Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
17 January 2023 - China Special Weapons News
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- Satellites Capture Increased Traffic at 2 Chinese Funeral Homes VOA 17 Jan 2023 -- Satellite images of lines of cars and jammed parking lots at crematoriums far from Beijing suggest a much higher death toll than the official count of some 60,000 people that Beijing has acknowledged since it relaxed its "zero-COVID" policy in December.
- Far from Beijing, Families Struggle With COVID's Toll VOA 17 Jan 2023 -- Taixing, a city of nearly 1 million people in Jiangsu Province, is richly red in Chinese Communist Party history, landmarks and revolutionary traditions.
- China to ensure funding for new-phase COVID response People's Daily 17 Jan 2023 -- China will step up efforts to guarantee its epidemic response funding with the focus on caring for health and preventing severe cases in a new phase of COVID response.
- COVID-related deaths still counted in a scientific way People's Daily 17 Jan 2023 -- China will continue to strengthen treatment of severe cases and count fatalities in a scientific and fact-based manner, as the Chinese mainland recorded about 60,000 COVID-related deaths at hospitals since the optimization of its virus control strategy on Dec 8, a senior health official said on Saturday.
- China already works on monitoring excess deaths from COVID: chief epidemiologist Global Times 17 Jan 2023 -- While the World Health Organization (WHO) said it recommended that China monitor excess mortality from COVID-19 infections to gain a fuller picture of the impact of increasing cases, Chinese officials and experts said that China's Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC) has already been doing this work, but it takes some time to release the relevant data.
- Epidemic in China will not impact other countries, US should share accurate COVID-related data with world: FM Global Times 17 Jan 2023 -- No new COVID variants or mutations have been found in China, and the epidemic in China will not have a significant impact on other countries, Wang Wenbin, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Tuesday, urging the US to share its related data and information in a timely, open and transparent manner.
- Chinese authorities stress protection of high-risk groups for Spring Festival holiday Global Times 17 Jan 2023 -- As China shifts its focus of COVID-19 management to vulnerable groups and severe cases, Chinese health authorities have held successive press conferences in recent days with guidelines in order to ensure the COVID prevention and protection of high-risk groups, especially in rural areas amid a possible infection surge. Medical staff and experts reached by the Global Times have expressed confidence in a smooth transition in different areas, as governments and medical institutes at all levels have made full preparations for a possible infection surge resulting from the population flow during the upcoming Spring Festival holidays.
- China further increases COVID-19 funding with enhanced support for medical workers, rural areas: ministry Global Times 17 Jan 2023 -- China's Ministry of Finance will further strengthen management of specialized funds targeting the prevention and control of COVID-19, including increasing support for rural areas and medical workers, establishing a "green channel" for medical supply procurement along with other measures, the ministry said in a notice on Monday.
- COVID-19 has peaked among Chinese populace, figures show People's Daily 17 Jan 2023 -- While the number of COVID-19 patients needing intensive care has "reached a plateau", the number seeking treatment at fever clinics is dropping nationally, both national and local data show.
- China's rural areas strengthen COVID response as Spring Festival draws near People's Daily 17 Jan 2023 -- With Spring Festival around the corner, China's vast rural areas are making all-out efforts to counter potential challenges in COVID-19 control as people return to their hometowns.
- Indonesia sends warships to monitor Chinese coast guard vessel Radio Free Asia 17 Jan 2023 -- Indonesian officials say they're not worried about the presence of China's largest coast guard ship in the Natuna Sea.
- PLA Air Force's Wang Hai Air Group fully equipped with J-20 fighter jets, expels foreign aircraft by giving full play to stealth capability Global Times 17 Jan 2023 -- The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force recently expelled foreign aircraft threatening China's territorial airspace with J-20 fighter jets, giving full play to the aircraft's stealth capability. Experts said on Tuesday that PLA forces are well-equipped and well-trained in dealing with all sorts of threats.
- PLA enhances field fast military food rations support capability PLA Daily 17 Jan 2023 -- An army brigade of the PLA Eastern Theater Command included the self-heating personal field food rations support as a training subject in a recent tactical drill, in order to improve the troops' food adaptability in field operations.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin's Regular Press Conference on January 17, 2023 PRC MofA 17 Jan 2023
- China welcomes Blinken's visit; 'time for US to make changes' Global Times 17 Jan 2023 -- China welcomes US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to visit China and is in communication with the US side on specific arrangements for the visit, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin said Tuesday, as Chinese experts said it is time for the US to make some changes to actively fix the damaged bilateral ties and bring good news for the fragile global recovery.
- No Progress on Netherlands Joining US Chip-Export Ban to China VOA 17 Jan 2023 -- In his meeting Tuesday with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte at the White House, U.S. President Joe Biden appeared to have made no progress persuading the Netherlands to support new U.S. restrictions on exporting chip-making technology to China, a key part of Washington's strategy in its rivalry against Beijing.
- Senior Chinese diplomat talks with French president's diplomatic counselor Global Times 17 Jan 2023 -- As senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi held phone talks with Emmanuel Bonne, diplomatic counselor to French President Emmanuel Macron, such high-level exchanges show both sides attach great importance to bilateral relations. Analysts called on China and the EU to keep the momentum of frequent high-level interactions to further boost mutual trust and seek ways to settle divergences.
- The right to life of Syrian people being ruthlessly violated by US: Chinese FM Global Times 17 Jan 2023 -- "The right to life of the Syrian people is being ruthlessly violated by the US," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said on Tuesday in response to Syrian state news agency's report of US looting more of the country's oil, noting that the banditry is seriously exacerbating the energy crisis and humanitarian disaster in Syria.
- HKSAR to finalize Article 23 in 2023 with focus on preventing spying activities Global Times 17 Jan 2023 -- John Lee Ka-chiu, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government, said in his latest interview with local media that the government hopes to complete legislation for Article 23 of the Basic Law in 2023, which is expected to prevent national security risks, particularly targeting spying activities, with the help of new technologies.
- Chinese mainland population records negative growth for first time in 61 years, decreasing by 850,000 in 2022 Global Times 17 Jan 2023 -- The population in the Chinese mainland recorded negative growth for the first time in 61 years, decreasing by 850,000 in 2022, data released by the National Bureau of Statistics of China (NBS) showed. Observers said that negative population growth is the inevitable result of the country's long-term low fertility rate but the country's demographic dividend will not disappear as some pessimists claim.
- China's overall population falls in 2022 People's Daily 17 Jan 2023 -- China's overall population declined by 850,000 people year-on-year to 1.4118 billion in 2022, putting the natural growth rate at negative 0.6 per 1,000 people, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Tuesday.
- China's population drops for the first time since 1960s famine Radio Free Asia 17 Jan 2023 -- China's population has decreased for the first time in over 60 years, signaling the start of long-term decline that will bring demographic challenges for the world's second-largest economy as well as the world.
- Chinese Population, Economic Data Signal Difficult Road Ahead VOA 17 Jan 2023 -- China's evolution into a global economic powerhouse destined to challenge the United States as the world's largest economy has seemed inevitable for at least the past decade, but two new reports suggest the road ahead may not be as clear as it once seemed.
- Population on Chinese mainland records negative growth for first time in 61 years, decreasing by 850,000 in 2022 Global Times 17 Jan 2023 -- The population on the Chinese mainland recorded negative growth for the first time in 61 years, decreasing by 850,000 in 2022, data released by National Bureau of Statistics of China (NBS) showed.
- China's population highly likely to see negative growth for 2022 or 2023 at the latest: experts Global Times 17 Jan 2023 -- China's National Bureau of Statistics will soon release the country's population data for 2022. Population and economic experts predicted that China's population will see negative growth for 2022 or 2023 at the latest.
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