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21 March 2024 - China Special Weapons News
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- Nearly 80% of Indonesians see Beijing's South China Sea actions as threat Radio Free Asia 21 Mar 2024 -- A majority of Indonesians perceive China's activities in the South China Sea as a threat to their country's sovereignty, with nearly half favoring a defense alliance with Southeast Asian nations to strengthen its position, a new survey has revealed.
- 34 Philippine personnel land on China's Tiexian Jiao, handled lawfully by Chinese coast guard: CCG Global Times 21 Mar 2024 -- Thirty-four Philippine personnel have landed on Tiexian Jiao (Tiexian Reef) in the South China Sea on Thursday, ignoring warning and dissuasion from the Chinese side, said China Coast Guard (CCG). Regarding such violations, the Chinese coast guard lawfully landed on the reef to investigate and handle the situation.
- Taiwan calls for speedy return of 2 Kinmen anglers rescued by China CNA 21 Mar 2024 -- Taiwan's agency handling relations with China on Thursday expressed hope that the Chinese authorities will expedite the return of two anglers from Kinmen who they confirmed were rescued in waters off the Fujian coast.
- Taiwanese travelers urged to be cautious after HK passes tough security law CNA 21 Mar 2024 -- Taiwan's government on Thursday reminded Taiwanese people to keep their safety in mind when visiting Hong Kong after the Beijing-controlled Legislative Council passed a new national security law two days ago in the special administrative region (SAR).
- PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan Mar. 21, 2024 ROC MND 21 Mar 2024
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian's Regular Press Conference on March 21, 2024 PRC MofA 21 Mar 2024
- US Bolstering Philippines Amid Increasing Assertiveness by China VOA 21 Mar 2024 -- The U.S. and Philippines will for the first time venture outside Manila's territorial waters when they begin joint annual combat drills in April, a Philippines government spokesman said Thursday.
- US intensifies provocative actions to 'build tensions, contain China' Global Times 21 Mar 2024 -- The US has recently ramped up its trouble-stirring moves in at least three directions around China to build regional tensions and reinforce its containment of China. Analysts said that Washington has always taken advantage of regional conflicts to serve its selfish geopolitical interests and warned of the consequences of serving as Washington's proxies and cannon fodder.
- US crackdown on Chinese companies is economic bullying, violates intl trade rules: MOFCOM spokesperson Global Times 21 Mar 2024 -- China urges the US not to take the wrong approach and says it will take the necessary measures as appropriate to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese enterprises, Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) spokesperson He Yadong said at a regular press conference on Thursday, reiterating China's clear and firm stance regarding intensified US moves targeting Chinese companies.
- China urges U.S. to stop poisoning public support for bilateral ties People's Daily 21 Mar 2024 -- China urges the United States to stop poisoning the public support for the bilateral ties, and correct its wrongdoing of harassing, interrogating, and deporting Chinese citizens without just cause, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday.
- Nothing Scares the PRC More Than a Russian Defeat in Ukraine CISA 21 Mar 2024 -- Last month, Ambassador-At-Large for Cyber and Digital Policy Nate Fick and I traveled to Kyiv for the International Cyber Resilience Forum at the invitation of Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council.
- Chinese residents of North Korea worry about returning from China Radio Free Asia 21 Mar 2024 -- Chinese residents of North Korea who went to China during the COVID-19 pandemic are starting to return, but some are wondering if they should have stayed in China given all the restrictions on bringing things into the country, sources told Radio Free Asia.
- Tensions Simmer Between South Korea and China as Seoul Pivots to Global Role VOA 21 Mar 2024 -- South Korea's increasingly outspoken stands on issues including Taiwan and the South China Sea are raising tensions between Beijing and Seoul.
- HK officials, lawmakers confront West's attacks on Article 23 legislation, ready to fight back Global Times 21 Mar 2024 -- Despite the rising criticism and concerns from some Western countries on the Article 23 legislation in Hong Kong, local officials and lawmakers are confronting those misunderstanding and the ill-intentioned slandering and smearing campaign at the global stage, and some told the Global Times on Thursday that they have been ready to "bite the bullet" as some Western officials are calling for the fresh sanctions and other countermeasure against the passage of the law.
- Bid to smear new HK security law criticized People's Daily 21 Mar 2024 -- Officials strongly condemned some Western politicians on Wednesday for criticizing Hong Kong's new national security law, saying the attacks cannot stop the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region from achieving greater success.
- Article 23 fully aligns with intl laws and practices, protects human rights: HK official at UNHRC session Global Times 21 Mar 2024 -- The Article 23 legislation fully aligns with the principles of international laws and practices. The comments made by some countries and organizations on this are in complete disregard of basic jurisprudence and facts, and demonstrate nothing more than double standards and sophistry, Hong Kong Deputy Secretary for Justice Cheung Kwok-kwan told the 55th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva on Wednesday local time.
- China condemns slander against Hong Kong's Safeguarding National Security Bill People's Daily 21 Mar 2024 -- China strongly deplores and firmly opposes individual countries and organizations' slandering and smear against the Safeguarding National Security Bill of Hong Kong, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday.
- World Uyghur Congress Leader Discusses Time in China, Uyghur-Han Chinese Tension VOA 21 Mar 2024 -- As head of the World Uyghur Congress, Dolkun Isa runs one of the most prominent organizations in the world advocating for the rights of Uyghurs.
- China has room for further RRR cuts; debt at appropriate level: Chinese officials Global Times 21 Mar 2024 -- Chinese monetary policy has ample space and a rich reserve of tools, with room to further cut the reserve requirement ratio (RRR), and debt is at an appropriate level, Chinese officials told an economic-themed press conference on Thursday.
- Chinese censors remove video showing off Tiananmen massacre medal Radio Free Asia 21 Mar 2024 -- Chinese censors have deleted a video in which a People's Liberation Army soldier brags about a medal given to her father for participating in the 1989 Tiananmen massacre, highlighting the government's efforts to hide that part of its history, according to media reports and social media posts.
- Chinese private rocket company readies 'Falcon 9 equivalent' for maiden flight Global Times 21 Mar 2024 -- Space Pioneer, a Chinese private rocket company founded in 2019, revealed that its new large liquid-propellent reusable rocket model TL-3, also known as the Chinese "Falcon 9 equivalent" for its matching powerful design, has come closer to its maiden flight scheduled for July this year. Its main power system - the 9 Tianhuo-12 variable thrust engines forming the rocket's first stage - completed a hot running test on Thursday, the last stage before final delivery.
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