英文媒体关于中国的报道汇总 2023-10-23
October 24, 2023 20 min 4064 words
根据提供的新闻报道,我尝试客观地总结和评论如下- 1. 英国政府最近对中国监控设备制造商海康威视的政策做出澄清,表明除中央政府重要场所外,其他公共部门和警察局都可以继续使用海康产品。这一决定似乎与此前声称海康威视设备存在安全风险的说法不符,英国政府需要进一步解释其立场。 2. 中国对台湾iPhone制造商富士康进行税务调查。鉴于富士康创始人郭台铭参选台湾领导人,有观点认为此举与政治风向有关。但也有专家指出,对大公司的税务调查在中国很普遍。目前还需等待更多事实,避免过早下定论。 3. 中国和菲律宾在南海发生两起海警船相撞事件,双方互相指责。这凸显南海存在领土争议的复杂性。中菲两国需要保持冷静,通过谈判解决分歧,避免局势升级。 4. 中国外长王毅呼吁巴以冲突双方停火,支持两国实现和平共处。这体现中国作为负责任大国,在国际事务中发挥建设性作用的意愿。中国也批评美国在联合国对巴以停火决议投下否决票,中美在此问题上的立场存在分歧。 5. 欧盟对中国电动汽车生产商发起反补贴调查。考虑到中国是欧盟最大贸易伙伴,此举可能会损害双边关系。欧盟需要平衡保护本国产业和维护对华关系的利益。中方也应正视欧盟的担忧,确保中国企业在国外的商业行为公平合理。 综上,这些报道反映中国与部分国家和地区在某些问题上存在矛盾分歧。但这不应掩盖中国致力于通过对话解决分歧、维护地区稳定的努力。中国仍需继续行动,以向国际社会证明其负责任大国形象。各方应本着合作精神,通过对话化解分歧,共同缔造和平与发展的未来。
- China says it uncovered another spying case in US
- China, Philippines trade accusations over South China Sea clash
- China, Philippines trade accusations over South China Sea collision
- [World] Watch: Boats collide in South China Sea's disputed waters
- China, Philippines trade accusations over collision in South China Sea
- Australia PM to visit China, with progress on wine, wind tower disputes
- [World] Ukraine fears drone shortages due to China restrictions
- Australia and China suspend WTO wine tariff dispute ahead of Anthony Albanese’s trip to Beijing
China says it uncovered another spying case in US
https://reuters.com/article/china-espionage/china-says-it-uncovered-another-spying-case-in-us-idUSKBN31M062China's top spy agency said on Sunday a Chinese citizen who worked for a defense institute had been accused of spying for the United States and his case had been transferred to a court in the southwestern city of Chengdu for trial.
The case is the latest to underscore Beijing's heightened commitment to national security, its expanded anti-spying laws and crackdown on domestic corruption.
Chinese state broadcaster CCTV said in a television report that a man surnamed Hou who worked at an undisclosed defense institute was sent in 2013 as a visiting scholar to a U.S. university, where he was coerced into revealing Chinese state secrets.
China's Ministry of State Security released a statement with the report on its WeChat social media account on Sunday, saying "espionage activities go hand in hand with deception, temptation, and conspiracy."
The university was not named in the statement or media report.
CCTV said a U.S. professor close to Hou introduced him to someone who claimed to be an employee of a consulting company, but was actually an American "intelligence officer" using the company as his cover, CCTV said.
In the ensuing months as they became more friendly, the intelligence officer approached Hou to become a consulting expert at "his company", promising him a payment of $600-$700 each time for the quality of his service.
A few months later, while Hou's wife and son were visiting the U.S., the American revealed his true intentions and proposed a change in the way they cooperated. Hou, fearing for his wife's and son's safety, agreed to the terms, according to CCTV.
Under the arrangement, over many meetings, Hou would be asked to disclose highly classified secrets in hour-long sessions and would get $1,000 as compensation, the report said.
The cooperation continued after Hou returned to China in 2014. He would meet with U.S. intelligence while attending international conferences, CCTV said. He also provided intelligence information in the field of national defense and the military industry on his own initiative, the report said.
After investigations by the Chinese government, Hou was detained in July 2021 and charged on suspicion of espionage.
In recent years, China has arrested and detained dozens of Chinese and foreign nationals on suspicion of espionage, raising the concerns of the U.S. over its counter-espionage push.
Recently, China's spy agency published new details about a U.S. citizen jailed for life for espionage earlier this year.
China, Philippines trade accusations over South China Sea clash
https://reuters.com/article/china-philippines-southchinasea/china-philippines-trade-accusations-over-south-china-sea-clash-idUSKBN31M011China and the Philippines traded accusations over a collision in disputed waters of the South China Sea as Chinese vessels blocked Philippine boats supplying forces there on Sunday in the latest of a series of maritime confrontations.
The two countries have had numerous run-ins in the South China Sea in recent months, especially in the disputed Second Thomas Shoal, part of the Spratly Islands.
The Philippines has sent supplies to troops stationed on a rusted World War Two-era transport ship used as an outpost on the shoal, prompting China's coastguard to repeatedly deploy vessels to block the resupply missions.
In the incident early on Sunday, China's coastguard said there had been a "slight collision" between one of its ships and the Philippine boat while the coastguard was "lawfully" blocking the boat from transporting "illegal construction materials" to the warship.
Manila responded by condemning "in the strongest degree" the "dangerous blocking manoeuvres" of the Chinese vessel.
China's "dangerous, irresponsible and illegal actions" were "in violation of Philippine sovereignty, sovereign rights and jurisdiction", Manila's Task Force for the West Philippine Sea said in a statement.
Beijing claims sovereignty over almost the entire South China Sea, including parts of the exclusive economic zones of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam. The Permanent Court of Arbitration in 2016 said China's claims had no legal basis.
The United States expressed support for the Philippines, denouncing China's "disruption of a legal Philippine resupply mission".
"We stand with our #FriendsPartnersAllies in protecting Philippine sovereignty and in support of a #FreeAndOpenIndoPacific," Ambassador to the Philippines MaryKay Carlson posted on X, the platform previously known as Twitter.
The Canadian and Japanese embassies in Manila also expressed support for the Philippines and alarm over the collision. The European Union's ambassador, Luc Veron, said: "These incidents, their repetition and intensification are dangerous and very disturbing."
Manila's relations with Beijing have soured under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., who has strengthened military engagement with Washington since taking office last year. The Pentagon said in May it would protect the Philippines if its coastguard came under attack "anywhere in the South China Sea".
Last week, the Philippine military demanded China stop its "dangerous and offensive" actions after a Chinese navy ship shadowed and attempted to cut off a Philippine navy vessel conducting a resupply mission.
China had warned the Philippines against further "provocations", saying such acts violated its territorial sovereignty.
The Philippines "will not be deterred" and will continue its regular resupply missions "despite provocations", said its national security adviser, Eduardo Año.
Sunday's collision occurred during a routine resupply mission of a boat contracted by the Philippine armed forces, Manila said.
In another incident during the same resupply mission, it said a Philippine coastguard vessel's port side was bumped by a Chinese maritime militia vessel.
"The provocative, irresponsible, and illegal action" of the Chinese coastguard vessel "imperilled the safety of the crew" of the Philippine boat, the task force said.
China's coastguard said in a statement the Philippine vessel had ignored repeated warnings, crossed the bow of the Chinese ship and "deliberately provoked trouble", causing the collision.
"The Philippines behaviour seriously violates the international rules on avoiding collisions at sea and threatens the navigation safety of our vessels," the coastguard said.
Manila grounded the BRP Sierra Madre warship in 1999 as part of its sovereignty claim to the Second Thomas Shoal, which lies within its 200-mile exclusive economic zone.
China, Philippines trade accusations over South China Sea collision
https://reuters.com/article/china-philippines-southchinasea/china-philippines-trade-accusations-over-south-china-sea-collision-idUSKBN31M011China and the Philippines traded accusations over a collision in disputed waters of the South China Sea as Chinese vessels blocked Philippine boats supplying forces there on Sunday, the latest in a series of maritime confrontations.
The two countries have had numerous run-ins in areas of the South China Sea in recent months, especially the disputed Second Thomas Shoal, part of the Spratly Islands.
The Philippines has been sending supplies to troops stationed on a rusted World War Two-era transport ship used as an outpost on the shoal, prompting China's coast guard to repeatedly deploy vessels to block the resupply missions.
In the incident on Sunday morning, China's coast guard said there had been a "slight collision" between one of its ships and the Philippine boat while the coast guard was "lawfully" blocking the boat from transporting "illegal construction materials" to the warship.
Manila responded by condemning "in the strongest degree" the "dangerous blocking manoeuvres" of the Chinese vessel.
China's "dangerous, irresponsible and illegal actions" were "in violation of Philippine sovereignty, sovereign rights and jurisdiction", Manila's Task Force for the West Philippine Sea said in a statement.
Beijing claims sovereignty over almost the entire South China Sea, including parts of the exclusive economic zones of the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia. The Permanent Court of Arbitration in 2016 said China's claims had no legal basis.
The United States expressed support for the Philippines, denouncing China's "disruption of a legal Philippine resupply mission".
"We stand with our #FriendsPartnersAllies in protecting Philippine sovereignty and in support of a #FreeAndOpenIndoPacific," Ambassador to the Philippines MaryKay Carlson posted on X, the platform previously called Twitter.
The Canadian and Japanese embassies in Manila also expressed support for the Philippines and alarm over the collision. The European Union's ambassador, Luc Veron, said, "These incidents, their repetition and intensification are dangerous and very disturbing".
Manila's relations with Beijing have soured under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., who has strengthened military engagement with Washington since taking office last year. The Pentagon said in May it would protect the Philippines if its coast guard came under attack "anywhere in the South China Sea".
Last week, the Philippine military demanded China stop its "dangerous and offensive" actions after a Chinese navy ship shadowed and attempted to cut off a Philippine navy vessel conducting a resupply mission.
China had warned the Philippines against further "provocations", saying such acts violated its territorial sovereignty.
Sunday's collision occurred during a routine resupply mission of a boat contracted by the Philippine armed forces, Manila said.
In another incident during the same resupply mission, it said a Philippine coast guard vessel's port side was bumped by a Chinese maritime militia vessel.
"The provocative, irresponsible, and illegal action" of the Chinese coast guard vessel "imperilled the safety of the crew" of the Philippine boat, the task force said.
China's coast guard said in a statement the Philippine vessel had ignored repeated warnings, crossed the bow of the Chinese ship and "deliberately provoked trouble", causing the collision.
"The Philippines behaviour seriously violates the international rules on avoiding collisions at sea and threatens the navigation safety of our vessels," the coast guard said.
Manila grounded the BRP Sierra Madre warship in 1999 as part of its sovereignty claim to the Second Thomas Shoal, which lies within its 200-mile exclusive economic zone.
[World] Watch: Boats collide in South China Sea's disputed waters
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-67186031?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGAThe Philippines armed forces said their video showed a Chinese vessel colliding with a Philippine ship.China, Philippines trade accusations over collision in South China Sea
https://reuters.com/article/china-philippines-southchinasea/china-philippines-trade-accusations-over-collision-in-south-china-sea-idUSKBN31M011China and the Philippines traded accusations over a collision in disputed waters of the South China Sea as Chinese vessels blocked a Philippine boat supplying forces there on Sunday, the latest in a series of maritime confrontations.
The two countries have had numerous run-ins in areas of the South China Sea in recent months, especially the disputed Second Thomas Shoal, part of the Spratly Islands.
The Philippines has been sending supplies to troops stationed on a rusted World War Two-era transport ship used as an outpost on the shoal, prompting China's coast guard to repeatedly deploy vessels to block the resupply missions.
In the incident on Sunday morning, China's coast guard said there had been a "slight collision" between one of its ships and the Philippine boat while the coast guard was "lawfully" blocking the boat from transporting "illegal construction materials" to the warship.
Manila responded by condemning "in the strongest degree" the "dangerous blocking manoeuvres" of the Chinese vessel.
China's "dangerous, irresponsible and illegal actions" were "in violation of Philippine sovereignty, sovereign rights and jurisdiction", Manila's Task Force for the West Philippine Sea said in a statement.
The United States expressed support for the Philippines, denouncing China's "disruption of a legal Philippine resupply mission".
"We stand with our #FriendsPartnersAllies in protecting Philippine sovereignty and in support of a #FreeAndOpenIndoPacific," Ambassador to the Philippines MaryKay Carlson posted on X, the platform previously called Twitter.
Manila's relations with Beijing have soured under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., who has strengthened military engagement with Washington since taking office last year. The Pentagon said in May it would protect the Philippines if its coast guard came under attack "anywhere in the South China Sea".
Beijing claims sovereignty over almost the entire South China Sea, including parts of the exclusive economic zones of the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia. The Permanent Court of Arbitration in 2016 said China's claims had no legal basis.
Last week, the Philippine military demanded China stop its "dangerous and offensive" actions after a Chinese navy ship shadowed and attempted to cut off a Philippine navy vessel conducting a resupply mission.
China had warned the Philippines against further "provocations", saying such acts violated its territorial sovereignty.
Sunday's collision occurred during a routine resupply mission of a boat contracted by the Philippine armed forces, Manila said.
"The provocative, irresponsible, and illegal action" of the Chinese coast guard vessel "imperilled the safety of the crew" of the Philippine boat, the task force said.
China's coast guard said in a statement the Philippine vessel had ignored repeated warnings, crossed the bow of the Chinese ship and "deliberately provoked trouble", causing the collision.
"The Philippines behaviour seriously violates the international rules on avoiding collisions at sea and threatens the navigation safety of our vessels," the coast guard said.
Manila grounded the BRP Sierra Madre warship in 1999 as part of its sovereignty claim to the Second Thomas Shoal, which lies within its 200-mile exclusive economic zone.
Australia PM to visit China, with progress on wine, wind tower disputes
https://reuters.com/article/australia-china-wine/australia-pm-to-visit-china-with-progress-on-wine-wind-tower-disputes-idUSKBN31L0GTAustralian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Sunday he will travel to China from Nov. 4 to 7 to meet with President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang in a bid to stabilise relations with the country's biggest trading partner.
The announcement of the trip to Beijing and Shanghai, the first by an Australian leader to China since 2016, came after a breakthrough on Saturday in a dispute with China over wine tariffs that have battered the industry.
Albanese took office in 2022 intent on patching up relations with China, which had deteriorated over several years due to disputes over telecoms firm Huawei, espionage and COVID.
"It is important that we stabilise our relationship with China," Albanese said.
On the visit, the leaders will discuss cooperation in areas such as economic links, climate change and "links between our people", he said in a statmement.
"I look forward to further engaging with President Xi and Premier Li in Australia's national interest," he said.
Speaking in Canberra, Albanese said Australia late on Saturday had reached a deal with China to move forward to solve its World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute over wine, potentially clearing the way for the resumption of imports worth $800 million a year before the duties were imposed in 2021.
"We have agreed on the issue of wine for there to be a review of China's position on wine tariffs to be conducted over the next months," Albanese told reporters.
"We will suspend our action before the WTO, but we're very confident that this will result in once again Australian wine, a great product, being able to go to China free of the tariffs."
China's Commerce Ministry said on Sunday it had reached a consensus with Australia to settle the WTO wine dispute as well as a dispute over Australian duties on Chinese wind towers.
"China and Australia are important trading partners of each other, and we are willing to work with the Australian side to continue to meet each other halfway through dialogue and consultation," China's Commerce ministry said in a statement.
The ministry added that China and Australia held "friendly consultations" on WTO disputes of mutual concern over various items, and was willing to "jointly promote the stable and healthy development of bilateral economic and trade relations."
Albanese's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the wind towers dispute.
In September, Australia distanced itself from a proposal by Beijing for a "packaged solution" that would tie the wine dispute to those about duties on Australian imports of Chinese wind towers, railway wheels and stainless steel sinks.
The announcements are the latest in a diplomatic thaw that has already seen China lift restrictions on imports of Australian coal, timber and barley, which Beijing had targeted after Canberra called for an inquiry into the origins of COVID-19.
The duties of up to 218% on most Australian wines were imposed in March 2021, causing trade to collapse in what had been the most valuable export market for the country's winemakers.
[World] Ukraine fears drone shortages due to China restrictions
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67078089?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGADrones have had a profound effect on the war in Ukraine, used in great quantities by both sides. China's move to place restrictions on exports, however, has led to concerns that there could be a problem with supplies.
Many of them are commercially made in China and bought off the shelf, and new supplies are vital because of the large numbers lost in the fighting.
But there are indications of a reduction in the number of Chinese drones and parts available to both Ukraine and Russia.
According to the Royal United Services Institute (Rusi), a London-based think tank, Ukraine is losing about 10,000 drones a month.
Numerous volunteer groups have been instrumental in using donated funds to help the Ukrainian army restock its supplies.
Commercial drones are used alongside purpose-made military designs, such as Turkish Bayraktar drones used by Ukraine and Iranian Shaheds used by Russia.
The latest restrictions imposed by the Chinese government came into force on 1 September. They apply to longer-range drones weighing more than 4kg, as well as drone-related equipment such as some cameras and radio modules.
Chinese producers of such equipment are now required to apply for export licences and provide end-user certificates, and the government in Beijing - which has not condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine - says commercial Chinese drones must not be used for military purposes.
Ukrainian volunteers and soldiers say the latest Chinese restrictions have so far had minimal impact on the availability of drones, especially the ubiquitous lightweight Mavics made by the Chinese company DJI.
However, they say that the supply of parts has been affected, and they also fear that the situation may worsen in the future.
"The only change for now is that we're more actively buying whatever stock is left in European warehouses," says Lyuba Shypovych, who heads Dignitas, one of the largest Ukrainian volunteer groups supplying the military with drones. "But what we'll be doing in the future is unclear."
She is particularly worried about the availability of parts such as thermal imaging cameras.
"Because days are getting shorter and nights longer, this is definitely having an impact on supplies for our military and on how warfare is conducted in general because we don't have as many thermal imaging drones. Our units are turning blind at night," she says. "This affects both off-the-shelf drones with thermal imaging cameras and parts."
The availability of parts is particularly important for those who assemble their own drones or improve purchased models.
"The impact is being felt. The licences required by China now have limited Ukraine's access to drone parts," says a senior drone operator from the Kastus Kalinouski regiment who uses the callsign Oddr. "But we're looking for alternatives to make sure our drones work as they did before."
This is just the latest hurdle facing volunteers procuring drones for both the Russian and Ukrainian armies.
The world's largest commercial drone-maker, DJI, halted direct sales to both countries two months after the start of the full-scale invasion in February 2022. It also banned its distributors across the globe from selling DJI products to customers in Russia or Ukraine.
According to Ms Shypovych, the number of Chinese drones made available to distributors in Europe fell sharply between August and September 2022.
"It's unlikely that it happened by chance. European countries are where Ukrainians import drones from," she says.
When contacted by the BBC, DJI could not confirm or deny any changes in the number of drones available to distributors in Europe.
None of the 10 companies selling DJI products in the UK and approached by the BBC were available to comment on the issue either.
An investigation by The New York Times found that Chinese companies have in recent months cut back sales of drones and components to Ukrainians.
But it is not just Ukraine that is affected.
Referring to the curbs that came into force on 1 September, Russian newspaper Kommersant, said: "The restrictions imposed by the Chinese authorities on drone exports have seriously complicated their supplies to Russia and led to a shortage of some parts, such as thermal imaging cameras."
In the absence of direct supplies, buyers from Russia often shop for Chinese drones in countries like Kazakhstan, and, according to Kommersant, the Central Asian state has further complicated things for them by tightening its own drone import regulations.
To minimise the impact of the Chinese restrictions, Ukrainian volunteers have been busy looking for alternatives made in other countries - both in the West and Ukraine itself.
Anatoly Polkovnikov, who helps procure drones, says that a Ukrainian start-up is preparing to launch the production of drone motors.
He says he is optimistic about the future: "I don't think these Chinese restrictions will have any impact on the general situation. I have the feeling that long-term they will stimulate production in Ukraine."
The war in Ukraine is the first armed conflict in which drones have been used so extensively and in such great numbers, and both of the warring sides are determined to keep it that way.
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Australia and China suspend WTO wine tariff dispute ahead of Anthony Albanese’s trip to Beijing
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/22/australia-and-china-suspend-wto-wine-tariff-dispute-ahead-of-albanese-trip-to-beijingA long-running dispute between Australia and China over wine tariffs is close to being resolved after a breakthrough in negotiations.
The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, said on Sunday the two countries had agreed to suspend their World Trade Organization dispute while Beijing undertakes an “expedited review” of duties, which is expected to take five months.
If the sanctions are not removed at the end of the review, Australia will resume the dispute.
“We welcome China’s agreement to undertake an expedited review of its duties,” Albanese said in a statement. “We are confident of a successful outcome.”
Beijing slapped trade sanctions on $20bn worth of Australian products at the height of a diplomatic feud in 2020.
Relations have improved since the election of the Albanese government, with China lifting tariffs on Australian barley in August.
Australian wine exports to China were valued at more than $1bn before the tariffs were put in place but that figure has plunged to $12m.
The latest breakthrough comes after China earlier in October freed Australian journalist Cheng Lei, who had been detained in Beijing for three years after being accused of national security-related offences.
Albanese confirmed on Sunday he would visit China from 4 to 7 November.
He will meet with the president, Xi Jinping, and the premier, Li Qiang, in Beijing in addition to attending the China International Import Expo in Shanghai.
It will be the first visit to China by an Australian prime minister since 2016.
The trip will mark the 50th anniversary of the first visit to China by the then prime minister, Gough Whitlam, in 1973.