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27 August 2024 - China Special Weapons News
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- DFA Welcomes Secretary General of Permanent Court of Arbitration, Cites PCA's Significant Contributions to Peaceful Settlement of Disputes Philippines DFA 27 Aug 2024 -- Secretary for Foreign Affairs Enrique Manalo welcomed Secretary General of the Permanent Court Arbitration (PCA), Dr. Marcin Czepalak, who is undertaking a visit to the Philippines in line with the PCA's customary visits to Member States in efforts to further promote its services in the peaceful resolution of international disputes.
- USCG: Chinese ramming 'unprofessional,' highlights 'bullying' in SCS Philippine News Agency 27 Aug 2024 -- The act of ramming vessels is not in any way professional and is a violation of the international law to prevent collision at sea, a United States Coast Guard (USCG) official said Tuesday, chastising the contradiction in China's statement on its latest actions in the Sabina Shoal.
- China deploys 'excessive force' of 40 ships vs. PCG resupply mission Philippine News Agency 27 Aug 2024 -- The China Coast Guard (CCG) deployed a force of 40 ships in Escoda Shoal in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) and blocked two Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) vessels on a resupply mission Monday.
- PH Navy: More Chinese warships spotted in WPS Philippine News Agency 27 Aug 2024 -- More Chinese warships were spotted in features of the West Philippine Sea (WPS), the Philippine Navy (PN) said Tuesday.
- Expert predicts Philippine airdropping on China's Xianbin Jiao after failed maritime supply attempts Global Times 27 Aug 2024 -- It is likely for the Philippines to attempt to airdrop supplies to its quasi-grounded coast guard vessel at China's Xianbin Jiao in the South China Sea and claim success to deceive its domestic audience and the international community, a Chinese expert warned on Tuesday.
- US Military Escort for Philippine Ships in South China Sea 'Reasonable Option' - Admiral Sputnik 27 Aug 2024 -- The US military said Tuesday that it is "an entirely reasonable option" for it to accompany Philippine vessels during resupply missions in the disputed South China Sea region, US media reported.
- CCG blocks renewed Philippine intrusions at Xianbin Jiao Global Times 27 Aug 2024 -- The Philippines on Monday once again sent ships to intrude waters off China's Xianbin Jiao in the South China Sea, but once again saw its provocation restricted by the China Coast Guard (CCG).
- China push to ban Taiwan from Pacific Islands Forum 'regrettable': MOFA CNA 27 Aug 2024 -- A rumored push by China and the Solomon Islands to exclude Taiwan from the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) is "regrettable," the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said Tuesday.
- Taiwan condemns China for disrupting regional peace CNA 27 Aug 2024 -- Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) strongly condemned China on Tuesday after a Chinese aircraft infringed on Japanese airspace earlier in the day.
- PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan ROC MND 27 Aug 2024
- China launches military exercises on Myanmar border Radio Free Asia 27 Aug 2024 -- China's People's Liberation Army kicked off a three-day joint air and ground military exercise along its southern border with Myanmar on Tuesday as part of what its defense ministry called a bid to shore up border security and stability.
- PLA Army, Air Force drill near China-Myanmar border Global Times 27 Aug 2024 -- The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Army and Air Force on Tuesday launched a joint live-fire exercise on the Chinese side of the China-Myanmar border following an armed patrol in the region.
- EXCLUSIVE: China to transfer 2 ships and pier to Cambodian navy Radio Free Asia 27 Aug 2024 -- China is expected to soon hand over to the Cambodia navy two warships, a deep-draft pier long enough to accommodate aircraft carriers and facilities it has developed at a base on Cambodia's coast, Cambodian sources with knowledge of the matter told Radio Free Asia.
- EXCLUSIVE: Arrest of Chinese dissident on spy charges leaves trail of broken trust Radio Free Asia 27 Aug 2024 -- The FBI came to Jen Salen's door on Wednesday afternoon. Shocked would not even come close to describing her astonishment.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian's Regular Press Conference on August 27, 2024 PRC MofA 27 Aug 2024
- Sullivan's China visit expected to set stage for Biden-Xi final meeting VOA 27 Aug 2024 -- U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan met Tuesday in Beijing with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in an attempt to manage tensions between Washington and Beijing ahead of the U.S. presidential election in November.
- Top White House official in Beijing for talks with foreign minister Radio Free Asia 27 Aug 2024 -- U.S. President Joe Biden's national security adviser Jake Sullivan arrived in China on Tuesday on a three-day trip that includes talks with Foreign Minister Wang Yi, and comes after complaints from China's neighbors about what they see as its territorial intrusions.
- U.S. protectionist measures trigger global worries about trade war: spokesperson People's Daily 27 Aug 2024 -- U.S. discriminatory subsidies, continuous obstruction of the selection of judges for the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization (WTO), and the imposition of high tariffs on imported products have triggered global worries about a new round of trade wars, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday.
- Special Representative of the Chinese Government on Eurasian Affairs Li Hui Holds a Briefing on the Fourth Round of Shuttle Diplomacy on the Ukraine Crisis PRC MofA 27 Aug 2024 -- On August 27, 2024, Special Representative of the Chinese Government on Eurasian Affairs Li Hui held a briefing to diplomatic envoys to China and representatives of Chinese and foreign media on the recent fourth round of shuttle diplomacy on the Ukraine crisis.
- Fabricating 'China responsibility theory' in Russia-Ukraine crisis unacceptable: Chinese envoy Global Times 27 Aug 2024 -- Certain countries are taking advantage of the Russia-Ukraine crisis to fabricate the "China responsibility theory" and use illegal unilateral sanctions to threaten countries that engage in normal trade with Russia, which are unacceptable for the international community, Special Representative of the Chinese Government on Eurasian Affairs Li Hui said on Tuesday during a press briefing about the fourth round of shuttle diplomacy on the Ukraine crisis.
- Director-General of the Department of Asian Affairs of the Foreign Ministry Liu Jinsong Holds Consultations with the Japanese Side PRC MofA 27 Aug 2024
- China hosts international counter-terrorism forum with a focus on unmanned technology Global Times 27 Aug 2024 -- The Great Wall-2024 International Forum on Counter-terrorism kicked off in Beijing on Tuesday with a focus on unmanned technology in combating terrorism. The forum has been widely praised by participants for highlighting China's active role and contribution toward global efforts to combat new forms of terrorism.
- India's intense scrutiny of Chinese warship operation is just an extension of 'China threat' theory, experts say Global Times 27 Aug 2024 -- Chinese and Indian warships both docked in Sri Lanka on Monday, triggering intense concerns among the Indian media, which Chinese experts on Tuesday described as morbid, calling this mentality an extension of the "China threat" theory.
- Once a safe haven, Hong Kong is now 'exporting its own refugees' Radio Free Asia 27 Aug 2024 -- The ongoing crackdown on political dissent in Hong Kong has turned the city, where millions once took refuge from Chinese Communist Party rule, into an "exporter of refugees," according to exiled former pro-democracy lawmaker Nathan Law.
- China: UN rights office reiterates need to review national security framework UN News 27 Aug 2024 -- China still has "many problematic laws and policies" regarding the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region two years after the UN human rights office, OHCHR, published a report on serious violations against the Uyghur and other predominantly Muslim communities, a spokesperson said on Tuesday.
- UN rights chief renews call for Chinese movement on abuses documented in Xinjiang Radio Free Asia 27 Aug 2024 -- Two years after the U.N.'s human rights chief said China's repression of Uyghurs in Xinjiang may constitute "crimes against humanity," her successor on Tuesday called for a full investigation into the charges, while rights groups called for more pressure on Beijing.
- China is borrowing Nazi's 'genocide tourism' practices in Xinjiang: scholar Radio Free Asia 27 Aug 2024 -- China's promotion of tourism in the far-western region of Xinjiang, where Beijing has sought to hide its persecution of the 11 million Uyghurs who live there, has parallels to the Nazis' practice of "genocide tourism," a Swedish anthropologist and former diplomat writes in the online current affairs magazine The Diplomat.
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