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26 March 2025 - China Special Weapons News
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- China and India Hold Consultations between Officials of Foreign Ministries PRC MofA 26 Mar 2025-- On March 26, 2025, Director-General of the Department of Asian Affairs of the Foreign Ministry Liu Jinsong and Joint Secretary of the East Asia Division of the Ministry of External Affairs of India Gourangalal Das co-chaired the consultations between officials of the Chinese and Indian foreign ministries in Beijing, in a candid, practical and constructive atmosphere.
- Official consultation between Foreign Ministries of India and China (March 26, 2025) India MEA 26 Mar 2025 -- Shri Gourangalal Das, Joint Secretary(East Asia) held a consultative meeting with Mr. Liu Jinsong, Director General of the Department of Asian Affairs of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 26 March 2025 in Beijing.
- DFA Statement on the G7 Foreign Ministers' Joint Statement and Declaration on Maritime Security and Prosperity of 14 March 2025 Philippines DFA 26 Mar 2025 -- The Philippines welcomes anew the G7 Foreign Ministers' reaffirmation of their collective position on the South China Sea as articulated in the G7 Foreign Ministers' Joint Statement and their Declaration on Maritime Security and Prosperity, issued in Charlevoix, Canada on 14 March 2025.
- DFA lauds G7 opposition to dangerous acts vs. PH ships in SCS Philippine News Agency 26 Mar 2025 -- The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Wednesday welcomed the Group of Seven's (G7) recent objection to the "increasing use" of dangerous maneuvers and water cannons against Philippine vessels in the South China Sea.
- U.S. report names China as top military threat, notes pressure on Taiwan CNA 26 Mar 2025 -- China remains the top military and cyber threat to the United States and continues to make progress on capabilities to seize Taiwan, a report by U.S. intelligence agencies said Tuesday.
- Taiwan-based publisher sentenced to 3 years for inciting secession in China CNA 26 Mar 2025 -- Li Yanhe (李延賀), the founder of Taiwan-based Gūsa Publishing, has been sentenced to three years in prison by Chinese authorities for inciting secession, according to Beijing's Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO).
- Taiwan silent on publisher's sentencing details, rejects China criticism CNA 26 Mar 2025 -- The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) declined to reveal sentencing details on Wednesday after a Taiwan-based publisher was sentenced to three years in prison for inciting secession in China, while also rejecting Beijing's criticism that Taipei is using the case to defame its judicial system.
- Food distribution for China invasion contingency 'fully planned': Minister CNA 26 Mar 2025 -- Taiwan's government has 143 food distribution stations around the country and supply chains that are "fully planned" in the event of an emergency such as an invasion by China, the agriculture minister said Wednesday.
- Taiwan to probe local unit of China's Inspur added to U.S. blacklist CNA 26 Mar 2025 -- The government will investigate why the Taiwanese subsidiary of Inspur Group, China's leading cloud computing and big data service provider, was added to an export restriction list by the United States, Economics Minister Kuo Jyh-huei (郭智輝) said Wednesday.
- Taiwan Affairs Office: Any attempts to play the 'Taiwan card' are doomed to fail, dismissing US lawmakers' Taiwan-related Act Global Times 26 Mar 2025 -- In response to a media inquiry regarding reports from Taiwan media outlets about some US lawmakers drafting a so-called "America supports Taiwan act," which proposes replacing the term "Chinese Taipei" with "Taiwan" in official communications and documents between the US side and the island, Chen Binhua, spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said on Wednesday that the Taiwan question is purely China's internal affair and allows no foreign interference.
- Mainland strictly protects personal information security of Taiwan compatriots: Taiwan Affairs Office spokesperson Global Times 26 Mar 2025 -- Mainland authorities strictly protect the personal information security of Taiwan compatriots who hold relevant certificates in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, a spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of China's State Council said on Wednesday. The remarks came as reply to media inquiry on the DPP authorities' investigation on public officials on the island who hold mainland ID documents.
- Mainland launches online platform for reporting 'Taiwan independence' henchmen, accomplices Global Times 26 Mar 2025 -- The Taiwan Affairs Office of State Council launched an online platform on Wednesday for reporting the malicious acts of "Taiwan independence" henchmen and accomplices persecuting Taiwan compatriots and has received 323 reporting emails as of 5pm.
- Shanghai court sentences Li Yanhe to three years in prison for inciting secession: Taiwan Affairs Office spokesperson Global Times 26 Mar 2025 -- In response to a media inquiry on details of the verdict of Li Yanhe, editor-in-chief of Taiwan's Gusa Press, Chen Binhua, spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said on Wednesday that on February 17, Shanghai First Intermediate People's Court publicly delivered the first-instance verdict in accordance with the law, ensuring transparency and fairness throughout the process.
- Taiwan is an inalienable part of China's territory, says FM on mainland influencer being forced to leave Taiwan island Global Times 26 Mar 2025 -- In response to a media inquiry about an influencer from Chinese mainland who was forced to leave Taiwan island due to her remarks on national reunification by force, a spokesperson for China's Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday he had not noticed relevant reports.
- Lai Ching-te's 17 strategies expose true nature of terror, dictatorship: mainland spokesperson People's Daily 26 Mar 2025 -- Taiwan leader Lai Ching-te's 17 strategies lay bare his vile character, which is against peace, dialogue, democracy and humanity, a Chinese mainland spokesperson said on Wednesday.
- Mainland launches online platform to report "Taiwan independence" activities People's Daily 26 Mar 2025 -- The Chinese mainland has launched an online platform for the public to report vile acts by those advocating "Taiwan independence" and their accomplices in persecuting Taiwan compatriots, a mainland spokesperson said Wednesday.
- PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan ROC MND 26 Mar 2025
- 4 ex-servicemen found guilty of selling documents to China operative CNA 26 Mar 2025 -- Four former military personnel have been found guilty of selling documents to a middleman for the Chinese intelligence services, the Taipei District Court ruled Wednesday.
- Taiwan Affairs Office launches column for reporting malicious acts of 'Taiwan independence' henchmen Global Times 26 Mar 2025 -- The Taiwan Affairs Office of China's State Council launched a column on Wednesday for reporting the malicious acts of "Taiwan independence" henchmen and accomplices persecuting Taiwan compatriots.
- Taiwan Affairs Office rejects claims by Lai Ching-te and DPP authorities regarding 'security reforms' Global Times 26 Mar 2025 -- In response to a media inquiry regarding Lai Ching-te and the DPP authorities' promotion of what they call "security reforms," which includes plans to amend several laws, and urges other political parties not to act as "agents of the Communist Party of China," Chen Binhua, spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said on Wednesday that the intention of Taiwan authorities led by Lai to amend these "laws" is aimed at facilitating the implementation of "green terror" on the island, allowing them to use oppressive laws to further suppress dissidents and incite "anti-China" sentiments, thereby restricting exchanges between the two sides of the Taiwan Straits as well as with the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Macao Special Administrative Region.
- Taiwan affairs office responds to TSMC's US investment push, slams DPP of 'ruining Taiwan' Global Times 26 Mar 2025 -- When asked to comment on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) Chairman and CEO C.C. Wei's announcement of increased investment in the US, followed by the US' additional request to increase in the investment amount, as well as the doubts within the Taiwan island about TSMC "completely moving out," and the DPP authorities' stance of "welcoming it with optimism," Chen Binhua, Spokesperson from the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, stated on Wednesday that under the DPP authorities' desperate pandering and willing surrender, TSMC has become "a fat piece of meat on the chopping block, at the mercy of others."
- PLA drills around Taiwan deterrence against secessionist attempts, external interference: Taiwan Affairs Office spokesperson Global Times 26 Mar 2025 -- When asked about the main goal of the Chinese mainland's military drills near the Taiwan Straits, whether a military blockade could become a strategic option in resolving the Taiwan question, and the strategic and security objectives of the mainland's long-term military strategy on the Taiwan island, Chen Binhua, a spokesperson with the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, said at a regular press conference on Wednesday that the military drills by the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) around the island of Taiwan are an act of deterrence against "Taiwan independence" secessionist attempts and interference by external forces, a necessary move of justice to defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity.
- Philippines arrests Chinese nationals for suspected espionage Radio Free Asia 26 Mar 2025 -- Philippine authorities announced the arrests of six Chinese nationals and a Filipino suspected of spying on U.S. and Philippine navy vessels at the entrance of the strategically located Subic Bay.
- 6 foreigners nabbed for alleged spying ops in Subic Philippine News Agency 26 Mar 2025 -- Authorities have arrested six foreign nationals and their Filipino bodyguard suspected of engaging in intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) operations in Grande Island in Subic, Zambales.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jiakun's Regular Press Conference on March 26, 2025 PRC MofA 26 Mar 2025
- US is making excuses for maintaining own hegemony, says FM on US intelligence report hying 'China threat' rhetoric Global Times 26 Mar 2025 -- Responding to a report by US intelligence agencies claiming China remains the top military and cyber threat to the US and that Beijing was making "steady but uneven" progress on capabilities it could use to capture Taiwan island, Chinese FM spokesperson Guo Jiakun said the US releases such irresponsible and biased reports year after year, spreading the "China threat theory" rhetoric and stirring up great-power competition. It is merely making excuses to contain and suppress China and maintain its own hegemony.
- The U.S. blacklists dozens of Chinese entities over "security concern" IRNA 26 Mar 2025 -- The United States has escalated its crackdown on Chinese tech firms, with the Department of Commerce placing dozens of them on its export blacklist, in a bid to restrict China's technological knowhow.
- China says US 'weaponizing' trade and technology Press TV 26 Mar 2025 -- China has strongly condemned the US for adding dozens of Chinese entities to a trade blacklist, accusing Washington of "weaponizing" trade and technology to serve its hegemonic interests.
- Chinese Embassy in Canada refutes allegations of China's interference in Canadian elections Global Times 26 Mar 2025 -- In response to a media question regarding claims by an official from the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) that China might attempt to interfere in Canada's elections, a spokesperson of the Chinese Embassy in Canada stated that China firmly opposes the baseless slander and defamation of China without factual evidence.
- Does China Want To Send Peacekeepers To Ukraine? RFE/RL 26 Mar 2025 -- As European leaders attempt to organize a Ukraine peacekeeping mission amid a push by US President Donald Trump to clinch a cease-fire deal between Moscow and Kyiv, reports have spread that Beijing may want to play a role in maintaining the peace.
- US bill proposes expediting Uyghur asylum cases Radio Free Asia 26 Mar 2025 -- Twelve U.S. House representatives have introduced a bipartisan bill that would expedite the ability of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities facing persecution in China to seek asylum in the United States.
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