Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
06 June 2022 - China Special Weapons News
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- North China's Inner Mongolia hit by new round of epidemic as Beijing, Shanghai wave fades out Global Times 06 Jun 2022 -- Just as China has effectively curbed a rampaging epidemic resurgence in Beijing and Shanghai, a new wave hit North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region with a total of 90 infections reported since the first was detected on Thursday.
- Chinese mainland reports 25 new local confirmed COVID-19 cases People's Daily 06 Jun 2022 -- The Chinese mainland on Sunday reported 25 locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 16 in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, five in Beijing and four in Shanghai, according to the National Health Commission's report Monday.
- Shanghai reports 4 confirmed, 4 asymptomatic local COVID-19 cases People's Daily 06 Jun 2022 -- China's Shanghai reported four confirmed locally transmitted COVID-19 cases and four local asymptomatic cases on Sunday, the municipal health commission said Monday.
- Beijing relaxes COVID-19 restrictions as epidemic wanes People's Daily 06 Jun 2022 -- Beijing will relax curbs on indoor dining, courier services and in-person classes as the epidemic situation has improved in the city, local authorities said Sunday.
- China keeps daily new local COVID-19 cases under 100: official People's Daily 06 Jun 2022 -- The Chinese mainland continues to see the number of daily locally transmitted COVID-19 cases and asymptomatic carriers remain below 100, a health official said Sunday.
- Beijing adds five local COVID-19 cases People's Daily 06 Jun 2022 -- Beijing reported five locally transmitted COVID-19 cases on Sunday as of 3 p.m., with no cases detected in community screening, the municipal health commission said at a press conference.
- Hong Kong to distribute about 190,000 sets of RAT kits following sewage COVID-19 detection People's Daily 06 Jun 2022 -- The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government said Sunday that it will distribute around 190,000 sets of COVID-19 rapid antigen test (RAT) kits to people in some areas of Hong Kong following detection of the COVID-19 virus in sewage samples.
- Shanghai adds 2 confirmed, 1 asymptomatic local COVID-19 cases People's Daily 06 Jun 2022 -- Shanghai reported two confirmed locally transmitted COVID-19 cases and one asymptomatic case on Sunday, the municipal government told a press conference.
- China urges US to fulfill commitment after State Department adds back 'not supporting Taiwan independence' in fact sheet Global Times 06 Jun 2022 -- China urges the US to fulfill President Joe Biden's statement with real actions that the US does not support "Taiwan independence," Zhao Lijian, the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson, said at a press conference on Monday in response to the US' move of adding back the statement "We do not support Taiwan independence" in its State Department fact sheet.
- China urges calm following missile launches in Korean Peninsula, as US continues to light powder keg Global Times 06 Jun 2022 -- The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Monday called on all sides to remain calm and avoid actions that may aggravate tensions, after recent frequent missile launches by North Korea, South Korea and the US. Chinese experts said Washington, which wants to turn China's neighborhood into a "powder keg," is the worst culprit of increasing tension on the Korean Peninsula, and China will not sit idly by.
- Australia protests to China after dangerous air intercept Radio Free Asia 06 Jun 2022 -- A Chinese fighter jet dangerously intercepted an Australian reconnaissance aircraft over the South China Sea last month, Australia's Department of Defence (DOD) said, but China's state media stated it was "Western countries" who were in the wrong.
- China Warns Canadian Spy Planes Against 'Adventurist' Moves Amid Tense Close-in Flights Sputnik 06 Jun 2022 -- The US and Canada have stepped up spy plane flights over the waters near China in recent years, passing dozens of planes each month across the South China and Yellow Seas. At times these have posed as civilian airliners, creating a danger to civilian aircraft flying through the region.
- China deals with provoking Canadian warplanes with 'professional, powerful measures' Global Times 06 Jun 2022 -- Chinese military dealt with Canadian military aircraft's recent close-in reconnaissance and provocation on China with professional but powerful measures, and demanded Canada to desist from further provocations, or Canada shall bear all serious consequences, the Chinese defense and foreign ministries said on Monday.
- Defense spokesperson: Canadian military aircraft's provocations endangers China's national security PLA Daily 06 Jun 2022 -- "Recently, Canadian military aircraft have stepped up close-in reconnaissance and provocations against China under the pretext of implementing the United Nations Security Council Resolutions", said Senior Colonel Wu Qian, spokesperson for China's Ministry of National Defense, on June 6, 2022, when asked by the press to comment on Canadian Defense Ministry's statement on the recent encounters between military aircraft of the two countries.
- Aircraft interception: China warns Canada, Australia it will not allow any country to infringe upon its sovereignty Press TV 06 Jun 2022 -- China has warned Canada and Australia to stop their provocations or face "severe consequences," after Ottawa and Canberra accused Chinese warplanes of intercepting their reconnaissance aircraft in the Pacific Ocean.
- US Concerned About China's Intent to Build Naval Facility in Cambodia - State Dept. Sputnik 06 Jun 2022 -- The United States is concerned about China's intentions and seeks transparency about its new naval facility project in Cambodia, State Department spokesman Ned Price said on Monday.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian's Regular Press Conference on June 6, 2022 PRC MofA 06 Jun 2022
- Police arrest six on banned Tiananmen massacre anniversary in Hong Kong Radio Free Asia 06 Jun 2022 -- Police in Hong Kong have arrested six people on public order offenses around the 33rd anniversary of the Tiananmen massacre near Victoria Park, commemoration of which has been banned under a draconian national security law for the third year in a row.
- After 25 years 'one country, two systems' is a universally recognized success: John Lee Global Times 06 Jun 2022 -- The practice of the "one country, two systems" principle is universally recognized as successful, providing the best guarantee for Hong Kong's long-term prosperity and stability. Only when there's stability, the city can see further development, John Lee Ka-chiu, the newly appointed sixth-term chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government, said in a latest article.
- China urges explanation on US officials' revealed plan of 'smearing Xinjiang to contain China' Global Times 06 Jun 2022 -- Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian on Monday said that he is not surprised by the revelation that US politicians are using Xinjiang-related issues to undermine China's interests, as "it is not the first time they have spoken their minds." Zhao added that among all the lies, the so-called genocide claims against Xinjiang are "a classic piece of work of the US' lying diplomacy."
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