Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
20 May 2025 - China Special Weapons News
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- Chinese Vice Premier meets WHO head, calling on safeguarding scientific integrity and seriousness of COVID19 origin-tracing research Global Times 20 May 2025 -- During his meeting with WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus during the 78th World Health Assembly (WHA) on Monday, Chinese Vice Premier Liu Guozhong, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said that China remains committed to advancing the Healthy China initiative and firmly supports the WHO's leadership and coordinating role in global health governance, according to the Xinhua News Agency.
- No significant change observed in clinical severity of the COVID-19: China CDC researcher Global Times 20 May 2025 -- A researcher at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC) said on Tuesday that recent COVID-19 outbreaks in some countries and regions have shown a slight upward trend, but there has been no significant change in the clinical severity of the disease.
- China Coast Guard supervises Philippine resupply mission to illegally grounded warship PRC MND 20 May 2025 -- China Coast Guard said it had allowed and supervised a Philippine resupply mission to the illegally grounded warship at China's Ren'ai Jiao in the South China Sea on May 16.
- With China's permission, Philippines delivers daily necessities to its war ship illegally grounded at Ren'ai Jiao Global Times 20 May 2025 -- With permission from Chinese side, the Philippines dispatched one civilian vessel on Friday to deliver daily necessities to its war ship that had illegally run aground on Ren'ai Jiao. The Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) questioned, verified the Philippine vessel and supervised the entire process, said the China Coast Guard spokesperson Liu Dejun, according to the CCG Wechat account on Tuesday.
- Full text of President Lai's address on 1st anniversary of taking office CNA 20 May 2025 -- President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) on Tuesday delivered an address marking the first anniversary of his presidency.
- President Lai highlights sense of threat in 1st foreign TV interview CNA 20 May 2025 -- In his first foreign television interview since taking office one year ago, President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) highlighted the sense of threat that China was posing to the world.
- Taiwan left out of WHA for 9th straight year after ally proposal fails CNA 20 May 2025 -- A proposal by Taiwan's diplomatic allies to invite Taiwan to this year's World Health Assembly (WHA) was rejected as expected on Monday, ensuring Taipei's absence from the annual world health meeting for a ninth consecutive year.
- Lai calls Beijing 'aggressor' threatening peace CNA 20 May 2025 -- President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) on Tuesday called out China for threatening peace across the Taiwan Strait, despite reiterating his openness to engaging in dialogue with Beijing.
- Mainland comments on Taiwan leader's speeches involving cross-Straits relations as duplicity doomed to failure Global Times 20 May 2025 -- In response to a question concerning that Taiwan region's leader delivered a speech today marking the first anniversary of assuming office and gave interviews to media after the speech, Chen Binhua, spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, stated that "Taiwan independence" activities are utterly incompatible with peace in the Straits, and that confrontation runs counter to dialogue and communication.
- PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan ROC MND 20 May 2025
- Mainland spokesperson says WHA rejection of Taiwan-related proposal reflects international consensus People's Daily 20 May 2025 -- A Chinese mainland spokesperson on Monday said a recent decision by the 78th World Health Assembly (WHA) once again proved that the one-China principle is a universal consensus of the international community.
- Mainland slams DPP for disrupting cultural exchanges across Taiwan Strait People's Daily 20 May 2025 -- A Chinese mainland spokesperson on Monday slammed the recent move of Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities to target certain performing artists from Taiwan who support closer cross-Strait relations.
- WHA again rejects Taiwan province proposal People's Daily 20 May 2025 -- The World Health Assembly, the highest decision-making body of the World Health Organization, on Monday decided not to include in its agenda a proposal on the participation of China's Taiwan province in the annual assembly as an observer.
- Chinese peacekeepers to South Sudan start rehabilitating main supply route from Tonj to Romich PRC MND 20 May 2025 -- On May 17, local time, the 15th Chinese Peacekeeping Horizontal Engineering Company to the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) launched the rehabilitation of a main supply route from Tonj to Romich.
- China puts advanced detection, command and control systems on display at radar expo Global Times 20 May 2025 -- In recent regional conflicts, the battle for dominance in the electromagnetic domain, represented by radar technology, has become a decisive factor in determining the outcome on the battlefield. Against this backdrop, the Global Times visited the 11th World Radio Detection and Ranging Expo (World Radar Expo), which is being held from Saturday to Monday in Hefei, East China's Anhui Province, to learn about China's world-leading radar technologies.
- Guangzhou tech firm hit by overseas cyberattack with distinct signs of cyber warfare: public security authorities Global Times 20 May 2025 -- The Guangzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau's Tianhe District Branch on Tuesday released a police report stating that a tech company in Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong Province, was targeted by overseas hackers in a cyberattack, prompting the police to initiate an investigation. The police revealed that the attack has a clear political background and shows distinct signs of cyber warfare. The Global Times will continue to follow the progress of the investigation on the case.
- Chinese police probe cyber attack targeting sci-tech company by overseas hackers People's Daily 20 May 2025 -- The backend system of the self-service equipment of a science and technology company based in Guangzhou, capital city of south China's Guangdong Province, was subjected to a cyberattack with malicious code uploaded, said a local police report released Tuesday.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning's Regular Press Conference on May 20, 2025 PRC MofA 20 May 2025
- China a stable, long-term partner that regional countries can trust: Foreign Ministry official Global Times 20 May 2025 -- As a supporter of free trade, a defender of the interests of developing countries, and a leader in regional cooperation, China is a stable, long-term partner that regional countries can trust and rely on, a Chinese diplomat said on Tuesday.
- China urges U.S. to cease discriminatory measures People's Daily 20 May 2025 -- China's commerce ministry on Monday condemned the United States for abusing export control measures targeting Chinese chip products, urging the country to immediately correct its wrongdoings and cease discriminatory measures against China.
- Chinese FM says China supports direct dialogue and negotiation between Russia, Ukraine after Putin-Trump call Global Times 20 May 2025 -- US President Donald Trump said after his call on Monday with Russian President Vladimir Putin that Russia and Ukraine will immediately start negotiations for a ceasefire. However, the Kremlin said the process would take time and US president indicated he is not ready to join Europe with fresh sanctions to pressure Moscow, Reuters reported.
- China supports direct dialogue and negotiations between Russia, Ukraine: Chinese FM on latest Trump-Putin call Global Times 20 May 2025 -- When asked about the phone call between US President Donald Trump and the Russian President Vladimir Putin on Ukraine crisis on Monday, after which Trump said Russia and Ukraine will immediately start negotiations for a ceasefire, while Putin said that Russia would "continue to work with the Ukrainian side on a memorandum on a potential future peace treaty outlining a number of positions," without reaching an agreement on unconditional ceasefire, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Tuesday that China supports all efforts conducive to peace.
- Wang Yi Holds Talks with Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar PRC MofA 20 May 2025 -- On May 20, 2025, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister Wang Yi held talks with Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar in Beijing.
- Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister's Meeting with the Minister of International Department of the Communist Party of China Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs 20 May 2025 -- Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister, Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar, met today with the Minister of the International Department of the Communist Party of China (IDCPC), Liu Jianchao.
- Chinese FM meets with Pakistani deputy PM in Beijing Global Times 20 May 2025 -- As an ironclad friend, China will, as always, firmly support Pakistan in safeguarding its national sovereignty and territorial integrity, support Pakistan in exploring a development path suited to its national conditions, support Pakistan in resolutely combating terrorism, and support Pakistan in playing a greater role in international and regional affairs, Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese foreign minister, said in meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Pakistan Mohammad Ishaq Dar on Tuesday in Beijing.
- Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan, H.E. Mr. Jiang Zaidong called on Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Baber Sidhu, Chief of the Air Staff, Pakistan Air Force, during his visit to Air Headquarters, Islamabad. ISPR Pakistan 20 May 2025 -- Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan, H.E. Mr. Jiang Zaidong called on Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Baber Sidhu, Chief of the Air Staff, Pakistan Air Force, during his visit to Air Headquarters, Islamabad.
- Wang Yi Meets with Chair of the National Economic Council of Indonesia Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan PRC MofA 20 May 2025 -- On May 20, 2025, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Chair of the National Economic Council of Indonesia Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan in Beijing.
- China cuts LPR to spur bank lending and boost borrowing Global Times 20 May 2025 -- China's one-year loan prime rate (LPR), a market-based benchmark lending rate, was lowered to 3.0 percent on Tuesday, down by 10 basis points, in the central bank's first cut of the rate this year.
- China's central bank reduces LPR, major lenders cut deposit rates, moves deemed to spur bank borrowing Global Times 20 May 2025 -- China's one-year loan prime rate (LPR), a market-based benchmark lending rate, was lowered to 3.0 percent on Tuesday, down by 10 basis points, in the central bank's first cut of the rate this year.
- China's relay satellite operating smoothly, ready to support global lunar missions Global Times 20 May 2025 -- Queqiao-2, China's relay satellite for its lunar landing missions, is set to support future moon exploration endeavors by other countries, according to the country's Deep Space Exploration Lab.
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