China on NKorea, US export control and protest
(14 Oct 2022) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Beijing - 14 October 2022 1. Wide of news conference 2. Wide of journalists 3. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Mao Ning, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson "We noted the report and the statement issued by the DPRK. All parties should face up to the crux of the long-standing stalemate in the peninsular situation, stick to the direction of a political solution, prevent the situation from escalating, and strive to create conditions for restarting meaningful dialogue." 4. Journalists 5. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Mao Ning, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson "China firmly opposes the U.S. abusing the concept of national security and export control measures to unreasonably suppress Chinese companies. The formation and development of the global industrial chain and supply chain is the result of the market laws and independent choices of companies. To place artificial restrictions for political purposes undermines the stability of industrial and supply chains and benefits no one. It will only make the already fragile world economy worse." 6. Wide of journalists 7. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Mao Ning, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson "I'm not aware of the situation you mentioned." 8. Wide of news conference STORYLINE: China on Friday appealed for efforts to "create conditions for restarting meaningful dialogue" on the Korean Peninsula issue after North Korea reportedly launched another ballistic missile toward its eastern waters earlier on the day. At a daily news briefing, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said China noted the launch and called on parties concerned to "stick to the direction of a political solution" and "prevent the situation from escalating." It's the latest in a spate of missile launches by North Korea in recent days. The North Korean moves suggest it is reviving an old playbook of stoking fears of war with provocative weapons tests before it seeks to win greater concessions from its rivals. Also, Mao once again slammed the U.S. for its recent export control on chips saying the measure "undermines the stability of industrial and supply chains and benefits no one." "It will only make the already fragile world economy worse," she said. Beijing has blasted the latest U.S. over its tightened export controls that make it harder for China to obtain and manufacture advanced computing chips, calling it a violation of international economic and trade rules that will "isolate and backfire" on the U.S. Asked about a protest Thursday against the Communist leadership at a busy intersection in the capital Beijing, Mao claimed she was "not aware of the situation." Images on Twitter, which is blocked in China, showed smoke spiraling up from a fire on an elevated roadway and banners calling for an end to the hard-line "zero-COVID" policy and the overthrow of Communist Party leader and President Xi Jinping. Political protest is rare in China, and police are on high alert this week in the run-up to a major Communist Party congress that opens Sunday. =========================================================== Clients are reminded: (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: [email protected] (ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: / ap_archive Facebook: / aparchives Instagram: / apnews You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...
