26 February 2024 - China Special Weapons News

Philippines smears China's professional law enforcement with fabricated claims: sources Global Times 26 Feb 2024 -- The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)'s recent claim that the China Coast Guard (CCG) blocked the automatic identification system (AIS) signal of a Philippines vessel in waters near China's Huangyan Dao (also known as Huangyan Island), was fake and fabricated, sources familiar with the matter confirmed with the Global Times on Monday.

KMT Vice Chairman Andrew Hsia departs for China on 7-day visit CNA 26 Feb 2024 -- Kuomintang (KMT) Vice Chairman Andrew Hsia (夏立言) on Monday departed Taiwan on a seven-day multi-city tour of China, where he plans to exchange Lunar New Year greetings with Taiwanese people living and working there.
Two indicted for allegedly financing candidate using Beijing money CNA 26 Feb 2024 -- A Taiwanese man and a Chinese woman have been indicted for providing funds from China to a pro-unification New Taipei City Council candidate in Taiwan's local elections in 2022, according to the New Taipei District Prosecutors Office.
Global Times 26 Feb 2024 -- As the Chinese mainland's maritime law enforcement authorities on Sunday conducted more patrols in waters near Kinmen in response to Taiwan authorities' brutal and deadly act against fishermen from the mainland, analysts from the island of Taiwan on Monday said the mainland is sending a strong signal that its law enforcement forces are eligible to and capable of taking further measures in not only waters around Kimen, but also Matsu and Penghu islands.
PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan Feb. 26, 2024 ROC MND 26 Feb 2024

China's top anti-graft watchdog releases work report for 2023; including three minister-level 'tigers' among 87 mid-level officials investigated Global Times 26 Feb 2024 -- Eighty-seven Chinese mid-level officials, including three minister-level "tigers," were placed under inspection in 2023, as China pledges to continuously deepen the fight against corruption in the long run, a latest work report released by China's top anti-graft authority shows, Xinhua News Agency reported on Sunday.
China's top anti-graft body releases work report People's Daily 26 Feb 2024 -- The 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) of the Communist Party of China (CPC) released its work report Sunday.

China's top legislature starts sessions this week Global Times 26 Feb 2024 -- The 14th National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee started its 8th session in Beijing Monday and the session lasts till Tuesday. One of the important tasks of the session is to prepare for the upcoming meetings of the NPC. The ongoing session will review the NPC Standing Committee work report, draft amendments to the Law on Guarding State Secrets, and report on reviewing the qualifications of individual deputies.
Senior CPC officials report work to CPC Central Committee, Xi People's Daily 26 Feb 2024 -- Senior officials of the Communist Party of China (CPC) have recently submitted reports on their work to the CPC Central Committee and Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee.

Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning's Regular Press Conference on February 26, 2024 PRC MofA 26 Feb 2024

MOFCOM blasts US' trade report, urging Washington to stop bullying and smearing China Global Times 26 Feb 2024 -- China's Commerce Ministry (MOFCOM) on Monday blasted the US government's distortion of facts by claiming that China's justified trade measures are "economic coercion," saying that China is firmly opposed to the US unilateralism and its bullying practice.

Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with Deputy Foreign Minister of China Sun Weidong Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 26 Feb 2024

G7's complaint over China amid Ukraine crisis 'exposes their own weakness' Global Times 26 Feb 2024 -- The G7 leaders held a virtual meeting on Saturday to voice their "unwavering support" for Ukraine with the participation of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as the Russia-Ukraine conflict sees its second anniversary of the outbreak, and the G7 leaders issued a statement on the day to express "concern" about China-Russia business ties, with Chinese experts on Sunday refuting the G7's complaint on China's neutrality on the Ukraine crisis just exposed the weakness of the West.

Hong Kong's bad debt on the rise in bleak economy Radio Free Asia 26 Feb 2024 -- In a further sign of Hong Kong's economic woes, the city's biggest banks are recording a surge in overdue loans amid the broader contraction of tens of billions of dollars in corporate lending.

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