CHINA NEWS ON 22 AUG 16

PLA
1.
Chinese Ships Planes Hold War Games in Sea of Japan.
Chinese planes
and ships held war games in the Sea of Japan last week, the mil said, during which
Beijing displayed its latest genr frigate at a time of bitter territorial disputes with Asian
neighbors. The long-range ex staged on Fri pitted a red Army against a blue one in a
simulated bomber attack on a naval task force. The statement made no mention of
what sort of conflict the ex was intended as a response to, prospective foes or why the
Sea of Japan was chosen as the location of the drills. However, China has grown
increasingly assertive over its claim to a chain of uninhabited islands controlled by
Japan, recently dispatching more than a dozen coast guard vessels as Chinese
fishing vessels swarmed the surrounding waters. He Ministry said the main ships
involved in the ex were the Jingzhou, a latest genr type 054A class stealth frigate of
which China is planning to deploy more than two dozen, and the type 052C destroyer
Xian. Other types of ac involved werent identified, although China has been touting
the capabilities of its latest genr long range H-6K strategic bomber equipped with the
DH-20 land-attack cruise msl, giving it the ability to hit targets as far away as Australia.
Only Russia and the US are currently able to launch cruise missiles from the air. Along
with its island dispute with Japan, China is involved in an intense rivalry with the US
over mil dominance in the region. Tensions in the South China Sea have also risen
after China refused to accept an intl arbitration panels ruling invalidating its claim to
virtually the entire strategic water body.
2.
Xi Jinping Bestows Mil Honors.
In his role as chairman of the Central Mil
Commission, Xi Jinping has signed orders to give honorary titles to two mil units for
their outstanding services. Troop 77656 is now titled as a model plateau bn for its
outstanding performance in safeguarding borders, ensuring stability and helping
disaster relief, according to a statement Sun. Navy Submarine 372 was honored as a
model submarine for performing marine missions with excellence. In a separate
statement also released Sun, Xi signed orders to award merit citations to four mil units
and 15 persons for outstanding services. Troop 66114 was given a first class merit
citation for its outstanding contribution to completing tasks, and units 91515, 94669
and 96261 were given second class merit citations for their outstanding performance
in strengthening fighting capacity. Chen Deming, a researcher from unit 63620, was
awarded a first class merit citation. Two others were given posthumous first class
merit citations.
3.
Chinese Civ Avn Holds Counter Terrorism Ex.
More than 400 civ avn
staff, police, fire fighters, armed police and med staff participated in a counter
terrorism ex at Chongqing Intl Airport Sat. The ex was carried out to test coor and
efficiency in handling terrorist threats such as plane hijacking.
Pol
4.
Myanmar to Sp Silk Rd, BCIM.
Myanmars State Counsellor Aung San
Suu Kyi concluded her vis to China after embarking on a tough balancing act of
seeking Beijings sp for her countrys infrastructure proj while taking into consideration
the demands of envt groups back home, who oppose such foreign backed initiatives.
During the vis, media attention remained largely fixated on the Myitsone proj, the
controversial China backed undertaking worth $3.6 billion stalled since 2011 on the
grounds of causing extensive ecological damage. The jt statement released after Ms.
Suu Kyi met Chinas President Xi Jinping on Fri placed on record Myanmars sp for

Chinas Belt and Rd connectivity initiative along the ancient Silk Road. It also
supported the Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar (BCIM) eco corridor meant to
industrialize a stretch spanning more than 2,000-km linking Kunming in China with
Mandalay in Myanmar, passing through Bangladesh, and ending at Kolkata in India.
En route it would pass through Mandalay, Myanmars maj city, before entering
Bangladesh, with India as its final destination. Prior to Ms Suu Kyis vis, Myanmars
media had highlighted that she was likely to look for Chinese sp for her govt initiatives
in achieving reconciliation with insurgent gps in Myanmar. For more than half-acentury, Myanmar has been a victim of militancy, fuelled by clandestine sale of drugs,
timber and jade that is mostly channeled through China. The jt statement echoed
Beijings cross border interests by noting Chinas sp for Myanmar to realise peace and
national reconciliation through political dialogue. In a letter to Mr. Xi, routed through
the Chinese embassy in Myanmar, 60 civ society gps in Yangon underscored that the
opinion of Myanmars people has never been sought extensively enough since the
Myitsone project was first conceived. The Irrawaddy newspaper reported that 26 Shan
civ society and envt org have called for an immediate halt to major dam projects
planned for construction on the Salween River. An open letter to State Counsellor
pointed out that hydropower dams on the Salween River would block water flow and
create hardship for those who rely on the waterway, particularly for agriculture, in
Burma, Thailand and China. The missive stressed that unpopular hydropower proj
could exacerbate unrest in the area a warning that comes days ahead of the 21 st
Century Panglong Peace Conf.
5.
Sr Chinese Official Says Confident of Future Devp of Relations with
Belarus. Visiting Sr Chinese official Meng Jianzhu said here Thu that China-Belarus
relations have seen rapid devp in recent yrs and the Chinese side is fully confident of
the prospects of the bilateral ties. Meng, member of the Pol Bureau of the Central
Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and head of the Commission for
Pol and Legal Affairs of the CPC Central Committee, made the remarks during a mtg
with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. With the full sp of President Xi
Jinping and President Lukashenko, the pol mutual trust betn China and Belarus
continues to incr and their eco and trade coop has yielded fruitful results, bringing
tangible benefits for both peoples, said Meng. He added that his country is ready to
build the Chinese-Belarusian Industrial Park as part of the Belt and Rd coop, and
strive to lift bilateral ties to a higher level, said Lukashenko. The two sides vowed to
further resolve outstanding issues and boost mutual-beneficial coop within the
committee. Meng also met with Belarusian top security officials in Minsk.
6.
China, Myanmar to Deepen Pol and Business Ties. China and Myanmar
vowed on Thu to further enhance pol trust with mutual respect, to advance major
investment projects and to realize peaceful settlement of hostilities in northern
Myanmar. Premier Li Keqiang hosted a ceremony on Thursday to welcome
Myanmar's State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi, the country's No 2 leader, who started
a five-day official visit to China
World
7.
China Made Products are All Over Rio.
Environmentally friendly tableware
to trains and security, athletes and public benefit. An environmentally friendly tech
company in Huzhou, Zhejiang province, is sup biodegradable tableware to the Rio
Olympics, adding to an already long list of made-in-China products appearing at the
Games. The disposable tableware supplied in coop with a Brazilian partner and worth
a total of $500,000 is made of cornstarch. The tech creates no chemical pollution,

according to Baron Xie, Huzhou Global Xinyifeng Envt Protection Tech CO's chairman
and gen manager. The products, incl plates, bowls, cups and cutlery, are used in the
athletes' cafeteria and at the media vill in Rio de Janeiro and can decompose within
three months, Xie said.
8.
Twitter Shuts Down Another 235,000 Terrorism Related Acct.
Twitter
announced Thu that it has shut another 235,000 accts for posting violent threats or
promoting trt acts. The social media platform's latest move brought the total No of
suspended terrorism related Twitter accts to 360,000 since last yr, according to a coy
statement. Twitter said that its daily suspensions of those acct have incr] over 80%
since 2015, with spikes right after trt attacks. The coy relies mostly on users's reports
to identify terrorism-related accts, and it has expanded the size of staff to ensure a
7/24 review of reports, it said. The exact date of the annual trilateral mtg is still being
negotiated by the three sides, said Lu, adding that Wang's attendance will not involve
a bilateral vis.
9.
Rising China - Korea Trade Nothing to do with THAAD.
The incr in trade
betn China and North Korea shows the need to expand eco devp in cross bdr areas
and has nothing to do with the THAAD deployment in South Korea, Chinese experts
said. The experts were responding to foreign media reports on China's reaction to the
plan of South Korea and the US. Some South Koreans and Japanese have criticized
China for reducing UN sanctions against North Korea over the THAAD deployment, as
data from China's Gen Adm of Customs shows that total trade volume betn China and
North Korea in June reached $503 million, a 9 incr from the same pd last yr. The
Yonhap News Agency reported that Chinese coy resumed doing business with the
North after hearing that Seoul-Beijing relations have taken a turn for the worse over
the THAAD issue.
Space and Tech
10.
Adv Solar Cells Ready for Prod.
A third genr solar cell that produces zero
pollution in mfr, requires less light intensity and wk with lower angles of sunlight, was
handed off from its Chinese creator on Thu to a commercial mfr in Shenzhen. The
transfer indicates that the cells are approaching the pt of prac application in intelligent
bldg, tpt and the so called internet of things. Shenzhen Precision Light & Automatic
Ept Co purchased the tech for the dye sensitized solar cells whose performance is
said to surpass competitors worldwide for 100 million yuan ($15 million) from the
Shanghai Instt of Ceramics, under the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The cell, which
differs from those of the previous two genr in light acqn and principle of power genr,
will serve in a wide variety of applications in modern cities for example, in household
electrical appliances, wearable devices, tfc lights and outdoor big screens said Liu
Yan, the instt Party chief. The first two genr of solar cells require strong and dir
sunlight, but the third genr is able to wk even indoors or on cloudy days or when the
sunshine slants through. So it can be applied to more sit, such as an outdoor display
screen that's shaded by trees, Liu said.
11.
First Data from Quantum Satl Micius Recd. The first batch of data from the
world's first quantum satl was recd by Chinese scientists, the Chinese Academy of
Sciences (CAS) said Thu. The data was recd on Wed by the China Remote Sensing
Satl Ground Stn (RSGS), loc in Miyun on the outskirts of Beijing, at 1156 am. The 202
MB of data was in good quality and was tfr to China's National Space Science Center.
Apart from the receiving stn in Miyun, a station in Kashgar, northwestern China, and

one in Sanya, southern China, will also track and receive data from Micius in the
future.
2.
Nation's Next Genr of Msl to be Highly Flexible.
China's next genr cruise
msl will be developed based on a modular design, allowing them to be tailor made for
specific combat sit, and will have a high level of artificial int, according to a sr msl
designer. Wang Changqing, dir of the Gen Design Dept of the third academy of the
China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp, told China Daily in an exclusive
interview on Thu that future com-bat will require wpns to be cost efficient and flexible.
Therefore, the modular design will be a good solution, he said. Wang's dept has
developed a large family of cruise msl for the Chinese mil. We plan to adopt a 'plug
and play' approach in the devp of new cruise msl, which will enable our Mil Cdr to
tailor make Msl in accordance with combat conditions and their specific requirements,
he said on the sidelines of the 2016 Hiwing Forum in Beijing. The forum focused on
artificial int and unmanned eqpt.
Misc
13.
Oil Tank Fire in Ne China Put Out.
A fire that ignited oil tanks in northeast
China's Heilongjiang Province Sun morning has been put out, with one person injured,
local auth said. A fuel veh caught fire in the suburb of Jiamusi City around 800 am
when unloading oil and ignited oil tanks in a local fuel storage coy. The blaze, which
was previously described as a blast, has been put out by Sunday noon and one pers
was injured, auth said.

14.
China Approves Ningbo as Pilot City for Made In China 2025.
Chinese
auth have approved Ningbo, a coastal city in East China's Zhejiang province, as the
first pilot area for the Made in China 2025 plan. The decision will enable Ningbo to
experiment and explore new models for mfr, the Ministry of Industry and Info Tech
(MIIT) said at a press conference on Thu.

15.
Internet Naming Sys to Get New Owner (ICANN). The US has confirmed
plans to hand over the internets naming sys to a non-profit org, Internet Corporation
for Assigned Names and No (ICANN) from 01 Oct 2016. The country is loosening its
power over the Domain Naming Sys (DNS), a powerful tool, saying that it feels ICANN
is ready to make the change. The detractors of the US govt believe that the move will
enable China and Russia to meddle with a sys that has so far been protected by it.
The proposal will significantly incr the power of foreign govt over the Internet, warned
a letter signed by Republican Presidential candidate, Ted Cruz and other party
members.