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08 December 2021 - China Special Weapons News
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- N.China's Manzhouli urged to plug epidemic prevention loopholes amid COVID-19 flare-ups Global Times 08 Dec 2021 -- A work group dispatched by the State Council has urged Manzhouli, a land port city in North China's Inner Mongolia - epicenter of this round of epidemic resurgence where 449 confirmed COVID-19 infections were registered - to further tighten up epidemic control measures and guard the gateway of the country.
- North China border city reports 26 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases People's Daily 08 Dec 2021 -- The border city of Manzhouli in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region reported 26 confirmed locally transmitted COVID-19 cases from 12 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesday, local authorities have said.
- East China's Hangzhou reports 2 new local cases People's Daily 08 Dec 2021 -- Hangzhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province, reported two new locally transmitted COVID-19 confirmed cases on Tuesday, said local authorities.
- Chinese mainland reports 44 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases People's Daily 08 Dec 2021 -- The Chinese mainland on Tuesday reported 44 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Wednesday.
- WHO calls for immediate action to halt spread of COVID-19 in Europe People's Daily 08 Dec 2021 -- A senior official of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday urged governments and citizens in Europe to take immediate action to halt the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic by implementing five pandemic stabilizers to keep the mortality rate down.
- China provides COVID-19 prevention and control supplies to Myanmar military PLA Daily 08 Dec 2021 -- To actively implement Chinese President Xi Jinping's vision of building a community of common health for mankind and promote anti-pandemic international cooperation, the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) provided the Myanmar military with a batch of COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control supplies in aid, which was delivered to Myanmar on December 8, 2021.
- Cambodia placed under US arms embargo over China ties Radio Free Asia 08 Dec 2021 -- The U.S. has banned the export of military equipment to Cambodia, citing concerns about "deepening Chinese military influence" in the country. The announcement by the Department of Commerce on Wednesday is the latest in a series of measures targeting the kingdom's growing ties to Beijing.
- Commerce Adds Export Controls on Cambodia to Address Corruption, Human Rights Abuses, and Regional Security Concerns US Dept. of Commerce 08 Dec 2021 -- Today the Department of Commerce (Commerce) announced new restrictions to address human rights abuses and corruption by Cambodian government actors, including the military, as well as the growing influence of the People's Republic of China's military in Cambodia.
- Britain's Sandhurst Superseded by Chinese Military Academies, Warns Report VOA 08 Dec 2021 -- Since the 1950s, the British army's prestigious Sandhurst has often been the first choice for developing countries to send their best military officers for further training, and in the past 70 years around 5,000 international students from 120 countries have completed courses at the academy southwest of London.
- India 'Could Be Attacked From All Fronts', China Poses a 'Significant Challenge', IAF Chief Warns Sputnik 08 Dec 2021 -- China is reportedly building 10 new airbases along its border with India, as the standoff between the two nations lingers on. In what was construed as a warning to Delhi, the Chinese state media last month aired footage of its H-6K bombers flying near the Himalayas, several weeks after the 13th military commander-level talks ended in a stalemate.
- Challenging one-China principle is the gravest threat to peace in Taiwan Strait People's Daily 08 Dec 2021 -- On Dec. 3 local time, a senior U.S. government official called Taiwan a "country" when talking about Taiwan-related issues, groundlessly accused China of "trying to change the status quo" across the Taiwan Strait in recent years, and stressed that Washington is "committed to making sure Taiwan has the means to defend itself."
- U.S. would "pay a price" for erroneous actions on Beijing Winter Olympics: FM spokesperson People's Daily 08 Dec 2021 -- A foreign ministry spokesperson said Tuesday that the United States would "pay a price for its erroneous actions".
- Xi stresses adherence to socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics People's Daily 08 Dec 2021 -- Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, has stressed resolute adherence to the path of socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics, and advancing the development of such a system.
- Highlights: Three leading features of China's approach to sound governance People's Daily 08 Dec 2021 -- China's approach to sound governance has three "leading features": an advanced non-partisan party, a people-centered philosophy, and a development-focused worldview, said a report released Tuesday by New China Research (NCR), the think tank of China's Xinhua News Agency.
- Highlights: Explaining logic of socialist democracy with Chinese characteristics People's Daily 08 Dec 2021 -- China's democratic path conforms to the logic of history, theory, practice and value, adheres to the common values of humanity, and has achieved innovative development based on China's conditions, said a report released Tuesday by New China Research, the think tank of China's Xinhua News Agency.
- Highlights: China's practice offers principles for realizing common values of humanity People's Daily 08 Dec 2021 -- China is a faithful and innovative practitioner of democracy, freedom and human rights, and its exploration has established important principles for the realization of common values of humanity, said a report released Tuesday by New China Research (NCR), the think tank of China's Xinhua News Agency.
- Highlights: Whole-process democracy, a new form of implementing people's sovereignty People's Daily 08 Dec 2021 -- China's whole-process democracy is a new form of implementing people's sovereignty, which pursues the unification of process and results-based democracy, procedural democracy and substantive democracy, direct democracy and indirect democracy, as well as people's democracy and state will, according to a report released Tuesday by New China Research, the think tank of China's Xinhua News Agency.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin's Regular Press Conference on December 8, 2021 PRC MofA 08 Dec 2021
- 'Nobody cares,' Chinese FM blasts Canberra's decision to join US in boycotting Beijing 2022 Global Times 08 Dec 2021 -- Canberra staged a new political show by joining the US in a "boycott" of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games, which fully exposes that it blindly follows the US, does not know right from wrong and has no bottom line, said the Chinese Foreign Ministry, noting China has not invited any Australian government officials to the Games and no one cares whether they come or not.
- UK, Canada join US, Australia in Beijing Winter Olympics boycott Radio Free Asia 08 Dec 2021 -- Australia and Canada on Wednesday said they would join a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Games in Beijing in February, citing the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s human rights record, in a move that followed a similar announcement from Washington earlier in the week.
- Britain, Canada Latest Nations to Announce Diplomatic Boycott of China Olympics VOA 08 Dec 2021 -- Following Britain's announcement that it will join the United States, Australia and others in a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games in February, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Wednesday that Canada will join the boycott.
- Australia Announces Diplomatic Boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics VOA 08 Dec 2021 -- Australia will stage a diplomatic boycott of the upcoming 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, mirroring a similar move by the United States.
- Australia joins diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics Press TV 08 Dec 2021 -- Australia says it is planning to join the United States in a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in China, a move that risks further deteriorating the already strained relationship between Canberra and Beijing.
- Hong Kong Stifles Journalists With Threats, Expulsions a Year After Sweeping Security Law VOA 08 Dec 2021 -- Independent journalists in Hong Kong are facing renewed pressure from the government following a year of changes that rocked the city's media and raised fears of being deported or arrested.
- Record number of voters, staff for upcoming HKSAR LegCo election: Carrie Lam People's Daily 08 Dec 2021 -- The upcoming seventh-term Legislative Council (LegCo) election in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) will see a record-high number of voters and staff, HKSAR Chief Executive Carrie Lam said Tuesday.
- US Congress passes bill barring goods produced by forced labor in Xinjiang Radio Free Asia 08 Dec 2021 -- The U.S. Congress on Wednesday passed legislation banning the entry into the United States of goods produced by forced labor in northwestern China's Xinjiang region, underscoring U.S. opposition to Chinese policies targeting ethnic Uyghurs.
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