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22 October 2025 - China Special Weapons News
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- Chinese defense spokesperson condemns Australia's P-8A patrol aircraft for illegally intruding into China's airspace PRC MND 22 Oct 2025 -- "Australia has infringed upon and provoked China, yet slandered China's defense actions as 'unsafe' and 'unprofessional'. Such fallacies are utterly unacceptable anywhere," said Senior Colonel Jiang Bin, spokesperson for China's Ministry of National Defense (MND), in a statement on Wednesday.
- Australian statement attempts to cover up military aircraft's illegal intrusion into China's territorial airspace: MOD Global Times 22 Oct 2025 -- In response to Australian Defense Ministry's recent statement claiming that an Australian military P-8A patrol aircraft conducting a patrol in the South China Sea experienced an "unsafe and unprofessional interaction" with Chinese military aircraft on Sunday, Jiang Bin, a Chinese Defense Ministry spokesperson, said on Wednesday that the Australian statement confounded right and wrong and misplaced the blame to the Chinese side, attempting to cover up its serious misconduct of sending a military aircraft to illegally intrude into China's territorial airspace.
- Mainland willing to strengthen high-level exchanges with Taiwan's KMT: spokesperson People's Daily 22 Oct 2025 -- The mainland is willing to bolster high-level exchanges with the Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) party in Taiwan, based on the existing common political foundation of upholding the 1992 Consensus and opposing "Taiwan independence," a spokesperson said on Wednesday.
- Mainland spokesperson calls for cross-Strait joint efforts to resist external challenges People's Daily 22 Oct 2025 -- A Chinese mainland spokesperson on Wednesday called for enhanced cross-Strait cooperation in AI and other cutting-edge fields, criticizing Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities for "sacrificing" the island's competitive industries for their own political gains.
- PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan ROC MND 22 Oct 2025
- U.S. assures Taiwan its interests will not be harmed in China talks: FM Lin CNA 22 Oct 2025 -- Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) said Wednesday that the United States has given Taiwan the assurance that its interests will not be harmed when U.S. President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping (習近平) meet next week.
- Mainland slams DPP authorities' ban on public servants attending commemorations marking 80th anniversary of Taiwan's restoration to China Global Times 22 Oct 2025 -- Asked to comment on Taiwan regional authorities' ban on public servants taking part in the Chinese mainland's commemorative events marking the 80th anniversary of Taiwan's restoration to China, a spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office on Wednesday said that such actions completely abandon the national interest, and have and will increasingly draw opposition and contempt from residents of Taiwan.
- Next year may see the highest total value of US arms sales to Taiwan? Spokesperson slams DPP's begging for illusory 'protection' Global Times 22 Oct 2025 -- Recently, the so-called "defense industry conference" was held between the US and Taiwan island. Rupert Hammond-Chambers, "president of the US-Taiwan Business Council," claimed that after Taiwan passes the "special budget for arms procurement," there will be more large-scale arms sales cases, and next year may see the highest total value of US arms sales to Taiwan. In response, a spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office said that China consistently, clearly and firmly oppose US arms sales to China's Taiwan region.
- 1992 Consensus serves as anchor for cross-Straits peace, stability: Taiwan Affairs Office on false claims by Taiwan's mainland affairs council that local mainstream public opinion opposes it Global Times 22 Oct 2025 -- Facts in the development of cross-Straits relations have repeatedly demonstrated that the 1992 Consensus serves as the anchor for peace and stability in the Taiwan Straits, stated a spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office on Wednesday, in response to false claims by the island's Mainland Affairs Council that mainstream public opinion in Taiwan opposes the 1992 Consensus and does not accept the mainland's preset political preconditions for cross-Straits dialogue and consultation.
- DPP authorities' false narratives of so-called 'mainland threat,' 'democracy vs. authoritarianism' completely distort the truth: mainland official Global Times 22 Oct 2025 -- Commenting on a recent report by the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities in Taiwan, which claimed that the Chinese mainland remains the region's "primary external threat," a spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office on Wednesday stated that such false narratives of so-called "mainland threat" completely distort the truth.
- Mainland spokesperson responds to US President claims that the US will 'get along well' with China on Taiwan question Global Times 22 Oct 2025 -- In response to US President Donald Trump's latest remarks on the Taiwan question, claiming that Chinese mainland doesn't want to "attack" Taiwan, and the US and China will "get along very well" as it pertains to Taiwan and others, Zhu Fenglian, a spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, said on Wednesday that Taiwan is China's Taiwan.
- Taiwan Affairs Office refutes intimidation accusations over report saying five businesses involved in Taiwan military's psychological warfare Global Times 22 Oct 2025 -- In response to a question regarding the recent report by Riyuetantian, a social media account affiliated with China Media Group, that five businesses from Taiwan are involved in the Taiwan military's psychological warfare unit, and Taiwan's "mainland affairs council" claimed it was an intimidation from the mainland, Zhu Fenglian, a spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said that the relevant authorities' lawful crackdown on the DPP authorities' and "Taiwan independence" separatist forces' online activities aimed at "seeking independence" is a just and necessary move to safeguard national security and the legitimate rights and interests of people and enterprises.
- Chinese mainland official slams US defense start-up founder's claim of China 'going to move on Taiwan' in 2027 Global Times 22 Oct 2025 -- Taiwan media reported that a US defense start-up founder Palmer Luckey recently claimed that the Chinese mainland might be "going to move on Taiwan" in 2027, and that Taiwan should be turned into "a very prickly porcupine." Asked to comment on such claims on Wednesday, a spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office said that Taiwan is China's Taiwan, and China will never allow the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities to collude with external forces and turn the island into a "hell."
- Individual sentenced to life in prison for spying for foreign agencies: state secrets authority Global Times 22 Oct 2025 -- The public WeChat account affiliated with the National Administration of State Secrets Protection revealed on Wednesday several recent cases of foreign espionage infiltration, including one involving an employee surnamed Hao from a research institute directly under a central government department. Hao was reportedly recruited by foreign intelligence agents and provided classified information to them. He was convicted of espionage and sentenced to life imprisonment, with lifelong deprivation of political rights.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jiakun's Regular Press Conference on October 22, 2025 PRC MofA 22 Oct 2025
- Chinese FM responds to Trump's claim of trade deal with China at APEC Global Times 22 Oct 2025 -- In response to a question about the remarks made by US President Donald Trump on Tuesday that he expected to seal a good trade deal with the Chinese leader at APEC next week - even as he warned the highly anticipated sit-down might yet be cancelled, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on Wednesday that head-of-state diplomacy plays an irreplaceable strategic guiding role in China-US relations.
- U.S. visa restrictions won't hold back China's ties with Central American states: foreign ministry People's Daily 22 Oct 2025 -- Weaponizing visas will not scare off the sober-minded, nor will it hold back the flourishing ties between China and Central American countries, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on Tuesday.
- FM responds to Europe-Ukraine statement on ceasefire on current front line, calling for fair, lasting peace agreement Global Times 22 Oct 2025 -- In response to a question that Ukrainian leader, several European countries, and senior EU officials issued a joint statement on Tuesday calling on Russia to immediately cease hostilities in Ukraine and start peace negotiations based on the current front line between Russian and Ukrainian forces, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jiakun said that China's position on the Ukraine crisis is consistent and clear.
- FM responds to China-EU agreement to hold urgent talks in Brussels on rare earth export controls Global Times 22 Oct 2025 -- In response to a question that EU's trade chief Maros Sefcovic said that China and EU trade officials have agreed to hold a meeting in Brussels regarding China's export controls on rare earths, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on Wednesday that relevant Chinese departments have already released a press statement on the matter, which can be referred to.
- China's position and policy on Korean Peninsula issue consistent and stable: FM in response to question on N.Korea's missile launch Global Times 22 Oct 2025 -- When asked by a South Korean reporter on Wednesday about short-range ballistic missiles that were reportedly launched by North Korea in the morning, as claimed by South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said that China's position and policy on the Korean Peninsula issue remain consistent and stable. "We have no new comment regarding the relevant launch activities," Guo stated at the regular press conference.
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