Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
20 August 2022 - China Special Weapons News
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- Vice premier urges efforts to beef up COVID-19 control in Hainan People's Daily 20 Aug 2022 -- Chinese Vice Premier Sun Chunlan has stressed efforts to consolidate and expand the achievements in containing COVID-19 in Hainan Province.
- Chinese mainland reports 578 new local confirmed COVID-19 cases People's Daily 20 Aug 2022 -- The Chinese mainland on Friday reported 578 locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, of which 469 were in Hainan Province, the National Health Commission said Saturday.
- Beijing reports 2 new COVID-19 infections People's Daily 20 Aug 2022 -- Beijing reported two new local COVID-19 infections in the first 15 hours of Friday, a local health official told a press briefing Friday.
- Beijing reports 12 COVID-19 cases in 5 days Global Times 20 Aug 2022 -- Beijing on Friday reported two new local cases in quarantined areas, and the city has detected seven outbreaks with cases linked to areas outside the city since August, with 12 COVID-19 positive cases reported within five days, a warning to us that there should be no slackening in the implementation of solid measures to contain the epidemic, according to the authorities on Friday.
- China vows to strengthen cybersecurity People's Daily 20 Aug 2022 -- China will continue strengthening the capacity building of its cybersecurity system, with a focus on the stronger protection of internet enterprises and more efforts to promote the sector's development, a senior official said on Friday.
- China successfully launches the fourth group of the Yaogan-35 family of remote sensing satellites Global Times 20 Aug 2022 -- China successfully launched the fourth group of the Yaogan-35 family of remote sensing satellites from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Southwest China's Sichuan Province on Saturday morning. The satellites were launched at 1:37am (Beijing Time) by a Long March-2D carrier rocket and entered the planned orbit successfully. The satellites will carry out scientific experiments, survey land resources, forecast agricultural yields and help with disaster prevention and relief.
- China urges U.S. not to miscalculate resolve to defend sovereignty, territorial integrity People's Daily 20 Aug 2022 -- Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin on Friday urged the U.S. side not to miscalculate China's firm resolve to safeguard its sovereignty and territorial integrity.
- Chinese President Reportedly Asked Biden to Prevent Pelosi's Taiwan Visit Sputnik 20 Aug 2022 -- Beijing also issued strongly-worded statements publicly warning the US against allowing the US House speaker's trip to the island that China considers a breakaway province.
- Chinese embassy in Solomons encourages bilateral biz deals, dismisses 'debt trap' as West's 'narrative trap' Global Times 20 Aug 2022 -- The Chinese government encourages and supports competent and reputable Chinese enterprises to engage in foreign exchanges and cooperation, the Chinese Embassy in Solomon Islands said in a statement on a reported cooperation project between Huawei and the island country, dismissing Western media's malicious interpretation of the project.
- Six members of HK secessionist organization promoting 'uprising' plead guilty to conspiracy to subvert state power Global Times 20 Aug 2022 -- Six members of a Hong Kong secessionist organization pleaded guilty to "conspiracy to subvert state power" in Hong Kong on Saturday.
- China moves to further bolster economy, help those in need People's Daily 20 Aug 2022 -- A State Council executive meeting chaired by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Thursday specified measures to lower financing costs for businesses and consumption credit costs for individuals, so as to step up financial support for the real economy.
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