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18 January 2022 - China Special Weapons News
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- Hong Kong's leader says probe into COVID-19 party scandal 'isn't over' Radio Free Asia 18 Jan 2022 -- Police in Hong Kong have arrested two former flight attendants with the city's flag-carrier Cathay Pacific for violating quarantine rules, as the city's leader said the government is continuing to investigate a party attended by several high-ranking officials that has been linked to a cluster of COVID-19 cases.
- China curbs nationwide travel surge ahead of Winter Olympics, Lunar New Year Radio Free Asia 18 Jan 2022 -- Authorities in Beijing are imposing curbs on schools and restricting people's travel through mass persuasion, mandatory testing and financial incentives in a bid to contain an outbreak of COVID-19 cases ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
- China approves 20:1 pooled sampling approach for mass testing in face of Omicron threat Global Times 18 Jan 2022 -- The State Council has approved a 20:1 pooled sampling approach for mass nucleic acid testing, as the country is facing a head-on challenge from the highly contagious Omicron variant.
- Update: Mail from Canada suspected of spreading COVID-19 with more cases reported in Beijing ahead of the Winter Olympic Games Global Times 18 Jan 2022 -- Mail from Canada is suspected of spreading COVID-19 in Beijing, as two more Omicron cases have been detected as of Tuesday. The local health authorities confirmed one infection of Omicron variant on Monday and another on Tuesday, both in the city's Haidian district.
- Macao tightens epidemic control due to COVID-19 outbreak in neighboring cities People's Daily 18 Jan 2022 -- China's Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) has tightened epidemic control due to the latest COVID-19 outbreak in the neighboring mainland cities of Zhuhai and Zhongshan.
- Chinese mainland reports 127 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases People's Daily 18 Jan 2022 -- The Chinese mainland on Monday reported 127 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Tuesday.
- China Records 171 New COVID-19 Cases SPA 18 Jan 2022 -- China reported 171 new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases.
- Chinese Vice Premier urges quick response of Omicron cluster while inspecting Tianjin Global Times 18 Jan 2022 -- Chinese Vice Premier Sun Chunlan conducted an inspection tour from January 12 to Monday in Omicron-hit Tianjin in North China, and urged local officials to adopt effective measures and quick response to the epidemic.
- Chinese vice premier stresses swift containment of COVID-19 outbreaks People's Daily 18 Jan 2022 -- Chinese Vice Premier Sun Chunlan has stressed quick response and swift containment of cluster COVID-19 cases as the Chinese New Year is approaching.
- China's Himalayan Build-Up Extends to Disputed Bhutan Border VOA 18 Jan 2022 -- China's construction of villages and settlements along its Himalayan borders has extended to disputed territories in Bhutan, a small country wedged between India and China, according to satellite images.
- Malaysian FM sees shift in China's justification of sweeping South China Sea claims Radio Free Asia 18 Jan 2022 -- China appears to be shifting from the so-called "nine-dash line" toward a new legal theory to support its expansive claims in the South China Sea, although analysts say its alternative is also problematic under international law.
- China Urges Taliban to Meet Conditions for Diplomatic Recognition VOA 18 Jan 2022 -- China said Tuesday that Afghanistan's Taliban will have to live up to international expectations "at an early date" to earn legitimacy for their interim government in Kabul.
- PLA Xinjiang Military Command gets new air defense missiles, artillery, rocket launch systems Global Times 18 Jan 2022 -- The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Xinjiang Military Command recently commissioned a large batch of advanced air defense missiles, artillery and multiple rocket launch systems, which analysts said on Tuesday are expected to enhance the troops' emergency response capabilities under complicated situations.
- Iran, Russia, China to hold joint naval drills IRNA 18 Jan 2022 -- According to a Russian source, Iran, China, and Russia are scheduled to hold a joint naval exercise.
- 'Matter of Time': After Nicaragua Switch, Chinese Deputy FM Warns Soon Taiwan Allies 'Will be Zero' Sputnik 18 Jan 2022 -- The autonomous island of Taiwan is finding itself with fewer and fewer allies in recent years as nations switch their recognition of the Chinese government from Taipei to Beijing. The most recent shift, last month, was Nicaragua.
- Taiwan secessionists will eventually come to an end and be left alone: Vice FM Le Yucheng Global Times 18 Jan 2022 -- Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng on Monday reaffirmed that Taiwan is China's sacred territory and China has indisputable sovereignty over the island. This is the premise and starting point for discussing all issues concerning Taiwan, he added.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian's Regular Press Conference on January 18, 2022 PRC MofA 18 Jan 2022
- FM urges US to stop using 'China Initiative' tool to suppress China Global Times 18 Jan 2022 -- Chinese Foreign Ministry on Tuesday urged the US to stop undermining the normal exchanges between the two countries through its so-called China Initiative after US media reported that prosecutors recommended dropping charges against Chen Gang, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) professor who was accused of "hiding his China ties."
- Crisis In Kazakhstan Pushes China, Russia Closer Together RFE/RL 18 Jan 2022 -- As China and Russia have grown closer in recent years through a deepening political partnership, the two countries' sometimes competing interests in Central Asia were viewed as a factor that could derail their warming ties.
- US Experts Laud Australia as Bulwark Against China VOA 18 Jan 2022 -- Australian Ambassador Arthur Sinodinos' bid to raise his country's profile in Washington has gotten a boost: Several prominent analysts are arguing that Canberra deserves more appreciation from Americans for its role on the front line of the West's growing strategic and economic rivalry with China.
- Xi stresses full, strict Party governance, vows zero tolerance on corruption PLA Daily 18 Jan 2022 -- Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on Tuesday stressed rigorous and unswerving efforts in further promoting full and strict Party governance.
- Forging ahead with confidence and fortitude, President Xi offers Chinese solutions for post-pandemic world PLA Daily 18 Jan 2022 -- At the virtual session of the 2022 World Economic Forum (WEF), Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday pledged to embrace cooperation on jointly overcoming the pandemic and champion economic globalization, and reaffirmed China's commitment to pursuing high-quality development, reform and opening-up, as well as ecological conservation, to create a better post-COVID-19 world.
- Urgent need to encourage births after drop in 2021 People's Daily 18 Jan 2022 -- The Chinese mainland's population will stay above 1.4 billion for years despite a record low birthrate in 2021, but there is still an urgent need for new measures to encourage people to have children, experts said.
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