Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lu Kang speaks during a daily press briefing on Friday in Beijing. [Photo/fmprc.gov.cn] BEIJING - China on Friday denied that it was a disruptive power in the Indo-Pacific region as described by the head of the US military's Pacific command at a meeting in New Delhi, India. China advances a new type of international relations featured mutual respect, fairness and justice, cooperation and win-win, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lu Kang told a daily press briefing. Lu made the remarks in response to the comment by Admiral Harry Harris at the security meeting sponsored by the Indian government Thursday. Harris was joined by the chief of staff, joint staff of Japan and the head of the Indian navy. It's just comment made by some individuals. It is not the first time they have done so, Lu said. From a perspective of normal logic, China's efforts to build a new type of international relations should not make anyone who loves peace and seeks common prosperity feel discomfort and disturbed, said Lu. If anyone sees such efforts as a 'disruptive force,' we should ask them what are they worried about? Lu said China has played a better role in the international community, and provided more constructive public goods to the world, such as the Belt and Road initiative. I hope more attention can be paid to the reaction and comments of the majority of international community. Of course, there is always deep unease about China from some persons and certain countries, said Lu. Harris reportedly also said China's action had cause disquiet in three members of the Association of the Southeast Asian Nations. We have not heard these three countries express their disquiet, Lu said. China has maintained its sovereignty and maritime rights in the East China Sea, said Lu, who added China and Japan have been communicating over the East China Sea issue, with Japan voicing hope to improve ties with China. He urged Japan to walk the talk. fundraising rubber wristbandsevent wristbands torontoanimal shaped bracelets rubberdifferent rubber band braceletsrubber bracelets animals
In this image, the blue/purple areas show low ozone, while the red areas indicate higher ozone levels. [Photo/VCG] China has discovered almost 30 metric tons of CFC-11, a banned ozone-depleting substance, at two illegal factories in two provinces, a senior environmental official said on Wednesday. About 178 tons of raw materials used to make CFC-11 were also confiscated, Liu Youbing, a spokesman for the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, told a news conference in Beijing. People involved in the illegal production at the two factories, in the provinces of Liaoning and Henan, have been transferred to the judicial authorities for prosecution, he said, and the confiscated materials, which have been sealed up for safekeeping, will be disposed of by qualified companies. He said the ministry has scrutinized 1,172 companies in a special campaign targeting ozone-depleting substances launched in early August, and found CFC-11 in some batches of raw materials at 10 enterprises. They will subject to investigation and punishment by local environmental authorities, Liu said. CFC-11 has been banned in China since 2010. Liu reiterated the country's zero tolerance policy to the illegal use and production of ozone-depleting substances and vowed to enhance monitoring and supervision. In the past nine years, 73 cases involving the illegal use, production and sale of ozone-depleting substances have been uncovered. Fourteen of the cases were related to illegal production of CFC-11 and 84 tons of the substance have been seized and disposed of, according to the ministry. Since China joined the Montreal protocol in 1991, the country's reduction of ozone-depleting substances has accounted for about half the total reduction by developing countries, Liu told an earlier news conference.
