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17 August 2022 - China Special Weapons News
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- China enforces lockdowns as COVID cases spiral in Xinjiang and Tibet Radio Free Asia 17 Aug 2022 -- A sharp increase in the number of coronavirus cases in Xinjiang led China's government to send a delegation throughout the far-western region to implement controversial zero-COVID policies, further isolating residents there.
- Chinese mainland reports 566 new local confirmed COVID-19 cases People's Daily 17 Aug 2022 -- The Chinese mainland on Tuesday reported 566 locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, of which 482 were in Hainan Province, the National Health Commission said Wednesday.
- Nearly 20% of children suffer from long COVID after infection, says HK pediatrician, highlighting vaccination urgency Global Times 17 Aug 2022 -- A pediatrician from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region claimed that nearly 20 percent of the children who he treated experienced long COVID following their infections, with some reporting worsened memory and cognitive functions, and also the transient loss of sight. These new discoveries could provide some hints for the study of post-COVID syndrome among children, health experts said.
- Taiwan braces for sustained Chinese pressure CNA 17 Aug 2022 -- With Beijing expected to continue flexing its muscles ahead of the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) national congress in the autumn, and expert anxieties over the risk of a cross-Taiwan Strait military crisis, the public mood in Taiwan is mixed.
- TPP urges government to make plans to counter Chinese blockade CNA 17 Aug 2022 -- The opposition Taiwan People's Party (TPP) has called on the government to expand Taiwan's energy reserves and plan for the possibility that China will hold regular military drills around the island or attempt to impose a blockade.
- China is handling 'serious fallout' from Pelosi's visit, US should draw lessons from it: Chinese ambassador to US Global Times 17 Aug 2022 -- Chinese Ambassador to the US said that China is handling the "serious fallout" from US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's highly provocative visit to China's Taiwan region despite China's firm opposition and repeated representations, urging the US to draw lessons from it and stop its words and actions that would escalate the tension.
- China sternly warns US not to create a bigger crisis, vows to punish offenders: Chinese FM Global Times 17 Aug 2022 -- China sternly warns the US not to act rashly or create a bigger crisis, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday, stressing that those who offend China will be punished.
- U.S. aims to provoke regional instability with Pelosi's Taiwan visit: Putin People's Daily 17 Aug 2022 -- U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi's recent visit to Taiwan is part of a deliberate U.S. strategy to destabilize the situation in the region, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday.
- China highly appreciates Putin's criticism of Pelosi's provocative Taiwan visit Global Times 17 Aug 2022 -- China highly appreciates Russian President Vladimir Putin's criticism of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's provocative Taiwan visit as Putin's position shows China-Russia high-level strategic coordination and the firm support the two countries have rendered each other on issues concerning their core interests, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin on Wednesday.
- Russia calls Pelosi's Taiwan visit a 'planned provocation' Radio Free Asia 17 Aug 2022 -- Russia lent China a hand to China's criticism of U.S. policies in the Indo-Pacific, with President Vladimir Putin calling House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan "a carefully planned provocation."
- CH-4 drone makes maiden flight with upgraded engine, longer endurance and heavier loads Global Times 17 Aug 2022 -- China's independently developed CH-4 drone with an upgraded domestic heavy-fuel engine has recently completed its maiden flight. The domestic engine enables the updated version of the CH-4 drone to fly at higher altitudes for longer endurance and with heavier loads, said the aircraft's maker on Wednesday.
- Maritime authorities issue new warning for Yellow Sea military activity; PLA updates on recent live-fire drills Global Times 17 Aug 2022 -- Weihai maritime safety authorities issued a passage warning on early Wednesday morning that military activities will be carried out in parts of the Yellow Sea waters starting from 8:30 am Wednesday to 5 pm Friday, during which vessels are forbidden from entering the waters in question, according to the website of China's Maritime Safety Administration.
- US fleet commander's groundless accusation against PLA exercises rebutted; US urged to return to three joint communiqués Global Times 17 Aug 2022 -- Top US fleet commander's accusation against recent military drills of Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) near the island of Taiwan is groundless and meaningless, said Chinese international relations experts. The accusation will not make a difference to the situation across the Taiwan Straits like the commander might have wished, they said.
- China to send troops to Russia for joint 'Vostok' military drills Press TV 17 Aug 2022 -- Chinese troops will travel to Russia for major joint military exercises amid heightened tensions with the United States over Taiwan and Ukraine.
- Chinese troops to take part in Vostok-2022 strategic drills in Russia PLA Daily 17 Aug 2022 -- According to the annual China-Russia military cooperation plan and consensus reached by the two sides, the Chinese People's Liberation Army will send some troops to Russia to take part in the Vostok (East)-2022 strategic exercise.
- China Says It Will Send Troops To Russia For Joint Military Drills RFE/RL 17 Aug 2022 -- Beijing says it will send a contingent of troops to Russia to attend joint military drills involving several other countries, including India, Belarus, Mongolia, and Tajikistan.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin's Regular Press Conference on August 17, 2022 PRC MofA 17 Aug 2022
- US Boosting Domestic Solar Industry, Reducing Reliance on China VOA 17 Aug 2022 -- China's global dominance in the solar industry is a supply chain and national security risk, according to some industry observers, and one of the reasons that the United States has been trying to boost domestic solar manufacturing capacity.
- Two More Baltic Countries Quit China-Led Forum Amid Ukraine War VOA 17 Aug 2022 -- Estonia and Latvia say they are pulling out of a decade-old mechanism established by China to deepen its influence in Europe, following their Baltic neighbor Lithuania, which left the group last year.
- Non-jury trial for national security case to ensure a fair trial: HK Department of Justice Global Times 17 Aug 2022 -- In response to some media reports saying that the Hong Kong Department of Justice has ordered a non-jury trial for dozens of suspects who have been charged with conspiring to subvert state power, the department said on Wednesday that the decision of whether the jury is needed is based on provisions of the National Security Law (NSL) for Hong Kong.
- Hong Kong National Security Trial to Proceed Without Jury VOA 17 Aug 2022 -- Dozens of activists charged for violating Hong Kong's national security law will now be tried without a jury, media reports say.
- Uyghur rights groups file criminal case in Argentina against China Radio Free Asia 17 Aug 2022 -- Lawyers acting on behalf of two Uyghur rights groups filed a criminal case in an Argentine court on Wednesday alleging that China is committing genocide and crimes against humanity through its repressive policies targeting Muslims in the country's northwestern Xinjiang region.
- UN Envoy Says China Employing Forced Labor, Possible 'Enslavement' In Xinjiang RFE/RL 17 Aug 2022 -- China's coercing of Muslim Uyghurs and other minorities into forced labor in agriculture and manufacturing in Xinjiang could amount to "enslavement as a crime against humanity," an independent UN expert has concluded.
- UN Rapporteur Finds Evidence of Forced Labor in Xinjiang, Tibet VOA 17 Aug 2022 -- Coerced labor among Uyghurs, Kazakhs and other ethnic groups has been taking place in China's Xinjiang and Tibet, according to a report released by Tomoya Obokata, the U.N. special rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery.
- China dials up mobilization push for regional economic powerhouses to rev up recovery Global Times 17 Aug 2022 -- In a fresh call to prompt China's largest provinces in economic terms to be at the forefront of the national stabilization push, Premier Li Keqiang made an inspection tour in Shenzhen, Guangdong on Tuesday and Wednesday, during which he emphasized the pioneering role of the city and the province.
- Yangtze River basin faces severe drought after experiencing lowest rainfall for six decades Global Times 17 Aug 2022 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday ordered local authorities in Northeast China's Liaoning Province to ensure the safety of people's lives in flood control, the Xinhua News Agency reported on Wednesday. During his inspection of comprehensive environmental improvement work along two rivers in Liaoning's Jinzhou city, Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, was briefed about the province's flood control and relief efforts.
- 17 Chinese govt departments issue guideline to boost population growth amid falling birth rate Global Times 17 Aug 2022 -- A total of 17 Chinese government departments on Tuesday jointly released a guideline on support policies in finance, tax, housing, employment, education and other fields to create a fertility-friendly society and encourage families to have more children, as the country faces growing pressure from falling birth rates.
- China's measures to boost flagging birth rates can't fix gender inequality: analysts Radio Free Asia 17 Aug 2022 -- Plans by the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to boost flagging birth rates with a slew of economic perks to couples who have a third child could fall on deaf ears in the absence of equal treatment for women in the workplace, commentators said on Wednesday.
- Chinese authorities still locking up critics in psychiatric facilities: report Radio Free Asia 17 Aug 2022 -- Police and government agents in China continue to lock up government critics in psychiatric hospitals despite 'reforms,' according to a new report from human rights group Safeguard Defenders.
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