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22 August 2022 - China Special Weapons News
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- Chinese mainland reports 360 new local confirmed COVID-19 cases People's Daily 22 Aug 2022 -- The Chinese mainland on Sunday reported 360 locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, of which 232 were in Hainan Province, the National Health Commission said Monday.
- Schools in Beijing to run normally with stricter epidemic prevention measures Global Times 22 Aug 2022 -- Schools in Beijing will open normally for the upcoming new semester, which starts in September, local authorities said on Monday, adding that students will need to undergo increasingly frequent nucleic acid testing during the first week back, as Beijing faces pressure to contain COVID-19 following sporadic outbreaks around the country.
- Chinese vice premier urges eliminating community COVID-19 spread in island province People's Daily 22 Aug 2022 -- Chinese Vice Premier Sun Chunlan has stressed efforts to eliminate community transmissions of COVID-19 in south China's Hainan Province.
- Epidemic situation in S China's Hainan reaches a turning point, with the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases declining Global Times 22 Aug 2022 -- With the continuous decline in the number of confirmed cases, the epidemic situation in South China's Hainan Province has already reached a turning point at the moment, Chinese Vice Premier Sun Chunlan said during her recent inspection trip to the southern island province on Sunday, adding that the epidemic prevention and control situation in Hainan is improving steadily.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson's Remarks on the Visit to Taiwan by Governor of the US State of Indiana PRC MofA 22 Aug 2022
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson's Remarks on the Wrongful Remarks by US Ambassador to China Concerning the Taiwan Region PRC MofA 22 Aug 2022
- Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb arrives in Taiwan for 4-day trip CNA 21 Aug 2022 -- Indiana Governor Eric J. Holcomb arrived in Taiwan on Sunday for a four-day visit, making him the first governor from the United States to visit the country since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) announced Sunday.
- US governor meets Taiwan president after China drills amid escalating tensions Press TV 22 Aug 2022 -- A US Republican governor has visited Taiwan and met with president Tsai Ing-wen, becoming the latest American official to visit the self-ruled island amid escalating tensions with China.
- China lodges stern demarche over US politicians' latest Taiwan visit; 'nation to steadily advance reunification process' amid frequent provocations Global Times 22 Aug 2022 -- Politicians and officials from the US, as well as some other Western countries, keep making or planning more visits to the island of Taiwan to further provoke China, as a delegation including Eric Holcomb, the governor of the US state of Indiana, arrived in Taiwan on Sunday for "trade talks," for which China has made serious demarches, as such provocation caused regional tensions to continue intensifying rather than easing, bringing increasing concerns among the international community.
- 'It was US, not China' responsible for crisis across Taiwan Straits: Chinese FM refutes US ambassador Global Times 22 Aug 2022 -- It is the US that made provocations first, imposed an avoidable crisis on the Chinese people, and yet falsely accused China of starting the crisis, said the Chinese Foreign Ministry on Monday, refuting remarks by the US Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns that accused China of overreacting to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's highly-provocative visit to China's Taiwan island and destabilizing the region.
- Washington is to blame for tensions in Taiwan Straits People's Daily 22 Aug 2022 -- Days after U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to China's Taiwan region, to which China responded with countermeasures, Washington has been going all out to sling mud at Beijing for being "irresponsible," "overreacting" and "conducting provocative military action."
- Indian FM criticized for blaming China over border issue, as it's India, not China, that has 'disregarded' and 'violated' bilateral pacts Global Times 22 Aug 2022 -- Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar's recent remarks blaming China for the current China-India border issue could undermine the mutual trust and affect the development of bilateral relations, Chinese analysts warned. They said that it's India, not China, that has disregarded and violated the bilateral pacts and encroached on China's territory.
- China's space tracking ship Yuanwang-3 sails for maritime tracking, monitoring tasks Global Times 22 Aug 2022 -- At 9 am on Monday, China's space tracking ship Yuanwang-3 left a dock, bounding for the mission area to carry out maritime tracking and monitoring tasks.
- 103rd successful rocket launch breaks record PLA Daily 22 Aug 2022 -- The Long March carrier rocket family, China's backbone launch vehicle fleet, has set a new record for successful consecutive launches after a Long March 2D launch over the weekend, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, the country's leading space contractor.
- India to Get Space Sensors to Monitor Chinese Military Satellites Hovering Over Asia-Pacific Sputnik 22 Aug 2022 -- The region between Australia and southern Africa lacks space situational awareness sensors, posing difficulties for the Indian military, which is facing competition from China in the Indian Ocean and along the 3,488 km Line of Actual Control.
- UK, US bans show Beijing is trying to buy the high-end electronics know-how it lacks Radio Free Asia 22 Aug 2022 -- The blocking of a planned acquisition of a U.K. tech company by a Hong Kong company backed by Chinese capital has sparked renewed concerns in the country over the national security threat from tech companies backed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
- Two major military exercises threaten to raise tensions with China and North Korea Radio Free Asia 22 Aug 2022 -- A large-scale multinational air force exercise led by the U.S. and Australia got underway in Northern Australia, with Germany taking part for the first time in what an analyst calls a "greater response from Europe" to security challenges in Asia.
- Six former staff of infamous Apple Daily to plead guilty; 'little time left' for diehard secessionists like Jimmy Lai Global Times 22 Aug 2022 -- Six former employees of Hong Kong's secessionist media Apple Daily are going to plead guilty on the charge of violating the National Security Law (NSL) for Hong Kong, according to the court's hearing on Monday. They faced charges of colluding with foreign forces to jeopardize national security, as well as printing, publishing, distributing, displaying, or copying inflammatory publications.
- Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai to plead 'not guilty' under national security law Radio Free Asia 22 Aug 2022 -- Pro-democracy media magnate Jimmy Lai will plead not guilty to 'colluding with foreign forces' under Hong Kong's draconian national security law, court documents revealed on Monday, as a U.S.-based rights group called on the government to drop charges against 47 former lawmakers and activists for "subversion."
- Interview: Military drills show 'boorish' and 'bullying' China Radio Free Asia 22 Aug 2022 -- Richard Armitage served as deputy assistant secretary of defense for East Asia and Pacific Affairs and assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs in the Ronald Reagan Administration, and deputy secretary of state in the George W. Bush administration. The veteran Asia watcher spoke to Rita Cheng of RF Mandarin about the tension in the Taiwan Strait after a China responded to a visit to the island by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi early this month with massive war games and missile tests.
- China cuts two benchmark interest rates for 2nd time this year to shore up economic growth Global Times 22 Aug 2022 -- China's central bank reduced the market-based benchmark lending rate and lowered the mortgage reference rate on Monday in the latest move to spur domestic spending and fire up economic recovery as the impact of COVID-19 persists. In a meeting on Monday, it demanded the reasonable financing needs of property developers be guaranteed.
- China cuts both lending benchmark LPRs for the 2nd time this year to shore up economy Global Times 22 Aug 2022 -- China's central bank on Monday reduced the one-year and five-year loan prime rate (LPR) at the same time, the second time for this year, in the latest move to spur domestic spending and bolster the country's economic recovery.
- Chongqing fights drought, bushfires amid severe heat Global Times 22 Aug 2022 -- Chongqing, one of the "four furnaces" in China, is now feeling the scorching burn of China's strongest heat wave in six decades, with bushfires engulfing several mountains, and asphalt roads melting after intense baking. In order to overcome dilemmas such as power shortages and wilting crops, Chongqing turned off lights of its iconic scenic area, residents kept their hands off unnecessary electronic appliances, and the government ramped up efforts to irrigate crops. Luckily, the heat wave is likely to ebb away at the end of this month, predicted meteorologists.
- China ramps up efforts to alleviate drought for autumn harvest, impact of power shortage limited as 'heat wave to ebb away soon' Global Times 22 Aug 2022 -- As persistent severe heat wave and drought unseen in decades continue to test China's power generation capacity and autumn harvests, relevant government departments have ramped up multiple efforts to ensure power supply and alleviate the impact of the extreme weather on harvest. As the heat wave is expected to ebb away in the later part of August, experts predict the overall influence on the economy will be limited.
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