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20 March 2024 - China Special Weapons News
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- China urges US not to instigate trouble in South China Sea Global Times 20 Mar 2024 -- China urges the US not to instigate trouble in the South China Sea or take sides on the South China Sea issue, a spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in the Philippines said in a statement released on Wednesday in regard to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's remarks on the South China Sea during his visit to Manila.
- China, Australia FMs discuss Taiwan issue, regional stability CNA 20 Mar 2024 -- Foreign ministers of China and Australia expressed their respective stances on the Taiwan issue Wednesday, reaffirming their commitment to bolster communication for peaceful development in the region.
PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan Mar. 20, 2024 ROC MND 20 Mar 2024
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian's Regular Press Conference on March 20, 2024 PRC MofA 20 Mar 2024
- West Eyes New Measures After Passage of Hong Kong Security Law VOA 20 Mar 2024 -- Hong Kong's adoption of a second national security law Tuesday is being criticized by foreign governments, while some business figures say the law will hasten foreign businesses' departure from the city.
- US Officials Warn of New 'Axis of Evil' With China at the Fore VOA 20 Mar 2024 -- U.S. military and defense officials are increasingly concerned that as China and Russia forge ever stronger ties, they might attempt to challenge Western unity and eventually alter the balance of power on the world stage.
- Blinken claiming that China is spreading disinformation is in itself disinformation: Chinese FM Global Times 20 Mar 2024 -- The US' Secretary of State Antony Blinken's accusing China of spreading false information is in itself false information, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian on Wednesday. China has made solemn representations over Blinken's remarks, he said.
- China urges the US to correct its wrongdoing of harassing, interrogating, and deporting Chinese citizens entering the US without just cause: Chinese FM Global Times 20 Mar 2024 -- China urges the US to correct its wrongdoing of harassing, interrogating, and deporting Chinese citizens entering the US without just cause and China will continue to adopt resolute measures to safeguard the legitimate and lawful rights and interests of Chinese citizens, Chinese Foreign Ministry said in response to the Washington Post's recent special report on the unwarranted harassment, interrogation and deportation of Chinese students and scholars by US border officials which received much attention in the US.
- China, Not Russia, Still Tops List of Threats to US VOA 20 Mar 2024 -- Russia's war in Ukraine — portrayed by top U.S. officials as posing a danger to the United States itself — still trails China when it comes to long-term threats to America's security, according to a top Pentagon official.
- 'No backward steps' as China-Australia ties are on right track Global Times 20 Mar 2024 -- Since China-Australia relations are on the right track, both sides should have no hesitation, no yawing and no backward steps, and China is willing to work with Australia to further prepare for high-level exchanges between the two countries, restart consultation and dialogue mechanisms, and manage differences based on mutual respect, top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi told Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Canberra on Wednesday.
- China-Australia relation not targeted at third party, nor should be influenced by any third party: Chinese FM Wang Yi Global Times 20 Mar 2024 -- Since the relationship between China and Australia is on the right track, we should not hesitate, deviate, or backtrack, and the development of the bilateral ties is not targeted at any third party, nor should it be influenced or interfered with by any third party, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong in Canberra on Wednesday.
- Hundreds protest Chinese foreign minister's visit to Australia Radio Free Asia 20 Mar 2024 -- Hundreds of Tibetans and Uyghur activists rallied in Australia's capital on Wednesday to protest the visit of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, demanding that his counterpart Penny Wong raise the issue of human rights violations in Tibet, Xinjiang and Hong Kong.
- High Level Meeting Further Mends Fractured Australia-China Ties VOA 20 Mar 2024 -- Human rights and trade sanctions dominated talks Wednesday between the Chinese and Australian foreign ministers in Canberra.
- China-Australia relation not targeted at third party, nor should be influenced by any third party: Chinese FM Wang Yi Global Times 20 Mar 2024 -- Since the relationship between China and Australia is on the right track, we should not hesitate, deviate, or backtrack, and the development of the bilateral ties is not targeted at any third party, nor should it be influenced or interfered with by any third party, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong in Canberra on Wednesday.
- China to do utmost to restore peace in Gaza: FM spokesperson Global Times 20 Mar 2024 -- Since the outbreak of the latest Palestinian-Israeli conflict, China has striven for a cease-fire, effective protection of civilians and de-escalation of the humanitarian crisis, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said on Wednesday while elaborating on Chinese Ambassador Wang Kejian's recent visit to Egypt, Palestine, Israel, Qatar and other countries to cool down the situation in the Middle East.
- Fiji resets police cooperation with China, scraps short-term deployments Radio Free Asia 20 Mar 2024 -- Fiji will continue police cooperation with China but won't have Chinese officers stationed inside its force, a government minister said, following a review of security relations that highlighted the Pacific island country's balancing act between economic reliance on China and security ties to the U.S. and its allies.
- China Voices Hope for Deescalation Efforts Amid Macron's Plans to Send Troops to Ukraine Sputnik 20 Mar 2024 -- Beijing sincerely hopes that all parties concerned will contribute to the deescalation of the conflict in Ukraine and the establishment of an effective security architecture in Europe, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said on Wednesday, when commenting on France's plans to deploy its troops in Ukraine.
- Japan-PIC defense meeting 'exposes Tokyo's ambition to expand military presence' Global Times 20 Mar 2024 -- As Japan hosts a defense ministerial meeting with Pacific Island countries (PICs), Chinese experts warn that Tokyo's true intention is to support the US' Indo-Pacific strategy in containing China, while also seeking to advance its own military expansion.
- Statement regarding Hong Kong's adoption of a new national security law Canada 20 Mar 2024
- China hits back at West's 'double-standards' smear against Article 23 Global Times 20 Mar 2024 -- The central government and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government vigorously repudiated on Wednesday the smear and slander campaigns launched by some Western governments, institutions and politicians against the unanimous passage of the Article 23 legislation in the Legislative Council (LegCo) of the HKSAR, saying that slandering the highly anticipated law while turning a blind to the fact that many Western countries have enacted multiple national security laws is a typical example of political hegemony and double standards.
- China criticizes UK and EU statements on Article 23 legislation, urges UK to abandon colonial illusions Global Times 20 Mar 2024 -- China on refuted the remarks made by some European politicians regarding the passage of the Article 23 legislation in Hong Kong on Tuesday, urging Western powers to stop interfering in Hong Kong's affairs and China's internal affairs.
- Overseas activists vow to keep fighting despite new Hong Kong security law Radio Free Asia 20 Mar 2024 -- Overseas activists have vowed to keep up their campaign for Hong Kong's promised rights and freedoms amid international condemnation of the city's second national security law, which critics say will likely widen an ongoing crackdown on dissent when it takes effect on Saturday.
- Chinese state TV reports passage of Hong Kong security law before vote Radio Free Asia 20 Mar 2024 -- When Hong Kong's Legislative Council passed a strict national security law under Article 23 of its mini-constitution, the long-expected move hit global headlines within minutes.
- Hong Kongers need EU immigration 'lifeboat' policies in the wake of Article 23 Radio Free Asia 20 Mar 2024 -- After Beijing imposed the draconian National Security Law for Hong Kong in 2020, the UK, Canada and Australia responded by opening "lifeboat schemes," or special immigration pathways, for Hong Kongers. Article 23, the latest tightening of the screws on Hong Kong freedoms, requires a similar response from the European Union.
- HK to enact new national security ordinance on Saturday People's Daily 20 Mar 2024 -- Hong Kong is set to enact the long-awaited Safeguarding National Security Ordinance on Saturday after its legislature passed the law on Tuesday — a historic achievement that Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu said was overdue by 26 years.
- HKSAR LegCo unanimously passes milestone bill to better safeguard national security People's Daily 20 Mar 2024 -- The Legislative Council (LegCo) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on Tuesday passed the safeguarding national security bill, a milestone by the HKSAR in fulfilling its constitutional duty as stipulated under Article 23 of the HKSAR Basic Law.
- China criticizes UK and EU statements on Article 23 legislation, urges UK to abandon colonial illusions Global Times 20 Mar 2024 -- China on refuted the remarks made by some European politicians regarding the passage of the Article 23 legislation in Hong Kong on Tuesday, urging Western powers to stop interfering in Hong Kong's affairs and China's internal affairs.
- Liaison office of central gov't in HKSAR praises passage of safeguarding national security bill as milestone People's Daily 20 Mar 2024 -- The Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on Tuesday said that the passage of the safeguarding national security bill by a unanimous vote of the HKSAR Legislative Council is another milestone since Hong Kong's return to the motherland.
- Commissioner's Office of Chinese Foreign Ministry in HKSAR voices congratulations on new ordinance on safeguarding national security People's Daily 20 Mar 2024 -- The Commissioner's Office of the Chinese Foreign Ministry in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on Tuesday expressed congratulations on the passage of the safeguarding national security bill, commending its "milestone significance" in the practice of "one country, two systems."
- Hong Kong enters new chapter in safeguarding national security: central gov't office for safeguarding national security People's Daily 20 Mar 2024 -- The Legislative Council (LegCo) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on Tuesday unanimously passed the safeguarding national security bill, setting a milestone for Hong Kong's long-term stability, the Office for Safeguarding National Security of the Central People's Government in the HKSAR said.
- Central gov't lauds passage of safeguarding national security bill in HKSAR People's Daily 20 Mar 2024 -- The Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council published an article on Tuesday to extend congratulations on the unanimous passage of the safeguarding national security bill by the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR).
- China's top legislature applauds passage of safeguarding national security bill in HKSAR People's Daily 20 Mar 2024 -- The Legislative Affairs Commission of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) on Tuesday applauded the passage of the safeguarding national security bill by the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR).
- Experts: China is sequencing Uyghur DNA for organ harvesting Radio Free Asia 20 Mar 2024 -- Chinese authorities are collecting genetic data from the country's Muslim Uyghur minority as part of a forced organ-transplant program marketed to Muslim medical tourists from Gulf states, experts told a U.S. congressional committee hearing on Wednesday.
- China launches new relay satellite for Earth-Moon communications People's Daily 20 Mar 2024 -- China launched a new relay satellite on Wednesday to provide Earth-Moon communications services, a key step for its future lunar exploration missions such as retrieving samples from the far side of the moon.
- Queqiao-2 successfully launched, key relay communication platform supporting China's subsequent moon exploration missions Global Times 20 Mar 2024 -- China on Wednesday successfully launched into preset orbit the Queqiao-2 relay communication satellite as well as Tiandu-1, Tiandu-2 communication and navigation technology experiment satellites, the key constellation supporting the country's subsequent Chang'e lunar exploration missions.
- Insurgents Launch Deadly Attack on Pakistani City Housing China-Run Port VOA 20 Mar 2024 -- Authorities in Pakistan said Wednesday six people, mostly security personnel, were killed when a group of heavily armed "terrorists" stormed a government building in the southwestern city of Gwadar, home to a China-run port.
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