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22 August 2025 - China Special Weapons News
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- Central delegation visits officials, residents in Lhasa People's Daily 22 Aug 2025 -- Entrusted by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, members of a central delegation on Thursday visited local officials and residents in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region.
- Xi leaves Xizang after attending region's 60th founding anniversary celebrations People's Daily 22 Aug 2025 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday left Xizang after attending celebrations for the autonomous region's 60th founding anniversary.
- Xi charts course for Xizang as region celebrates 60 years' historic progress People's Daily 22 Aug 2025 -- Chinese leader Xi Jinping outlined the course for Xizang's development during a two-day visit to the plateau region, where he joined locals in celebrating six decades of progress since the autonomous region was established.
- 60 years of progress marked People's Daily 22 Aug 2025 -- President Xi Jinping joined around 20,000 local officials and people from all ethnic groups and all walks of life in a grand gathering on Thursday at the Potala Palace square in Lhasa to mark the 60th founding anniversary of the Xizang autonomous region.
- Philippine defense chief condemns Chinese activity near Second Thomas Shoal Radio Free Asia 22 Aug 2025 -- China has deployed an array of armed coast guard forces near the disputed Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea — one in a series of Chinese actions that the Philippines' defense chief on Friday called "a matter not only of concern but of condemnation."
- PH Navy unfazed by increased Chinese presence in Ayungin Shoal Philippine News Agency 22 Aug 2025 -- The Philippine Navy (PN) is not intimidated by the increased presence and activities of Chinese vessels in Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), saying there is nothing new to it.
- AFP reports increased presence of Chinese vessels in Ayungin Shoal Philippine News Agency 22 Aug 2025 -- An increased presence of Chinese vessels, including rubber boats armed with crew-served weapons, was monitored in Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) where the BRP Sierra Madre (LS-57) stands watch, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said Thursday.
- CCG releases video of Philippines' latest staged provocation at Ren'ai Jiao Global Times 22 Aug 2025 -- Recently, the Philippines' illegally grounded warship at Ren'ai Jiao released two small boats which, ignoring China's repeated clear warnings, approached Chinese coast guard vessels conducting normal law-enforcement operations in an unprofessional and dangerous manner. Chinese coast guard vessels took control measures against the Philippine vessels in accordance with laws and regulations, and the operations were legitimate and lawful, Gan Yu, spokesperson for the China Coast Guard (CCG), said in a statement on Friday.
- Experts endorse Xinhua think tank reports on South China Sea truths People's Daily 22 Aug 2025 -- Experts have made positive comments on "The Truths about the South China Sea," a series of reports released in both Chinese and English on Thursday by Xinhua Institute, a think tank affiliated with Xinhua News Agency.
- Chinese national security authorities uncover dozens of cyberattack platforms operated by 'internet army' linked to 'Taiwan independence' forces Global Times 22 Aug 2025 -- China's national security authorities announced that they have uncovered dozens of cyberattack platforms operated by Taiwan's "Information, Communications and Electronic Force Command" linked to "Taiwan independence" forces, pledging to pursue lifelong accountability for those involved, the CCTV News reported on Friday.
- Taiwan Air Force officer gets 7 years for leaking documents to China CNA 22 Aug 2025 -- A Taiwanese Air Force officer was sentenced to more than seven years in prison Thursday for leaking military documents to China in exchange for money, in a case linked to a retired major already convicted under the National Security Act.
- PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan ROC MND 22 Aug 2025
- PLA Macao Garrison completes its 26th routine troop rotation PRC MND 22 Aug 2025 -- In line with the Law of the People's Republic of China on Garrisoning the Macao Special Administrative Region and the orders from China's Central Military Commission (CMC), the Macao Garrison of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) organized the 26th rotation on Friday since it began garrisoning Macao in 1999.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning's Regular Press Conference on August 22, 2025 PRC MofA 22 Aug 2025
- China opposes US' illegal sanctions on two Chinese firms over suspected ties to Iran: FM Global Times 22 Aug 2025 -- When asked to comment on the recent US sanctions against two Chinese companies alleged to have facilitated Iranian oil transport, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said at a press conference on Friday that China firmly opposes illegal unilateral sanctions that lack international law basis or authorization by the UN Security Council.
- China condemns US deployment of destroyers near Venezuela Press TV 22 Aug 2025 -- China has condemned the US deployment of Navy destroyers near Venezuela, warning against foreign interference in the internal affairs of the Latin American country.
- China always open, aboveboard on Ukraine crisis, uphold objective, just position: FM spokesperson on Lavrov and Zelensky's remarks about security guarantors Global Times 22 Aug 2025 -- In response to a media inquiry that the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Russia supports providing strong security guarantees for Ukraine, and does not rule out Security Council members, including Western countries and China, offering such guarantees, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky claimed that Ukraine does not need China as one of the countries providing security guarantees, arguing that China did not help prevent the conflict in 2022 and took no action when Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said that China has always been open and aboveboard on the Ukraine crisis, upholding an objective and just position, and relevant parties are well aware of this.
- China has always been fair and square on Ukraine crisis: FM Global Times 22 Aug 2025 -- In response to a media inquiry about recent remarks by the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on whether China could serve as a security guarantor for Ukraine, the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Friday that China has always held an objective and just position and has always been fair and square on the Ukraine crisis, which is for all to see.
- China Ready to Play Constructive Role in Political Settlement of Ukrainian Crisis Sputnik 22 Aug 2025 -- Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said on Friday that all parties should work toward a political solution to the Ukrainian crisis grounded in lasting security, and that China is ready to play a constructive role in this process.
- China issues regulation to cap total rare-earth quota, build traceability system Global Times 22 Aug 2025 -- China has rolled out an interim regulation on rare-earth mining, smelting and separation, requiring enterprises to establish a traceability system to record the flow of rare-earth products and upload the data every month to a government-run tracking platform.
- Foreign Minister of China, H.E. Mr. Wang Yi among other commitments also met Chief of Army Staff, Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, NI (M), HJ at Islamabad. ISPR Pakistan 22 Aug 2025
- Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Meets with Wang Yi PRC MofA 22 Aug 2025 -- On August 21, 2025 local time, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met with Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Islamabad.
- Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari Meets with Wang Yi PRC MofA 22 Aug 2025 -- On August 21, 2025 local time, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari met with Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Islamabad.
- Regardless of how the situation evolves, Pakistan fully trusts China and will unswervingly stand side by side with it: Pakistani president Global Times 22 Aug 2025 -- Regardless of how the situation evolves, Pakistan fully trusts China and will unswervingly stand side by side with it, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari said in meeting with Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese Foreign Minister on Thursday local time.
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