Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
04 March 2024 - China Special Weapons News
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- China to firmly safeguard its territorial sovereignty, maritime rights on South China Sea: NPC spokesperson Global Times 04 Mar 2024 -- China will continue to firmly safeguard its territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests, at the same time, the country will properly handle relevant issues with relevant countries through dialogue and consultation and jointly safeguard peace and tranquility in the South China Sea, Lou Qinjian, spokesperson for the second session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC), told at a press conference on Monday.
- Audio of Kinmen boat collision turned over to prosecutors: Coast Guard CNA 04 Mar 2024 -- Taiwan's Coast Guard said Monday it has given prosecutors audio recordings of the fatal capsizing of a Chinese speedboat that fled and collided with a Coast Guard patrol boat last month near Kinmen.
- Naming of Kinmen boat collision report sparks disorder in Legislature CNA 04 Mar 2024 -- A Legislative hearing on Monday descended into arguing over the naming of a report on the fatal capsizing of a Chinese speedboat last month after it collided with a Taiwanese Coast Guard patrol boat off the coast of Kinmen.
- PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan Mar. 4, 2024 ROC MND 04 Mar 2024
- China cancels premier's annual news conference Radio Free Asia 04 Mar 2024 -- China announced on Monday that it was canceling an annual news conference by Premier Li Qiang -- which for years offered journalists a rare opportunity to put questions to a senior Chinese leader, albeit at a carefully staged and edited event rounding off the National People's Congress.
- China Watchers: No Premier's Annual Press Conference, No Difference VOA 04 Mar 2024 -- China announced Monday that it would scrap Premier Li Qiang's press conference after the close of this year's annual parliamentary meeting, ending a tradition maintained for three decades.
- China's two sessions gather strength for high-quality growth as nation vows development of new productive forces Global Times 04 Mar 2024 -- China's top political advisory body started its annual session on Monday in Beijing, ushering in an important political season that will highlight new missions to steadily boost high-quality development in a bid to build the country into a great modern socialist country while injecting new impetus into global growth.
- NPC spokesperson urges US to work with China for healthy, stable ties Global Times 04 Mar 2024 -- No matter who becomes the president, we hope that the US can work in the same direction with China for a stable, healthy and sustainable China-US relationship, said Lou Qinjian, spokesperson for the second session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC).
- Two sessions set to chart out future devt plans for China at key juncture Global Times 04 Mar 2024 -- China's annual two sessions officially kicked off on Monday when the country's top political advisory body opened its annual session and the national legislature published agenda of its own annual session.
- NPC session to publish draft defense budget; figure maintains reasonable, steady growths in recent years: spokesperson Global Times 04 Mar 2024 -- The second session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) will review the draft defense budget for 2024 and publish the figure, which has maintained reasonable, steady growth over recent years consistent with China's economic and social development to better safeguard national sovereignty, security and development interests, a spokesperson said on Monday.
- Newly revised anti-espionage law enhances certainty and security of foreign investors: NPC spokesperson Global Times 04 Mar 2024 -- The newly revised anti-espionage law does not expand the scope of espionage activities, but rather, it improves the definition of espionage activities, clarifies the boundaries between illegal and legal activities, and enhances the certainty and security of foreign enterprises and individuals investing, working, and living in China, said a spokesperson for the National People's Congress (NPC) session on Monday.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning's Regular Press Conference on March 4, 2024 PRC MofA 04 Mar 2024
- Statement on P5 meeting Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 04 Mar 2024
- Xi congratulates Shehbaz Sharif on election as Pakistani PM People's Daily 04 Mar 2024 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday congratulated Shehbaz Sharif on his election as prime minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
- Myanmar junta, resistance officials attend China-brokered peace talks Radio Free Asia 04 Mar 2024 -- A Myanmar rebel alliance and junta officials discussed reopening the border and preserving a ceasefire at peace talks brokered by China, an Arakan Army official said Monday.
- China Emerging as One of the Key Foreign Investors in Indonesia's New Capital City VOA 04 Mar 2024 -- Indonesia's capital, Jakarta, is overcrowded, polluted, prone to earthquakes and often described as the world's fastest sinking city, due to groundwater extraction and climate change.
- NPC HK deputy proposes establishing permanent national security education and training base in Hong Kong Global Times 04 Mar 2024 -- Since the implementation of the National Security Law (NSL) for Hong Kong, local authorities and schools in the city have placed increased importance on patriotic education including adding content concerning the Constitution, the Basic Law and national security into the curriculum, said Wong Kam-leung, a deputy of the Hong Kong Special Administration Region to the National People's Congress, who hoped that Hong Kong will establish a permanent national security education and training base.
- China fires outspoken former Hong Kong envoy from top advisory role Radio Free Asia 04 Mar 2024 -- Zhang Xiaoming, Beijing's outspoken former representative in Hong Kong at the time of the 2019 protest movement, has been removed from his post at a political advisory body.
- Can Journalism Survive in Hong Kong? VOA 04 Mar 2024 -- In a newsroom, editors tell reporters to not touch politically sensitive stories. Reporters are told to put stories on hold until China's foreign ministry comes out with its statement. Terminology that the government might frown upon is banned from news copy.
- Hong Kong's Journalist Associations Call for Protection Under New Security Law VOA 04 Mar 2024 -- During the Hong Kong government's recently ended monthlong public consultation period on a controversial new security law, which wrapped up last week, the city's two main journalist associations voiced concerns that the law will have "profound" implications for journalists' ability to do their work.
- UN right chief calls on China to protect human rights in Tibet and Xinjiang Radio Free Asia 04 Mar 2024 -- The United Nations human rights chief on Monday urged China to carry out recommendations from his office to protect human rights in Tibet, Xinjiang and across the country - but activists criticized his comments as weak and not backed up by action.
- US Lobbyists Drop Chinese Clients Amid Tightened Scrutiny VOA 04 Mar 2024 -- Lobbying firms in Washington are reportedly rushing to drop clients from China as lawmakers look to tighten scrutiny. The push comes in the wake of a surge in Chinese lobbying in recent years and growing concerns about China's influence.
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