Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
04 February 2022 - China Special Weapons News
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- AU official lauds China's help to combat COVID-19 in Africa People's Daily 04 Feb 2022 -- China has been helping the African Union (AU) and its member states overcome the shock of COVID-19 since the outbreak of the pandemic, a senior AU official said Thursday.
- 731,000 more COVID-19 vaccine doses administered on Chinese mainland People's Daily 04 Feb 2022 -- The number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered on the Chinese mainland grew by 731,000 on Thursday, with the total number now over 3 billion, data from the National Health Commission showed Friday.
- Chinese mainland reports 12 new local COVID-19 cases People's Daily 04 Feb 2022 -- The Chinese mainland reported 12 new locally-transmitted COVID-19 infections on Thursday, down from 21 on Wednesday.
- Hong Kong reports 142 new COVID-19 cases People's Daily 04 Feb 2022 -- Hong Kong recorded 142 new cases of COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, according to the data from the Center for Health Protection on Thursday.
- 4 test positive for COVID-19 in China's Tianjin People's Daily 04 Feb 2022 -- Four people tested positive for COVID-19 in China's Tianjin Municipality on Thursday, local authorities said.
- Beijing reports 1 new local COVID-19 case People's Daily 04 Feb 2022 -- A doctor from a local hospital in Beijing has been identified as a mild COVID-19 case after testing positive for the virus during a routine nucleic acid testing on Thursday morning, according to the municipal health commission.
- Tibetan monks sent to labor camps for spreading news of Buddhist statue's destruction Radio Free Asia 04 Feb 2022 -- Eleven Tibetans beaten and arrested by Chinese authorities in January for spreading news of the destruction of a 99-foot-tall Buddha statue and dozens of prayer wheels in southwestern China's Sichuan province have been sent to labor camps in the region, Tibetans with knowledge of the situation said Friday.
- US Counters China's 'Economic Coercion' Against Lithuania in Taiwan Dispute VOA 04 Feb 2022 -- A senior U.S. delegation visited Lithuania this week in a show of support for the Baltic state in its growing dispute with China involving Taiwan.
- Russia, China Claim United Front Against NATO Expansion RFE/RL 04 Feb 2022 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping have called on the West to "abandon the ideologized approaches of the Cold War" as the two leaders showed their deepening "no limits" relationship amid a standoff between Moscow and the West over Ukraine.
- White House Dismissive of Putin - Xi Meeting VOA 04 Feb 2022 -- The White House dismissed a Friday meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin in which the leaders unveiled a strategic alliance geared against the U.S.
- At Beijing Olympics, Xi and Putin Announce Plan to Counter US VOA 04 Feb 2022 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping pledged closer cooperation to counter the influence of the United States during a meeting Friday ahead of the opening ceremony for the 2022 Beijing Olympics.
- Xi meets Putin, stressing strategic coordination to better tackle external interference Global Times 04 Feb 2022 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday afternoon, stressing the further deepening of "back-to-back" strategic coordination in upholding international fairness and justice and adhering to the four consensuses in supporting each other's sovereignty, security and development interests to better tackle external interference and regional threats, as they exchanged views on a series of major issues regarding global strategic security and stability.
- Closer energy partnership gets spotlight in Xi-Putin summit in Beijing Global Times 04 Feb 2022 -- Closer energy cooperation between China and Russia was a major focus for the top leaders of the two countries who met Friday in Beijing, just ahead of the opening ceremony of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
- Xi stresses China-Russia back-to-back strategic coordination PLA Daily 04 Feb 2022 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday stressed commitment between China and Russia to deepening back-to-back strategic coordination and upholding international equity and justice side by side in the face of profound and complex changes in the international situation.
- Russia, China discuss ditching dollar, ink 30-year-old gas deal; warn West Press TV 04 Feb 2022 -- Russian and Chinese presidents have discussed shifting trade away from the dollar as they unveil a new gas deal, stressing that their strategic cooperation is "unshakeable" and warning the West to stop eastward expansion.
- New World Order Or Hidden Power Struggle? Experts Assess The Future Of Chinese-Russian Relations RFE/RL 04 Feb 2022 -- Amid the spectacle of the start of the Winter Olympics, Chinese President Xi Jinping offered solidarity to his counterpart, President Vladimir Putin, at a meeting in Beijing amid high tensions with the West.
- Upcoming Xi-Putin meeting to lay out structure for post-pandemic China-Russia ties, Wang Yi says in meeting with Lavrov Global Times 04 Feb 2022 -- The meeting in the new year between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin is to lay out the structure of post-pandemic relations between China and Russia, which embodies the high-level strategic cooperation of the two countries, as well as the deep mutual trust and friendship between the two state leaders, said Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi when meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday.
- Winter Olympics open in Beijing as China points torch at rights critics Radio Free Asia 04 Feb 2022 -- With a thunderous fireworks display and light show, Chinese President Xi Jinping declared the 2022 Winter Olympics open on Friday, with Beijing pushing back at human rights critics by having a Uyghur cross-country skier help light the Olympic cauldron to kick off the games.
- Veteran Hong Kong activist arrested after planning protest during Olympics opening Radio Free Asia 04 Feb 2022 -- Authorities in Hong Kong arrested a veteran rights activist known for carrying coffins at protests for "subversion," after he announced he would protest outside the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s Central Liaison Office in the city on the first day of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics on Friday.
- Hong Kong Authorities Have 'No Mercy' as Cancer-Stricken Activist Arrested VOA 04 Feb 2022 -- Hours before the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics began Friday, Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Koo Sze-yiu was arrested by national security law police on charges of "inciting subversion of state power."
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