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25 May 2022 - China Special Weapons News
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- People visiting public places, residential areas have legal obligation to show their health info in Shanghai Global Times 25 May 2022 -- Shanghai makes it a law for people visiting public places and residential areas to have their health information checked before entering and allows venue managers or operators to deny entrance if someone fails to cooperate.
- China further lowers cost of COVID-19 nucleic acid tests People's Daily 25 May 2022 -- China has asked local authorities to further lower the price of COVID-19 nucleic acid tests to no more than 16 yuan (about 2.4 U.S. dollars) per person for a single test.
- Beijing reports 41 confirmed, 6 asymptomatic local COVID-19 cases People's Daily 25 May 2022 -- Beijing reported 41 new confirmed locally transmitted COVID-19 cases and six local asymptomatic cases on Tuesday, the Beijing municipal health commission said Wednesday.
- Hundreds join student protests at two Beijing universities over COVID-19 measures Radio Free Asia 25 May 2022 -- Hundreds of students have been gathering this week at two Beijing universities to protest over COVID-19 restrictions, according to video footage uploaded to social media.
- Multiple officials in Beijing punished for negligence managing two cluster infections Global Times 25 May 2022 -- The investigation involving two cluster infections in Beijing was released on Tuesday, with punishments imposed on employees from two companies, officials from local governments, and staff from related industrial supervision department and epidemic prevention departments.
- Beijing requires more frequent nucleic acid testing for people in high mobility positions Global Times 25 May 2022 -- Beijing is set to increase the frequency of nucleic acid testing for people in high mobility positions, like delivery couriers, house cleaners, security guards and catering workers, as the capital is stuck in a stalemate in the fight against the Omicron variant.
- Chinese mainland reports 102 new local confirmed COVID-19 cases People's Daily 25 May 2022 -- The Chinese mainland on Tuesday reported 102 locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, of which 44 were in Shanghai and 41 in Beijing, the National Health Commission said Wednesday.
- Shanghai reports 44 confirmed, 343 asymptomatic local COVID-19 cases People's Daily 25 May 2022 -- China's Shanghai reported 44 confirmed locally transmitted COVID-19 cases and 343 local asymptomatic cases on Tuesday, the municipal health commission said Wednesday.
- Beijing reports 23 new local COVID-19 infections People's Daily 25 May 2022 -- Beijing reported 23 new locally transmitted COVID-19 infections during the first 15 hours of Tuesday, according to the municipal disease prevention and control center.
- PLA holds 2nd large-scale drills around Taiwan this month after Biden claims to 'defend' island Global Times 25 May 2022 -- The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) on Wednesday announced a second large-scale military exercise around the island of Taiwan this month in a move analysts said is a powerful response to remarks by US President Joe Biden two days ago, in which he claimed the US would intervene militarily if the Chinese mainland were to reunify with Taiwan by force.
- PLA conducts combat-readiness patrol and training exercises around Taiwan Island PLA Daily 25 May 2022 -- "The Eastern Theater Command (ETC) of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) has recently organized joint combat-readiness security patrol and real-combat training exercises involving multiple services and arms in the waters and airspace around the Taiwan Island," said Army Senior Colonel Shi Yi, spokesperson for the PLA Eastern Theater Command, in a written statement on Wednesday.
- China says conducted military exercise around Taiwan to warn US Press TV 25 May 2022 -- China says its recent military exercise around Chinese Taipei was a "serious warning" to interactions between the United States and the self-ruled island, as tensions continue to grow between Beijing and Washington.
- China Says Philippine Sea Drills Were 'Stern Warning' Against US Support for 'Taiwan Independence' Sputnik 25 May 2022 -- The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) has conducted a series of maritime and aerial drills in the seas surrounding Taiwan in recent weeks, including deployment of its largest-ever carrier battle group and a joint bomber patrol with the Russian Air Force.
- Chinese Armed Forces Conduct Military Exercises Off Taiwan Sputnik 25 May 2022 -- The Chinese armed forces have organized military exercises near the island of Taiwan, with these measures taken to "warn the United States," the Eastern Theater Command of the People's Liberation Army of China said on Wednesday.
- "Taiwan independence" a dead end：Defense Spokesperson PLA Daily 25 May 2022 -- "We firmly oppose official exchanges and military ties in any form between the United States and China's Taiwan region. Seeking 'Taiwan independence' leads nowhere but to a dead end, and so does supporting 'Taiwan independence'," said Senior Colonel Tan Kefei, spokesperson for China's Ministry of National Defense on Wednesday.
- Top U.S. diplomat for Tibetan affairs visits refugees in Nepal Radio Free Asia 25 May 2022 -- Uzra Zeya, the U.S. special coordinator for Tibetan issues, met with Tibetan refugees in Nepal as well as government officials during a recent visit to Kathmandu in the highest-level visit by a U.S. official in a decade, sources in the Himalayan country told RFA.
- Russia Rejects Japan's Protests Over Overflights With China Sputnik 25 May 2022 -- Russia has rejected Japan's protest over joint overflights with China as "groundless" and absurd," the Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
- Japan criticizes 'provocative' China-Russia air patrol during Quad summit Radio Free Asia 25 May 2022 -- Japan has described as "provocative" a joint patrol by Chinese and Russian air forces over the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea, conducted when Quad leaders met in Tokyo to discuss regional security.
- China-Russia joint air patrol targets no third parties: Defense Spokesperson PLA Daily 25 May 2022 -- "The Chinese and Russian air forces' recent joint strategic air patrol does not target any third party, and has nothing to do with the current international and regional situation," said Senior Colonel Wu Qian, spokesperson for the Ministry of National Defense of China, on Wednesday.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin's Regular Press Conference on May 25, 2022 PRC MofA 25 May 2022
- Hong Kong unlikely to see Tiananmen vigil, as Taiwan plans major June 4 event instead Radio Free Asia 25 May 2022 -- Hong Kong's once-annual candlelight vigil for Tiananmen massacre victims is likely to be suppressed for a third year running, amid ongoing political crackdown under the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and plans are afoot to move the event to democratic Taiwan.
- UN rights chief Bachelet holds 'valuable' meeting with China's President Xi UN News 25 May 2022 -- On day three of her official mission to China, top UN rights official Michelle Bachelet described having a "valuable opportunity" to highlight rights issues and concerns with President Xi Jinping and other senior officials, the first such visit by a UN rights chief since 2005.
- UN Office Says China Misquoting Human Rights Chief VOA 25 May 2022 -- The office of U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has clarified remarks Bachelet made during her current visit to China, saying her comments had been misquoted or mischaracterized by Chinese state media.
- President Xi Jinping Meets with United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet PRC MofA 25 May 2022 -- President Xi Jinping met via video link with UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on 25 May in Beijing.
- UN human rights chief called to see Xinjiang's devt objectively despite US pressure Global Times 25 May 2022 -- While UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet is about to visit Northwest China's Xinjiang region, the US government together with anti-China forces have taken active moves - either by opposing the visit or releasing a so-called leaked document from Xinjiang to abduct Bachelet as their puppet to neglect what she will see in Xinjiang and to make a "genocide" conclusion with their narratives.
- Xi stresses China's human rights progress, warns certain countries not to lecture others, politicize human rights issues in video meeting with Bachelet Global Times 25 May 2022 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping met with UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet via video link on Wednesday, during which Xi talked about major issues on China's human rights developments and stressed that each country should be allowed to explore suitable paths of human rights development based on national realities and warned against certain countries that lecture others on human rights, politicize the issue and use it as a tool to apply double standards.
- China's commerce ministry responds to U.S.-launched IPEF People's Daily 25 May 2022 -- China believes that the new Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) should facilitate prosperity, development and economic cooperation rather than undermine and divide existing mechanisms in the Asia-Pacific region, the Ministry of Commerce said on Tuesday.
- China pledges greater credit support to stabilize economy People's Daily 25 May 2022 -- Chinese authorities have pledged to increase credit issuance and enhance financial support for key businesses and fields.
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