Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
08 February 2020 - China Special Weapons News
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- Coronavirus Single-Day Death Toll Reaches New High VOA 08 Feb 2020 -- The coronavirus claimed 86 lives during a one-day period ending Saturday morning, the biggest single-day increase to date, as the virus continues to takes its toll in China and other parts of the world.
- Myanmar Officials, Ethnic Leaders Monitor China Border for Coronavirus VOA 08 Feb 2020 -- Intent on preventing an outbreak of the coronavirus in Myanmar, local officials and members of ethnic armed organizations, or EAOs, along the border with China have imposed travel restrictions, increased health checks, called for monitoring of Chinese workers and, in some areas, imposed fines.
- Doctor's Death Unleashes Mourning, Fury at Chinese Officials VOA 08 Feb 2020 -- China mourned the death Friday of Li Wenliang, a 34-year-old eye doctor from Wuhan, who was among eight whistleblowers reprimanded by local authorities for trying to sound the alarm about the deadly virus in late December of last year.
- Specter of Runaway Virus Outbreak Strains China's Relations Around Asia VOA 08 Feb 2020 -- Asian governments with historically tense relations with China, from Japan to Vietnam, are facing domestic pressures to take more measures against the deadly new coronavirus amid fears the Asian superpower might handle the outbreak irresponsibly.
- Chinese UN envoy refutes US accusations over counter-terrorism in Xinjiang Global Times 08 Feb 2020 -- A Chinese UN envoy on Friday refuted accusations by the United States over China's counter-terrorism efforts in its northwestern region of Xinjiang.
- China's Communist Party Faces Public Anger As Coronavirus Toll Rises RFE/RL 08 Feb 2020 -- China's ruling Communist Party faced public anger over the death of a doctor who was threatened by authorities for trying to alert the public about the new coronavirus in December, before the outbreak spread and became a global crisis.
- U.S. States and the China Competition US Dept. of State 08 Feb 2020 -- Speech by Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State at the National Governors Association Winter Meeting
- Pompeo Warns US Governors of Risks of Dealing With China VOA 08 Feb 2020 -- U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is warning American governors of the risks of doing business with China, saying competition with China is happening on a federal, state and local level and it has consequences for U.S. foreign policy and national security.
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