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11 January 2023 - China Special Weapons News
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- Vietnam strengthens COVID monitoring as border with China reopens Radio Free Asia 11 Jan 2023 -- Vietnam should not be too concerned about the risk of another COVID-19 outbreak as Chinese tourists start to return to the country, medical experts told RFA.
- WHO official urges science-based, non-discriminatory COVID entry restrictions People's Daily 11 Jan 2023 -- A senior official of the World Health Organization (WHO) has urged countries to take science-based precautionary COVID-19 entry restrictions that are proportionate and non-discriminatory.
- China's National Immigration Administration suspends port visas for South Korean, Japanese citizens and 72/144-hour transit visa exemption in response to the two countries' discriminatory entry restrictions Global Times 11 Jan 2023 -- A day after China hit back at the discriminatory travel restrictions imposed by several countries on travelers from China, China's National Immigration Administration on Wednesday announced a decision to suspend the issuance of port visas and the 72/144-hour visa-free transit policy for citizens of South Korea and Japan.
- COVID-19 evolving into endemic disease in Chinese mainland: HK health expert Global Times 11 Jan 2023 -- As how COVID-19 evolved in any other country, the virus has also been evolving into an endemic disease in China, and the Chinese mainland will return to normal in the second half of this year when society generates robust herd immunity, a Hong Kong-based health expert said.
- China has reported all variants detected to WHO, will continue to shoulder responsibility in tracking new ones: NHC leading expert Global Times 11 Jan 2023 -- Responding to Western concerns about whether China's adjustment of COVID-19 policy would have an impact on the world and the transparency of figures on the death toll, Liang Wannian, head of China's COVID-19 response expert panel under the National Health Commission (NHC), said on Wednesday that China has reported all the variants that it has detected to the World Health Organization (WHO) and will continue to shoulder responsibility in tracking new variants.
- EU issues COVID-19 response guidelines covering random testing upon arrival for flights from China amid Chinese FM's call on fact-based response Global Times 11 Jan 2023 -- Europe has agreed on measures to be applied in aviation in response to the COVID-19 situation in China, the non-pharmaceutical measures cover mask-wearing and testing of travelers upon arrival along with other protocols, responsible European authorities announced on Tuesday local time. The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Tuesday urged all countries to implement fact-based and scientific responses.
- Regions across China report passing infection peaks, enter fast track of work resumption People's Daily 11 Jan 2023 -- From metropolises like Beijing and Shanghai, to populous provinces including central China's Henan and southwest China's Sichuan, regions across the country reported that infection peaks have passed.
- China bans photos, videos of cemeteries as COVID deaths surge in Tibet Radio Free Asia 11 Jan 2023 -- Chinese authorities in Tibet are clamping down on the taking of photos or video recordings at local cemeteries in a bid to keep news of rising COVID deaths in the region from reaching the outside world, Radio Free Asia has learned.
- China Imposes New Travel Curbs on South Korean, Japanese Travelers VOA 11 Jan 2023 -- China is taking further retaliatory steps against South Korea and Japan over the two countries' strict coronavirus testing requirements on Chinese visitors.
- China announces first countermeasure against discriminatory travel curbs Global Times 11 Jan 2023 -- China imposed its first countermeasure on Tuesday toward discriminatory and unnecessary travel restrictions against travelers from China by suspending short-term visas for South Korean citizens who wants to visit China. The latest measure is considered as China's direct and reasonable response to protect its own legitimate interests, particularly after some countries are continuing hyping up China's epidemic situation by putting travel restrictions for political manipulation despite that many public health experts around the globe have criticized it as a "toxic trend."
- In reciprocal move, China halts ROK, Japan visas People's Daily 11 Jan 2023 -- China has suspended issuing visas for South Korean and Japanese citizens as Beijing urged countries to adopt a fact-based response to the COVID-19 pandemic and vowed to take reciprocal measures against discrimi-natory entry restrictions.
- Beijing shifting to new modes of COVID control People's Daily 11 Jan 2023 -- Beijing will establish a scientific monitoring and warning system for epidemic control and prevention, a senior official in Beijing said on Monday.
- Court finds former air force officers guilty in Taiwan's latest espionage case Radio Free Asia 11 Jan 2023 -- A court in Taipei has found two former high-ranking military officers guilty of violating the national security law in the latest espionage case involving Taiwanese military personnel.
- Mainland dominance to prevail in cross-Straits ties People's Daily 11 Jan 2023 -- The Chinese mainland will firmly maintain its strategic dominance to steer cross-Straits relations in the right direction this year, according to observers.
- China's Type 052D destroyer gets upgraded propulsion system Global Times 11 Jan 2023 -- China's independently developed Type 052D destroyer has reportedly received an upgraded propulsion system, a move analysts said on Wednesday is a normal progression with the technological development and the continued production of ships of this class.
- 43rd Chinese naval escort taskforce sets sail for Gulf of Aden PLA Daily 11 Jan 2023 -- The 43rd Chinese naval escort taskforce set sail for the Gulf of Aden and the waters off Somalia from a military port in Zhanjiang city, southeast China's Guangdong province, on the morning of January 10, for the rotation with the 42nd taskforce.
- China tests engine for next-gen manned rocket; nation's plan unaffected by US hyping of space race Global Times 11 Jan 2023 -- China has made new progress in its development of next-generation manned rockets, with developers recently conducting a torch ignition experiment for the third-stage engine of the craft at a ground environment.
- China's disciplinary agency pledges to implement Party congress principles People's Daily 11 Jan 2023 -- The top disciplinary agency of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on Tuesday pledged in a communique that studying and implementing the guiding principles of the 20th CPC National Congress will be the primary political task now and in the near future.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin's Regular Press Conference on January 11, 2023 PRC MofA 11 Jan 2023
- Joint declaration of EU and NATO 'reflects bias, arrogance against China' Global Times 11 Jan 2023 -- The European Union (EU) and NATO signed a joint declaration Tuesday, which specifically addresses the so-called "challenges from China." The declaration reveals the bias and arrogance of the EU and NATO toward the perception of China, which China strongly opposes, a spokesperson for the Chinese mission to the EU said on the same day.
- Qin Gang meets AUC chairman; both sides show confidence in prospects of China-Africa relations Global Times 11 Jan 2023 -- Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang is paying his first foreign visit to Africa, with his first stop in Ethiopia, and this also marks the 33rd consecutive year that Africa has been the destination of Chinese foreign ministers' annual first overseas trip. Experts said the China-Africa traditional friendship will continue to help African countries realize sustainable peace and development when the world is in turbulence.
- Phase-1 of Africa CDC center project completed thanks to deepened BRI cooperation Global Times 11 Jan 2023 -- The phase one of the Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters, a China-aided project, was completed on Wednesday, with Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang - who's on a seven-day visit to Africa - and Moussa Faki Mahamat, African Union Commission chairperson, attending the ceremony.
- US Lawmakers Move to Reevaluate US Policy Towards China VOA 11 Jan 2023 -- A congressional reassessment of American policy toward China is expected to get under way in earnest early next month.
- US Indicts Chinese Student in Democracy Case VOA 11 Jan 2023 -- A Chinese national who has been studying in Boston has been indicted by a U.S. federal grand jury for allegedly stalking and threatening another Chinese citizen for posting fliers that support democracy in China.
- China's Ambassador to Australia Says Differences Must Not 'Hijack' Bilateral Ties VOA 11 Jan 2023 -- China's ambassador to Australia said in rare public comments that relations between the two nations have reached a period of "stability."
- Chinese 'Wolf Warrior' Leaves the Battlefield VOA 11 Jan 2023 -- One of China's most combative and recognizable spokesmen is now in an obscure position without explanation, prompting widespread speculation about what he might have done to annoy the nation's political leadership, or whether he might have volunteered to step down.
- The UK urged to stop interfering with rule of law in Hong Kong: Chinese FM and SAR government Global Times 11 Jan 2023 -- The Commissioner's Office of the Chinese Foreign Ministry in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on Wednesday expressed strong dissatisfaction with and firm opposition to the British Foreign Office officials' meeting with Jimmy Lai Chee-ying's "international legal team" and their comments for interfering in Hong Kong affairs.
- Energy mogul Li Hejun, once China's richest man, is detained by police in Jinzhou Radio Free Asia 11 Jan 2023 -- Li Hejun, who was once listed by Forbes as the richest man in China, was detained by police in the northeastern Chinese province of Liaoning on Dec. 17, Chinese media reported on Wednesday.
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