China has submitted to the United Nations a position paper on global cyberspace governance, which advocates respecting all countries' digital sovereignty, Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said at a press briefing in Beijing on Wednesday.
Lin said China presented its position paper at the inaugural meeting of the UN's Global Mechanism on developments in the field of information and communication technology (ICTs) in the context of international security and advancing responsible State behavior in the use of ICTs, which is running from Monday to Friday in New York City.
As the "latest step to implement the Global Governance Initiative and build a community with a shared future in cyberspace," China submitted the paper to share its "latest position and propositions on global cyber governance in the digital-intelligent age," according to the spokesman.
"The document advocates respecting digital sovereignty and promoting development for all. Countries have the right to independently choose their paths of digital intelligent technology development including AI, as well as to independently choose AI technologies, products, and services in light of their respective national conditions. No country should be forced to take sides. The document stresses that all countries should observe the purposes and principles of the UN Charter in cyberspace to jointly safeguard peace and stability. It also calls for upholding multilateralism, addressing effectively the disruptive impact of emerging technologies such as AI on cyber security, and formulating international cyberspace rules that keep pace with the times," he said.
"China stands ready to have closer cooperation with other countries to enable a more just, equitable and effective international order in cyberspace and build a community with a shared future in cyberspace," Lin said.
Spokesman outlines China's position paper on global cyberspace governance
Air defenses were activated around Tehran early on Wednesday as U.S. launched its 11th consecutive night of strikes on Iran.
Reporting from the Iranian capital, a China Media Group (CMG) crew captured footage of Tehran's air defense systems being continuously activated in the wee hours of Wednesday.
According to Iran's Nour News, the air defenses were in response to hostile targets entering the capital's airspace.
Multiple Iranian provinces came under U.S. attacks early Wednesday, including Hormozgan, Bushehr, Khuzestan, Kermanshah, Ilam and East Azerbaijan. U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said on X Tuesday that the strikes were "designed to continue degrading Iran's ability to threaten commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz."
In a statement released early Wednesday, the Iranian Army said it launched a large number of suicide drones against ammunition depots and logistics facilities of the command center of the U.S. army's ground forces at Camp Doha in western Kuwait, Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency reported.
According to an earlier statement carried by Tasnim, the Iranian Army said its suicide drones struck accommodation and welfare buildings and an equipment warehouse used by the U.S. military at the al-Azraq Air Base in Jordan, and subsequently targeted large equipment warehouses and aircraft maintenance hangars at the Shaikh Isa Air Base in Bahrain.
Iran's main military command, Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, warned early Wednesday that if the United States attacks Iran's nuclear and other sensitive sites, Tehran will consider it as an expansion of the war in the region and launch a "powerful attack" against the interests of the United States, its allies and supporters, Iranian state media reported.
The warning was in response to a threat by U.S. President Donald Trump, who said Tuesday the United States would strike Iran's Pickaxe Mountain nuclear facility "pretty soon", referring to a fortified underground facility in the Isfahan Province that Tehran declared to the International Atomic Energy Agency in 2020 as the future site of an advanced centrifuge assembly plant.
Tehran activates air defenses as US continues strikes
