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06 September 2024 - China Special Weapons News

  • Mainland slams Lai Ching-te for sinister secessionist agenda People's Daily 06 Sep 2024 -- A Chinese mainland spokesperson on Thursday slammed Taiwan's leader Lai Ching-te for his recent provocations, saying that Lai made the statements with the sole purpose of serving his "Taiwan independence" stance and secessionist attempt.
  • PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan ROC MND 06 Sep 2024
  • Chinese military planes displayed at Egypt airshow, but demand is in question VOA 06 Sep 2024 -- As the first Egypt International Air Show wrapped up Thursday, industry analysts debated the significance of China's presence, which included the most complete demonstration of its advanced Y-20 transport aircraft and the first showcase of its J-10 fighter jets in Africa.
  • PLA Army helicopters practice replenishment on maritime platform Global Times 06 Sep 2024 -- Multiple types of helicopters of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Army recently conducted replenishment on a maritime platform, a tactic experts said on Thursday enables the choppers to return to the frontline faster in cross-sea operations.
  • Clues show Huang Ping was Chinese diplomat directing New York official Radio Free Asia 06 Sep 2024 -- Linda Sun, a former aide to two New York governors, appears to have received direct orders and bribes from a top Chinese diplomat, according to evidence in the Justice Department's list of allegations against her.
  • China's Tianwen-3 mission to bring Mars samples to Earth by around 2028, expected to become world's first Global Times 06 Sep 2024 -- China announced its ambitious plan to carry out Tianwen-3 mission with two launches to retrieve samples from Mars and bring them back to Earth by around 2028, chief designer of the mission Liu Jizhong disclosed on Thursday at an event on deep-space exploration held in Huangshan, East China's Anhui Province. The mission is expected to become the world's first such attempt on the Red Planet, and will involve international payload cooperation, as well as global collaboration in sample and data sharing.
  • Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning's Regular Press Conference on September 6, 2024 PRC MofA 06 Sep 2024
  • China's new pledges reflect concern over its competition in Africa VOA 06 Sep 2024 -- After pledging $51 billion in financial support for Africa over the next three years and positioning China as a fellow developing country in contrast to the West's colonialist past, President Xi Jinping told dozens of African leaders gathered in Beijing this week that "the China-Africa relationship is now at its best in history."
  • Beijing declaration, action plan adopted at FOCAC summit Global Times 06 Sep 2024 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday said that China stands ready to work with Africa to implement 10 partnership actions to jointly advance modernization. He also proposed that bilateral relations between China and all African countries having diplomatic ties with China be elevated to the level of strategic relations, and that the overall characterization of China-Africa relations be elevated to an all-weather China-Africa community with a shared future for the new era.
  • Chinese foreign minister says 2024 FOCAC summit achieves "complete success" People's Daily 06 Sep 2024 -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Thursday the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) has achieved complete success.
  • Hong Kong Business Advisory US Dept. of State 06 Sep 2024 -- On September 6, the U.S. Departments of State, Agriculture, Commerce, Homeland Security, and Treasury jointly released an updated (last issued in July 2021), warning U.S. businesses about risks to their operations and activities in Hong Kong.



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