Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
22 February 2022 - China Special Weapons News
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- Hong Kong to test 7.3 million residents for COVID-19 Global Times 22 Feb 2022 -- Hong Kong will launch mandatory mass nucleic acid testing in March for its 7.3 million residents, who are expected to receive COVID-19 tests three times within the period, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government announced on Tuesday.
- Chinese mainland reports 59 new local COVID-19 cases People's Daily 22 Feb 2022 -- The Chinese mainland on Monday reported 59 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said on Tuesday.
- More than 3.09 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses administered on Chinese mainland People's Daily 22 Feb 2022 -- The number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered on the Chinese mainland had reached over 3.09 billion by Monday, up about 5.6 million over the day before, data from the National Health Commission showed Tuesday.
- Hong Kong's Lam announces mass, compulsory COVID-19 testing for seven million people Radio Free Asia 22 Feb 2022 -- Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Tuesday announced a citywide mass testing program in line with the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s zero-COVID measures that include enforced quarantine and isolation in government facilities for those infected.
- Hong Kong's dynamic zero tolerance 'still our policy': top epidemiologist Global Times 22 Feb 2022 -- Chinese top epidemiologist Zhong Nanshan said on Monday that "we will not tolerate large numbers of elderly people dying of COVID-19, thus our policy is striving to clear off all the infections in Hong Kong."
- Hong Kong's COVID-19 test speeds up as mainland medical staff joins battle People's Daily 22 Feb 2022 -- Over 100 nucleic acid test members of a medical support team from the Chinese mainland on Monday began offering sampling services in Hong Kong, boosting the speed of tracking COVID-19 cases.
- UN expert raps China, Russia for arming Myanmar despite 'atrocity crimes' Radio Free Asia 22 Feb 2022 -- UN Security Council members China and Russia have continued to provide Myanmar's military junta with weapons used to attack civilians a year after a coup deposed the elected government, a U.N. rights expert said Tuesday.
- Human Rights Expert: Myanmar Junta Using Weapons from Russia and China Against Civilians VOA 22 Feb 2022 -- An independent United Nations human rights expert says Russia and China have been supplying Myanmar's military junta with weapons that have been used against civilians.
- Stop weapons supply to Myanmar, rights expert urges UN News 22 Feb 2022 -- Weapons exports to the military rulers in Myanmar by UN Member States must stop, the UN independent expert on the human rights situation in the country said on Tuesday.
- Chinese ship lasing of P-8A Poseidon on 17 February 2022 Australia DOD 22 Feb 2022 -- On 17 February 2022, an Australian Maritime Patrol Aircraft P-8A Poseidon detected a laser illuminating the aircraft while it was conducting a routine surveillance flight over Australia's northern approaches.
- Australia, China trade accusations over laser use against aircraft Radio Free Asia 22 Feb 2022 -- A war of words between Australia and China intensified Tuesday as Canberra accused Beijing of violating international law when a Chinese navy ship allegedly pointed a laser at an Australian surveillance airplane.
- China's Type 055 large destroyer Lhasa conducts live-fire drills, enhances combat capabilities Global Times 22 Feb 2022 -- The Lhasa, the second Type 055 10,000 ton-class large destroyer of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, recently conducted live-fire drills against sea, air and land targets, effectively enhancing the warship's comprehensive combat capabilities.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin's Regular Press Conference on February 22, 2022 PRC MofA 22 Feb 2022
- Interview: 'It began with a secret trip by Kissinger and myself' Radio Free Asia 22 Feb 2022 -- Winston Lord, the U.S. ambassador to China from 1985-1989, played an important early role in the restoration of diplomatic relations between the United States and China in the early 1970s. As a member of the planning staff of the U.S. National Security Council and special assistant to National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger, Lord accompanying the famed statesman on his secret trip to Beijing in 1971 and was he part of the U.S. delegation during President Richard Nixon's historic visit to China the following year. Lord, 84, spoke to Rita Cheng of RFA's Mandarin Service on the 50th anniversary of Nixon's Feb. 21-28, 1972 visit to China. Following are excerpts of the interview:
- China and Russia Vowed Closer Ties, Ukraine is Challenging That VOA 22 Feb 2022 -- Russia's decision to send troops into two separatist enclaves in eastern Ukraine is forcing a difficult choice for China, which has aligned itself closer with Moscow but could face blowback if it is seen as supporting the unilateral redrawing of international borders, analysts say.
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