Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
14 February 2022 - China Special Weapons News
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- Suzhou in E.China suspends schools, medical services after reporting 8 Omicron infections Global Times 14 Feb 2022 -- Suzhou in East China's Jiangsu Province, home to over 10 million people and known for various historical tourist sites, has suspended schools and parts of its medical services after eight COVID-19 cases were found in the city on Monday. Preliminary results showed the infections belong to the Omicron variant, authorities said.
- 4.31 million more COVID-19 vaccine doses administered on Chinese mainland People's Daily 14 Feb 2022 -- The number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered on the Chinese mainland grew by more than 4.31 million on Sunday, with the total number now over 3.04 billion, data from the National Health Commission showed Monday.
- Over 3.04 bln COVID-19 vaccine doses administered on Chinese mainland People's Daily 14 Feb 2022 -- Over 3.04 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses had been administered on the Chinese mainland as of Saturday, data from the National Health Commission showed Sunday.
- China did not enter airspace of South China Sea island: defense ministry CNA 14 Feb 2022 -- Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense (MND) has denied that Chinese warplanes breached the airspace of the Taiwan-controlled Pratas Islands in the disputed South China Sea.
- DPP, US link Ukraine crisis with Taiwan island, will only 'draw China, Russia closer' Global Times 14 Feb 2022 -- As tensions rise in Ukraine and attract the world's attention, Taiwan, an island that has been largely ignored for a while, has begun to link its discourse to the Ukrainian crisis, along with collaboration from some US officials who recently claimed that the Biden administration believes that the US' response to the Ukrainian crisis would be seen as a "proxy" for how it would respond to the Taiwan question.
- PLA Navy flotilla to arrive in Tonga to deliver second batch of relief from China Global Times 14 Feb 2022 -- The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy flotilla carrying disaster relief supplies that departed from China late last month will arrive in Tonga soon, and the sailors are adjusting plans to unload the supplies based on the changing situation of the port to be visited, Chinese state broadcaster reported on Monday.
- China's latest portable missile shows world-class defense ability Global Times 14 Feb 2022 -- The QW-12, an advanced portable air defense missile developed by China, recently demonstrated its outstanding performance in intercepting helicopters, jets and cruise missiles in a live-fire test, with experts saying on Monday that the weapon is world class, as it displayed an anti-decoy capability no foreign counterpart has ever shown.
- Chinese diplomatic mission in Ukraine working normally: Chinese FM Global Times 14 Feb 2022 -- The Chinese diplomatic mission in Ukraine is working normally and China calls on all parties to remain rational and refrain from inflaming tensions or hyping up the crisis, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Monday.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin's Regular Press Conference on February 14, 2022 PRC MofA 14 Feb 2022
- Hong Kong tech giants 'censor' UK rights website amid firewall fears Radio Free Asia 14 Feb 2022 -- Internet service providers in Hong Kong are blocking the website of a U.K.-based rights group that has been highly critical of the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s national security crackdown in the city.
- Ride to profitability for China-backed Indonesian rail project may take 40 years Radio Free Asia 14 Feb 2022 -- China's flagship high-speed rail project in Indonesia is expected to become profitable 40 years after completion - not 20 as earlier projected - partly because plans to shift the capital to Borneo could sharply reduce the number of riders, a consortium building it said Monday.
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