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04 June 2024 - China Special Weapons News
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- Philippines denies its troops pointed guns at Chinese coast guard personnel Radio Free Asia 04 Jun 2024 -- The Philippines on Tuesday rejected Beijing's allegations that Filipino troops had pointed guns at Chinese coast guard personnel after they "dangerously approached" a military outpost in the disputed South China Sea.
- Philippines' grounding warship illegal, escalating tensions unacceptable: Chinese FM Global Times 04 Jun 2024 -- The Philippines' act to run aground a warship at Ren'ai Jiao is an illegal act in itself. It is unacceptable that the Philippines repeatedly provokes, exacerbates tensions, and escalates the situation, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Tuesday, in response to Philippine military officials denying that personnel on a grounded Philippine warship pointed guns in the direction of the China Coast Guard (CCG) previously.
- Chinese FM slams remarks by Marcos on South China Sea, urging Philippines to stop maritime provocations Global Times 04 Jun 2024 -- China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday slammed remarks of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, saying the so-called arbitral award on the South China Sea is illegal, null and void and China will continue to defend its territorial sovereignty and maritime rights.
- China: US nuclear weapons in South Korea would undermine its security VOA 04 Jun 2024 -- China said it opposes a deployment of nuclear weapons to South Korea as it would pose danger to regional countries. Beijing was reacting to a report suggesting the United States should take such a measure to enhance deterrence against threats from North Korea.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning's Regular Press Conference on June 4, 2024 PRC MofA 04 Jun 2024
- Treasury: the West should stop China from supplying Russia's war machine VOA 04 Jun 2024 -- The Ukrainian government continues to find Western-made components in Russian missiles and drones retrieved from the battlefield in Ukraine.
- Remarks from US, SK, Japanese military officials on South China Sea and Taiwan question malicious smear and blatant interference on China's domestic affairs: FM spokesperson Global Times 04 Jun 2024 -- China expressed strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition against the remarks made by military officials from the US, Japan and South Korea to criticize China on issues regarding South China Sea and the Taiwan question, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Tuesday, noting that such criticism is blatant interference in China's domestic affairs, maliciously attacking and smearing China on maritime issues, deliberately provoking China's relations with neighboring countries, seriously violating the basic principles of international relations.
- China firmly opposes U.S. abusing visa restrictions on Chinese officials: FM People's Daily 04 Jun 2024 -- China expressed firm opposition to U.S. blatant interference in China's internal affairs, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said at a regular press briefing on Monday.
- On the 35th Anniversary of Tiananmen Square US Dept. of State 04 Jun 2024 -- "Today, on the 35th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, we remember the tens of thousands of peaceful Chinese pro-democracy protestors who were brutally assaulted for standing up for freedom, human rights, and an end to corruption."
- Arrests, detentions in Hong Kong on 35th anniversary of 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown VOA 04 Jun 2024 -- Hong Kong police arrested four people and detained five others Tuesday as authorities sought to stamp out commemorations of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in mainland China on its 35th anniversary.
- Diaspora community holds Tiananmen commemorations despite crackdowns in Hong Kong, China VOA 04 Jun 2024 -- Authorities in China and Hong Kong are tightening control over civil society as people in more than a dozen cities around the world commemorate the 35th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre on Tuesday.
- US lawmakers remember Tiananmen Square massacre Radio Free Asia 04 Jun 2024 -- U.S. lawmakers and Chinese democracy activists marked the 35th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre on Tuesday with a message that Congress had always stood together with Chinese dissidents, even if some presidential administrations had not.
- Tiananmen Square massacre protest torch passes to the next generation Radio Free Asia 04 Jun 2024 -- Thirty-five years after the Tiananmen Square massacre took place, the commemorative torch appears to be passing to a younger generation of activists in cities around the world, including in democratic Taiwan.
- Mothers of Tiananmen Square massacre vow victims 'will not be forgotten' Radio Free Asia 04 Jun 2024 -- Family members of victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre called on the world to remember the night 35 years ago when People's Liberation Army troops entered Beijing and fired on unarmed civilians - despite attempts by the Chinese government to erase the bloodshed from the official record.
- China: Statement by the Spokesperson on the 35th Anniversary of the Tiananmen Square events European External Action Service (EEAS) 04 Jun 2024 -- Today marks the 35th anniversary of the violent suppression of peaceful pro-democracy protests of 1989 in Tiananmen Square, Beijing. Remembering the events and honouring those who were killed, detained, or went missing is crucial for future generations and the collective memory.
- Statement by Foreign Affairs Minister on 35th anniversary of Tiananmen Square Canada 04 Jun 2024
- Scale and severity of '35-plus' political plot highlight that risk to national security is real: HKSAR CE Global Times 04 Jun 2024 -- The verdict on some defendants involved in the infamous "35-plus" political plot that aimed to subvert state power indicated the scale and severity of the criminal plan, highlighting that the risk to national security is real, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Chief Executive John Lee said on Tuesday, warning that "we cannot forget the pain once the wound has healed."
- Trial of Apple Daily's Jimmy Lai adjourned over health concerns VOA 04 Jun 2024 -- The national security trial of pro-democracy publisher Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong was adjourned Monday after his legal team told the court that he felt unwell.
- Carrying first samples collected from far side of moon, Chang'E-6 takes off from lunar surface Global Times 04 Jun 2024 -- Carrying valuable rocks and dust collected from the far side of moon, the ascender of China's Chang'E-6 lunar probe lifted off from the lunar surface and entered lunar orbit with success on Tuesday morning, marking an unprecedented accomplishment in the history of human lunar exploration.
- China's spacecraft takes off from moon with first samples from lunar far side People's Daily 04 Jun 2024 -- The ascender of China's Chang'e-6 probe lifted off from lunar surface on Tuesday morning, carrying samples collected from the moon's far side, an unprecedented feat in human lunar exploration history.
- China's top political advisory body holds meeting on high-level socialist market economy Global Times 04 Jun 2024 -- China's top political advisory body on Tuesday opened the seventh session of its standing committee in Beijing, which focuses on consultations and discussions on building a high-level socialist market economy.
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