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24 December 2021 - China Special Weapons News
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- Xi'an imposes lockdown as light symptoms, infections outside quarantine suggest community outbreak risks Global Times 24 Dec 2021 -- Xi'an in Northwest China's Shaanxi Province reported 49 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, the second day of the city's lockdown, and local health authorities explained to the public the strict measures were adopted considering the light symptoms of patients in early days and infections found in mass screening suggest a high risk of community outbreak.
- Beijing faces dual COVID-19 risks, tightens prevention measures ahead of Spring Festival and Winter Olympics Global Times 24 Dec 2021 -- Beijing is facing dual COVID-19 risks from domestic flare-up and raging Omicron variant overseas and must strictly adhere to a dynamic zero policy as Chinese New Year and the Beijing Winter Olympics approach, the Beijing government announced on Friday.
- Beijing tightens controls amid resurgence and Omicron, 'to ensure safe Winter Olympics" Global Times 24 Dec 2021 -- Facing dual COVID-19 risks from a domestic flare-up and the raging Omicron variant overseas, Beijing on Friday tightened epidemic prevention and control measures and vowed to strictly adhere to a dynamic zero policy as Chinese New Year and the Beijing Winter Olympics approach.
- 26 punished for COVID-19 resurgence in China's Xi'an People's Daily 24 Dec 2021 -- Discipline inspection and supervisory authorities of Xi'an City, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, said Friday that 26 persons have been held responsible for the latest COVID-19 resurgence.
- Hong Kong reports 7 more cases of Omicron COVID-19 variant People's Daily 24 Dec 2021 -- Hong Kong's Center for Health Protection (CHP) reported seven additional cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 on Friday, bringing the total number of Omicron infections to 41.
- Multiple unclear transmission chains, hemorrhagic fever highlight necessity of Xi'an lockdown as Winter Olympics approaches Global Times 24 Dec 2021 -- As the first day of lockdown in Xi'an, capital city of Northwest China's Shaanxi Province known for Terracotta Warriors, started Thursday, China has seen three big cities with over 10 million population imposing citywide lockdowns since the pandemic, although the lockdown measures are not as harsh as in Wuhan in early 2020.
- Chinese mainland reports 55 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases People's Daily 24 Dec 2021 -- The Chinese mainland on Thursday reported 55 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Friday.
- China highlights COVID-19 control during holidays People's Daily 24 Dec 2021 -- China's central authorities have pledged to tighten COVID-19 prevention and control measures to resolutely prevent the resurgence and spread of the epidemic during the upcoming holiday season.
- China's Xi'an tightens control measures amid COVID-19 resurgence People's Daily 24 Dec 2021 -- Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, imposed closed-off management for communities and villages on Thursday, in an effort to curb the spread of the latest COVID-19 resurgence.
- Central Asia: Getting Pulled From All Directions At The Crossroads Of Eurasia RFE/RL 24 Dec 2021 -- Not long after Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan gained independence in late 1991, they started reminding the world that they were located in the heart of the Eurasian continent, the crossroads of civilizations for centuries.
- Xi stresses consolidating achievement of campaign on studying Party's history People's Daily 24 Dec 2021 -- Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, has called for consolidating and expanding the achievement of a campaign on studying the Party's history.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian's Regular Press Conference on December 24, 2021 PRC MofA 24 Dec 2021
- Kenyan President Defends Reliance on China for Big Projects Dependence on China VOA 24 Dec 2021 -- Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta has defended the country's China-backed infrastructure projects, which critics say are secretive, high cost, and put state assets at risk. Kenyatta made the comments Thursday at the site of the Nairobi Expressway toll road, which a Chinese company is building and will operate for 27 years.
- Two more Hong Kong universities remove massacre-related memorials from public display Radio Free Asia 24 Dec 2021 -- Authorities at two more universities in Hong Kong on Friday removed memorials to the 1989 Tiananmen protests and the massacre of civilians that ended them, following the removal of the "Pillar of Shame" sculpture from the University of Hong Kong.
- Should US Get Tougher on China Over Hong Kong or Use Other Approach? VOA 24 Dec 2021 -- U.S.-based Hong Kong observers contacted by VOA have disagreed about whether a tougher Biden administration response to Hong Kong's first legislative election under Beijing-imposed conditions would help to curb the erosion of democracy in the city.
- More Hong Kong Universities Remove Tiananmen Square Protest Artwork VOA 24 Dec 2021 -- Another two Hong Kong universities removed public artwork Friday commemorating China's 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Beijing's Tiananmen Square.
- China Says US Claims of Forced Labour in Xinjiang 'Fabricated' Sputnik 24 Dec 2021 -- China's legislature, the National People's Congress (NPC), on Friday pushed back against the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act signed by US President Joe Biden into law, calling all accusations contained in the legislation "fabricated."
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson's Statement on US' Signing of the So-called Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act PRC MofA 24 Dec 2021 -- "On December 23 local time, the US side signed the so-called Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act into law. This Act maliciously denigrates the human rights situation in China's Xinjiang in disregard of facts and truth. It seriously violates international law and basic norms governing international relations and grossly interferes in China's internal affairs. China deplores and firmly rejects this."
- Chinese White Paper Seeks to Redefine Democracy VOA 24 Dec 2021 -- U.S. efforts to counter what it sees as an erosion of democratic principles around the world are facing a new challenge from China, which is seeking to redefine the very word democracy and use it to describe its own one-party model of governance.
- Chinese authorities warn Christians not to celebrate Christmas Radio Free Asia 24 Dec 2021 -- Police and religious affairs officials across China are warning tens of millions of Christians in the country not to gather to celebrate Christmas, with many citing the coronavirus pandemic, RFA has learned.
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