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24 February 2025 - China Special Weapons News
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- China conducts live fire drills in Tonkin Gulf as Vietnam draws sea border Radio Free Asia 24 Feb 2025 -- The Chinese military has announced a live-fire exercise in an area in the Gulf of Tonkin from Monday to Thursday this week, warning ships not to enter the zone.
- Taiwan severs academic ties with Chinese universities, citing propaganda links Radio Free Asia 24 Feb 2025 -- Taiwan barred the island's universities from collaborating with three mainland Chinese institutions, citing their ties with Beijing's overseas propaganda arm, in what Taiwan opposition lawmakers said was a blow to cross-strait exchanges that have historically served as a bridge for dialogue despite geopolitical rifts.
- PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan ROC MND 24 Feb 2025
- Japan, Philippines eye closer security ties; two sides exploit each other, undermining regional peace: expert Global Times 24 Feb 2025 -- Japan and the Philippines plan to establish a high-level defense consultation mechanism to expand Japan's defense exports, Kyodo News reported Sunday during Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani's visit to the Philippines. Meanwhile, Japanese media hyped Japan's intent to help the Philippines monitor the South China Sea. A Chinese expert told the Global Times that their defense cooperation is a mutual exploitation which however undermines regional peace and stability.
- Chinese Naval Task Group New Zealand Defence Force 24 Feb 2025 -- The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF), in conjunction with Australian authorities, are monitoring a People's Liberation Army - Navy (PLA-N) Task Group in the Tasman Sea, in international waters about 350 nautical miles northeast of Australia's Bass Strait.
- Chinese tech firm employee punished for leaking confidential information to overseas spy agency: MSS Global Times 24 Feb 2025 -- China's Ministry of State Security (MSS) on Monday disclosed a case involving an employee at a major domestic technology company, who switched jobs multiple times within three years, disclosed a substantial amount of classified information to foreign intelligence agencies in exchange for personal financial benefits.
- Former chairman of Chinese Aviation Industry Corporation expelled from CPC Global Times 24 Feb 2025 -- Tan Ruisong, former board chairman of the Aviation Industry Corporation of China, Ltd., has been expelled from the Communist Party of China (CPC) over serious violations of Party discipline and laws, the country's anti-graft body said Monday.
- Chinese officials get derisory 'Snail Awards' for lying down on the job Radio Free Asia 24 Feb 2025 -- Chinese Communist Party officials who lie down on the job could find themselves publicly named and shamed as recipients of "Snail Awards" amid growing concern over "inaction" and "irresponsibility" among the country's nearly 60 million-strong bureaucracy.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian's Regular Press Conference on February 24, 2025 PRC MofA 24 Feb 2025
- Pushing for the Reform and Improvement of Global Human Rights Governance to Uphold the Right Approach to Human Rights PRC MofA 24 Feb 2025 -- Remarks by H.E. Wang Yi Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee And Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China At the High-Level Segment of the 58th Session of The United Nations Human Rights Council
- China opposes and lodges solemn representations against US tightened curbs on investments with China: FM Global Times 24 Feb 2025 -- China deplores and firmly opposes the US memorandum on investment policy which, citing alleged national security concerns, calls China a "foreign adversary" and adopts various discriminatory measures to tighten restrictions on two-way investments with China, and China has lodged serious protests with the US side, Lin Jian, a spokesperson of China's Foreign Ministry, said on Monday.
- China's trade promotion agency opposes US' expansion of 'national security' concept, urges to lift two-way investment curbs Global Times 24 Feb 2025 -- The Chinese business community firmly opposes the US' repeated expansion of the concept of "national security," which continuously hinders economic and trade exchanges between the industries of the two countries, the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) stated on Monday, urging the US to lift restrictions on two-way investment related to the "America First Investment Policy" memorandum, which tightens security reviews targeting investments from China.
- China's position on Ukraine crisis remains consistent, clear, Chinese FM on Zelensky's expectation of China's role Global Times 24 Feb 2025 -- In response to media inquiry over Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky's remarks about his expectation of China's role in peace in Ukraine and related remarks of US President Trump, as well as whether China will propose any new plans or initiatives to actively contribute to promoting peace in Ukraine, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said on Monday that China's position on the Ukraine crisis remains consistent and clear.
- China eyes Trump's Ukraine strategy, strengthens ties with Russia VOA 24 Feb 2025 -- Three years into Russia's aggression in Ukraine, China is closely monitoring U.S. President Donald Trump's strategy to end the war, as Beijing calculates its moves to position itself as a strategic partner for Ukraine while maintaining a no‐limits partnership with Russia, according to experts and former officials.
- President Xi Jinping Speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the Phone PRC MofA 24 Feb 2025 -- In the afternoon of February 24, President Xi Jinping took a phone call from Russian President Vladimir Putin.
- Telephone conversation with President of China Xi Jinping President of Russia 24 Feb 2025
- Xi talks to Putin, says China happy to see positive efforts to defuse Ukraine crisis Global Times 24 Feb 2025 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping said Monday that China is happy to see Russia and relevant parties make positive efforts to defuse the Ukraine crisis. Xi made the remarks when talking to Russian President Vladimir Putin over phone.
- China willing to promote common devt with PICs including Cook Islands, FM responds to recently signed China-Cook Islands agreements Global Times 24 Feb 2025 -- When asked to comment on the agreements signed by the Prime Minister of the Cook Islands with the Chinese government, including on access to port facilities on the island, undersea mining and a few other things, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said on Monday that the Chinese side previously shared relevant information on the bilateral cooperation documents recently signed with the Cook Islands, and this is the normal friendly exchange and cooperation between China and the Cook Islands.
- Beijing police detain petitioners ahead of annual parliament Radio Free Asia 24 Feb 2025 -- Police in Beijing have been raiding suburban neighborhoods where out-of-town petitioners stay while they lodge lengthy complaints against their local governments, petitioners told Radio Free Asia.
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