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13 December 2021 - China Special Weapons News
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- Updates: Chinese mainland reports first case of COVID-19 Omicron variant from overseas arrival Global Times 13 Dec 2021 -- China's northern city of Tianjin reported an Omicron COVID-19 variant infection from an overseas arrival, the first such case in the Chinese mainland. The patient is receiving treatment at a designated hospital.
- Chinese mainland reports 80 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases People's Daily 13 Dec 2021 -- The Chinese mainland on Sunday reported 80 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Monday.
- China's Zhejiang reports 138 COVID-19 cases in latest resurgence People's Daily 13 Dec 2021 -- East China's Zhejiang Province registered 138 locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases and one asymptomatic carrier between Dec. 5 and 3 p.m. Sunday, amid the latest COVID-19 resurgence.
- China border city reports three new locally-transmitted COVID-19 cases People's Daily 13 Dec 2021 -- The border city of Manzhouli in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region reported three locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases from 12 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday, local authorities said.
- China Records 101 New COVID-19 Cases SPA 13 Dec 2021 -- China reported 101 new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin's Regular Press Conference on December 13, 2021 PRC MofA 13 Dec 2021
- Hong Kong residents urged to vote actively in LegCo election a week away People's Daily 13 Dec 2021 -- Officials of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government on Sunday appealed t
- 8 HK activists including Jimmy Lai sentenced to 4.5 to 14 months in an unauthorized assembly case Global Times 13 Dec 2021 -- Jimmy Lai, the imprisoned owner of Next Digital Media, was sentenced on Monday to another 13 months in prison over an unauthorized assembly in 2020.
o registered electors to actively vote in the seventh-term Legislative Council (LegCo) election a week away.
- Hong Kong activists jailed for up to 14 months over banned massacre vigil Radio Free Asia 13 Dec 2021 -- A court in Hong Kong on Monday handed down a 13-month jail term to pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai for "inciting" others to take part in a banned candlelight vigil for the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen massacre.
- Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Activist Jimmy Lai Given 13-Month Jail Term VOA 13 Dec 2021 -- Media tycoon and prominent pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai was sentenced Monday to 13 months in jail for taking part in an unauthorized candlelight vigil commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre.
- China refutes G7 foreign ministers' statement on China's internal affairs Global Times 13 Dec 2021 -- Spokesperson of the Chinese Embassy in the UK expressed grave concern and strong opposition to the Chair's Statement issued by the G7 Foreign and Development Ministers' Meeting on Sunday. The statement said the G7 foreign ministers "discussed a range of issues and challenges, such as the situations in Hong Kong and Xinjiang, in the East and South China Seas and the importance of peace and stability across the Taiwan Straits.'' And they also expressed concern about "coercive economic policies."
- People's Daily article lauds Deng's economic reforms; doesn't mention Xi Jinping Radio Free Asia 13 Dec 2021 -- A recent article in Chinese Communist Party (CCP) mouthpiece the People's Daily praising former leaders but not Xi Jinping hints at a potential power struggle in the corridors of Zhongnanhai, analysts said on Monday.
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