Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
06 February 2022 - China Special Weapons News
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- Exclusive: China not to adjust dynamic zero-COVID policy for the time being: chief epidemiologist Global Times 06 Feb 2022 -- As long as China has no new measures to prevent the imported strains of the coronavirus from triggering large-scale transmission and with no effective way to contain the epidemic, the country will not adjust its dynamic zero-tolerance policy for now, because relying on only vaccines cannot contain COVID-19, Wu Zunyou, chief epidemiologist with the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, told the Global Times in an exclusive interview.
- Premier Li meets WHO chief, emphasizing global cooperation against pandemic Global Times 06 Feb 2022 -- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Saturday met Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), who was on a visit to Beijing and attended the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Winter Games. During the meeting, Li stressed the importance of solidarity and cooperation by the international community to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Hong Kong reports 351 new COVID-19 cases People's Daily 06 Feb 2022 -- Hong Kong reported 351 new cases of COVID-19 over the past 24 hours on Saturday, a record high in two years, official data showed.
- 1.78 mln more COVID-19 vaccine doses administered on Chinese mainland People's Daily 06 Feb 2022 -- The amount of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered on the Chinese mainland grew by more than 1.78 million on Saturday, with the total number now exceeding 3 billion, data from the National Health Commission showed Sunday.
- Chinese mainland reports 13 new local COVID-19 cases People's Daily 06 Feb 2022 -- The Chinese mainland on Saturday reported 13 new locally-transmitted COVID-19 infections, the National Health Commission said on Sunday.
- China, Pakistan Renew Call to Unfreeze Afghan Cash Reserves VOA 06 Feb 2022 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping Sunday held wide-ranging bilateral talks with visiting Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan in which they stressed the urgency of providing enhanced international aid to Afghanistan to help it avert a looming humanitarian crisis.
- China's Xi Pushes Effort To Strengthen Ties With Pakistan RFE/RL Gandhara 06 Feb 2022 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping has pledged closer cooperation with Pakistan in a meeting with Prime Minister Imran Khan on the sidelines of the Beijing Winter Olympics.
- Chinese premier stresses practical cooperation with Pakistan People's Daily 06 Feb 2022 -- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Saturday expressed willingness to strengthen all-dimensional practical cooperation with Pakistan.
- Argentina to Join China's Belt and Road Initiative and Receive Over $23Bln in Funding Sputnik 06 Feb 2022 -- Argentina will join the Chinese Belt and Road trade initiative and receive funding worth $23.7 billion for various projects from Beijing, the Argentine presidency said on Sunday.
- Macao Measures Seen as Attempt to Head Off Hong Kong-Like Crisis VOA 06 Feb 2022 -- Planned election and national security measures in Macao, including revision of its national security law, are aimed at preventing any political crisis like that in nearby Hong Kong from taking root in the semi-autonomous Chinese city, experts say.
- Chinese irrigation tunnel project in Xinjiang hits snag: too much water Radio Free Asia 06 Feb 2022 -- A secretive 500-kilometer-long irrigation project China is building to divert snowmelt from the Altay Mountains to desert areas in its restive Xinjiang region has developed a too-much-of-a-good-thing problem. Workers keep tapping into gushing flows of groundwater that have slowed construction to a crawl.
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