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19 February 2022 - China Special Weapons News

  • China kicks off mixed doses of booster vaccination Global Times 19 Feb 2022 -- China will provide heterologous booster shots to people who have been fully vaccinated for at least six months amid the rapid spread of highly transmissible Omicron, officials said at a press conference on Saturday.
  • China's Suzhou reports 6 new confirmed COVID-19 cases People's Daily 19 Feb 2022 -- The eastern Chinese city of Suzhou in Jiangsu Province reported six confirmed COVID-19 cases and eight asymptomatic carriers, in the first 15 hours on Friday, according to local health authorities.
  • With strong central authorities' support, Hong Kong goes all-out to turn COVID-19 tide People's Daily 19 Feb 2022 -- With the latest strong support from the central authorities and people from the mainland, China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) has put all hands on deck for a must-win battle against the fifth wave of COVID-19 infections.
  • Chinese mainland reports 80 new local COVID-19 cases People's Daily 19 Feb 2022 -- The Chinese mainland on Friday reported 80 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said on Saturday.
  • HKSAR chief executive election postponement necessary, sensible, legitimate: mainland People's Daily 19 Feb 2022 -- The postponement of the election for the chief executive of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) was necessary, sensible and legitimate, the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council said on Friday.
  • Mainland experts attend meeting on Hong Kong's epidemic prevention, control work People's Daily 19 Feb 2022 -- A delegation of mainland epidemiological experts met here on Friday with the health officials and experts of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) over ways to better assist the global financial hub in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Chinese mainland offers support to HKSAR on COVID-19 control People's Daily 19 Feb 2022 -- A senior health official from the Chinese mainland has put forward instructive suggestions on the response to the latest resurgence of COVID-19 taken by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) at a video exchange meeting on Friday.
  • Various sectors in Hong Kong gear up to take anti-epidemic measures People's Daily 19 Feb 2022 -- Representatives of various sectors in Hong Kong on Friday expressed their support for the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic at an online meeting, pledging to rally resources and join in the anti-epidemic efforts in the global financial hub.

  • Bolton: US Should Confront China on North Korea VOA 19 Feb 2022 -- A former White House national security adviser said the Biden administration should call on China to act to show that it is serious about denuclearizing North Korea and that Washington's options for dealing with North Korea's nuclear and missile programs are running out fast.

  • Chinese vessel lasing ADF aircraft Australia DOD 19 Feb 2022 -- Defence can confirm that on 17 February 2022, a P-8A Poseidon detected a laser illuminating the aircraft while in flight over Australia's northern approaches.
  • Australia Accuses Chinese Guided-Missile Destroyer of Aiming Laser at Its Surveillance Aircraft Sputnik 19 Feb 2022 -- The incident comes amid strained ties between Australia and China over Prime Minister Scott Morrison demanding an international enquiry into the origins of COVID-19 and an ongoing trade war between the two nations. China, Australia's largest trading partner, is also unhappy about Canberra's membership of US-led alliances such as Quad and AUKUS.

  • HKSAR chief executive election postponement necessary, sensible, legitimate: mainland People's Daily 19 Feb 2022 -- The postponement of the election for the chief executive of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) was necessary, sensible and legitimate, the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council said on Friday.

  • China-built roads benefit local residents, boost economy in Kyrgyzstan, says official People's Daily 19 Feb 2022 -- Cooperation between Kyrgyzstan and China in the past three decades has seen a lot of achievements in various sectors, including road infrastructure, a Kyrgyz official has said.

  • US Indo-Pacific Strategy Short on Trade Incentives, Experts Say VOA 19 Feb 2022 -- A major initiative to strengthen and cement America's ties with Asia and counterbalance China's expanding influence lacks robust trade incentives that are viewed as politically perilous in the United States, where protectionist sentiment runs high, experts told VOA.

  • Why Asian Gaming Hub Macao Is Getting Tougher on its Big Casinos VOA 19 Feb 2022 -- For many serious patrons of casinos, Chinese-ruled Macao has been the mecca of gaming, with high-end shopping and even higher-stakes tables. One of the world's biggest gambling centers before the COVID-19 closures, Macao is now experiencing tougher scrutiny on its casino scene as part of what analysts describe as an effort to control crime and capital outflows that rippled into the mainland China economy.



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