Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
30 December 2021 - China Special Weapons News
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- At the end of another year under shadow of COVID-19, Chinese people still harbor hope that it will be the 'last cold winter' with the pandemic Global Times 30 Dec 2021 -- Looking back over 2021, COVID-19 still tops the glossary of key words Chinese people used to summarize the year, calling it "the second year stolen by the coronavirus."
- Chinese mainland reports 156 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases People's Daily 30 Dec 2021 -- The Chinese mainland on Wednesday reported 156 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Thursday.
- Overseas Omicron prevalence compels China to prevent inbound infections People's Daily 30 Dec 2021 -- China is facing increasing pressure to prevent inbound COVID-19 infections as the new Omicron variant has become widely prevalent in some countries, a Chinese health official said Wednesday.
- China to ensure COVID-19 control amid Spring Festival travel rush People's Daily 30 Dec 2021 -- China will make efforts to ensure COVID-19 prevention and control during the 2022 Spring Festival travel rush, according to a State Council executive meeting chaired by Premier Li Keqiang on Wednesday.
- China Records 207 New COVID-19 Cases SPA 30 Dec 2021 -- China reported 207 new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases.
- Mainland spokesperson reiterates commitment to assist with Taiwan's pandemic response People's Daily 30 Dec 2021 -- A Chinese mainland spokesperson on Wednesday said that the mainland will continue to assist with the pandemic response efforts in Taiwan and earnestly safeguard the health and well-being of people across the Taiwan Strait.
- PLA sent more warplanes near Taiwan island than DPP authority claimed: China's Defense Ministry Global Times 30 Dec 2021 -- The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) sent a larger number of warplanes for drills near Taiwan in 2021 than the figure recently claimed by the island's secessionist Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authority, China's Defense Ministry revealed on Thursday.
- PLA's patrols around Taiwan decisive acts against "Taiwan Independence" separatist forces: Defense Spokesperson PLA Daily 30 Dec 2021 -- Since the beginning of this year, the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) has organized normalized patrols around the Taiwan island, with a view to act decisively against the ill deeds challenging the one-China principle by forces on and out of the island, and defend China's national sovereignty and territorial integrity, a Chinese defense spokesperson said on Thursday.
- China warns US of paying 'unbearable cost' for actions over Taiwan Press TV 30 Dec 2021 -- China has warned the United States will pay an "unbearable cost" due its actions over Chinese Taipei, saying by encouraging Taiwanese secessionist forces, Washington puts the self-ruled island in a perilous situation.
- China Warns America's Actions Regarding Taiwan Expose Washington to 'Unbearable Price' Sputnik 30 Dec 2021 -- In early December, US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said that Washington remains committed to the "One-China" policy, but that it is working to "support Taiwan's ability to defend itself".
- PLA Navy amphibious assault ship holds drills in South China Sea Global Times 30 Dec 2021 -- The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy recently organized drills in the South China Sea for its first Type 075 amphibious assault ship, as it was announced that the vessel has reached comprehensive operation and management capability with its choppers, landing craft and armored vehicles.
- US urged to view China's defense development rationally, objectively: Defense Spokesperson PLA Daily 30 Dec 2021 -- The US side is urged to give up the concept of zero-sum game, view China's defense and military development in a rational and objective light, and do more to facilitate the healthy development of the China-US relationship, a Chinese defense spokesperson said on Thursday.
- China opposes anti-China content in U.S. defense act PLA Daily 30 Dec 2021 -- A Chinese military spokesperson on Thursday expressed strong indignation at and firm opposition to a U.S. defense spending act that contains negative content concerning China.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian's Regular Press Conference on December 30, 2021 PRC MofA 30 Dec 2021
- State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi Gives Interview to Xinhua News Agency and China Media Group on International Situation and China's Diplomacy in 2021 Global Times 30 Dec 2021 -- The following is a transcript of an interview given by State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi to Xinhua News Agency and China Media Group on the international situation and China's diplomacy in 2021 on December 30.
- As long as China, Russia stand shoulder to shoulder, hegemony will not win: Wang Yi Global Times 30 Dec 2021 -- Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Thursday, the penultimate day of 2021, hailed the strategic coordination and practical cooperation between China and Russia from the perspective of the pandemic response, economic recovery, regional stability and global governance, highlighting that as long as China and Russia stand together shoulder to shoulder and deepen coordination hand in hand, the international order will not fall into disarray, justice in the world will not collapse, and hegemony will not win.
- China firmly opposes external forces that instigate 'color revolutions' in Central Asia: FM Wang Yi Global Times 30 Dec 2021 -- China firmly opposes external forces that instigate "color revolutions" in Central Asia, said Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi in an article published in the People's Daily on Thursday.
- China imposes countermeasures by sanctioning five US individuals for meddling in Hong Kong affairs Global Times 30 Dec 2021 -- The Chinese Foreign Ministry announced on Thursday that China would sanction five US individuals, including former US commerce minister Wilbur Ross, US-China Economic and Security Review Commission president Carolyn Bartholomew, and Jonathan Stivers, former Staff Director of Congressional-Executive Commission on China, in response to the recent wrong move by the US side to sanction five Chinese officials over Hong Kong affairs.
- China dismisses frail US meddling in HK affairs with more sanctions; Stand News case not about 'free press' Global Times 30 Dec 2021 -- No matter how hard US-led Western forces such as politicians and media outlets try to distort law enforcement on Hong Kong news site Stand News and use so-called freedom of the press to slander Chinese authorities, their ill-intentioned attempts won't change the fact that the site is suspected to have violated local laws, and Chinese authorities, including the HKSAR government, will spare no efforts to safeguard national security. Such resolute determination only makes foreign interference in Hong Kong affairs much weaker, even trivial, experts said.
- Two charged amid international outcry over raid on Hong Kong media outlet Radio Free Asia 30 Dec 2021 -- Authorities in Hong Kong on Thursday charged two senior editors at the now-shuttered pro-democracy Stand News with "sedition" and denied them bail, following a raid on the news website by national security police.
- Beijing-Planned Adviser for Macao Seen as Bringing China Into City's Security Affairs VOA 30 Dec 2021 -- In a move that mirrors its national security clampdown in Hong Kong, Beijing is inserting itself more directly into the security affairs of Macao in spite of long-standing assurances the former Portuguese colony would enjoy a high degree of autonomy.
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