Briefing: Tuesday, January 4th, the second day of the twelfth lunar month!

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1. **Special Administrative Region**: Lam Cheng Yuet-oh confirms that the oaths taken by all prospective Legislative Council members are valid； 2. Trips during the New Year holiday: Domestic trips account for nearly 60%, with those born in the 1990s and 2000s making up over half of them ； 3. China Mobile will go public on the Shanghai Stock Exchange on January 5 ； 4. Ma’anshan City: Raises the limit on housing provident fund loans for high-level talents purchasing their first home to 600,000 yuan ； 5. Shanghai Market Regulation Bureau: Over 10,000 complaints received during the New Year’s Day holiday; online consumption-related complaints accounted for 78% ； 6. France has placed the United States on the high-risk “red list” for the COVID-19 pandemic” ； 7. First case of simultaneous COVID-19 and flu infection reported; experts: This may indicate that the patient’s immune system has collapsed ； 8. A 6.0-magnitude earthquake occurred near Taiwan, China; earthquakes were noticeably felt in Fuzhou, Quanzhou, Xiamen and other areas ； 9. Several primary schools in Beilun, Ningbo, have announced that classes will be suspended for one day on January 4th, and preparations have been made for online teaching ； 10. The Taiwan authorities purchased over 20,000 bottles of Lithuanian rum that was rejected by the Chinese mainland; netizens say it’s just a show! ； 11. Biden: If Russia invades Ukraine further, the U.S. will “respond decisively”” ； 12. Nearly 190,000 new COVID-19 cases reported in the U.S., bringing the total to over 55 million cases ；