Chinese defense minister reiterates China's resolute position on Taiwan question

STORY: Chinese defense minister reiterates China's resolute position on Taiwan question DATELINE: June 11, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:26 LOCATION: Singapore CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WU QIAN, Spokesperson for China's Ministry of National Defense 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): HE LEI, Former deputy head of the Academy of Military Sciences STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WU QIAN, Spokesperson for China's Ministry of National Defense "Minister of National Defense Wei Fenghe pointed out that the new round of arms sales to Taiwan announced by the U.S. side recently severely violated the one-China principle and the stipulations of the three China-U.S. joint communiques, undermined China's national sovereignty and security interests and caused severe damage to China-U.S. relations and peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait. China firmly opposes and strongly condemns the arms sales. Wei stressed that if anyone dares to split Taiwan from China, the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) will

Chinese embassy in U.S. urges Washington to cancel Pelosi's trip to Taiwan

STORY: Chinese embassy in U.S. urges Washington to cancel Pelosi's trip to Taiwan DATELINE: April 8, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:44 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Chinese embassy in the U.S. 2. various of Pelosi (file) 3. various of the White House STORYLINE: The Chinese embassy in the United States on Thursday reiterated China's strong opposition to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's planned visit to Taiwan, urging Washington to cancel it. "In the past few days, Chinese Ambassador Qin Gang and the Chinese Embassy in the U.S. have lodged stern representations with the U.S. Congress and government on U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's reported visit to Taiwan, and stated China's solemn position, urging the U.S. side to abide by the one-China principle and the stipulations in the three Sino-U.S. Joint Communiques, and to cancel Speaker Pelosi's plan to visit Taiwan," said a spokesperson of the embassy, according to remarks posted on the embassy's website. The spokesperson's

China demands "immediate cancellation" of Pelosi's Taiwan visit plan

STORY: China demands "immediate cancellation" of Pelosi's Taiwan visit plan DATELINE: April 7, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:45 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (Chinese/English interpretation): ZHAO LIJIAN, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson STORYLINE: China on Thursday warned that if U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi insists on visiting Taiwan, China will take firm and robust measures to resolutely safeguard its sovereignty and territorial integrity and the U.S. side shall bear all ensuing consequences. Urging the U.S. side to stick to the one-China principle and stipulations of the three China-U.S. Joint Communiques, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said that Pelosi's planned visit to Taiwan must be cancelled immediately. SOUNDBITE (Chinese/English interpretation): ZHAO LIJIAN, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson "China firmly opposes all forms of official interactions between the U.S. and Taiwan. The U.S. Congress is part of the U.S. government. It should follow the one

U.S. should fully account for its bio-military activities at home and abroad: spokesperson

STORY: U.S. should fully account for its bio-military activities at home and abroad: spokesperson DATELINE: March 10, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:33 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (Chinese/English interpretation): ZHAO LIJIAN, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE (Chinese/English interpretation): ZHAO LIJIAN, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson "The international community has had grave concerns about U.S. bio-military activities for long. The world has no knowledge about what the U.S. has been doing in Fort Detrick on its territory, and the 336 biological labs overseas, or whether the activities conform to the stipulations of the BWC (Biological Weapons Convention). It is wishful thinking to dispel concerns with few words and irresponsible to call such misgivings of the world disinformation. It is more confounding that if the U.S. did comply with the BWC, why is the U.S. the only country that has opposed setting up multilateral verification mechanisms for 20 yea