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21 July 2025 - China Special Weapons News
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- China begins building mega-dam in Tibet Radio Free Asia 21 Jul 2025 -- China has started to build a massive dam on Tibet's longest river, a move approved by the central government in December despite concerns by India, Bangladesh and Tibetan rights groups about its impacts on residents and the environment.
- Chips, smart devices produced overseas could have designed backdoors to steal sensitive info: MSS Global Times 21 Jul 2025 -- In today's highly digitalized era, the importance of cybersecurity is becoming increasingly prominent—it not only concerns personal privacy and corporate secrets, but can even impact national security. What is particularly alarming is that certain maliciously embedded or intentionally designed backdoors may become the fuse for information leakage, the Chinese Ministry of State Security (MSS) warned on Monday.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jiakun's Regular Press Conference on July 21, 2025 PRC MofA 21 Jul 2025
- FM spokesperson responds to reports of possible Chinese-US heads of state meeting in coming months' Global Times 21 Jul 2025 -- When asked to confirm reports that the Chinese and US heads of state may meet in the coming months, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on Monday that "head-of-state diplomacy plays an irreplaceable strategic role in guiding China-US relations. As for the specific question you mentioned, I have no information to provide at the moment."
- Wang Yi holds talks with visiting Croatian FM Global Times 21 Jul 2025 -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held talks with the Croatian Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Gordan Grlić Radman on Monday in Beijing. Wang urged the two countries to strengthen exchanges at all levels, further align the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) with Croatia's development strategy, and expressed hope that Croatia would continue to play a constructive role in promoting China-Europe cooperation.
- China looks forward to Europe viewing bilateral ties in a comprehensive, dialectical, and developing manner: Chinese FM spokesperson Global Times 21 Jul 2025 -- China has announced news of the upcoming 25th China-EU Summit. When asked to introduce China's expectations on this summit and how to assess current China-Europe relations, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on Monday that as two major forces advancing multipolarity, two major markets supporting globalization, and two major civilizations promoting diversity, the China-EU leaders' meeting at this time holds significant importance and has drawn broad attention from the international community.
- Chinese ministries slam EU sanctions involving Chinese banks, companies over Russia, vow to safeguard rights Global Times 21 Jul 2025 -- Chinese Foreign Ministry and Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) on Monday slammed EU sanctions involving Chinese banks and companies over Russia, and vowed to safeguard legitimate rights with necessary actions. The normal interactions between Chinese and Russian companies and financial institutions should be free from interference or disruption, a Chinese experts noted.
- China expresses strong dissatisfaction, resolute opposition over EU's 18th Russia sanctions package listing Chinese enterprises and financial institutions: MOFCOM Global Times 21 Jul 2025 -- In response to a media inquiry regarding EU's announcement on July 18 to include some Chinese enterprises and financial institutions in the list under the 18th round of sanctions against Russia, the Chinese Commerce Ministry (MOFCOM) said on Monday that the EU, ignoring China's repeated representations and objections, has arbitrarily pressed ahead with including some Chinese enterprises in the sanctions list and imposed sanctions on two Chinese financial institutions on trumped-up charges. China is strongly dissatisfied with and firmly opposes this move.
- Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu Has a Phone Call with Director General of Political and Security Affairs of the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France Frédéric Mondoloni PRC MofA 21 Jul 2025 -- On July 21, 2025, Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu had a phone call with Director General of Political and Security Affairs of the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France Frédéric Mondoloni at the latter's request, and they had an exchange of views with a focus on the Iranian nuclear issue.
- Chinese FM responds to Iran's announcement of nuclear talks with European countries Global Times 21 Jul 2025 -- When asked for comments on media report that the Iranian foreign ministry announced earlier that Iran, France, Germany, and the UK will hold talks on the Iranian nuclear issue in Istanbul on Friday at the level of deputy foreign ministers, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun stated that the Iranian nuclear issue bears on the peace and security of the Middle East and the international nuclear non-proliferation regime.
- China calls for diplomatic resolution to Iran's nuclear issue IRNA 21 Jul 2025 -- China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Guo Jiakun, has stressed the importance of maintaining peace and security in the Middle East, calling for a political and diplomatic resolution to Iran's nuclear issue.
- China defends Iran's peaceful nuclear right, urges diplomacy to resolve issues Press TV 21 Jul 2025 -- Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu has asserted Iran's right to peaceful nuclear energy, calling for the settlement of issues through diplomacy.
- Chinese FM comments on Australian Prime Minister Albanese's recent visit to China: 'consensus on deepening and expanding mutually beneficial cooperation reached' Global Times 21 Jul 2025 -- Commenting on Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's recent visit to China, Guo Jiakun, a spokesperson from Chinese Foreign Ministry, stated on Monday that during Albanese's official visit to China, the leaders of China and Australia reached an important consensus on deepening and expanding mutually beneficial cooperation.
- Stable bilateral ties serve both countries, Chinese FM responds to Japan's upper house election Global Times 21 Jul 2025 -- "China has noted the result of the election. This is Japan's internal affair, and I have no particular comment," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said Monday when asked to comment on Japan's upper house election. He said that China and Japan are close neighbors, and maintaining the healthy and stable development of bilateral relations serves the fundamental interests of both countries and their peoples.
- China optimizes foreign exchange reserve structure People's Daily 21 Jul 2025 -- Economists and policy advisers have said that it is a strategic necessity for China to further scale back holdings in United States government debt in order to safeguard national financial stability, amid waning confidence in the dollar-based system and persistent geopolitical tensions.
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