A team of China Media Group (CMG) on Tuesday offered a live broadcast of the ongoing 15th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai City, south China's Guangdong Province, showcasing various fighter jets and high-end military equipment to global visitors.
The team's coverage of the event was done aboard a CMG helicopter and with the support of a live broadcast studio of CMG on the ground.
The airshow has a 230,000-square-meter outdoor exhibition area where fighter jets of Bayi Aerobatic Team and other aircraft, including various fighter jets, transport planes and drones, are presented to the public.
Bayi Aerobatic Team made their first public performance at the air show after the team was equipped with J-10C fighter jets.
The most anticipated HQ-19 surface-to-air missile weapon system was highlighted at the most prominent area of the main stage at the opening ceremony.
AC32 air rescue aircraft equipped with defibrillator and oxygen tanks conducted a first-aid drill on the scene with medical professionals placing a training dummy on a stretcher and transporting it onto the rescue helicopter.
The biennial aerospace trade show, also known as the Zhuhai Airshow, has attracted 1,022 companies from 47 countries and regions, including Russia, France, the United States, Saudi Arabia and Italy.
The event will run until Sunday, with a four-hour flight demonstration, including performances of aerobatic teams and military jets, being staged everyday. The spectators for the first time have the chance to enjoy the sight of China's J-35A, J-20, and Russia's Su-57 stealth fighters on the same stage, according to organizers.
CMG broadcasts Zhuhai Airshow via helicopter
A Chinese mainland spokesperson on Wednesday slammed Taiwan leader Lai Ching-te over his latest remarks on cross-Strait relations, accusing him of promoting secessionism and escalating tensions across the Taiwan Strait.
Chen Binhua, spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said in a press release that Lai's speech marking his second anniversary in office was "filled with lies and deception, hostility and confrontation."
Chen accused Lai of stubbornly adhering to a secessionist stance in pursuit of "Taiwan independence," while exaggerating the so-called threats from the mainland and intensifying confrontation across the Strait.
Lai played an old trick of advocating the secessionist agenda on one hand and, on the other, calling insincerely for dialogue and exchanges with the mainland, attempting to mislead people in Taiwan and deceive the international community, he said.
Chen said that these common tricks have been seen through by more and more Taiwanese people. Their deceptive and provocative actions will be met with firm opposition from compatriots on both sides and the international community, and are doomed to fail.
Reaffirming the mainland's position on the Taiwan question, Chen said Taiwan has never been a country, is not one now, and will never become one in the future.
He described the Taiwan question as a historical issue left over from a Chinese civil war in the 1940s.
No election result in Taiwan could alter the fact that Taiwan is part of China or sever the historical and legal bonds linking the two sides of the Strait, according to Chen.
The mainland would never allow any person or force to pursue secessionist activities under any pretext, he added.
Calling secessionists "the chief culprit" who undermines cross-Strait peace, Chen said the mainland would continue to uphold the one-China principle and the 1992 Consensus, unite broadly with Taiwan compatriots, combat secessionist activities, and safeguard peace and stability across the Strait.
Central government spokesperson refutes Lai Ching-te's latest remarks, warns against secessionist moves
