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14 December 2021 - China Special Weapons News
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- First Case of Omicron Variant Reported on Mainland China VOA 14 Dec 2021 -- China is reporting its first case of the omicron variant of the coronavirus on its mainland.
- Mainland reports 2 Omicron cases as supply chain threatened Global Times 14 Dec 2021 -- Less than 24 hours after North China's Tianjin reported the Chinese mainland's first case of an imported infection of the Omicron coronavirus variant on Monday night, Guangzhou, capital of South China's Guangdong Province, reported a new imported case infected with the Omicron strain on Tuesday as the country has been battling sporadic outbreaks that weigh on its major manufacturing hubs.
- China's CanSinoBIO vaccine can offer effective protection against Omicron: company Global Times 14 Dec 2021 -- CanSinoBIO's COVID-19 vaccine can provide a decent level of protection against the Omicron variant, the Chinese vaccine company said, and the company can quickly produce vaccines targeting mutations if a new variant that can evade immune resistance built by current vaccines emerges.
- Over 2.62 bln COVID-19 vaccine doses administered on Chinese mainland People's Daily 14 Dec 2021 -- More than 2.62 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses had been administered on the Chinese mainland as of Monday, data from the National Health Commission showed Tuesday.
- Chinese mainland reports 51 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases People's Daily 14 Dec 2021 -- The Chinese mainland on Monday reported 51 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Tuesday.
- Epidemic spreading effectively contained in China's Manzhouli People's Daily 14 Dec 2021 -- The spreading of COVID-19 in the border city of Manzhouli in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region has been effectively contained, though risk still remains, the city government said Monday.
- Over 2.61 bln COVID-19 vaccine doses administered on Chinese mainland People's Daily 14 Dec 2021 -- More than 2.61 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses had been administered on the Chinese mainland as of Sunday, data from the National Health Commission showed Monday.
- Hong Kong reports 2 cases of Omicron COVID-19 variant People's Daily 14 Dec 2021 -- Hong Kong's Center for Health Protection (CHP) reported two additional cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 on Monday.
- East China city reports 144 COVID-19 cases in latest resurgence People's Daily 14 Dec 2021 -- An eastern Chinese city registered 37 locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases from 12 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Monday, local authorities said.
- Chinese mainland detects Omicron variant from imported asymptomatic carrier People's Daily 14 Dec 2021 -- The Chinese mainland has detected the Omicron variant of COVID-19 in a person in the northern municipality of Tianjin who had arrived from abroad.
- Omicron arrives in China amid concerns over vaccination rates Radio Free Asia 14 Dec 2021 -- China on Tuesday announced a second confirmed case of the omicron variant of COVID-19 after a 67-year-old man tested positive after more than two weeks of isolation, state media reported.
- UAE threatens to pull out of massive military deal with US Press TV 14 Dec 2021 -- The United Arab Emirates has reportedly threatened to quit a $23-billion military deal with the US over Washington's tough requirements meant to shield the weapons against what the Americans call "Chinese espionage."
- China launches new Tianlian relay satellite PLA Daily 14 Dec 2021 -- China sent a new data relay satellite into orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province early Tuesday morning.
- China submits position paper on regulating military applications of AI PLA Daily 14 Dec 2021 -- China submitted its position paper on regulating the military applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to the sixth review conference of the United Nations (UN) Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons opened here on Monday.
- Signs that China stealth jet is assigned to skies over South China Sea Radio Free Asia 14 Dec 2021 -- Chinese manufacturers may have started mass production of its most advanced stealth fighter jet, the J-20, and assigned a number of them to the air force unit responsible for the South China Sea.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin's Regular Press Conference on December 14, 2021 PRC MofA 14 Dec 2021
- US accuses China of 'aggressive actions' in Indo-Pacific region amid tensions Press TV 14 Dec 2021 -- US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has accused China of "aggressive actions" as Washington moves swiftly to strengthen its military partnerships in new frontiers against Beijing.
- Hong Kong's Jimmy Lai, Seven Others Given Jail Terms VOA 14 Dec 2021 -- Billionaire media mogul and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai was given another jail term on Monday after a Hong Kong judge found him guilty of taking part in an unauthorized assembly 18 months ago.
- Rights groups to file case on crimes against Uyghurs in Argentine court Radio Free Asia 14 Dec 2021 -- Two Uyghur advocacy groups are preparing to submit a criminal complaint to an Argentine court with international jurisdiction, laying out alleged crimes committed against Uyghurs and other Turkic minorities in China's far-western Xinjiang region.
- Interview: Uyghur Tribunal verdict 'rested on a lot of evidence' Radio Free Asia 14 Dec 2021 -- German researcher Adrian Zenz provided crucial evidence to the Uyghur Tribunal about the Chinese government's atrocities against the Uyghurs and efforts to decrease the mostly Muslim population in its western Xinjiang. The independent tribunal, which has no state backing, delivered a judgment in London on Dec. 9 that China committed genocide against Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang region and that President Xi Jinping shared primary responsibility for the atrocities. China has vilified Zenz, an independent researcher with the Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, with state media earlier this year reporting that companies in Xinjiang were suing him.
- Statement by Press Secretary Jen Psaki on the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act The White House 14 Dec 2021
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