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19 May 2022 - China Special Weapons News
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- 5 universities in a Beijing college town put under lockdown after 11 students infected by COVID-19 Global Times 19 May 2022 -- Five universities in the Liangxiang college town in Beijing's Fangshan district will be under strict lockdown, district officials said on Thursday, after 11 cases of COVID-19 infections were reported at one of the universities in the latest wave of the outbreak.
- WHO authorizes China's CanSinoBIO COVID-19 vaccine Global Times 19 May 2022 -- The World Health Organization (WHO) issued an emergency use listing for CONVIDECIA, a vaccine produced by Chinese manufacturer CanSino Biologics, making it the third Chinese vaccine validated by the WHO for the prevention of COVID-19.
- Top medical expert calls for the inclusion of makeshift hospitals' operation system into city's security system Global Times 19 May 2022 -- "Shanghai's medical system has responded well to the outbreak," Chen Erzhen, deputy head of the Ruijin Hospital in Shanghai and the head of Shanghai's central quarantine treatment team, said during an academic webinar on Medical Treatment and Emergency Management under COVID-19, noting that a complete set of emergency coordination mechanisms of the makeshift hospitals should be included in the city's security system.
- Beijing reports 50 new confirmed local COVID-19 cases People's Daily 19 May 2022 -- Beijing reported 50 new confirmed locally transmitted COVID-19 cases and five local asymptomatic cases on Wednesday, the Beijing municipal health commission said Thursday.
- Four districts in Beijing to continue 3-day nucleic acid screening People's Daily 19 May 2022 -- Four districts, Xicheng, Haidian, Fengtai and Fangshan, require residents to take nucleic acid tests for three consecutive days from Thursday to Saturday, while the other districts will conduct regular nucleic acid tests for residents as previous regulations required.
- Chinese mainland reports 191 new local confirmed COVID-19 cases People's Daily 19 May 2022 -- The Chinese mainland on Wednesday recorded 191 locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, of which 82 were in Shanghai, according to the National Health Commission's report Thursday.
- China adjusts pre-departure testing for overseas travelers Global Times 19 May 2022 -- China has adjusted its pre-departure requirement for overseas travelers as announcements from multiple Chinese embassies, including the Chinese Embassy in the US, show that some previously required pre-departure tests have been removed, including nucleic acid testing one or two weeks prior to boarding, mandatory health monitoring and IgM antibody testing.
- Hong Kong to distribute 170,000 RAT kits following sewage COVID-19 detection People's Daily 19 May 2022 -- The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government said Wednesday that it will distribute about 170,000 sets of the COVID-19 rapid antigen test (RAT) kits to people in some areas of the city as part of a follow-up on recent detection of the COVID-19 virus in sewage samples.
- Shanghai reports 82 confirmed, 637 asymptomatic local COVID-19 cases People's Daily 19 May 2022 -- China's Shanghai reported 82 confirmed locally transmitted COVID-19 cases and 637 local asymptomatic cases on Wednesday, the municipal health commission said Thursday.
- Beijing reports 49 new local COVID-19 infections People's Daily 19 May 2022 -- Beijing reported 49 new locally transmitted COVID-19 infections between 3 p.m. Tuesday and 3 p.m. Wednesday, Liu Xiaofeng, deputy head of the Beijing municipal disease prevention and control center, told a press briefing on Wednesday.
- Chinese FM urges US to stop interfering in China's internal affairs by using Xizang-related affairs Global Times 19 May 2022 -- The US' designation of the "special coordinator for Tibetan issues" interferes in China's internal affairs, Zhao Lijian, the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson, said at a press conference on Thursday, noting that the Chinese government firmly opposes it and will never recognize such interference, and that any Xizang-related affair is purely China's internal affair and allows no interference by any foreign country.
- Top US official meets in India with Tibet's Dalai Lama Radio Free Asia 19 May 2022 -- The top U.S. official responsible for Tibetan issues met on Thursday morning with Tibet's Dalai Lama at the exiled spiritual leader's residence in Dharamsala, India. The meeting came on the second day of an official visit to the seat of Tibet's government in exile, the Central Tibetan Administration, and drew a quick rebuke from China's Foreign Ministry.
- 7 Chinese military aircraft enter Taiwan's ADIZ CNA 19 May 2022 -- Seven Chinese military aircraft flew into the southwest corner of Taiwan's air defense identification zone (ADIZ) Thursday, according to the Ministry of National Defense (MND).
- China slams US for advocating Taipei's participation in WHO assembly Press TV 19 May 2022 -- The Chinese government has strongly rejected the US call for the World Health Organization (WHO) to invite Chinese Taipei to its annual assembly, reiterating its sovereignty over the self-ruled island.
- PLA bombers hold drills in West Pacific 'in coordination with carrier group' Global Times 19 May 2022 -- The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy reportedly sent its most powerful bombers on Wednesday for drills in the West Pacific, joining the Liaoning aircraft carrier group, which has been holding exercises there since the start of the month, a move experts said could be a rehearsal for keeping foreign forces from interfering in the Taiwan question, after reports suggested Japan and the US were set to affirm boosting cooperation over the Taiwan question at an upcoming bilateral summit.
- China's 41st naval escort taskforce sets off for Gulf of Aden PLA Daily 19 May 2022 -- The 41st Chinese naval escort taskforce set out for the Gulf of Aden and the waters off Somali from a military port in the city of Zhoushan, east China's Zhejiang Province, on the morning of May 18. It will take over the escort mission from the 40th taskforce.
- Chinese aerospace experts slam NASA's chief for 'ridiculous and outrageous' allegations of 'stealing' technology Global Times 19 May 2022 -- Chinese aerospace experts on Thursday slammed NASA's Administrator Bill Nelson for his "ridiculous" and "outrageous" remarks after the senior official alleged that China is "good at stealing" American designs in a "space race."
- US investigators indict exiled Chinese pro-democracy activist on spying charges Radio Free Asia 19 May 2022 -- A prominent Chinese democracy activist in exile has been indicted on spying charges in the United States alongside four intelligence officers, suggesting successful infiltration of exile groups by China's state security police.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian's Regular Press Conference on May 19, 2022 PRC MofA 19 May 2022
- Xi calls on BRICS countries to build global community of security for all PLA Daily 19 May 2022 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday called on the BRICS countries to work together to build a global community of security for all.
- President Xi Jinping Delivers a Video Address At the Opening Session of the BRICS Foreign Ministers' Meeting PRC MofA 19 May 2022 -- On May 19, President Xi Jinping delivered a video address at the opening session of the BRICS Foreign Ministers' Meeting. 
- China seeks to expand BRICS bloc of emerging economies Press TV 19 May 2022 -- China says it seeks to expand the BRICS block of emerging economies in a move that stands to significantly boost the group's collective economic power.
- Top diplomat Yang Jiechi warns the US against playing 'Taiwan card,' vows China's firm actions to safeguard sovereignty in phone talk with Sullivan Global Times 19 May 2022 -- China's top diplomat Yang Jiechi held a phone conversation on Wednesday with US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan upon request in which he warned the US against playing the "Taiwan card" and vowed that China will take firm actions to safeguard its sovereignty and security interests and the US can count on China to keep its promise.
- Candidates Consider China Threat as Australian Election Draws Closer VOA 19 May 2022 -- Relations with China are a key campaign issue as Australians prepare to vote in a general election on May 21. Both major parties have accused each other of inaction or connivance in their approach to diplomacy with China, which is Australia's biggest trading partner.
- 'Russia no threat': China to receive 2 million barrels of Iran oil Press TV 19 May 2022 -- A very large Iranian crude carrier is set to discharge 2 million barrels into an oil terminal in China this week after Western media reports claimed that Beijing might be replacing Iran's barrels with cheaper Russian shipments.
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