Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
18 July 2022 - China Special Weapons News
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- NW China's Lanzhou detects 87 positive cases amid sixth mass screening; 9,383 residents under quarantine Global Times 18 Jul 2022 -- The main urban area in Lanzhou, Northwest China's Gansu Province, has conducted a sixth round of mass nucleic acid testing, taking more than 2.19 million samplings, with 87 positive cases detected. Over 9,300 residents have been put under centralized quarantine, the city authorities said on Monday.
- SW China's Chengdu hit by faster spreading Omicron variant BA.2.12.1 Global Times 18 Jul 2022 -- The strain causing the latest COVID-19 outbreak in Chengdu, the capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, was identified by genetic sequencing as the Omicron variant BA.2.12.1, the Health Commission of Sichuan Province said on its official WeChat account on Sunday, noting that its homologous sequence has not been found in other local outbreaks in China.
- More than 450 infections reported over 5 days in tourist resort in S. China's Guangxi, leaving over 2,000 stranded Global Times 18 Jul 2022 -- A sudden COVID-19 flare-up hit the holiday resort of Beihai city in South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, infecting more than 450 people infected over five days and leaving over 2,000 tourists stranded in the city.
- More than 450 infections reported over 5 days in tourist resort in S. China's Guangxi, leaving over 2,000 stranded Global Times 18 Jul 2022 -- A sudden COVID-19 flare-up hit the holiday resort of Beihai city in South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, infecting more than 450 people infected over five days and leaving over 2,000 tourists stranded in the city.
- Chinese mainland reports 117 new local confirmed COVID-19 cases People's Daily 18 Jul 2022 -- The Chinese mainland Sunday reported 117 locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 59 in Guangxi and 28 in Gansu, the National Health Commission said Monday.
- HKSAR gov't continues tracing COVID-19 through sewage surveillance People's Daily 18 Jul 2022 -- The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government said Sunday that it will distribute around 250,000 sets of COVID-19 rapid antigen test (RAT) kits as part of a follow-up on the recent detection of the COVID-19 virus in sewage samples.
- Joint Press Release of the 16th Round of India-China Corps Commander Level Meeting India PIB 18 Jul 2022 -- The 16th round India- China Corps Commander Level Meeting was held at Chushul-Moldo border meeting point on the Indian side on 17th July 2022.
- India Repeats Request to China to Withdraw Troops From Disputed Border Area, Reports Suggest Sputnik 18 Jul 2022 -- India has again asked China to withdraw Chinese troops from disputed territories near the India-China border in eastern Ladakh, newspaper Times of India reported on Monday.
- China Releases Images of PLA's 'Attack' Drills in Tibet Before Talks With India Sputnik 18 Jul 2022 -- The 16th round of military commander-level talks between India and China were held a week after the meeting between Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on the sidelines of a G20 meeting in Bali on July 7. New Delhi asked Beijing to work towards the early resolution of the Ladakh border row during the meeting.
- China holds five-day military exercise in disputed South China Sea Radio Free Asia 18 Jul 2022 -- China announced a large-scale military exercise in the South China Sea as the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan sails near the Spratly Islands and a U.S. destroyer conducted consecutive sail-throughs.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin's Regular Press Conference on July 18, 2022 PRC MofA 18 Jul 2022
- Parliamentarians call for sanctions on Chinese firms over sales to Russia Radio Free Asia 18 Jul 2022 -- An international alliance of lawmakers has called on more countries to blacklist Chinese companies accused of providing military-industrial support for Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
- US: China Not Doing Enough to Avert African Food Crisis VOA 18 Jul 2022 -- The U.S. aid chief is urging nations to do more to avert a food crisis in East Africa and singled out China for not doing enough.
- Overthrowing foreign governments deep in bones of how US conducts its foreign policy: Chinese FM Global Times 18 Jul 2022 -- Overthrowing foreign governments is deep in the bones of how the US conducts its foreign policy, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said in response to remarks of former White House national security advisor John Bolton, who said in an interview that he had helped plan attempted coups in foreign countries.
- Australia urged to reshape approach to China, act to improve bilateral ties: FM Global Times 18 Jul 2022 -- The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Monday urged Australia to seize the opportunity in bilateral relations and take concrete action to improve trade ties, in response to the Australian treasurer's call for easing coal trade relations with China.
- Anyone who dares to assume anti-China stance and instigate riots in SARs will be severely punished: top official on Hong Kong affairs Global Times 18 Jul 2022 -- China stance and instigate riots in Hong Kong and in Macao will be severely punished, Xia Baolong, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and head of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council, told said at a panel discussion in studying Chinese President Xi Jinping's latest speech in Hong Kong on Monday.
- China's Belt And Road Focuses On New Eurasian Trade Routes Due To Ukraine War RFE/RL 18 Jul 2022 -- Moving shipping containers from China through Russia to the European Union became a vital part of Beijing's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), but Moscow's invasion of Ukraine and the Western sanctions that followed have forced China to search for alternatives.
- China reaffirms determination to wipe out mafia gangsters, protectors Global Times 18 Jul 2022 -- China will wipe out all gang-related crime, reaffirmed the top prosecutor on Monday, saying that China has indicted 230,000 people who were engaged in mafia-like gangs and other crimes, and 2,987 people who acted as their protectors, in the three-year national crackdown on gang crimes from 2018 to 2021.
- Chinese banking and insurance regulator makes fresh pledge to deal with rural bank, default mortgage risks Global Times 18 Jul 2022 -- China's banking and insurance regulator vowed on Sunday to handle the risks associated with five rural banks in Henan and Anhui provinces in accordance with laws and regulations, as well as to ensure financial services for the delivery of home projects.
- Afghan minister holds talks with Chinese mining firm, progress to be expected Global Times 18 Jul 2022 -- An Afghan government official from the mining sector met with the representative of a Chinese mining company Sunday, and they discussed issues ranging from technical to financial operations of the Aynak copper project, the second-largest copper ore body in the world. But an insider said that no substantive progress was made.
- Did China's Belt and Road Initiative destroy Sri Lanka? Radio Free Asia 18 Jul 2022 -- On July 9, 2022, hundreds of thousands of anti-government protesters came out on the streets of Colombo and occupied the official residence and offices of Sri Lanka's then president, who tendered his resignation after fleeing overseas.
- Xi Focus: Advancing construction of Silk Road Economic Belt core area People's Daily 18 Jul 2022 -- The Urumqi International Land Port Area in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is well on its way to becoming an important growth pole powering the region's opening-up and economic development.
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