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05 February 2023 - China Special Weapons News
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- China steps out of latest COVID-19 wave as weekly death tolls halved; epidemic rebound 'expected in June, July' Global Times 05 Feb 2023 -- China's COVID-19 related death tolls halved from the previous weekly total of 6,364 to the most recent week's 3,278. A sharp decline in deaths and the downward trend of COVID-19 infections indicate that China has stepped out of the current wave, observers said on Sunday.
- Chinese CDC releases latest COVID-19 figures People's Daily 05 Feb 2023 -- From Jan 27 to Feb 2, medical institutions on the Chinese mainland reported 3,278 deaths in hospitals due to COVID-19, down from 6,364 between Jan 20 to 26, according to the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention on Saturday.
- China condemns US attack on civilian unmanned airship and reserves the right to deal with similar situations PLA Daily 05 Feb 2023 -- The US used force to attack China's civilian unmanned airship, which was an obvious overreaction, said Senior Colonel Tan Kefei, spokesperson for China's Ministry of National Defense (MND), in a statement released on Sunday afternoon.
- US Use of Military Power Against China's Civil Balloon Excessive: Chinese Defense Ministry Sputnik 05 Feb 2023 -- The use of military power by the United States against a Chinese civil unmanned balloon is an excessive reaction and Beijing reserves the right to take further necessary action, the Chinese Defense Ministry said on Sunday.
- China expresses dissatisfaction and protest over US shooting down civilian airship; US sets bad precedent Global Times 05 Feb 2023 -- China expressed strong dissatisfaction and protest on Sunday against the US' move to shoot down a non-threatening Chinese airship for civilian use, calling the US' move an overreaction and vowing to reserve the right to take necessary actions. By turning an unintentional accident into an incident that has been hyped by the US officials and media, Washington is adding new uncertainties into the already-intense relations with China, creating a bad precedent for blurring the line between civilian and military uses, experts said.
- UPDATE: Chinese Defense Ministry sternly protests against US' attack on Chinese civilian airship Global Times 05 Feb 2023 -- The Chinese Defense Ministry on Sunday protested against the US' move to shoot down a Chinese civilian unmanned airship which made an unintended entry into the US airspace due to force majeure. Experts said that US' reaction could escalate tensions between the two countries' militaries.
- FM expresses strong dissatisfaction, protest against US' shooting down China's civilian airship Global Times 05 Feb 2023 -- The Chinese Foreign Ministry expressed strong dissatisfaction and protested against the US' use of force to shoot down a Chinese civilian airship, urging the US to properly handle the incident.
- China Expresses Protest Over US Downing Balloon Sputnik 05 Feb 2023 -- A Chinese high-altitude balloon has been floating over the United States. It first became public knowledge after it was spotted over the skies of Montana. Bloomberg reported earlier on Saturday that the balloon was first spotted by US officials on January 28 off the coast of Alaska.
- Balloon moved slowly over U.S. due to stratospheric warming: Expert CNA 05 Feb 2023 -- A suspected Chinese surveillance balloon "drifted so slowly" over the continental United States because of a sudden stratospheric warming (SSW) event over the Arctic, said Cheng Ming-Dean (鄭明典), the director-general of the Central Weather Bureau.
- Republicans, Democrats Squabble Over Shoot-Down of Chinese Spy Balloon VOA 05 Feb 2023 -- A political partisan divide quickly emerged Sunday over the U.S. shoot-down of a Chinese spy balloon, with the Biden administration defending its safe takedown offshore over the Atlantic Ocean while Republicans contended it should have been shot down more than a week ago before it could fly across the country over key military installations.
- Republicans blast Biden's handling of Chinese 'spy' balloon Press TV 05 Feb 2023 -- Republicans have slammed US President Joe Biden over his handling of the alleged Chinese "spy" balloon, after a US fighter aircraft shot down it off the coast of South Carolina, further straining taut relations with Beijing.
- Tens of thousands of Hong Kongers struggle to adapt to life in the UK: survey Radio Free Asia 05 Feb 2023 -- Two years after the British government announced a citizenship pathway for Hong Kong holders of the colonial-era British National Overseas passport, tens of thousands of people are struggling to adapt to their new lives in the United Kingdom after fleeing political repression at home, a new survey has found.
- HKSAR gov't announces Hong Kong-mainland travel to fully resume starting Feb. 6. People's Daily 05 Feb 2023 -- The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government announced on Friday that normal travel between Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland will fully resume starting Feb. 6.
- China to further ease travel between mainland and Hong Kong, Macao People's Daily 05 Feb 2023 -- China will continue to lift restrictions on travel between the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions (SARs), China's State Council Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office said on Friday, citing a document.
- With threats and intimidation, China coerces Uyghurs in Turkey to spy on each other Radio Free Asia 05 Feb 2023 -- After Yasinjan and his family moved to Istanbul in 2016, the police back home in Xinjiang tried to keep in touch. They wanted to know all about the clientele at the modest barbershop he opened in the Zeytinburnu district, home to a large Uyghur immigrant population.
- Beijing Stands Firm Against Reports of Uyghur Detentions VOA 05 Feb 2023 -- Beijing on Friday accused U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken of propagating an "egregious lie" about Xinjiang in his remarks to the International Religious Freedom Summit.
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