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13 June 2022 - China Special Weapons News
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- Beijing suspends sports events, postpones return of classes as bar-related cluster infection involves 228 Global Times 13 Jun 2022 -- Beijing on Monday canceled all sports events and postponed the resumption of face-to-face classes in schools due to the bar-related cluster infections which have involved 228 COVID-19 cases in 100 communities as of Monday.
- Some Chinese cities on trial to shorten quarantine period to 7+7days for international arrivals at entry points Global Times 13 Jun 2022 -- At least three cities in China, namely Beijing, Nanjing, and Wuhan, appeared to have shortened quarantine time by three to seven days for international arrivals on trial basis, which now only requires seven days of centralized quarantine and another seven days of home quarantine, the Global Times has learned on Sunday.
- Beijing reports 29 confirmed, 22 asymptomatic local COVID-19 cases People's Daily 13 Jun 2022 -- Beijing reported 29 confirmed locally transmitted COVID-19 cases and 22 local asymptomatic cases on Sunday, the municipal health commission said Monday.
- Chinese mainland reports 69 new local confirmed COVID-19 cases People's Daily 13 Jun 2022 -- The Chinese mainland on Sunday reported 69 locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 29 in Beijing, 27 in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and 11 in Shanghai, the National Health Commission said Monday.
- Shanghai reports 11 confirmed, 26 asymptomatic local COVID-19 cases People's Daily 13 Jun 2022 -- China's Shanghai reported 11 confirmed locally transmitted COVID-19 cases and 26 local asymptomatic cases on Sunday, the municipal health commission said Monday.
- Some Chinese cities on trial to shorten quarantine period to 7+7days for international arrivals at entry points Global Times 13 Jun 2022 -- At least three cities in China, namely Beijing, Nanjing, and Wuhan, appeared to have shortened quarantine time by three to seven days for international arrivals on trial basis, which now only requires seven days of centralized quarantine and another seven days of home quarantine, the Global Times has learned on Sunday.
- 4 cities notified by China's State Council for 'excessive epidemic prevention and control' affecting logistics Global Times 13 Jun 2022 -- Office of the leading group for logistics of China's State Council on Saturday notified a few highway checkpoints in four cities for excessive epidemic prevention and control, the first notification of its kind, China Central Television (CCTV) reported.
- Hong Kong keeps tracing COVID-19 through sewage surveillance People's Daily 13 Jun 2022 -- The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government said Sunday that the COVID-19 virus continues to be detected in sewage samples from different areas in Hong Kong, indicating that there may be hidden cases in these areas.
- Beijing registers 33 confirmed local COVID-19 infections People's Daily 13 Jun 2022 -- Beijing has reported 33 confirmed COVID-19 cases that were locally transmitted as of 3 p.m. on Sunday, the municipal health commission told a press conference.
- Shanghai reports 1 confirmed, 4 asymptomatic local COVID cases People's Daily 13 Jun 2022 -- Shanghai reported one locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 case and four local asymptomatic carriers from midnight to 5 p.m. Sunday, the municipal health commission said at a press conference.
- Duterte insists Philippines cannot afford war against China Radio Free Asia 13 Jun 2022 -- The Philippines cannot afford war with China, outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte told Filipino coast guard personnel in what could be his final policy statement on the South China Sea issue, after Manila filed fresh diplomatic protests over Chinese boats in disputed waters.
- China enjoys sovereignty and jurisdiction over Taiwan Straits: Chinese FM Global Times 13 Jun 2022 -- China enjoys sovereignty, sovereign rights and jurisdiction over the Taiwan Straits, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said at a press conference on Monday, responding to the US and its allies' claims that most of the Taiwan Straits are "international waters".
- Zelensky's Taiwan remarks 'used by some forces to create tension between China and Ukraine': Chinese FM Global Times 13 Jun 2022 -- In response to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's remarks while answering a question over the Taiwan question at the Shangri-La Dialogue, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said on Monday that it has been used by some forces to create tensions between China and Ukraine, reiterating that the Taiwan question, which is China's internal affair, is fundamentally different from the Ukraine issue.
- Chinese leader Xi Jinping signs new rules governing 'non-war' military operations Radio Free Asia 13 Jun 2022 -- Chinese leader Xi Jinping has signed a directive allowing 'non-war' uses of the military, prompting concerns that Beijing may be gearing up to invade the democratic island of Taiwan under the guise of a "special operation" not classified as war.
- Xi signs outlines that direct China's military operations other than war Global Times 13 Jun 2022 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, recently signed an order to promulgate a set of trial outlines on military operations other than war, which will take effect on Wednesday.
- Xi signs order to promulgate outlines on military operations other than war PLA Daily 13 Jun 2022 -- Xi Jinping, chairman of the Central Military Commission, has signed an order to promulgate a set of trial outlines on military operations other than war.
- Chinese naval escort taskforces conduct mission handover at Gulf of Aden PLA Daily 13 Jun 2022 -- On the afternoon of June 8, local time, the 40th and 41st Chinese naval escort taskforces held a farewell ceremony in the waters of the Gulf of Aden. After the ceremony, the three warships of the 40th escort taskforce turned their direction to leave the Gulf of Aden and the waters off Somalia, and the 41st escort taskforce began to perform escort missions independently.
- China's vision for regional order offers new idea for safeguarding peace, stability in Asia-Pacific People's Daily 13 Jun 2022 -- The 19th Shangri-La Dialogue, a premier defense and security summit in the Asia-Pacific region, concluded here on Sunday, with many delegates recognizing peace and development as common goals while urging dialogue and cooperation to maintain regional and global stability.
- China's vision for regional order offers new idea for safeguarding peace, stability in Asia-Pacific People's Daily 13 Jun 2022 -- The 19th Shangri-La Dialogue, a premier defense and security summit in the Asia-Pacific region, concluded here on Sunday, with many delegates recognizing peace and development as common goals while urging dialogue and cooperation to maintain regional and global stability.
- China, Pakistan to Deepen Military Ties to Deal With 'Complicated Factors' in the Region Sputnik 13 Jun 2022 -- Talks between the militaries of Islamabad and Beijing took place a month after Pakistani foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari visited China where he met his counterpart Wang Yi. A joint statement after the discussions urged countries in the Asia-Pacific to "uphold Asian values of mutual respect".
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin's Regular Press Conference on June 13, 2022 PRC MofA 13 Jun 2022
- Exclusive: Report reveals how US spy agencies stole 97b global internet data, 124b phone records in just 30 days Global Times 13 Jun 2022 -- The US military and government cyber agencies have remotely stolen more than 97 billion pieces of global internet data and 124 billion phone records in the last 30 days, which are becoming a major source of intelligence for the US and other "Five Eyes" countries, a latest cybersecurity report showed.
- Readout of National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan's Meeting with Politburo Member Yang Jiechi The White House 13 Jun 2022
- Beijing says US shows its true hegemonic nature by spreading disinformation on China Press TV 13 Jun 2022 -- Beijing says the United States is showing its "true hegemonic nature" by spreading disinformation against China and attempting to tarnish its image, amid heightened tensions between the two countries over the self-ruled Chinese Taipei.
- Diplomatic Thaw as Australian, Chinese Ministers Meet for First Time Since 2020 VOA 13 Jun 2022 -- Australia's Defense Minister Richard Marles met his Chinese counterpart General Wei Fenghe on the sidelines of the Shangri La Security Summit in Singapore during the weekend. After the breakthrough meeting, a former spy chief says Australia has "a long way to go" to repair relations with China.
- Australia urged to show real actions to reset China ties amid confusing messages at key security meeting Global Times 13 Jun 2022 -- Only one day after alleging that "China's military build-ups" would cause inevitable upgrade of military capabilities of its neighbors in his speech at the 19th Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, Australia's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Richard Marles met on Sunday with China's State Councilor and Defense Minister Wei Fenghe who is also attending the event, a first time for three years, which Australian local media hailed as a sign of breaking a two-year diplomatic stalemate between the two countries and marking a first step toward improved bilateral relations.
- Foreign English teachers requested to swear allegiance to Basic Law, 'part of HK revamp plan' Global Times 13 Jun 2022 -- The Education Bureau (EDB) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) told the Global Times on Monday that the requirement for native-speaking English teachers (NETs) working in Hong Kong government schools to swear allegiance to the city accords with the law and would ensure effective governance, rebutting some foreign media hype of the city's "increasing restrictions" and doubts over Hong Kong's ability to retain educators.
- European Parliament's resolution on China's Xinjiang is nothing but huge disgrace in EU history: regional spokesperson Global Times 13 Jun 2022 -- The European Parliament, on the basis of lies and falsehoods mongered by anti-China forces in the US and some other Western countries, adopted a negative resolution related to China's Xinjiang region, which viciously attacks the human rights situation in the region, and the move is nothing but absurdity and insanity, a huge disgrace in European history, spokesperson of the Xinjiang regional government said in a release.
- UN Human Rights Chief Bachelet Says She Won't Seek A New Term Following Rebuke Over China Trip RFE/RL 13 Jun 2022 -- The United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet, who has come under stinging criticism for a recent trip to China, says she won't seek a new four-year term when her current stint ends on August 31.
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