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29 October 2024 - China Special Weapons News
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- Navy monitoring 2 Chinese fishing boats off PH east coast Philippine News Agency 29 Oct 2024 -- The Philippine Navy (PN) on Tuesday said it is monitoring the presence of two Chinese fishing boats earlier reported as operating in the country's east coast near Aurora province.
- Indonesia's response to Chinese incursion shows Prabowo's assertiveness, analysts say Radio Free Asia 29 Oct 2024 -- Jakarta's feisty response last week to the Chinese coast guard "disrupting" Indonesian survey activities in the North Natuna Sea appears to show that new President Prabowo Subianto has shed his "cuddly grandpa" election persona in favor of his familiar disposition as a ex-general, analysts said.
- China coast guard vessels intrude into waters around Kinmen again CNA 29 Oct 2024 -- Four China Coast Guard vessels intruded into "restricted waters" near Taiwan's outlying Kinmen County on Tuesday, causing Taiwan's Coast Guard Administration (CGA) to issue warnings to their Chinese counterparts again and urge China to stop such harassment.
- US reiterates 'one China' policy amid reports of Xi's request on Taiwan VOA 29 Oct 2024 -- Resisting pressure from Beijing to publicly reject independence for Taiwan, the Biden administration underscores there is no change in its "one China" policy which takes no stand on the issue.
- PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan ROC MND 29 Oct 2024
- EXPLAINED: What's Hong Kong's role in China's hi-tech military plans? Radio Free Asia 29 Oct 2024 -- The city is named in a U.S. ban on AI, semiconductors and quantum computing investments in 'countries of concern.'
- Cryptocurrency promoters on X amplify China-aligned disinformation VOA 29 Oct 2024 -- A group of accounts that regularly promote cryptocurrency-related content on X have amplified messages from Chinese official accounts and a China-linked disinformation operation covertly pushing Beijing's propaganda toward Western social media users known as "Spamouflage".
- China's deep-sea security faces risks posed by foreign intelligence agencies: Ministry of State Securit Global Times 29 Oct 2024 -- China's state security organs have uncovered across Chinese territorial waters a variety of devices with special techniques that foreign espionage and intelligence agencies employed to gather sensitive oceanic information and data to enhance surveillance and gather data on China's maritime areas in a series of intelligence gathering and technical espionage activities, posing a significant threat to China's national security, China's Ministry of State Security (MSS) said on Tuesday.
- China unveils design of Haolong space shuttle for low-cost transport missions Global Times 29 Oct 2024 -- China on Tuesday unveiled the design of the Haolong space cargo shuttle. It is an independently developed, reusable commercial winged spacecraft for low-cost space station cargo transport missions, the Global Times learned from the spacecraft's maker.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian's Regular Press Conference on October 29, 2024 PRC MofA 29 Oct 2024
- US finalizes rule restricting investment in Chinese tech firms VOA 29 Oct 2024 -- The Treasury Department on Monday finalized a new rule meant to prevent U.S.-based people and companies from investing in the development of a range of advanced technologies in China, thereby preventing Beijing from accessing cutting-edge expertise and equipment.
- China opposes US final rules to curb tech investment; Move shows 'Washington runs out of strategies to contain Beijing' Global Times 29 Oct 2024 -- Chinese foreign ministry on Tuesday expressed firm opposition to the US' latest move to finalize rules to curb tech investments in China and vowed to take all necessary measures to resolutely safeguard the country's legitimate rights and interests.
- North Korea's troop deployment to Ukraine could test Beijing-Pyongyang ties VOA 29 Oct 2024 -- As Ukraine braces to face North Korean troops who are believed to be in the Russian border region of Kursk, analysts say China should be concerned about stronger pressure and responses from NATO, which sees Beijing as an enabler of Pyongyang and a supporter of Russia's war against Ukraine.
- US urges China to use influence amid 'destabilizing' action by North Korea, Russia Radio Free Asia 29 Oct 2024 -- The United States has voiced concern to China over "destabilizing" actions by North Korea and Russia, said the U.S. State Department's spokesperson, as it confirmed the deployment of around 10,000 North Korean troops to Russia.
- Myanmar opposition: Dialogue impossible, China must rethink junta support VOA 29 Oct 2024 -- Despite efforts by China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to resolve Myanmar's political and economic crisis, opposition leader Zaw Wai Soe told VOA that dialogue with the military regime is impossible amid ongoing atrocities.
- China: Statement by the Spokesperson on the sentencing of Yu Wensheng and Xu Yan European External Action Service (EEAS) 29 Oct 2024 -- The EU is dismayed by the sentencing of Chinese Human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng and his wife Xu Yan to three years and one year and 9 months imprisonment, respectively, for the alleged offence of 'inciting subversion of state power'.
- China imprisons rights lawyer couple who planned to meet EU officials Radio Free Asia 29 Oct 2024 -- Authorities in China on Tuesday handed down a three-year jail term to prominent human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng and a one-year, nine month sentence to his wife Xu Yan after the couple were detained en route to meet with European Union officials in Beijing.
- As China sentences prominent dissidents, others protest behind bars VOA 29 Oct 2024 -- A court in the eastern Chinese city of Suzhou on Tuesday sentenced Chinese human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng and his wife, Xu Yan, to prison.
- China unveils new policy measures to boost birth support People's Daily 29 Oct 2024 -- China on Monday introduced a series of new birth support policies aimed at building a society more conducive to raising children, as the nation confronts profound demographic challenges posed by its rapidly aging population.
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