Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
18 January 2023 - China Special Weapons News
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- Guangzhou enters epidemic final stage, prepares medical services for Spring Festival Global Times 18 Jan 2023 -- Guangzhou in South China's Guangdong Province has entered the final stage of the epidemic, with 85 percent of the city residents having been infected with COVID-19, Guangzhou health authorities said on Wednesday. The current strain in circulation remains Omicron BA.5.2, and the XBB strain has not been detected in local cases.
- Shanghai passes COVID-19 peak People's Daily 18 Jan 2023 -- Shanghai has passed its COVID-19 infection peak of the current surge, the city's epidemic prevention and control authorities claimed on Tuesday.
- Taiwan expresses 'grave concern' over Honduras-China envoy meeting CNA 18 Jan 2023 -- Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said Wednesday it had expressed "grave concern" after Honduran Foreign Minister Enrique Reina met with Chinese Foreign Affairs Vice Minister Xie Feng (謝峰) on Jan. 1.
- PLA air defense missile unit tests quick deployment with Y-20 transport aircraft for 1st time Global Times 18 Jan 2023 -- A top surface-to-air missile unit of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force recently took part in a systematic confrontational exercise, in which it for the first time tested its quick deployment capability by flying with Y-20 large transport aircraft. This method will significantly enhance China's air defense flexibility, analysts said on Wednesday.
- China gears up for 2023 military recruitment People's Daily 18 Jan 2023 -- China targets high-caliber soldiers for building a world-class military, according to a teleconference on conscription held in Beijing on Wednesday.
- China space keeps upbeat momentum, eyeing nearly 70 orbital launches in 2023: CASC blue paper Global Times 18 Jan 2023 -- China's state-owned aerospace giant China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) issued its annual blue paper on Wednesday, revealing nearly 70 launches to send 200 spacecraft into space this year, compared with the current record of more than 50 in 2022.
- China's top political advisory body adopts draft agenda, schedule for annual session People's Daily 18 Jan 2023 -- China's top political advisory body has approved a decision to hold an annual session and adopted a draft agenda and schedule for the event.
- Former head of state reserves authority arrested for bribery People's Daily 18 Jan 2023 -- China's Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) announced its decision to arrest Zhang Wufeng, former director of the National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration, for suspected bribe-taking.
- Top procuratorate orders arrest of former provincial legislator People's Daily 18 Jan 2023 -- The Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) has ordered the arrest of Chen Rugui, former vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the Guangdong Provincial People's Congress, for suspected bribe-taking, the SPP said Wednesday.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin's Regular Press Conference on January 18, 2023 PRC MofA 18 Jan 2023
- The West, Debt and Other Takeaways From Chinese Foreign Minister's Africa Trip VOA 18 Jan 2023 -- China's new Foreign Minister Qin Gang wrapped up his first international tour to Africa this week, during which he visited five diverse countries — Ethiopia, Gabon, Benin, Angola and Egypt — and stressed that China does not see the continent as an arena for a power struggle between the West and Beijing.
- READOUT: Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen's Bilateral Meeting with People's Republic of China (PRC) Vice Premier Liu He US Treasury 18 Jan 2023
- Remarks by Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen at Bilateral Meeting with People's Republic of China Vice Premier Liu He US Treasury 18 Jan 2023
- US, China Pledge To Resolve Climate Financing Issues VOA 18 Jan 2023 -- U.S Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He pledged at a meeting Wednesday in Zurich to work together to resolve climate financing issues and keep the lines of communication open between the world's two biggest economies.
- Liu He-Janet Yellen meets in Zurich, a bilateral respite that would boost confidence for world economic recovery Global Times 19 Jan 2023 -- With the meeting between Chinese Vice Premier Liu He and US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Wednesday in Zurich, the ice between the world's two largest economies showed another sign of breaking, as the world's two largest economies attempt to soothe their relationship that has grown tense in recent months over technology access and other issues.
- Dialogue only realistic way to resolve Ukraine crisis: Chinese envoy People's Daily 18 Jan 2023 -- A Chinese envoy said Tuesday that dialogue is the only realistic way to resolve the Ukraine crisis.
- Dozens of young people detained over November's 'white paper' protests Radio Free Asia 18 Jan 2023 -- Dozens of young Chinese -- many of them women -- are being quietly detained for taking part in November's "white paper" protests, Radio Free Asia has learned.
- Hong Kong police arrest six over 'seditious' publications at Lunar New Year fair Radio Free Asia 18 Jan 2023 -- Hong Kong's national security police have arrested six people in connection with a raid on a stall at a Lunar New Year market they said had been selling "seditious publications" inciting people to overthrow the government.
- China's property market set to rebound in 2023; sales, investment to pick up Global Times 18 Jan 2023 -- China will support the healthy development of the property market, which is still a pillar industry for the economy, said Chinese Vice Premier Liu He on Tuesday. The remarks underscore China's efforts to stabilize the domestic real estate sector, which will make a more sustainable contribution to the economy after regulation, analysts said.
- Nation's population drops for first time in 6 decades People's Daily 18 Jan 2023 -- China's population dropped last year for the first time in about six decades, heralding a period of negative growth, but experts and officials said it would not immediately affect the strength of the nation's labor force, and the labor supply situation remains positive.
- Founder and Majority Owner of Cryptocurrency Exchange Charged with Processing Over $700 Million of Illicit Funds US Dept. of Justice 18 Jan 2023 -- The founder and majority owner of a cryptocurrency exchange, Bitzlato Ltd. (Bitzlato), was arrested last night in Miami for his alleged operation of a money transmitting business that transported and transmitted illicit funds and that failed to meet U.S. regulatory safeguards, including anti-money laundering requirements.
- Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco Delivers Remarks on Founder and Majority Owner of Cryptocurrency Exchange Charged with Processing Illicit Funds US Dept. of Justice 18 Jan 2023
- Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite, Jr. Delivers Remarks on Founder and Majority Owner of Cryptocurrency Exchange Charged with Processing Illicit Funds US Dept. of Justice 18 Jan 2023
- US Arrests Russian Founder of China-Based Crypto Exchange VOA 18 Jan 2023 -- United States law enforcement officials said on Wednesday that they've arrested the Russian founder of a China-based cryptocurrency exchange, disrupting an online platform used by criminals on the darknet.
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