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China warned that it will retaliate against the U.S. over violations of its sovereignty, potentially escalating a lingering dispute just as both nations’ foreign ministers plan to attend a security conference in Germany.

At a briefing Wednesday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin repeated Beijing’s view that the Chinese balloon downed by a U.S. jet off the South Carolina coast this month had inadvertently floated over the country after being blown off course. He criticized the Biden administration’s decision to take it out and said the move would have consequences.

“China is strongly opposed to this and will take countermeasures against relevant U.S. entities that have undermined our sovereignty and security to firmly safeguard our sovereignty and legitimate rights and interests,” Wang told reporters at the daily briefing.

Some of the 10 U.S. balloons that Beijing says traveled over China since May last year passed over Xinjiang and Tibet, Wang added. Those are two regions in China’s far west where the government is accused by the U.S. and other nations of human rights violations against minorities, charges Beijing denies.

The latest statement came just as both nations appeared to be trying to move on from the dispute. The U.S. said Tuesday that three other objects downed by American jets over the past week served commercial purposes and weren’t used for spying.

It remains to be seen if the latest back-and-forth will prevent a meeting between Secretary of State Antony Blinken with Wang Yi, China’s top diplomat, on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference this week. Blinken had canceled a planned trip to Beijing this month when the initial balloon controversy erupted.

The U.S. claims the Chinese balloon was part of a global surveillance program and it added six Chinese companies it said are linked to Beijing’s espionage program to a blacklist last week. China has insisted that the balloon was a weather-monitoring device.

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AFP, via HKFP: China lodges formal complaint with Britain over clash at consulate in Manchester, October 19, 2022

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China is dealing responsibly with the difficult situation in Myanmar with an effective and responsible use of both diplomacy and military readiness

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🕊 促进和平 | PROMUOVERE IL "CESSATE IL FUOCO" IN MYANMAR, PER UNA RISOLUZIONE PACIFICA DEI CONFLITTI INTERNI 🤝

🌟 🇲🇲Il 11月25日, il Comando del Teatro Meridionale dell'Esercito Popolare di Liberazione ha iniziato ad organizzare esercitazioni militari vicino al confine con il Myanmar, che presenta problematiche interne molto gravi, e una situazione potenzialmente esplosiva.

🇨🇳 Ieri, il Compagno Wang Wenbin - Portavoce del Ministero degli Affari Esteri della Repubblica Popolare Cinese, ha ricordato - durante una Conferenza Stampa, la Posizione della Cina sul Conflitto nel Nord del Myanmar, ovvero:

一 Promozione di un "Cessate il Fuoco" 🕊

二 Risolvere, mediante il Dialogo e la Consultazione, le differenze di vedute interne, con l'obiettivo di evitare una pericolosa escalation 🕊

三 Adottare misure pratiche ed efficaci per garantire la Sicurezza e la Stabilità al confine tra Cina e Myanmar 🕊

⭐️ Il 11月26日, il Colonnello Tian Junli - Portavoce del Comando del Teatro Meridionale, ha dichiarato che l'esercitazione militare è stata progettata per testare la prontezza e la capacità di combattimento nelle manovre rapide e nella chiusura dei confini 🇨🇳

🇲🇲 Due giorni prima, un convoglio di camion, che entrava in Myanmar della Cina è stato attaccato, nel Nord-Ovest dello Stato Shan. La settimana scorsa, una città del Nord del Myanmar è stata colpita con dei razzi, portando alla morte di 10 persone 😭

🔥 Data la pericolosa situazione generatasi dall'acuirsi della guerra civile in Myanmar, l'Ambasciata Cinese ha organizzato l'evacuazione del personale Cinese. Inoltre, il 11月24日 l'Ambasciatore Cinese ha incontrato il Vice-Primo Ministro, il Ministro degli Affari Esteri e i principali leader dell'Esercito, per un Colloquio 💬

🔍 环球时报: "USA e Occidente dovrebbero astenersi dall'incoraggiare la guerra civile in Myanmar" - 2021 🇨🇳

🏔 Cina e Myanmar condividono una linea di confine lunga oltre 2.000 chilometri. In quanto Paesi collegati da fiumi e montagne, la Cina ha sempre insistito nel considerare lo Sviluppo delle Relazioni secondo una Prospettiva Strategica, costruita sul 相互尊重 - Rispetto Reciproco e la 合作共赢 - Cooperazione a Mutuo Vantaggio 🤝

🔍 Relazioni tra Cina e Myanmar 🤝

🇲🇲 Di recente, nel Nord del Myanmar sono scoppiati conflitti armati, che coinvolgono diversi gruppi. Ciò ha provocato una situazione complessa a livello di sicurezza 🔥

🐲 Nel mentre la Diplomazia Cinese promuove un "Cessate il Fuoco", e lavora costantemente per contribuire alla pacificazione, il Governo Cinese ha compiuto grandi sforzi dal punto di vista umanitario, cooperando con il Myanmar per salvare gli sfollati di guerra 💕

🇨🇳 Le esercitazioni militari della Cina devono essere viste nell'ottica della difesa dei confini. Ogni tentativo di promuovere qualsiasi altra visione, tramite la propaganda anti-Cinese, è destinato a fallire. L'Esercito Popolare di Liberazione, come sottolineato dal Portavoce dell'Esercito del Myanmar, ha notificato l'inizio delle sue esercitazioni, ricordando che esse mirano a mantenere la Stabilità e la Pace nelle aree adiacenti al confine 🕊

⭐️ Si tratta delle prime esercitazioni militari sul confine dal 2017, quando - a marzo, vennero organizzate delle esercitazioni congiunte. Poche settimane prima, nello Stato Shan del Myanmar, si erano verificati scontri militari, che portarono 30 persone alla morte. Proprio come pochi giorni fa, anche allora l'Esercito Popolare di Liberazione testò la manovrabilità delle truppe e le capacità di difesa dei confini 🌟

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🕊 促进和平 | PROMOTING THE "CEASEFIRE" IN MYANMAR, FOR A PEACEFUL RESOLUTION OF INTERNAL CONFLICTS 🤝

🌟 🇲🇲On 11 September 25, the Southern Theater Command of the People's Liberation Army began organizing military exercises near the border with Myanmar, which presents very serious internal problems, and a potentially explosive situation.

🇨🇳 Yesterday, Comrade Wang Wenbin - Spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China, reminded - during a Press Conference, China's Position on the Conflict in Northern Myanmar, namely:

一 Promotion of a "Ceasefire" 🕊

二 Resolve, through Dialogue and Consultation, internal differences of views, with the aim of avoiding a dangerous escalation 🕊

三 Adopt practical and effective measures to ensure security and stability at the China-Myanmar border 🕊

⭐️ On 11月26日, Colonel Tian Junli - Spokesman of the Southern Theater Command, stated that the military exercise was designed to test readiness and combat capability in rapid maneuvers and border closures 🇨🇳

🇲🇲 Two days earlier, a truck convoy entering China's Myanmar was attacked in northwestern Shan State. Last week, a city in northern Myanmar was hit with rockets, leading to the death of 10 people 😭

🔥 Given the dangerous situation generated by the worsening of the civil war in Myanmar, the Chinese Embassy has organized the evacuation of Chinese staff. Furthermore, on 11th 24th the Chinese Ambassador met with the Vice-Prime Minister, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the main leaders of the Army for a conversation 💬

🔍 环球时报: "USA and the West should refrain from encouraging civil war in Myanmar" - 2021 🇨🇳

🏔 China and Myanmar share a border line over 2,000 kilometers long. As countries connected by rivers and mountains, China has always insisted on considering the development of relations according to a strategic perspective, built on 相互尊重 - Mutual Respect and 合作共赢 - Cooperation for Mutual Benefit 🤝

🔍 Relations between China and Myanmar 🤝

🇲🇲 Recently, armed conflicts have broken out in Northern Myanmar, involving various groups. This resulted in a complex security situation 🔥

🐲 While Chinese diplomacy promotes a "Ceasefire" and constantly works to contribute to pacification, the Chinese Government has made great efforts from a humanitarian point of view, cooperating with Myanmar to save those displaced by war 💕

🇨🇳 China's military exercises must be seen from the perspective of border defense. Any attempt to promote any other view, via anti-China propaganda, is doomed to fail. The People's Liberation Army, as underlined by the Spokesman of the Myanmar Army, has notified the start of its exercises, recalling that they aim to maintain Stability and Peace in the areas adjacent to the border 🕊

⭐️ These are the first military exercises on the border since 2017, when joint exercises were organized in March. A few weeks earlier, military clashes had occurred in the Shan State of Myanmar, resulting in the deaths of 30 people. Just like a few days ago, even then the People's Liberation Army tested the maneuverability of the troops and the border defense capabilities 🌟

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I advise china to stop stealing land and water that belong to other countries.

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US Smears, Blames China, and Shirks Its Own Responsibility on Fentanyl Issue: Chinese FM

— Global Times | July 14, 2023

Overlooking real trouble. Illustration: Liu Rui/Global Times

Answering a question related to fentanyl at the daily briefing, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin urged the US to deal with the issue in an equal, respect and cooperative manner.

The sanctions on Chinese agencies engaged in anti-drug work should be lifted as soon as possible to remove obstacles to dialogue and cooperation between the two sides, Wang Wenbin urged.

On Thursday, Wang Yi, Director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, met Blinken in Jakarta, Indonesia on the sidelines of a series of ASEAN foreign ministers' meetings.

The Chinese spokesperson said Wang Yi had expressed China's stance over the fentanyl issue during the meeting with Blinken. China is one of the countries with the most resolute and thorough anti-drug policies in the world, as well as one of the best records.

In order to accommodate the concerns of the US and proceed from the overall situation of China-US relations, China made a decision several years ago to regulate fentanyl in its entirety. No other country has done so, Wang Wenbin noted.

Instead of fully recognizing China's efforts, the US has smeared, blamed China, and shirked its responsibility on the fentanyl issue and arrested Chinese citizens through phishing law enforcement, which is totally counterproductive, the Chinese spokesperson stated.

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Ministerul chinez de externe: tăcerea SUA cu privire la cazul subminării Nord Stream suscită nedumerire

Purtătorul de cuvânt al Ministerului chinez de Externe, Wang Wenbin, este de părere că lipsa de răspuns din partea Statelor Unite cu privire la exploziile de pe gazoductele rusești Nord Stream 1 și Nord Stream 2 suscită nedumerire. Georgiana Arsene Diplomatul chinez a remarcat că tăcerea Washingtonului este cu adevărat uimitoare, cu atât mai mult cu cât Statele Unite comentează întotdeauna…

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Russia-Ukraine War : परमाणु बलों को हाई अलर्ट पर रखने के पुतिन के फैसले पर क्या बोला चीन?

Russia-Ukraine War : परमाणु बलों को हाई अलर्ट पर रखने के पुतिन के फैसले पर क्या बोला चीन?

बीजिंग. रूस के राष्ट्रपति व्लादिमीर पुतिन (vladimir putin) द्वारा अपने देश के परमाणु बल को हाई अलर्ट पर रखने के बाद चीन (china) ने सोमवार को कहा है कि यूक्रेन मुद्दे में शामिल सभी पक्षों को शांत रहना चाहिए. वहीं चीन ने पश्चिमी देशों के उस कदम को अवैध और एकतरफा बताते हुए अपना विरोध दोहराया है जिसमें पश्चिमी देशों ने कुछ रूसी बैंकों को SWIFT अंतरराष्ट्रीय भुगतान प्रणाली के उपयोग से रोक दिया गया…

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#China #russia ukraine war #Vladimir Putin #Wang Wenbin

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"Les États-Unis affirment s’opposer à la coercition économique, mais ce sont justement les États-Unis qui ont inventé la « diplomatie coercitive » et qui excellent dans l’art de contraindre les pays, qu’ils soient grands ou petits, lointains ou proches, amis ou ennemis. L’embargo et les sanctions imposés à Cuba ont duré un demi-siècle et les sanctions imposées à l’Iran sont en place depuis 40 ans. Lorsqu’il s’agit de poignarder dans le dos leurs alliés tels que l’UE et le Japon, les États-Unis n’ont jamais hésité, comme nous l’avons vu à plusieurs reprises. Les faits ont prouvé que les États-Unis sont le plus grand diffuseur de désinformation, à l’origine de la diplomatie coercitive et le saboteur de la paix et de la stabilité mondiales. Qu’il s’agisse du dialogue entre les États-Unis et l’Union européenne, du partenariat trilatéral de sécurité AUKUS, du Quad ou de l’Alliance des Cinq yeux, les États-Unis utilisent la démocratie, les droits de l’homme, les règles et l’ordre comme prétextes pour dissimuler leurs activités louches consistant à créer des divisions, à attiser la confrontation et à s’assurer des avantages aux dépens des autres. En conséquence, les petits pays et les pays faibles ne sont pas les seuls à souffrir, les alliés des États-Unis, dont l’Europe, paient également un lourd tribut aux actes égoïstes des États-Unis. Il est à espérer que l’UE saura reconnaître la vérité et cesser de pactiser avec le diable."

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IL PORTAVOCE DEL MINISTERO DEGLI ESTERI CINESE WANG WENBIN DURISSIMO CONTRO GLI STATI UNITI

IL PORTAVOCE DEL MINISTERO DEGLI ESTERI CINESE WANG WENBIN DURISSIMO CONTRO GLI STATI UNITI

a cura di Rainaldo Graziani Il rappresentante di un piccolo Paese di un miliardo e mezzo di persone e con una forza economica forse maggiore della Polonia ha voluto rilasciare un commento: “Ciò che è veramente preoccupante è l’impatto devastante degli Stati Uniti sulla pace e sulla stabilità nel mondo. Gli Stati Uniti sono il più grande produttore di guerra. Gli Stati Uniti non sono stati in…

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CHINA SUGGESTS ATTACK ON TAIWAN CAN'T BE CALLED 'INVASION'

CHINA SUGGESTS ATTACK ON TAIWAN CAN’T BE CALLED ‘INVASION’

China has given the strongest hint yet that it would reject attempts to categorize a future attack on Taiwan as an “invasion,” after a government official suggested the term wouldn’t apply to another “part of China.”The Chinese government in Beijing, established after the Chinese Civil War in 1949, has never governed Taiwan, whose president, Tsai Ing-wen, describes the island democracy as a…

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Nato will always be the greater subverter of the international order

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🇨🇳 Hua Chunying, Direttrice del Dipartimento d'Informazione del Ministero degli Affari Esteri della Repubblica Popolare Cinese, ha pubblicato un'immagine molto emblematica sul suo profilo Twitter, dal titolo «Chi sta sovvertendo l'ordine internazionale?», mostrando i crimini della NATO in Jugoslavia, Afghanistan, Iraq e Libia

💬 Dopodiché, ha aggiunto: «Non abbiamo dimenticato il sanguinoso debito della NATO con la Cina per il bombardamento della nostra Ambasciata in Jugoslavia. I Paesi della Regione Asia-Pacifico sono contrari alla macchina militare, in particolare alla "versione Asia-Pacifico della NATO", che innesca il confronto tra blocchi o una nuova Guerra Fredda" ⭐️

🇨🇳 Se i Paesi del Patto Atlantico pensano che la Cina abbia dimenticato i crimini della NATO in Jugoslavia, quando il 07/05/1999 fu bombardata l'Ambasciata Cinese a Belgrado, si sbagliano di grosso 😡

🚩 Wang Wenbin: "Il Popolo Cinese non dimenticherà mai il bombardamento della NATO contro l'Ambasciata Cinese" 😡

🚩 Come ha ricordato il Compagno Zuo Dapei, in questo articolo su "乌有之乡", la NATO - utilizzando il pretesto dei diritti umani - lanciò feroci attacchi contro la Jugoslavia, e - il 7 maggio 1999 - bombardò l'Ambasciata Cinese a Belgrado, assassinando tre giornalisti Cinesi ❗️❗️❗️

🇨🇳 La Cina protestò duramente, e il Presidente Jiang Zemin, dopo l'evento, declinò per giorni e giorni le telefonate del Presidente Clinton, che poi si scusò ufficialmente con il Presidente Cinese, ma il Popolo Cinese non ha mai dimenticato questo evento, e sa bene che non si trattò di un "incidente", ma di un messaggio ad una potenza nascente 🚩

🕊 Anche a quell'epoca, la Cina si schierò a favore della Pace, dimostrando che la Politica Cinese ha sempre percorso la Via dell'Ascesa Pacifica e della Diplomazia, e anche in quel caso - come oggi - il Governo USA si rifiutò di cessare i bombardamenti 🇺🇸

🇨🇳 丢掉幻想，准备斗争 🚩

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🇨🇳 Hua Chunying, Director of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China, published a very emblematic image on her Twitter profile, entitled "Who is subverting the international order?"showing the crimes of the NATO in Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya

💬 After that, she added: «We have not forgotten NATO's bloody debt to China for the bombing of our Embassy in Yugoslavia. Countries in the Asia-Pacific Region are against the military machine, especially the "Asia-Pacific version of NATO", which triggers confrontation between blocs or a new Cold War" ⭐️

🇨🇳 If the countries of the Atlantic Pact think that China has forgotten the crimes of NATO in Yugoslavia, when the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade was bombed on 07/05/1999, they are very wrong 😡

🚩 Wang Wenbin: "The Chinese people will never forget the NATO bombing of the Chinese Embassy" 😡

🚩 As Comrade Zuo Dapei recalled, in this article in "乌有之乡", NATO - under the pretext of human rights - launched vicious attacks against Yugoslavia, and - on May 7, 1999 - bombed the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade , assassinating three Chinese journalists ❗️❗️❗️

🇨🇳 China protested harshly, and President Jiang Zemin, after the event, declined President Clinton's phone calls for days and days, who then officially apologized to the Chinese President, but the Chinese people have never forgotten this event, and he knows well that it wasn't an "accident", but a message to a rising power 🚩

🕊 Even at that time, China sided in favor of Peace, demonstrating that Chinese Politics has always followed the Path of Peaceful Ascent and Diplomacy, and even then - like today - the US Government refused to cease the bombings 🇺🇸

🇨🇳 丢掉幻想，准备斗争 🚩

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Bloomberg: The US said on Tuesday that it will impose visa limits on some officials in China for their part in allegedly forcing Tibetan children to assimilate into mainstream Chinese society. What is the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ response? Wang Wenbin: The US imposed those illegal sanctions on Chinese officials under the pretext of Tibet-related issues and in disregard of the facts. This move gravely interferes in China’s internal affairs, harms China’s interests, and violates basic norms governing international relations. We firmly oppose and strongly condemn it. The human rights conditions in Tibet are at their historical best, as witnessed by the international community. The region has long enjoyed a booming economy, harmonious and stable society, and effective protection and promotion of cultural heritage. The rights and freedoms of all ethnic groups, including the freedom of religious belief and the freedom to use and develop their ethnic groups’ spoken and written languages, are fully protected. As is commonly seen around the world, there are boarding schools across Chinese provinces and regions to meet the need of the local students. In the case of China’s Tibet, this is a region of high altitude and highly scattered population in many areas. For children from herding families in particular, they have to travel long distances to get to school. If schools were to be built in every place the students live, it would be very difficult to ensure adequate teachers and quality of teaching in each school. That is why boarding schools have been set up as a practical way to ensure all children’s equal right to education. It is entirely up to the students and their parents whether to go to boarding schools or not. Students can choose to go home on every weekend, holiday and festival (including traditional Tibetan festivals such as the Tibetan New Year and the Shoton Festival), as well as during the winter and summer breaks. Parents can visit their children at school any time and take their children home whenever needed. Courses of traditional culture, such as Tibetan language and literature and folk dance, are widely available, traditional food unique to the Tibet Plateau is provided, and students are allowed to wear traditional dresses at these schools. The boarding schools in Tibet are examples of human rights and cultural heritage protection. The so-called “forced assimilation” is pure fabrication.

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Feb. 5 (UPI) -- A Beijing court handed Australian writer Yang Hengjun a suspended death sentence on Monday, Foreign Minister Penny Wong of Australia said, some five years after he was detained in China on national security charges.

Wong confirmed the suspended sentence in a statement, saying the Australian government understands that if Yang does not commit any serious crimes in the next two years it could be commuted to life imprisonment.

"This is harrowing news for Dr. Yang, his family and all who have supported him," she said.

Novelist, blogger, former Chinese diplomat and outspoken critic of the Beijing government, Yang was detained in China in January 2019. U.S. officials have said that he was held incommunicado for several months until he was formally arrested that August and was charged two months later as a spy.

His closed-door trial was scheduled for May 27, 2021, and Monday's announcement follows repeated delays, Australian officials said.

"This period has been extraordinarily difficult. Like so many Australians, I am moved by Dr. Yang's strength, and the strength of his family and friends," Wong said.

She said the Australian government has consistently advocated for Yang at the highest levels of the Chinese government and that they will continue "to press for Dr. Yang's interests and wellbeing, including appropriate medical treatment and provide consular assistance to him and his family"

"We will not relent in our advocacy," she said.

Foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin confirmed the sentenced on Monday, stating he was found guilty of espionage and that along with being sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve the Second Intermediate People's Court of Beijing ordered his personal property be confiscated, the state-run Global Times tabloid reported.

Australia has repeatedly raised concerns over Yang's detention and health, as well as having called on the Chinese authorities to explain the charges against him and to demand his immediate release.

In May 2021 when the start date of his closed-door trial was announced, then-foreign minister Marise Payne of Australia said Yang has had no access to his family and limited or delayed access to his legal representation.

The U.S. 2020 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices concerning China states Yang was interrogated more than 300 times "at all hours of day and night, for four to five hours at a time."

"After arbitrary detention, torture, unfair trial, this heavy sentence is alarming," Maya Wang, interim China director at Human Rights Watch, said Monday on X.

"Even more outrageous is that Yang may have been punished for being a China critic."

Australian Member of Parliament with the Liberal Party described Yang's sentence as a tool designed to intimidate defenders of democracy and free speech.

"The fate of Dr. Yang Hengjun matters to all of us," he said in a statement on X. "Securing his freedom must be a line in the sand."

Yang was detained a month after the Asian nation arrested Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor also on national security charges in what was widely seen as retaliation over Ottawa's arrest of Huawei's chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou.

Spavor and Kovrig were released in September 2021, shortly after Canada released Meng.

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