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08 February 2022 - China Special Weapons News
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- HK to stick to 'dynamic zero' strategy amid COVID surge, Lam says Global Times 08 Feb 2022 -- The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region beefed up social restrictions on Tuesday, limiting the number of social gatherings to two people and issuing closure orders to public venues such as hair solons and religious buildings amid a surge of COVID-19 cases characterized by the highly-contagious Omicron, echoing the city's decision to stick to the dynamic zero strategy.
- State Council sends team to South China's Guangxi to tackle COVID-19 resurgence as Baise issues stay-at-home order Global Times 08 Feb 2022 -- China's Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council has sent a working group to guide COVID-19 prevention and control in South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, in order to tackle the latest flare-up as soon as possible, the authorities said on Tuesday, as the epidemic affecting Baise in Guangxi grows in number of cases.
- Primary and secondary schools in S.China's Shenzhen postpone new semester under COVID-19 control measures Global Times 08 Feb 2022 -- Shenzhen Headquarters for Prevention and Control of Pneumonia Epidemic Caused by Novel Coronavirus officially issued a notice on Monday saying the opening date for primary and secondary schools in Shenzhen, South China's Guangdong Province, has been postponed to February 21. Schools were originally scheduled to start on February 14. All students are required to carry out self-health monitoring for 14 days before returning to school. A negative nucleic acid test result taken within 48 hours is also required.
- Debao county in Guangxi asks residents to stay at home amid increasing number of COVID-19 cases Global Times 08 Feb 2022 -- Debao county in Baise, South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on Tuesday issued a notice to further strengthen COVID-19 prevention management, asking all residents to stay at home in order to curb the spread of COVID-19 amid the latest flare-up as the county recorded the most cases in the region.
- Beijing reports no new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases People's Daily 08 Feb 2022 -- Beijing on Monday reported no new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the municipal health commission said Tuesday.
- Hong Kong reports 614 new COVID-19 cases People's Daily 08 Feb 2022 -- Hong Kong reported 614 new cases of COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, according to data from the Center for Health Protection on Monday.
- Australia's hasty nuclear submarine plan to be outpaced by China's development: experts Global Times 08 Feb 2022 -- In an attempt to contain China, Australian Defense Minister recently said that Australia could get the first nuclear submarine under the framework of AUKUS before 2038. However, Chinese military experts said on Tuesday that this delivery schedule is too hasty and China's rapid development during this period will outpace the Australian one.
- China firmly supports Argentina's legitimate claim of sovereignty over the Malvinas Islands Global Times 08 Feb 2022 -- Both the Chinese Foreign Ministry and the Chinese Embassy in the UK have stated that China's position on the issue of the Malvinas Islands is consistent, and that China firmly supports Argentina's legitimate claim to exercise full sovereignty over the Malvinas Islands.
- China Steps Up Pressure on UK to Relinquish Control Over Falklands, Citing UN Charter Sputnik 08 Feb 2022 -- The spat between China and the UK erupted after Beijing announced support for Buenos Aires' territorial claim over Britain's Falkland Islands. The South American country signed agreements to allow China-funded development projects under the Belt and Road Initiative on 6 February.
- China Opposes NATO Expansion, Says It Does Not Help Global Security Sputnik 08 Feb 2022 -- President Xi Jinping previously signed a joint statement with Russian President Vladimir Putin, in which they urged the alliance to abandon "the ideologised approaches of the Cold War" and stop further expansion of the bloc.
- Regional security not guaranteed by strengthening or expanding military bloc: Chinese Mission to the EU responds to NATO remarks Global Times 08 Feb 2022 -- Regional security should not be guaranteed by strengthening or expanding a military bloc, the spokesperson of the Chinese Mission to the EU said in response to a question concerning the remarks by NATO Secretary General on China-Russia joint statement.
- China vows to take powerful measures against US' latest arms sale to Taiwan island Global Times 08 Feb 2022 -- China on Tuesday vowed to take countermeasures after the US announced a plan to sell $100 million worth of Patriot missile upgrades to the island of Taiwan, which would be the first US arms sale to the island in 2022 and the second under the Biden administration.
- China condemns US weapons deal with Taipei, warns of counteract Press TV 08 Feb 2022 -- China has condemned the $100 million US arms sale to Chinese Taipei, warning that it "seriously" undermines peace and stability in the region.
- China Says US Should Cancel $100 Mln Deal on Weapons Supply to Taiwan Sputnik 08 Feb 2022 -- The US should cancel a $100 million deal on weapons supply to Taiwan, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian said on Tuesday, adding that China will take necessary actions to protect its sovereignty,
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian's Regular Press Conference on February 8, 2022 PRC MofA 08 Feb 2022
- China opposes U.S. bill with negative China content: spokesperson People's Daily 08 Feb 2022 -- China voiced firm opposition on Monday to a U.S. bill containing negative content related to China, urging the U.S. side to view China's development and China-U.S. relations in an objective and rational way.
- 'Iron Brothers': Pakistan's Khan Joins World Leaders In Capitalizing On In-Person Diplomacy At Olympics RFE/RL Gandhara 08 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.
- Media Freedom Coalition Statement on Closure of Media Outlets in Hong Kong US Dept. of State 08 Feb 2022 -- "The undersigned members of the Media Freedom Coalition express their deep concern at the Hong Kong and mainland Chinese authorities' attacks on freedom of the press and their suppression of independent local media in Hong Kong."
- No one should use press freedom as a shield to undermine natl security in HK: central govt authority Global Times 08 Feb 2022 -- Any attempt to interfere with Hong Kong affairs and exert pressure in the name of press freedom is doomed to failure and the historical trend of Hong Kong's transition from chaos to prosperity is irreversible, the Office of the Commissioner of the Chinese Foreign Ministry in Hong Kong said on Tuesday, in response to a statement from the so-called media freedom coalition, which slandered Hong Kong's press freedom and smeared the HKSAR government's law enforcement activities.
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