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16 February 2022 - China Special Weapons News
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- China's Xi Tells Hong Kong to Get Control of COVID-19 VOA 16 Feb 2022 -- As Hong Kong hospitals struggle with the surging numbers of new COVID-19 cases, China state-run media report Chinese President Xi Jinping has told city leaders that bringing the situation under control should be their highest priority.
- Liaison office in HK vows to implement Xi's instructions on controlling COVID-19 in SAR, as flare-up continues Global Times 16 Feb 2022 -- The Liaison Office of the Central Government in Hong Kong said in a Wednesday statement that it will implement the instructions of Chinese President Xi Jinping on the COVID-19 prevention and control work in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) and will fully support the government's anti-epidemic fight amid a fresh surge in the city, which reported over 4,000 new cases on Wednesday.
- Xi urges HK to prioritize anti-epidemic work, stresses full support for SAR Global Times 16 Feb 2022 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping stressed that the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) government should prioritize the task to control its local COVID-19 epidemic, and central government departments and other local governments should fully support and help Hong Kong in anti-epidemic work, Hong Kong media reported.
- 4.56 million more COVID-19 vaccine doses administered on Chinese mainland People's Daily 16 Feb 2022 -- The number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered on the Chinese mainland grew by more than 4.56 million on Tuesday, with the total number now over 3.05 billion, data from the National Health Commission showed Wednesday.
- China's Suzhou tightens rules for COVID-19 control People's Daily 16 Feb 2022 -- The eastern Chinese city of Suzhou has tightened travel restrictions as new COVID-19 cases emerged recently, according to local authorities.
- Chinese leader Xi Jinping tells Hong Kong to get control of COVID-19 wave Radio Free Asia 16 Feb 2022 -- Ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping has stepped up pressure on the Hong Kong government, telling the city's leadership to get a handle on mushrooming COVID-19 cases, as the country pushes ahead with its zero-COVID policy.
- Experts float idea: pay China to release Mekong water for neighbors Radio Free Asia 16 Feb 2022 -- Chinese dams along the Mekong River hold a massive amount of water in their reservoirs, but the government in Beijing might need to be paid to release water for downstream communities afflicted by droughts, a panel of experts said Tuesday.
- Chinese surveillance unit operating inside Tibetan Buddhist monastery Radio Free Asia 16 Feb 2022 -- A Chinese police surveillance unit is operating, apparently for the first time, inside a Buddhist monastery as part of a renewed crackdown on Tibetan Buddhist religious institutions, a Tibetan with knowledge of the situation said.
- Russia blasts Western 'paranoia', China says US 'hyping up' Ukraine tension Press TV 16 Feb 2022 -- Russia's deputy envoy to the United Nations (UN) has advised Western leaders to see a doctor for their "paranoia" that Russia might stage an invasion of neighboring Ukraine.
- China Hopes US Stops Spreading Disinformation on Ukraine Sputnik 16 Feb 2022 -- China believes that US efforts to fuel a Russian threat have severely damaged Ukraine's economy and social stability, and expresses the hope that the spread of misinformation will stop, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Wang Wenbin said on Wednesday.
- Ex-legislative aide gets 10-month jail term in national security case CNA 16 Feb 2022 -- The Taiwan Supreme Court has upheld a decision by a lower court sentencing former legislative aide Chen Wei-jen (陳惟仁) to 10 months imprisonment for national security offenses by developing a spy network for China, according to court documents released Wednesday.
- Mainland aircraft spotted near Taiwan-occupied island 'exposes weak air defense' Global Times 16 Feb 2022 -- The defense authority on the island of Taiwan on Tuesday confirmed that a Chinese mainland civilian aircraft recently approached Dongyin Island, a Taiwan-occupied island not far from the Chinese mainland, and Taiwan side speculated that the Chinese mainland was testing Taiwan's response measures.
- China facilitates development of AG600 large amphibious aircraft PLA Daily 16 Feb 2022 -- China is facilitating the development of the homegrown AG600 large amphibious aircraft, a key member of the country's "large aircraft family," according to the developer Wednesday.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin's Regular Press Conference on February 16, 2022 PRC MofA 16 Feb 2022
- Beijing Urges West to Stop Instigating Tensions Around China's Rapprochement With Russia Sputnik 16 Feb 2022 -- China calls on the West to cease escalating tensions around the rapprochement between Russia and China, given that Moscow and Beijing develop relations without intending to harm other countries, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Wang Wenbin said on Wednesday.
- HKSAR chief executive hails passage of 6th-round anti-epidemic fund by LegCo People's Daily 16 Feb 2022 -- Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Carrie Lam welcomed the passage of the HKSAR government's funding application of 27 billion Hong Kong dollars (3.46 billion U.S. dollars) for the sixth-round Anti-epidemic Fund (AEF) by the Legislative Council (LegCo) Finance Committee on Tuesday.
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