Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
21 August 2022 - China Special Weapons News
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- China's Hainan reports over 6,700 confirmed COVID cases in August People's Daily 21 Aug 2022 -- South China's Hainan Province registered 6,704 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases and 9,577 local asymptomatic ones between Aug. 1 and 19, local authorities said at a press briefing Saturday.
- Chinese mainland reports 553 new local confirmed COVID-19 cases People's Daily 21 Aug 2022 -- The Chinese mainland on Saturday reported 553 locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, of which 440 were in Hainan Province, the National Health Commission said Sunday.
- More than 20 Chinese universities postpone new semester to stop COVID-19 Global Times 21 Aug 2022 -- More than 20 colleges and universities across China have moved to postpone the starting dates of the new semester, in a move that public health experts say is necessary to stop the spread of the COVID-19, as many places across the country are combating sporadic outbreaks.
- China's top space contractor CASC reveals new launch vehicle able to send Chinese to Moon by around 2030 Global Times 21 Aug 2022 -- China's new-generation manned rocket, which is currently under development, will possess the capability to send taikonauts to the Moon by around 2030, Global Times has learned from China's state-owned space giant China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC).
- KMT vice chairman calls for restart of mini-three links in visit to China CNA 21 Aug 2022 -- Opposition Kuomintang (KMT) Vice Chairman Andrew Hsia (夏立言), who is on a trip to China to support Taiwanese businessmen there, has urged the two sides of the Taiwan Strait to restart the "mini-three links."
- Another US official arrives in Taiwan, escalating tensions with China Press TV 21 Aug 2022 -- The Republican governor of Indiana, Eric Holcomb, has landed in Chinese Taipei (Taiwan), becoming the latest US official to visit the self-ruled island amid rising tensions between Washington and Beijing.
- Japan mulls deploying long-range missiles 'to counter China' Press TV 21 Aug 2022 -- Japan has been considering the deployment of 1,000 long-range cruise missiles to increase its ability "to counter the growing regional military clout of China."
- Japan Considering Adopting 1,000 Long-Range Missiles Amid Regional Tensions, Report Says Sputnik 21 Aug 2022 -- Japan is considering increasing the number of long-range cruise missiles in service to 1,000 amid the deteriorating security situation in the Asian region and rising tensions with China and North Korea, the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Sunday, citing military sources.
- Chinese PLA's two newly commissioned large destroyers 'ready for combat' with latest drills Global Times 21 Aug 2022 -- Two of China's newly commissioned Type 055 10,000 ton-class large destroyers, the Anshan and the Wuxi, recently carried out a series of drills involving a wide variety of training objectives, prompting analysts to suggest that the powerful warships are expected to achieve proper combat capability by the end of the year and join their sister ships in island chain-breaking far sea operations like encircling Japan and patrolling near Alaska.
- Beijing to Hold New Military Drills in East China Sea on August 22, Maritime Authority Says Sputnik 21 Aug 2022 -- Beijing will hold new live-fire military exercises in the East China Sea not far from Zhejiang province in the country's east on August 22, the China Maritime Safety Administration (MSA) said on Sunday.
- Commissioner's office of Chinese Foreign Ministry in HKSAR urges external forces to stop meddling with Hong Kong's rule of law People's Daily 21 Aug 2022 -- The Office of the Commissioner of the Chinese Foreign Ministry in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on Saturday strongly disapproved and firmly rejected attempts of a handful of U.S. and British politicians to interfere in Hong Kong's rule of law and to whitewash anti-China forces by making irresponsible rhetoric about judicial proceedings of the HKSAR.
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