body, has pledged to intensify scrutiny in areas including finance, state-owned enterprises (SOEs), healthcare, grain procurement and sale, rural revitalization, tobacco, sports, statistics and more.
- China's air force 'burned missile fuel to make hotpot': ex-officer Radio Free Asia 08 Jan 2024 -- Rampant corruption and funding shortfalls are eating away at the People's Liberation Army's ability to equip its own forces, according to a former People's Liberation Navy Lieutenant Colonel, who described air force personnel taking away chunks of solid missile fuel to use as fuel for meals of traditional Chinese hotpot during his time as a serving officer.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning's Regular Press Conference on January 8, 2024 PRC MofA 08 Jan 2024
- US' ratcheting up chip export control measures against China is 'genuine act of economic bullying': Foreign Ministry Global Times 08 Jan 2024 -- In the disguise of maintaining national security, the US has been ratcheting up chip export control measures against China and unreasonably suppressing Chinese semiconductor companies, which is a genuine act of economic bullying, Mao Ning, a spokesperson of China's Foreign Ministry, told a press conference on Monday.
- Is China Benefiting From Instability In The Middle East? RFE/RL 08 Jan 2024 -- A rocket barrage on a strategic air base in northern Israel sent from Lebanon by Hizballah is the latest in a growing string of events in the Middle East that analysts say could boost China's standing in the region and create new opportunities for it to expand its influence.
- China-Maldives relations expected to reach new heights Global Times 08 Jan 2024 -- The bilateral relations between China and the Maldives are expected to reach new heights as Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu began his first state visit to China on Monday since taking office. Analysts noted that a number of agreements on infrastructure and tourism are expected to be signed during the Maldivian leader's visit.
- Jimmy Lai trial discloses his close connections with US political figures Global Times 08 Jan 2024 -- The trial of Jimmy Lai, founder of Next Digital and three Apple Daily companies and who has been charged with colluding with foreign forces, entered its seventh day on Monday when the prosecution began reading a 61-page statement of admitted facts detailing the police's discovery of email communications on Lai's phone with his assistant Mark Simon, former US deputy secretary of defense Paul Wolfowitz, and former vice chief of staff of the US Army Jack Keane, among others.
- Jimmy Lai's lawyers appeal to UN over prosecution witness 'torture' Radio Free Asia 08 Jan 2024 -- Lawyers acting for Hong Kong pro-democracy media magnate Jimmy Lai, who is currently standing trial under a draconian security law that cracks down on dissent, have appealed to the United Nations to investigate, saying a key witness for the prosecution was tortured before "confessing" to conspiring with Lai.
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