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28 January 2022 - China Special Weapons News
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- HK seeks aid to improve COVID-19 testing ability amid Omicron hit Global Times 28 Jan 2022 -- At request of the Hong Kong SAR government, the Guangdong government has deployed liaisons to learn about the city's need to improve testing and experts from the province said that they would offer help after Chief Executive Carrie Lam asked for help as the city sees record-high daily increases of coronavirus cases influenced by the Omicron variant.
- Hangzhou's Omicron may have spread three generations; spillovers show control pressure of smaller cities amid Spring Festival travel Global Times 28 Jan 2022 -- With Hangzhou in East China's Zhejiang Province fighting a battle against the Omicron variant, four cities in three provinces have found infections connected to the Hangzhou resurgence, exposing control pressure amid residential mobility ahead of the Spring Festival.
- Tianjin reports new Omicron infections caused by accidental exposure during centralized quarantine Global Times 28 Jan 2022 -- North China's Tianjin Municipality reported four Omicron infections on Thursday after it claimed complete victory in curbing the variant in two weeks. The infections were caused by accidental exposure on a centralized quarantine, during which all results came back negative in the five rounds of tests.
- China beefs up COVID-19 alert at community level during Chinese New Year holiday People's Daily 28 Jan 2022 -- China has asked its community medical institutions to improve their ability of early identification of COVID-19 cases as the country is seeing more cross-regional trips during the coming Spring Festival holiday.
- Chinese mainland reports 39 new local COVID-19 cases People's Daily 28 Jan 2022 -- The Chinese mainland on Thursday recorded 39 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said on Friday.
- Tianjin reports new Omicron infections caused by accidental exposure during centralized quarantine Global Times 28 Jan 2022 -- North China's Tianjin Municipality reported four Omicron infections on Thursday after it claimed complete victory in curbing the variant in two weeks. The infections were caused by accidental exposure on a centralized quarantine, during which all results came back negative in the five rounds of tests.
- Beijing upgrades measures to stem latest COVID-19 resurgence People's Daily 28 Jan 2022 -- To curb the spread of COVID-19, Beijing announced at a Thursday press conference that it would upgrade the prevention and control measures in its Fengtai District.
- Military ready to respond to any provocation People's Daily 28 Jan 2022 -- The Chinese military is sufficiently prepared to handle any foreign provocation or emergency during the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games, the Ministry of National Defense said on Thursday.
- Chinese authorities urge US to stop official interaction with Taiwan Global Times 28 Jan 2022 -- Chinese authorities urged the US to stop official interaction with Taiwan island in any form after US Vice President Kamala Harris was reported to have talked with deputy regional leader of Taiwan Lai Ching-te in Honduras during their participation in the inauguration of President-elect Xiomara Castro.
- DPP authority sets itself against entire Chinese nation with provocative actions: spokesperson People's Daily 29 Jan 2022 -- Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authority is setting itself against the entire Chinese nation with its provocative actions seeking "Taiwan independence," a mainland spokesperson said Friday.
- Lunar research station to be inked by China and Russia this year, operational by 2035: CNSA Global Times 28 Jan 2022 -- China released further details surrounding the construction of the International Lunar Research Station (ILRS), saying that the open and inclusive project jointly proposed by China and Russia is expected to become operational by 2035, China National Space Administration (CNSA) deputy head Wu Yanhua told the Global Times on Friday.
- ALL 52 BeiDou navigation satellites complete first biannual inspection PLA Daily 28 Jan 2022 -- Xi'an Satellite Control Center(XSCC) has inspected 52 Chinese BeiDou navigation satellites (BDS) in orbit one by one before the Chinese New Year and Spring Festival. The key technical indicators of all satellites met the requirements for the normal provision of various services.
- China details future space ambition in white paper, calls for formulating UN-centered space rules Global Times 28 Jan 2022 -- With 207 orbital launches in the past five years, China's space industry has expanded to new horizons in the starry ocean of the vast cosmos, a newly released white paper on the country's space plans showed.
- China releases new white paper on space activities Global Times 28 Jan 2022 -- China on Fri released its fifth version of white paper on the country's space activities. It is in eight languages and includes six sections covering topics such as future plans in the next five years and intl cooperation mechanism.
- China releases white paper on space program People's Daily 28 Jan 2022 -- China issued a white paper on the country's space program on Friday.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian's Regular Press Conference on January 28, 2022 PRC MofA 28 Jan 2022
- US Congress Considers Bills to Boost Competition with China VOA 28 Jan 2022 -- With President Joe Biden's broader domestic agenda stymied in the Senate, Democratic leaders in Congress have begun looking for legislative victories elsewhere, with a new focus on improving the U.S. ability to compete with China.
- China Eyes Risks and Rewards of US-Russia Standoff Over Ukraine VOA 28 Jan 2022 -- China is watching with growing interest as Russia and the West face off over Ukraine. With more than 100-thousand Russian troops deployed on the Ukrainian border, there is growing concern among Western nations that the Kremlin is planning an imminent invasion. Moscow has denied any such plans.
- Eleven guilty of 'rioting' in Hong Kong based on clothing, equipment and location Radio Free Asia 28 Jan 2022 -- A court in Hong Kong on Friday found 11 people guilty of "rioting" in a 2019 National Day protest in the city's Wong Tai Sin district, acquitting one, local media reported.
- Xi pledges China's greater contribution to world peace PLA Daily 28 Jan 2022 -- President Xi Jinping urged Chinese peacekeepers to play a bigger role in defending world peace during an inspection to the Central Theater Command of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) on Friday.
- Despite Beijing's Baby Boosterism, China's Population Growth Hits New Low VOA 28 Jan 2022 -- For the past 10 years, China's domestic policy changes have carried a growing sense of demographic urgency. A strictly enforced one-child mandate changed to a two-kids-in-some-cases option (2013), which morphed into two children for all (2016), which rolled over to the current government push for three offspring (2021).
- Strong link between Party and religious work stressed People's Daily 28 Jan 2022 -- China's top political adviser Wang Yang extended Spring Festival greetings on Thursday to religious figures and believers nationwide and called for efforts to encourage religions in China to better adapt to socialist society.
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