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02 January 2023 - China Special Weapons News

  • China is fighting a war of preparedness to protect people's lives: official Global Times 02 Jan 2023 -- Officials from the National Health Commission (NHC) said that the government has anticipated increased demand for medical treatment while optimizing epidemic prevention measures, and is trying to delay peak infections as much as possible by increasing the number of fever clinics and medicines.
  • Shanghai detects Omicron subvariants BQ.1 and XBB from imported cases Global Times 02 Jan 2023 -- Shanghai has detected the Omicron subvariants BQ.1 and XBB that have been prevailing in some overseas countries but experts said the two mutant strains were found in imported cases placed under closed-loop management which has not caused local transmission, saying there is no need to hoard Montmorillonite powder to relieve diarrhea that can be caused by subvariant XBB.1.5.
  • China anticipated medical demand ahead of optimizing epidemic controls to protect lives: NHC official Global Times 02 Jan 2023 -- China's top health official from the National Health Commission (NHC) said in an interview that the government had anticipated increased demand for medical treatment while optimizing epidemic prevention management, and was trying to delay peak infections as much as possible by increasing fever clinics and medicines.

  • 28% of travelers from China COVID-positive on first day of border testing CNA 02 Jan 2023 -- Over one quarter of the more than 500 travelers who arrived in Taiwan from China and were tested for COVID-19 under new border measures on Sunday returned positive results, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).
  • Australia Mandates COVID Travel Tests for Travelers from China VOA 02 Jan 2023 -- Starting on Thursday, January 5, passengers leaving China will have to undertake a COVID-19 test within 48 hours of travel to Australia and show evidence of a negative result.

  • MAC off to testy start with new head of China's Taiwan Affairs Office CNA 02 Jan 2023 -- Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) has hit back at remarks by the new chief of China's Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) by urging Beijing to halt its "coercion" of Taiwan if it wants to create conditions for more positive interactions across the Taiwan Strait.

  • Japan Scrambles Military to Keep Track of Chinese Naval Movements in Pacific Sputnik 02 Jan 2023 -- Japanese Armed Forces moved in response to maneuvers by a Chinese aircraft carrier and several other warships that sailed into the Pacific past the Okinawa islands in December.

  • New Chinese FM Qin Gang talks to Blinken, expects new progress in China-US ties Global Times 02 Jan 2023 -- Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang spoke with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken over the phone on Sunday, saying goodbye to Blinken and recalling his multiple candid, in-depth and constructive meetings with the US official. The Chinese diplomat said he is looking forward to keeping in working contact with Blinken and helping the China-US relationship improve, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Monday.

  • CEO: Russia's Gazprom Advances to New Level of Gas Supplies to China in January 2023 Sputnik 02 Jan 2023 -- Russian energy giant Gazprom exceeded its annual obligations for gas supplies to China in 2022 and reached a fundamentally new level of supplies from January 1, Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller said on Monday.

  • Marcos's visit expected to usher China-Philippines ties into 'golden era' Global Times 02 Jan 2023 -- At the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. will pay a state visit to China from Tuesday to Thursday, which experts believe will promote China-Philippines relations to enter a "golden era" and fully demonstrates that China and the Philippines have embarked on a relatively mature and stable track.

  • Eastern Kazakh Natural-Gas Supply To China Halted RFE/RL 02 Jan 2023 -- Officials in an eastern Kazakh region say gas exports to China from the area's only natural-gas producing facility were halted on January 1 amid an expiring deal and local complaints that some villages were without gas while its fuel was being sent abroad to China.



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