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• Exclusive: Hacker group with members from Europe, North America found to have launched cyberattacks against China Global Times 19 Feb 2023 -- Chinese cybersecurity experts have exposed a hacker group, with its core members coming from Europe and North America, which has been launching sustained cyberattacks against China as its primary target, posing a serious threat to the country's cybersecurity and data security, the Global Times learned from a Beijing-based cybersecurity lab on Sunday.

COVID-19 Pandemic News

China

• With COVID Travel Bans Lifted, Hong Kong-China 'Parallel Import Trade' Returns VOA 19 Feb 2023 -- Long before the pandemic shut down Hong Kong's vibrant retail sector, traders from China crossed the border to purchase everything from cosmetics to cars tax-free for profitable reselling upon returning home, where buyers worried about the quality of locally available products.
• Herd immunity to prevent new outbreak as first XBB.1.5 variant reported on Chinese mainland: expert Global Times 19 Feb 2023 -- China's relatively-strong herd immunity at present will prevent a new wave of COVID-19 infections over the short term, according to medical experts as the first XBB.1.5 case was reported in the Chinese mainland, raising public concerns over a possible new outbreak.
• Aiming to boost sluggish post-COVID economy, Xi Jinping eyes consumers and investment Radio Free Asia 19 Feb 2023 -- Chinese leader Xi Jinping's top-down bid to kickstart the country's flagging economy hasn't reckoned with the devastation wreaked by his zero-COVID policy, analysts told Radio Free Asia in recent interviews.

Iran

• COVID-19 kills 7 more Iranians over past 24 hours IRNA 19 Feb 2023 -- The number of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic in Iran increased to 144,804 with seven more Iranians killed by the deadly disease over the past 24 hours, Iran's Health Ministry announced on Sunday.

Taiwan

• Taiwan reports 15,877 new COVID-19 cases, 68 deaths CNA 19 Feb 2023 -- Taiwan reported 15,877 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday and 68 deaths from the disease, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).