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25 May 2023 - China Special Weapons News
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- China braces for second COVID wave amid public doubts over homegrown vaccines Radio Free Asia 25 May 2023 -- Chinese experts are warning of a mounting wave of COVID-19 cases, but face ongoing public distrust that homegrown vaccines targeting the XBB Omicron variants will do much to protect people against severe disease or death.
- COVID-19 ranks as most prevalent virus in Beijing for four weeks: CDC report Global Times 25 May 2023 -- COVID-19 infections have ranked as the most prevalent virus in Beijing for four weeks after overtaking the city's influenza cases in late April, according to the COVID-19 weekly reports released by the Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control on Wednesday.
- NW China's Shaanxi education authority warns schools over rising COVID-19 infection rates Global Times 25 May 2023 -- The education department under the Shaanxi provincial government in Northwest China has listed COVID-19 infection as a special attention event, warning all schools to strengthen COVID-19 monitoring and take precautionary measures as the positive rate of nucleic acid testing has recently begun to rise.
- PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan May 25, 2023 ROC MND 25 May 2023
- Chinese War Simulation Finds Top US Carrier Group Could Be 'Destroyed With Certainty' Sputnik 25 May 2023 -- War games conducted by Chinese researchers found the US military's most prized aircraft carrier could be reliably sunk with relative ease in the event of a hot war in the South China Sea.
- Microsoft Claims Malicious Chinese Cyber Actor Detected Targeting Critical US Infrastructure Sputnik 25 May 2023 -- Microsoft on Wednesday issued a warning about a Chinese state-sponsored cyber actor, Volt Typhoon, who is allegedly using stealthy techniques while targeting critical infrastructure and conducting information gathering in the United States.
- US critical infrastructure hacked, Chinese government-backed group blamed Press TV 25 May 2023 -- The United States and its cybersecurity allies blame a Chinese government-backed hacking group for spying on critical US infrastructure organizations, including the one in the island territory of Guam, which is home to strategic military bases.
- FM spokesperson refutes Five Eyes' reports against China People's Daily 26 May 2023 -- It's widely known that the Five Eyes is the world's biggest intelligence association, and the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) is the world's biggest hacking group. It is ironic that the Five Eyes jointly released a report filled with disinformation, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Thursday.
- Accusing China of spying on US infrastructure a US-initiated 'disinformation campaign': Chinese FM Global Times 25 May 2023 -- It is obviously a collective disinformation campaign launched by the US through the Five Eyes intelligence alliance to serve its geopolitical agenda, Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Thursday as some Western countries and Microsoft alleged on Wednesday that a Chinese hacking group is "spying on a wide range of US critical infrastructure organizations."
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning's Regular Press Conference on May 25, 2023 PRC MofA 25 May 2023
- China's new ambassador to Washington starts work amid moribund bilateral ties Radio Free Asia 25 May 2023 -- China's new ambassador to the United States, Xie Yang, started his tenure by stating baldly that he is there to look after his country's interests, first and foremost.
- Essence of Ukraine crisis is outbreak of contradictions in European security governance: Chinese FM Global Times 25 May 2023 -- The essence of the Ukraine crisis is the outbreak of contradictions in European security governance, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said at Thursday's press briefing when commenting on the root causes of the crisis.
- Isolated Taliban Find Active Diplomacy With China VOA 25 May 2023 -- Among a small number of ambassadors who remain in Kabul, Wang Yu, Chinese ambassador to Afghanistan, appears the busiest.
- South Korea Seeks to Join Efforts to Counter China's Economic Coercion VOA 25 May 2023 -- Even though China is South Korea's top trading partner, Seoul's tightening ties with the U.S. and other wealthy democratic countries reveal its interest in countering Beijing's economic coercion, experts say.
- Chinese company to build Iran-Russia road for new energy facilities IRNA 24 May 2023 -- Shenzhen-listed Jilin Jinguan Electric Co Ltd signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to build a road between Iran and Russia for the construction of new energy facilities, it said on Wednesday.
- China pilots paying civil servant salaries in digital yuan cryptocurrency Radio Free Asia 25 May 2023 -- Chinese local governments have started paying public employees in "digital yuan," a move experts say leaves users open to surveillance and instant revocation of their funds if officials see fit.
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