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17 May 2022 - China Special Weapons News
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- Beijing requires merchants at wholesale agricultural markets to take daily COVID-19 tests Global Times 17 May 2022 -- The city of Beijing released a new version of anti-epidemic guidance manual for wholesale agricultural markets on Tuesday, in which it requires workers and merchants in the markets to take daily nucleic acid tests. This follows the recent cluster infections in a market in Yuegezhuang where a total of 50 cases were reported by Monday afternoon.
- Over 500 infections in one week: Small county in SW China's Sichuan grapples with Omicron surge Global Times 17 May 2022 -- A small county in Southwest China's Sichuan Province, home to over 1 million residents, is grappling with an Omicron surge with infections already surpassing 500 in one week.
- China reports first case of highly transmissible Omicron subvariant from overseas Global Times 17 May 2022 -- China has reported the first case of Omicron subvariant BA.2.12.1, a mutation that has shown transmissibility that is about 23-27 percent higher than that of BA.2, in South China's Guangdong Province, according to a weekly report issued by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC).
- All 16 districts in Shanghai report no new COVID-19 positive cases at the community level Global Times 17 May 2022 -- All 16 districts in Shanghai have reported no new COVID-19 positive cases at the community level: Shanghai authorities on Tuesday.
- 476 COVID-19 patients discharged from hospitals on Chinese mainland People's Daily 17 May 2022 -- A total of 476 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery on the Chinese mainland on Monday, the National Health Commission said in its Tuesday report.
- Chinese mainland reports 162 new local confirmed COVID-19 cases People's Daily 17 May 2022 -- The Chinese mainland on Monday reported 162 locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, of which 77 were in Shanghai, according to the National Health Commission's report Tuesday.
- Beijing reports 39 new local COVID-19 infections People's Daily 17 May 2022 -- Beijing reported 39 new locally transmitted COVID-19 infections between 3 p.m. Sunday and 3 p.m. Monday, Pang Xinghuo, deputy head of the Beijing municipal disease prevention and control center, told a press briefing on Monday.
- Shanghai reports 77 confirmed, 746 asymptomatic local COVID-19 cases People's Daily 17 May 2022 -- China's Shanghai reported 77 confirmed locally transmitted COVID-19 cases and 746 local asymptomatic cases on Monday, the municipal health commission said Tuesday.
- China Not Giving Up on 'Unauthorised Occupation' of Indian Territory, Says Congress Party Sputnik 17 May 2022 -- PM Narendra Modi and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh have denied claims that the PLA has "encroached" on Indian territory after deadly clashes between Indian and Chinese troops in Galwan Valley in June 2020. Last February, Singh said that the PLA's attempts to transgress into India were "detected and appropriately responded to by our armed forces".
- Tibetans forced to move to make way for Chinese power plant Radio Free Asia 17 May 2022 -- Residents of a Tibetan village in northwestern China's Qinghai province are being forced from their homes to make way for a government-ordered hydropower station, with monks living in a nearby monastery also told to leave, Tibetan sources say.
- China rejects U.S. bill to help Taiwan regain WHO observer status People's Daily 17 May 2022 -- China rejects and deplores it that the United States should insist on signing the bill, which will help Taiwan regain observer status in the World Health Organization (WHO), into law, a foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday, urging the U.S. to handle Taiwan-related issues prudently and properly.
- Justice Department Sues to Compel a U.S. Businessperson to Register Under the Foreign Agents Registration Act US Dept. of Justice 17 May 2022 -- The Department of Justice today filed a civil enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, seeking to compel Stephen A. Wynn, a U.S. businessperson and hotelier who previously served as the CEO of Wynn Resorts, to register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) as the agent of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and a senior official of the PRC's Ministry of Public Security (MPS).
- CSTO leaders meet in Moscow to tackle threats of terrorism and 'color revolution' Global Times 17 May 2022 -- The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) leaders met in Moscow on Monday for the first time since 2019 amid the Ukraine crisis that unnerved the post-Soviet Russia-led security bloc, with Chinese analysts saying that Putin will use the summit to further strengthen the organization to deal with the emerging threats of terrorism and "color revolution" and the Russia-led bloc is also likely to deliver a consistent message to the West which has been sowing discord between Moscow and other CSTO members.
- CSTO vows readiness for pragmatic cooperation with NATO, peace in Eurasia People's Daily 17 May 2022 -- The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) reaffirmed its willingness to establish pragmatic cooperation with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and build lasting peace in the Eurasian region, in a joint statement issued Monday.
- Pakistan busts fresh terrorist attack on Chinese convoy, as leaders vow joint counterterrorism efforts Global Times 17 May 2022 -- On the same day that Chinese Primier Li Keqiang emphasized their cooperation against terrorism in a phone call with Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, Pakistan's counterterrorism authorities arrested a woman who tried to launch a suicide attack against a Chinese convoy. The woman is a member of the group that carried out the terrorist attack that killed three Chinese teachers outside the University of Karachi in April.
- China's latest large helicopter AC313A makes maiden flight Global Times 17 May 2022 -- China's latest, domestically developed multipurpose large helicopter, the AC313A, made its maiden flight on Tuesday, taking a tremendous step toward the expansion of China's arsenal of aviation equipment for emergency rescue.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin's Regular Press Conference on May 17, 2022 PRC MofA 17 May 2022
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