Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
25 July 2024 - China Special Weapons News
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- Tibetans forced to remove religious structures outside their homes Radio Free Asia 25 Jul 2024 -- For the first time, Chinese authorities are forcing ordinary Tibetans to remove religious symbols and destroy such structures from the exteriors and roofs of their homes in several villages in a Tibetan area of Sichuan province, two sources with knowledge of the situation said.
- US, Taiwan, China race to improve military drone technology VOA 25 Jul 2024 -- This week, as Taiwan was preparing for the start of its Han Kuang military exercises, its air defense system detected a Chinese drone circling the island. This was the sixth time that China had sent a drone to operate around Taiwan since 2023.
- US official unfazed by Russian-Chinese flyby off coast of Alaska VOA 25 Jul 2024 -- The appearance of two Russian and two Chinese long-range, strategic bombers in the skies off of coastal Alaska may have been a first, but it did not catch the United States off-guard.
- U.S., Canadian Warplanes Intercept Russian, Chinese Military Aircraft Near Alaska RFE/RL 25 Jul 2024 -- The United States and Canada scrambled fighter jets after two Russian and two Chinese military planes were tracked in the international airspace close to Alaska, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said in a statement.
- US military says 'tracked, intercepted' Russian, Chinese bombers off Alaska Press TV 25 Jul 2024 -- The US military says it has intercepted several Russian and Chinese bombers in international airspace near the coast of Alaska, the first time the two Asian allies make a joint foray into the area.
- Chinese and Russian bomber jets intercepted near Alaska Radio Free Asia 25 Jul 2024 -- The North American Aerospace Defense Command on Wednesday "detected, tracked, and intercepted" two Chinese and two Russian military aircraft operating together in international airspace off the coast of Alaska, but said the activity was "not seen as a threat."
- Chinese, Russian bombers appear in Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone Global Times 25 Jul 2024 -- China and Russia on Thursday held their eighth joint aerial strategic patrol that saw bombers of the two countries flying over the Bering Sea for the first time, also marking the farthest place Chinese bombers have reached in a strategic patrol mission, experts said.
- Xi Jinping 'sharing out' political power among rival allies Radio Free Asia 25 Jul 2024 -- Ruling Chinese Communist Party ideologue and 'United Front' czar Wang Huning - who on Thursday attended the funeral of Vietnamese leader Nguyen Phu Trong - appears to have been favored in a recent move by party leader Xi Jinping following a top political meeting in Beijing, analysts told RFA Mandarin.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning's Regular Press Conference on July 25, 2024 PRC MofA 25 Jul 2024
- Russian-Chinese International Scientific Lunar Station to Be Built in 3 Phases Sputnik 25 Jul 2024 -- The International Scientific Lunar Station (ISLS) will be jointly created by Russia and China in three phases: research and development, construction, and operation, according to the relevant agreement published on the official legal information portal on Thursday.
- Two Men Plead Guilty to Acting as Illegal Agents of Chinese Government and Bribery US Dept. of Justice 25 Jul 2024 -- John Chen, 71, of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and Los Angeles, California, and Lin Feng, 44, a PRC citizen and resident of Los Angeles, California, pleaded guilty to acting as unregistered agents of the PRC and bribing an IRS agent in connection with a plot to target U.S.-based practitioners of Falun Gong — a spiritual practice banned in the PRC.
- Chinese FM arrives in Laos with cooperation in mind Global Times 25 Jul 2024 -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Thursday arrived in Lao capital Vientiane to attend the ASEAN meetings and other events against the backdrop of turbulence in the South China Sea, but analysts believed the tensions will not have a major impact on the main course of cooperation.
- Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China Wang Yi Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 25 Jul 2024
- Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's opening remarks during his meeting with Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China Wang Yi, Vientiane, July 25, 2024 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 25 Jul 2024
- Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with Foreign Minister of China Wang Yi and Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the Lao People's Democratic Republic Saleumxay Kommasith Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 25 Jul 2024
- Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's opening remarks at the meeting with Foreign Minister of China Wang Yi and Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Lao PDR Saleumxay Kommasith, Vientiane, July 25, 2024 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 25 Jul 2024
- China seeks to boost influence by playing peacemaker VOA 25 Jul 2024 -- China hosted a series of high-profile diplomatic meetings this week aimed at projecting an image as a global peacemaker in two major global crises, the Russia-Ukraine war and the conflict between Israel and Hamas.
- Experts eye China-Japan meeting on sidelines of ASEAN VOA 25 Jul 2024 -- Expectations are building for a meeting this week between Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Japanese counterpart Yoko Kamikawa on the sidelines of ASEAN meetings in Vientiane, Laos.
- China Breaks Ground On Massive Afghan Copper Mine After 16 Years Of Delays RFE/RL 25 Jul 2024 -- Chinese engineers and the Taliban government officially started work on a massive project in Afghanistan to mine the world's second-largest deposit of copper.
- Infamous anti-China disruptor Jimmy Lai to testify in his own defense on national security trial Global Times 25 Jul 2024 -- Infamous anti-China disruptor and Next Digital founder Jimmy Lai, has been charged with two counts of conspiring to collude with foreign forces and one count of conspiring to publish seditious materials. A local court in Hong Kong has ruled on Thursday that there is a prima facie case for all three charges against the defendant, and Lai will testify in his own defense.
- Rights advocates cite uptick in Uyghur refugee detentions in Turkey VOA 25 Jul 2024 -- Over the past three weeks, Shirali Abdurehim, a 39-year-old Uyghur honey seller in Istanbul, has been detained in an immigration detention center.
- PBC announces 20 bps reduction in one-year MLF to boost liquidity, economic recovery Global Times 25 Jul 2024 -- China's central bank conducted a medium-term lending facility (MLF) operation reducing rates on Thursday, marking the second rate cut within one week.
- China lowers MLF interest rate to reduce financing costs People's Daily 25 Jul 2024 -- China's central bank on Thursday lowered the medium-term lending facility (MLF) interest rate to decrease the borrowing costs of the real economy.
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