Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
04 January 2022 - China Special Weapons News
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- Xi'an health code system crashes briefly amid city-wide COVID-19 screening Global Times 04 Jan 2022 -- The health code system in Xi'an, capital of Northwest China's Shaanxi Province, has gone down again, with many local residents claiming that the system wasn't working normally, as the city's lockdown entered its 13th day on Tuesday.
- COVID-19 community infection growth in Xi'an has been curbed: local government official Global Times 04 Jan 2022 -- Despite large numbers of newly reported cases in the past several days, Xi'an, capital of Northwest China's Shaanxi Province, said it has curbed the rapid rise in COVID-19 cases caused by community infections, which will provide support for further adjustment in control measures in some regions.
- Community transmission mostly curbed with strict control in Xi'an: local authority Global Times 04 Jan 2022 -- Community staff and volunteers in Xi'an, the capital of Northwest China's Shaanxi Province, are working around the clock to meet demands ranging from the delivery of daily necessities and organizing massive nucleic acid testing, to urgent situations like quarantine transportation for its 13 million residents, which entered the 13th day of lockdown on Tuesday.
- East China city reports 26 COVID-19 cases, community spread under control People's Daily 04 Jan 2022 -- The city of Ningbo in east China's Zhejiang Province has reported a total of 26 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases in Beilun District since Jan. 1, local authorities said on Tuesday night.
- Xi'an residents hit back over mass relocation, COVID-19 isolation facilities Radio Free Asia 04 Jan 2022 -- Residents of the northern Chinese city of Xi'an who were taken from their homes by the busload in a middle-of-the-night relocation operation have hit out at the conditions they were expected to stay in, as part of a compulsory "isolation" program aimed at eradicating COVID-19 in the city.
- China Records 175 New COVID-19 Cases SPA 04 Jan 2022 -- China reported 175 new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases.
- Australian scholar says fear of South China Sea conflict is exaggerated Radio Free Asia 04 Jan 2022 -- Increased military exercises and sharp rhetoric have fueled fears of a superpower conflict in the disputed South China Sea, but at least one scholar is making waves with a different narrative -- that the fears of war are overblown.
- Cabinet predicts stronger unification propaganda from Beijing CNA 04 Jan 2022 -- Beijing may take a more diverse approach to push its cross-Taiwan Strait unification propaganda in the post-COVID era, Taiwan's Cabinet said Tuesday in a report examining current Taiwan-China relations.
- UN chief 'encouraged' by first joint statement from key nuclear armed States UN News 04 Jan 2022 -- The Secretary-General, António Guterres, has welcomed a joint statement issued on Monday by five nuclear armed States on the prevention of nuclear war and the avoidance of the arms race.
- China will modernize, not drastically expand, its nuclear arsenal: senior diplomat Global Times 04 Jan 2022 -- China has no plan to drastically expand its nuclear arsenal but the country will continue to modernize it under the changing security environment, a senior Chinese diplomat said on Tuesday in response to recent foreign reports that have been speculating and hyping China's nuclear weapon development, including those on the alleged missile silo buildups in Northwest China and the alleged hypersonic tests.
- China shows global responsibility on nukes Global Times 04 Jan 2022 -- China had pushed forward a joint statement by the leaders of the five nuclear weapon states on preventing nuclear war and avoiding arms races issued on Monday by urging the others to join the reaffirmation that a nuclear war cannot be won and shall not be fought, after the process under the framework of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) remained in a state of inaction for a couple of years and despite resistance from the former Trump administration, a senior Chinese diplomat said on Tuesday.
- China rejects US claims on nuclear arsenal as 'untrue,' vows to continue modernization Press TV 04 Jan 2022 -- A senior Chinese official has firmly rejected claims made by the United States that Beijing is rapidly expanding its nuclear arsenal but said China will continue to "modernize" its nuclear forces.
- Xi signs mobilization order for military training People's Daily 04 Jan 2022 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping Tuesday signed a mobilization order for the training of the armed forces, the first order of the Central Military Commission (CMC) in 2022.
- Beijing Says AUKUS Pact Undermines Nuclear Non-Proliferation Sputnik 04 Jan 2022 -- The AUKUS trilateral defence agreement between the United States, the UK and Australia could lead to the collapse of the nuclear non-proliferation regime, Director-General of the Arms Control Department of the Chinese Foreign Ministry Fu Cong said on Tuesday.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin's Regular Press Conference on January 4, 2022 PRC MofA 04 Jan 2022
- Closure of seditious news outlets in HK shows 'bottom-line' must not be crossed Global Times 04 Jan 2022 -- The closure of several Hong Kong online media outlets triggered criticism from some Western media over a so-called deteriorating or eroding freedom of the press in the city, which was refuted by Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) officials and observers, as the fate of two online media - Stand News and Hong Kong Citizen News - has nothing to do with press freedom, and anti-China forces challenging the bottom line of the rule of law of Hong Kong in the name of press freedom must be held accountable.
- Shutdown of Stand News, Citizen News nothing to do with press freedom: HK chief Global Times 04 Jan 2022 -- Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Chief Executive Carrie Lam said the shutdown of Stand News and Hong Kong Citizen News has nothing to do with press freedom in Hong Kong.
- 2 More Hong Kong Media Outlets Close Amid 'Tough Environment' VOA 04 Jan 2022 -- The closure of three news outlets within days of each other highlights the rapid decline of Hong Kong's independent media, analysts say.
- Update: HK Citizen News' fate on heels of Stand News shows no room for anti-govt media to defy constitutional order: experts Global Times 04 Jan 2022 -- Hong Kong's online news outlet, Citizen News, is scheduled to stop operations on Tuesday, a decision that was made following the shutdown of Stand News. While the chief writer and editor of Citizen News claimed on Monday that the decision was made over concerns on whether future coverage would violate the law, observers said the ambiguous stance cannot disguise the fact that Citizen News has played a notorious role in instigating social divergence and defying the constitutional order of Hong Kong.
- Oath-taking ceremony held for HKSAR's 7th-term LegCo members People's Daily 04 Jan 2022 -- The oath-taking ceremony for 90 members of the seventh-term Legislative Council (LegCo) of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) was held Monday at the Chamber of the LegCo Complex.
- New HKSAR lawmakers encouraged to fulfill constitutional obligations, serve motherland People's Daily 04 Jan 2022 -- A Chinese government spokesperson on Monday extended congratulations to the seventh-term of the Legislative Council (LegCo) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on its oath-taking ceremony, encouraging the lawmakers to shoulder their due responsibilities and serve Hong Kong and the motherland.
- Chinese Ambassador refutes West attacks on China's aid to Solomon Islands with five guiding principles Global Times 04 Jan 2022 -- Chinese Ambassador to the Solomon Islands on Monday refuted recent attacks and slanders from Western countries, stressing that China's aid is based on equality and respect and all China-aid projects in the Solomon Islands are implemented upon full consultations with the local government.
- China mounts anti-US campaign in Xinjiang universities amid genocide declarations Radio Free Asia 04 Jan 2022 -- The Chinese government has begun a large-scale propaganda campaign in its far-western Xinjiang region directed at Western countries led by the United States over their condemnation of Beijing's human rights violations and genocidal policies targeting the Uyghur minority.
- Birth rates in 10 provincial-level regions fall below 1% in 2020 Global Times 04 Jan 2022 -- Birth rates in 10 of China's provincial-level regions fell below 1 percent in 2020, according to statistical yearbooks, with Henan, one of the most populous provinces, falling below 1 million births for the first time since 1978.
- China's Economy Could Overtake US Economy by 2030 VOA 04 Jan 2022 -- China's economy will increasingly rely on state investment, high-tech development and domestic consumption - with less input from its past staple of export manufacturing - as it stands to overtake the United States in the coming decade, analysts predict.
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