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04 January 2023 - China Special Weapons News
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- TAG-VE statement on the meeting of 3 January on the COVID-19 situation in China WHO 04 Jan 2023
- WHO continues to urge China to share more data amid COVID-19 surge UN News 04 Jan 2023 -- The World Health Organization (WHO) is concerned about the COVID-19 surge in China, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday, in his first virtual briefing for the year.
- As Lunar New Year Nears, Beijing Braces for Rural COVID VOA 04 Jan 2023 -- Wang Xiaodong lives in Qatar, where he imports Chinese-made construction material. His home on the Arabian Peninsula is thousands of kilometers away from his family's village deep in the mountains of China's southern Yunnan province.
- China Continues to Withhold COVID-19 Genetic Sequencing Data VOA 04 Jan 2023 -- The World Health Organization said China remains reluctant to share data essential for the agency to carry out risk assessments of the current state of the pandemic. The agency also said it needs the information so it can adjust its life-saving advice and guidance.
- China Urges Non-Politicization of COVID-19 Pandemic Sputnik 04 Jan 2023 -- Beijing hopes that other countries will focus on the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic rather than its politicization, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said on Wednesday.
- GT investigates: Better equipment, more experiences help Chinese hospitals treat severe COVID-19 cases Global Times 04 Jan 2023 -- As COVID-19 infection curve has already peaked in several major Chinese cities such as Beijing, Global Times reporters talked to several major hospitals to see for medical workers, whether the "hardest time" has already passed. Doctors said that the number of patients admitted into emergency rooms and fever clinics has dropped, yet the number of severe cases is still high, and hospitals are also coping with the lack of medical workers.
- China urges US to stop politicizing COVID issue; foreign experts see curbs against Chinese travelers as unnecessary Global Times 04 Jan 2023 -- China has urged the US to stop politicizing the COVID issue and to focus on fighting the virus. While some countries like the US and Japan imposed new travel curbs on passengers from China, citing concerns over new variants and the resurgence of outbreaks, China said it always believes that countries should not use discriminatory practices to affect normal people-to-people exchanges.
- China calls for unity in fight against COVID, avoiding politicizing epidemic: FM Global Times 04 Jan 2023 -- China has always shared its information and data in a responsible manner with the international community, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said Wednesday, adding that the US bears inescapable responsibility for the current epidemic situation and called on all parties to avoid any words or deeds that politicize the epidemic.
- Shanghai unveils new tiered diagnosis, treatment for COVID-19 Global Times 04 Jan 2023 -- Shanghai has unveiled a new edition of tiered diagnosis and treatment for COVID-19 to guide medical institutions in classifying treatment of specific cases, listing basic clinical treatment including the use of small-molecule oral antiviral drugs.
- XBB.1.5 highly unlikely to trigger large-scale epidemic in China anytime soon: CDC Global Times 04 Jan 2023 -- The possibility of a large-scale epidemic in China within a short period of at least three months caused by XBB variants including XBB.1.5 is extremely low, according to an article released by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Chin's CDC) on Wednesday on its official WeChat account.
- Senior Chinese official stresses orderly transition to Class-B management of COVID-19 People's Daily 04 Jan 2023 -- A senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC) called for effectively coordinating the epidemic response with economic and social development in an orderly transition to Class-B management of COVID-19.
- China's Chongqing issues free medical packages to battle COVID-19 People's Daily 04 Jan 2023 -- Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality will issue free packages containing antipyretics to residents above 60 amid the spread of COVID-19.
- Grassroots medical centers to get oral COVID drugs, oxygen monitors People's Daily 04 Jan 2023 -- China will distribute oral COVID-19 drugs to grassroots healthcare institutions and equip them with finger oxygen saturation monitors, the National Health Commission said in a circular released on Tuesday evening.
- COVID deaths surge in Tibet after lockdowns end Radio Free Asia 04 Jan 2023 -- COVID deaths are surging in Tibetan areas of China after strict lockdowns aimed at controlling the spread of the disease were ended by Chinese authorities in early December, Tibetan sources say.
- Finland to Impose Restrictions for Chinese Tourists If EU Makes No Decision Sputnik 04 Jan 2023 -- Finland will impose restrictions for Chinese tourists due to the COVID-19 situation in China if no measures are proposed at the European level, Finnish Minister for Family Affairs and Social Services Krista Kiuru said.
- All countries' COVID-19 response measures should be science-based: spokesperson People's Daily 04 Jan 2023 -- China believes that for all countries, COVID-19 response measures need to be science-based and proportionate without affecting regular people-to-people exchanges and cooperation, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said Tuesday.
- Hospitals prepared for surge in cases People's Daily 04 Jan 2023 -- Hospitals should make use of all medical resources available to cope with surging COVID-19 patients, according to a senior health official.
- Taiwan rules out missile info leak despite equipment repairs in China CNA 04 Jan 2023 -- The Taiwan military's top research body denied on Wednesday any data breach after local media reported that equipment used to calibrate the unit's domestically-developed supersonic missile system was recently found to have been repaired in China.
- Taipei blasts Moscow over support of Beijing's Taiwan claim CNA 04 Jan 2023 -- Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) has condemned Russia for echoing China's "false" claim that Taiwan is part of its territory after a top Russian diplomat said Tuesday that cross-Taiwan Strait relations are China's "internal affairs."
- US, China continue to trade accusations over 'buzzing' incident Radio Free Asia 04 Jan 2023 -- The U.S. military has dismissed China's accusation that a U.S. spy plane "engaged in dangerous maneuvers against a Chinese Navy fighter jet" over the South China Sea on Dec. 21, maintaining that it was the Chinese fighter that caused the two aircraft to nearly collide.
- China: Will work with Philippines on 'friendly' handling of maritime issues Radio Free Asia 04 Jan 2023 -- Beijing said it would work with Manila to resolve maritime issues amicably as Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. met with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing on Wednesday amid bilateral tensions over the South China Sea.
- PLA kicks off annual training for 2023 amid security challenges; new weapons, integrated combat capacity stressed Global Times 04 Jan 2023 -- After a busy year of intensive exercises in 2022, the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) has kicked off annual training in 2023 with highlights in combat forces of new qualities and integrated combat capacity, which experts said are vital capacities for the PLA to win warfare in the future, facing the security challenges represented by military provocations by Western countries led by the US, the Taiwan question, and potential instability in the southwestern border.
- China enacts revised regulations for PLA civilian personnel management PLA Daily 04 Jan 2023 -- A set of revised regulations regarding the management of civilian personnel of China's People's Liberation Army has come into effect on Jan. 1, 2023, after being approved by the State Council and the Central Military Commission.
- 9th Chinese peacekeeping infantry battalion to South Sudan (Juba) completes first long patrol mission PLA Daily 04 Jan 2023 -- Recently, the 9th Chinese peacekeeping infantry battalion to South Sudan (Juba) completed its first long-range patrol assigned by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) since deployed to the mission area.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning's Regular Press Conference on January 4, 2023 PRC MofA 04 Jan 2023
- President Xi Jinping Holds Talks with Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. PRC MofA 04 Jan 2023 -- On the afternoon of 4 January, President Xi Jinping held talks with Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. at the Great Hall of the People during the latter's state visit to China.
- China-Philippines ties enter 'new golden age,' cooperation to be greatly enhanced Global Times 04 Jan 2023 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping met visiting Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in Beijing on Wednesday, with both sides expressing great hope, confidence and determination to further develop bilateral relations to a higher level. Chinese experts said the successful visit proves there is little room for outside forces like the US to meddle in the South China Sea situation and interrupt the two countries' efforts to promote common development.
- China, Philippines cement ties in new year PLA Daily 04 Jan 2023 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. at the Great Hall of the People during the latter's state visit to China on Wednesday.
- China's recent wave of protests could see a resurgence in the coming year: analysts Radio Free Asia 04 Jan 2023 -- The recent wave of 'white paper' movement and the New Year's protests over a nationwide ban on fireworks could be the beginning of a broader political resistance to authoritarian rule under Chinese President Xi Jinping, exiled political activists said in recent interviews.
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