Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
08 August 2024 - China Special Weapons News
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- MAC criticizes TAO's new 'Taiwan separatists' section on its website CNA 08 Aug 2024 -- The addition of a new section on "diehard Taiwan independence separatists" on the official website of China's Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) has created "more obstacles and harm in cross-strait interactions," the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) said Thursday.
- TAO website 'Taiwan separatists' section creates punitive model: Experts CNA 08 Aug 2024 -- The newly-added "diehard Taiwan independence separatists" section on the website of China's Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) can be seen as Beijing's attempt to establish a punitive model, following new legal guidelines targeting the same individuals, experts have told CNA.
- Taiwan should step up transparency amid Chinese 'gray zone' tactics: Expert CNA 08 Aug 2024 -- Taiwan should step up efforts to boost transparency about China's "gray zone" activities to drum up international support and pressure Beijing into not escalating tensions, a maritime transparency project director at Stanford University said Thursday.
- Listing diehard 'Taiwan independence' secessionists on official websites is to eliminate black sheep undermining cross-Straits relations: Taiwan Affairs Office Global Times 08 Aug 2024 -- The special columns listing diehard "Taiwan independence" secessionists have been added to the websites of two Chinese mainland departments, which aims to eliminate the "black sheep" that undermine cross-Straits relations and fundamentally maintain peace and stability across the Taiwan Straits, the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council said on Thursday after the columns drew public attention from the island of Taiwan and was distorted and smeared by the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities.
- PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan ROC MND 08 Aug 2024
- China-Tanzania joint drill commences tactical training session Global Times 08 Aug 2024 -- The ongoing land phase of the China-Tanzania Peace Unity-2024 joint exercise commenced a joint tactical training on Thursday, a counter-terrorism drill that mixes the participating troops from the two sides together that heavily relies on trust, said a Chinese special operations team member.
- DHS Places Additional PRC-Based Companies on the UFLPA Entity List DHS 08 Aug 2024 -- Today, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the addition of five entities based in the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Entity List, bringing the total entities listed to 73.
- US blacklists five more Chinese firms over Uyghur slavery Radio Free Asia 08 Aug 2024 -- The United States has banned imports from five more Chinese companies accused of profiting from the slave labor of Uyghurs trapped in what Beijing calls "poverty alleviation" programs.
- Chinese FM calls for intl community to unite behind cease-fire in Gaza Global Times 08 Aug 2024 -- Top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi has held phone conversations with the foreign ministers of Egypt and Jordan, condemning the assassination of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on July 31, calling for efforts by different parties to prevent further escalation of conflicts and urging countries to form a joint force to help achieve a cease-fire in Gaza.
- Experts: As Myanmar's junta loses control, China's influence grows VOA 08 Aug 2024 -- Myanmar's ruling generals are facing unprecedented challenges as armed resistance groups gain more control in the north and the economy stalls. Experts say the rapidly shifting situation is giving China more leverage over the nation's ruling military junta.
- Chinese dissidents face renewed government imprisonment threats VOA 08 Aug 2024 -- China has been intensifying pressure on some prominent dissidents in recent weeks, as local prosecutors decide whether to impose jail sentences on human rights lawyer Lu Siwei, and police repeatedly threaten to arrest citizen journalist Zhang Zhan again.
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