Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
07 February 2022 - China Special Weapons News
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- Health regulator okays Chinese Sinopharm vaccine for use in South Africa Press TV 07 Feb 2022 -- A South African health regulator has approved China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine for adults aged 18 and above even though a senior health official said the government would not immediately procure its doses.
- S.China city Baise reports Omicron flare-up as holiday ends, gives stay-at-home order Global Times 07 Feb 2022 -- With a permanent population of over 3.5 million, Baise in South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region asked all its residents to stay at home starting Monday, the first working day after Chinese Spring Festival holiday, to fend off the latest local COVID-19 flare-up.
- Beijing reports 3 new local COVID-19 cases People's Daily 07 Feb 2022 -- Beijing reported three new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases on Sunday, according to local health authorities.
- South China's Guangxi reports 37 new local COVID-19 cases People's Daily 07 Feb 2022 -- South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region reported 37 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases and five asymptomatic carriers on Sunday, local health authorities said Monday.
- China's Shenzhen reports 3 local COVID-19 cases People's Daily 07 Feb 2022 -- The southern Chinese metropolis of Shenzhen reported three new locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases on Sunday, the municipal health commission said Monday.
- Chinese mainland reports 45 new local COVID-19 cases People's Daily 07 Feb 2022 -- The Chinese mainland on Sunday recorded 45 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said on Monday.
- China puts Vietnam border city of four million under strict COVID-19 lockdown Radio Free Asia 07 Feb 2022 -- Authorities in the southwestern Chinese region of Guangxi have imposed a total lockdown on Baise, a city of some four million close to the border with Vietnam, in a bid to curb the spread of the omicron variant of COVID-19.
- China Orders Strict Lockdown in Southwestern City of Baise VOA 07 Feb 2022 -- China has ordered a strict lockdown of the southwestern city of Baise after more than 70 cases were discovered in the past three days.
- S China's city in lockdown after reporting 98 additional COVID-19 cases in preliminary test Global Times 07 Feb 2022 -- Baise in South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region announced a lockdown of the city starting on Monday after 98 people tested positive for COVID-19 in a preliminary screening test carried out on Sunday. Previously, the city reported 43 confirmed cases, local authorities said.
- China's Shaanxi clears all locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases People's Daily 07 Feb 2022 -- Northwest China's Shaanxi Province announced Sunday all locally-transmitted COVID-19 cases since the resurgence of the epidemic last December in the province have been cured and discharged from the hospital.
- Hong Kong reports 342 new COVID-19 cases People's Daily 07 Feb 2022 -- Hong Kong reported 342 new cases of COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, according to data from the Center for Health Protection on Sunday.
- South China's Guangxi reports cluster of local COVID-19 infections People's Daily 07 Feb 2022 -- South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region has reported multiple local infections amid the latest COVID-19 resurgence.
- Shanghai to clear COVID-19 risk areas People's Daily 07 Feb 2022 -- Shanghai will be cleared of medium and high-risk areas for COVID-19, with its last medium-risk region expected to be downgraded to low-risk on Feb. 7.
- PLA Navy conducts regular rotation of escort taskforces at Gulf of Aden PLA Daily 07 Feb 2022 -- The 39th and 40th Chinese naval escort taskforces held a farewell ceremony in waters of the Gulf of Aden on the afternoon of February 4, local time after completing the task handover procedure and joint escort tasks.
- In the South China Sea, even the name is disputed Radio Free Asia 07 Feb 2022 -- What's in a name? When it comes to the South China Sea, with its tangle of competing territorial and maritime claims, more than you might think.
- UK Reaffirms Sovereignty Over Falkland Islands After China-Argentina Joint Statement Sputnik 07 Feb 2022 -- UK Foreign Minister Liz Truss has said that the United Kingdom "completely" rejects any questions over its sovereignty of the Falkland Islands following a joint statement by Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Argentine counterpart Alberto Fernandez in which Beijing voiced support for Argentina's claim over the territory.
- Rights group protests China's repatriation of North Korean escapees Radio Free Asia 07 Feb 2022 -- With much of the world focused on the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, a U.S.-based group is trying to draw attention to China's policy of detaining and forcibly repatriating North Koreans, who face severe punishment and even death once returned home.
- White House warns costs of Russian invasion of Ukraine could affect China Press TV 07 Feb 2022 -- The White House has warned that the United States and its European allies will inflict "costs" on China if the country is seen as backing a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine.
- Federal Indictment Charges PRC-Based Telecommunications Company with Conspiring with Former Motorola Solutions Employees to Steal Technology US Dept. of Justice 07 Feb 2022 -- A federal indictment was unsealed today in the Northern District of Illinois, charging a telecommunications company with conspiracy to commit theft of trade secrets. The indictment alleges that a telecommunications company conspired with former employees of Chicago-based Motorola Solutions Inc. to steal digital mobile radio (DMR) technology developed by Motorola.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian's Regular Press Conference on February 7, 2022 PRC MofA 07 Feb 2022
- China: 'America Competes Act' permeated with Cold War mentality, zero sum concept Press TV 07 Feb 2022 -- China has urged the United States to abandon its "Cold War" and "zero-sum game" mentality, after the US House of Representatives passed a bill aimed at increasing American competitiveness with China and boosting US semiconductor manufacturing.
- Ambassador Zhang Jun: the US should not go further down the wrong path PLA Daily 07 Feb 2022 -- On February 6, Ambassador Zhang Jun, Permanent Representative of China to the Untied Nations, released a press statement to resolutely refute the unfounded accusations against China made by Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Permanent Representative of the United States to the UN, in her interview with CNN.
- Xi, Putin agree on closer strategic coordination PLA Daily 07 Feb 2022 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks here on Friday with visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin ahead of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games opening ceremony. The two leaders agreed to deepen strategic coordination in a cordial and friendly atmosphere.
- China, Pakistan Deepen Ties in Defence, Space as Beijing Opposes 'Unilateral Actions' on Kashmir Sputnik 07 Feb 2022 -- India has rejected references made to Jammu and Kashmir in joint statements issued by China and Pakistan in the past. Despite opposition from New Delhi, the "iron brothers" continue to enhance investments under the multi-billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Project.
- Photo Ops, 'Iron Brothers,' Gas Deals: World Leaders Capitalize On In-Person Diplomacy At Olympics RFE/RL 07 Feb 2022 -- After not holding in-person meetings with foreign leaders for two years due to the coronavirus pandemic, Chinese President Xi Jinping engaged in a flurry of face-to-face diplomacy on the sidelines of the Winter Olympics as China looked to project its rising global status.
- Closure of media outlets in Hong Kong: Media Freedom Coalition statement UK FCDO 07 Feb 2022 -- The UK, along with its partners in the Media Freedom Coalition express deep concern at the closure of media outlets in Hong Kong.
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