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20 May 2022 - China Special Weapons News
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- Weeks of COVID-19 lockdown in Shanghai takes toll on residents' mental health Radio Free Asia 20 May 2022 -- The weeks-long COVID-19 lockdown in China has taken a huge mental health toll, with more than 40 percent of the city's 26 million residents reporting symptoms of depression in a recent poll.
- Beijing ramps up local COVID-19 lockdowns as Shanghai slowly starts to move again Radio Free Asia 20 May 2022 -- Authorities in Beijing are ramping up COVID-19 restrictions, while some residents of Shanghai said they were able to leave their apartments on brief trips outside on Friday.
- Beijing reports 50 new confirmed local COVID-19 cases People's Daily 20 May 2022 -- Beijing reported 50 new confirmed locally transmitted COVID-19 cases and 12 local asymptomatic cases on Thursday, the Beijing municipal health commission said Friday.
- Chinese mainland reports 176 new local confirmed COVID-19 cases People's Daily 20 May 2022 -- The Chinese mainland on Thursday reported 176 locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, of which 88 were in Shanghai, according to the National Health Commission's report Friday.
- City in C China's Henan set to build permanent Fangcang hospital Global Times 20 May 2022 -- The municipal government of Shangqiu in Central China's Henan Province has commissioned a company to conduct the procurement for the construction of a large-scale Fangcang hospital, a type of makeshift field hospital that accepts COVID-19-infected patients during the epidemic, according to the government's website.
- WHO validates 3rd Chinese COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use People's Daily 20 May 2022 -- The World Health Organization (WHO) validated on Thursday the CONVIDECIA COVID-19 vaccine developed by Chinese developer CanSino Biologics for emergency use, making it the third Chinese vaccine after Sinopharm and Sinopec having been certified by WHO Emergency Use Listing (EUL).
- HKSAR gov't to relaunch online platform for declaration of non-local COVID-19 vaccination records People's Daily 20 May 2022 -- The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government on Thursday announced that the online platform for declaration of non-local COVID-19 vaccination records will be relaunched on Friday.
- Dalai Lama not a 'separatist,' Tibet's exile leader says Radio Free Asia 20 May 2022 -- Tibet's Dalai Lama is not a separatist working to split Tibet from China's rule, Tibetan exile political leader Sikyong Penpa Tsering told RFA in an exclusive interview on Friday. Instead, the exiled spiritual leader seeks only a peaceful solution to the question of Tibet's status that protects Tibetans' rights, Tsering said.
- U.S. official responds to China after warning on Taiwan CNA 20 May 2022 -- United States National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan has urged China to dial down actions the U.S. thinks have caused tensions across the Taiwan Strait, in response to a reported warning issued by a Chinese official over U.S. support for Taiwan.
- Military-civilian cooperation in Shandong ensures law-based national defense transportation PLA Daily 20 May 2022 -- Shandong Transportation and Combat Readiness Office, together with a naval department under the PLA Northern Theater Command and a designated national defense transportation enterprise, jointly signed a strategic cooperation agreement for national defense transportation in east China's Shandong Province on May 13. This is a specific method adopted by the Shandong Transportation and Combat Readiness Office to coordinate the military and civilian parties to support national defense transportation in accordance with the law.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin's Regular Press Conference on May 20, 2022 PRC MofA 20 May 2022
- Hong Kong: EU report sees a continued deterioration of fundamental freedoms European Commission 20 May 2022 -- The European Commission and the High Representative today reported on political and economic developments in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The 24th Annual Report to the European Parliament and the Council covers developments in 2021.
- State Council appoints John Lee as Hong Kong chief executive Global Times 20 May 2022 -- The State Council, China's cabinet, decided Friday to appoint John Lee Ka-chiu as the sixth-term chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), and Lee will assume office on July 1.
- Macao: EU report highlights increasing challenges to political rights and fundamental freedoms European Commission 20 May 2022 -- The European Commission and the High Representative have today reported on political and economic developments in the Macao Special Administrative Region, covering 2021.
- UN rights chief's office announces dates of China visit, including Xinjiang Radio Free Asia 20 May 2022 -- The U.N.'s human rights chief on Monday will begin a six-day official visit to China, including to the far-western Xinjiang region where widespread abuses against Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities at the hands of Chinese authorities are said to have occurred.
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