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01 November 2022 - China Special Weapons News
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- Chinese mainland reports 498 new local confirmed COVID-19 cases People's Daily 01 Nov 2022 -- The Chinese mainland on Monday reported 498 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said Tuesday.
- Guangzhou cancels 888 flights after detecting 527 COVID-19 cases in a single day Global Times 01 Nov 2022 -- The city of Guangzhou in South China's Guangdong Province is facing pressure from imported COVID-19 cases from other provinces and from overseas, and there has also been a local rebound. The manufacturing hub reported 527 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases on Sunday and it has dealt with a total of 260 COVID-related incidents since October 1.
- Cross-strait relations to remain at impasse until after 2024 election CNA 01 Nov 2022 -- The political stalemate between Taipei and Beijing is expected to continue until at least 2024 when Taiwan will elect a new president and legislature, local scholars said Tuesday.
- Specter of invasion of Taiwan looms over future of US-China ties: analysts Radio Free Asia 01 Nov 2022 -- While ties between Beijing and Washington appear to be on a more even keel following a ministerial-level phone call, the threat of a possible invasion of democratic Taiwan under the expansionist rhetoric of Xi Jinping still looms large over the relationship, analysts told RFA.
- China Space Station's third and final module Mengtian docks with orbiting combination Global Times 01 Nov 2022 -- The Mengtian lab module - the third and final part of the three-module China Space Station's basic structure - made a rendezvous and docked with the Tianhe space station core module at 4:27 am on Tuesday, about 13 hours after being launched, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).
- China's Mengtian lab module docks with space station combination Global Times 01 Nov 2022 -- The Mengtian lab module has successfully docked with China's Tiangong space station combination, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).
- China successfully launches final part of its three-module space station, to complete T-shape structure assembly Global Times 01 Nov 2022 -- China successfully launched Mengtian lab module - the third and final part of its three-module home-developed space station - into preset orbit, on Monday afternoon from South China's tropical island province of Hainan, kicking start the final battle of completing the country's T-shape and first-ever permanent space station.
- United States likely to base long-range bombers in northern Australia Radio Free Asia 01 Nov 2022 -- Plans to station nuclear capable B-52 bombers in the far north of Australia show that the U.S. military is seeking more deterrence options against China as its military strength increases, defense experts said.
- China warns US plans to deploy B-52 bombers to Australia could 'trigger arms race in region' Press TV 01 Nov 2022 -- China has issued a stern warning that Washington's plans to deploy six of its nuclear-capable B-52 bombers to an Australian military base may "trigger an arms race" and escalate tensions in the region.
- Chinese naval hospital ship Peace Ark to pay friendly visit to Indonesia PLA Daily 01 Nov 2022 -- At the invitation of the Indonesian military, the Chinese naval hospital ship Peace Ark will set sail on November 2 from Zhoushan, east China's Zhejiang province, for a friendly visit to Indonesia, said Senior Colonel Tan Kefei, a spokesperson for China's Ministry of National Defense, in a written statement released on Tuesday.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian's Regular Press Conference on November 1, 2022 PRC MofA 01 Nov 2022
- Trong's Beijing visit may bring Vietnam closer to China Radio Free Asia 01 Nov 2022 -- Communist Party of Vietnam General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong's visit to Beijing on Oct. 30 at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping is being seen by regional analysts as a way of ensuring relations remain strong at a time when other allies, such as Russia, are focusing too much on regional conflict.
- China, Vietnam strive to advance ties to a new level; 'mutual political trust withstands outside power sowing discord' Global Times 01 Nov 2022 -- China and Vietnam agreed on Monday to strengthen strategic communication, enhance political mutual trust, properly manage differences in a bid to bring their comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership in the new era to a new level as Chinese top leader met Nguyen Phu Trong, general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee in Beijing.
- Xi holds talks with Vietnam's communist party chief PLA Daily 01 Nov 2022 -- Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Chinese president, held talks on Monday with Nguyen Phu Trong, general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee.
- China Pledges Cooperation With 'Comrade and Brother' Vietnam as Communist Party Chiefs Meet Sputnik 01 Nov 2022 -- For decades, Hanoi and Beijing were in rival socialist camps, even fighting a war in the 1970s. However, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the introduction of some capitalist market mechanisms to both countries' economies, they grew steadily closer, albeit not without unresolved differences.
- China, Vietnam strive to advance ties to a new level; 'mutual political trust withstands outside power sowing discord' Global Times 01 Nov 2022 -- China and Vietnam agreed on Monday to strengthen strategic communication, enhance political mutual trust, properly manage differences in a bid to bring their comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership in the new era to a new level as Chinese top leader met Nguyen Phu Trong, general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee in Beijing.
- China calls for practical measures to resolve obstacles facing Russia's grain, fertilizer export Global Times 01 Nov 2022 -- China called on countries concerned to take practical measures to resolve obstacles facing Russia's grain and fertilizer export and to stop politicizing or weaponizing economic and trade issues at a UN Security Council meeting on a crucial Ukraine grain deal.
- Pakistani PM embarks on 1st official visit to China since taking office, deepening iron-clad friendship and revitalizing flagship projects Global Times 01 Nov 2022 -- Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is embarking on his first official visit to China since taking office in April on Tuesday. He is among the first foreign leaders to visit China after the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and hopes to learn from "Chinese economic miracle." Amid growing challenges in the world, the visit will deepen the iron-clad friendship between the two countries, which will also push the flagship China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) under the Belt and Road Initiative to a new high level.
- Solomon Islands province rejects Chinese mobile towers Radio Free Asia 01 Nov 2022 -- China's Huawei is building dozens of communications towers across the Solomon Islands, boosting mobile internet access ahead of next year's Pacific Games, but the country's most populous province continues to reject the Chinese-funded infrastructure.
- Beijing Ready to Deepen Security Cooperation With All SCO States Sputnik 01 Nov 2022 -- China is ready to deepen security cooperation with all Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) countries, Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang said on Tuesday.
- 50 nations at UN denounce Chinese human rights violations of Uyghurs Radio Free Asia 01 Nov 2022 -- Fifty nations at the United Nations General Assembly on Monday denounced China for its treatment of Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in the northwestern Xinjiang region and called on Beijing to end human rights violations there, including arbitrary detention.
- Observers: China's Chip Talent Hurdle Worsens After Layoffs at US Firm Marvell VOA 01 Nov 2022 -- Santa Clara, California-based chip producer Marvell Technology has confirmed that it is eliminating research and development staffs in China - the third U.S. chipmaker that has done so this year as the U.S.-China tech rivalry intensifies.
- Ministries warn of drought, other natural disaster risks for November Global Times 01 Nov 2022 -- Chinese authorities have studied the risk situation of natural disasters for November and warned of drought, forest fire and other risks in some parts of the country, according to an official notice published by the Ministry of Emergency Management (MEM) on Tuesday.
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