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24 June 2020 - China Special Weapons News
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- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian's Regular Press Conference on June 24, 2020 PRC MofA 24 Jun 2020
- Regular Press Conference of the Ministry of National Defense on June 24 PLA Daily 24 Jun 2020
- China Has Conducted Over 90 Million COVID-19 Tests Since Start of Pandemic, Says Official Sputnik 24 Jun 2020 -- China has conducted over 90 million nucleic acid COVID-19 tests since the start of its novel coronavirus outbreak, the state-run Xinhua News Agency announced Wednesday.
- Alleged Satellite Photos Show 1500% Increase in Chinese Defence Fortification in Galwan Valley Sputnik 24 Jun 2020 -- The two Asian giants have been involved in high level talks in order to disengage from the site where at least 20 Indian soldiers were killed on 15 June in clashes with the People's Liberation Army. The Indian Army announced on Tuesday that a consensus had been reached, but China continues to make claims over the Galwan Valley.
- 'The Tools Are Available to The Administration' to Press China on Uyghurs: US Religious Freedom Envoy Radio Free Asia 24 Jun 2020 -- Sam Brownback is a lawyer, former United States Senator and former governor of the state of Kansas who has served as the U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom since February 2018.
- Analysts See Shift in EU's Approach Toward Dealing With China VOA 24 Jun 2020 -- A videoconference summit this week between leaders from China and the European Union had a wide-ranging agenda including trade, climate change, cybersecurity and the COVID-19 pandemic, but it ended without agreements, or even a joint statement.
- China's Publicized WHO Fundraising Drive Falls Short of Hype VOA 24 Jun 2020 -- A highly touted Chinese drive to raise funds for the World Health Organization, launched after President Donald Trump announced he was ending financial support for the WHO, has raised less than $10,000 in its first month, according to data posted on the fund's website.
- Latest virus outbreak linked to Beijing market 'basically contained' Global Times 24 Jun 2020 -- Beijing's latest COVID-19 outbreak linked to the Xinfadi wholesale market has been basically contained, a spokesperson of the Beijing municipal government announced on Wednesday.
- Beijing vows to further expand scope of COVID-19 nucleic acid testing Global Times 24 Jun 2020 -- Beijing has vowed to further expand its scope of nucleic acid testing for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the fight against the second wave of the virus, local government said on Wednesday.
- Chinese COVID-19 vaccine candidate the first to start phase 3 clinical trials worldwide Global Times 24 Jun 2020 -- Chinese-developed COVID-19 vaccine candidate is the world's first to enter phase three human clinical trial which will begin in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Tuesday. It is also the first overseas clinical trial for a Chinese-grown vaccine, and is seen as an important step toward putting the vaccine into use and benefiting all humanity.
- China's daily nucleic acid testing capacity tops 3 mln: official People's Daily 24 Jun 2020 -- China currently can offer 3.78 million nucleic acid tests for COVID-19 every day, a 200-percent increase from March, a health official said Wednesday.
- Chinese mainland reports 12 new confirmed COVID-19 cases People's Daily 24 Jun 2020 -- Chinese health authority said Wednesday that it received reports of 12 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland Tuesday, of whom nine were domestically transmitted and three were imported.
- China's Hebei reports 2 new confirmed COVID-19 cases People's Daily 24 Jun 2020 -- North China's Hebei Province reported two new confirmed domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, the provincial health commission said Wednesday.
- Beijing reports 7 new confirmed COVID-19 cases People's Daily 24 Jun 2020 -- Beijing reported seven new confirmed domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases, four suspected cases and one asymptomatic case Tuesday, the municipal health commission said Wednesday.
- China's Hubei reports no new COVID-19 cases People's Daily 24 Jun 2020 -- No newly confirmed, asymptomatic or suspected cases of COVID-19 were reported in central China's Hubei Province Tuesday, the provincial health commission said Wednesday.
- Shanghai reports 2 new imported COVID-19 cases People's Daily 24 Jun 2020 -- Shanghai reported two new imported COVID-19 cases and no increase in locally transmitted cases on Tuesday, the municipal health commission said Wednesday.
- Beijing requires nucleic acid testing for 3 groups of people People's Daily 24 Jun 2020 -- Nucleic acid testing is required for three groups of people -- those who visited the Xinfadi market or came in contact with the market staff; employees in farm produce markets, restaurants, canteens, food delivery and logistics; people living in medium and high-risk areas, medical staff and frontline personnel, and those in service sectors such as transportation, supermarkets and banking, local authorities said Monday.
- Chinese mainland reports 3 new imported COVID-19 cases People's Daily 24 Jun 2020 -- The Chinese mainland reported three new imported COVID-19 cases Tuesday, bringing the total number of imported cases to 1,888, the National Health Commission said Wednesday.
- Vice premier stresses more targeted COVID-19 control in Beijing People's Daily 24 Jun 2020 -- Chinese Vice Premier Sun Chunlan on Tuesday stressed earlier and more targeted COVID-19 prevention and control to keep the epidemic from spreading in Beijing.
- Chinese mainland reports 12 new confirmed COVID-19 cases People's Daily 24 Jun 2020 -- Chinese health authority said Wednesday that it received reports of 12 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland Tuesday, of whom nine were domestically transmitted and three were imported.
- Beijing hotels, tourist sites to reject visitors from COVID-19 risk areas People's Daily 24 Jun 2020 -- Beijing's hotels and scenic spots will not receive visitors who have been in medium- or high-risk areas or who arrived from overseas within 14 days, an official said Tuesday.
- China greenlights new COVID-19 vaccine candidate for human trials People's Daily 24 Jun 2020 -- Chinese authorities have approved a new COVID-19 vaccine candidate for human trials, the Institute of Microbiology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said in a statement.
- China's inactivated COVID-19 vaccine starts phase-3 clinical trial internationally People's Daily 24 Jun 2020 -- China's inactivated COVID-19 vaccine candidate has started its phase-3 clinical trial globally in the United Arab Emirates, according to the vaccine developer China National Biotec Group (CNBG).
- China issues statement on border clash, proving Indian troops were fully responsible Global Times 24 Jun 2020 -- China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Wednesday issued a statement on the recent China-India border clash, providing three key points that prove responsibility does not lie with the Chinese side.
- Maintaining peace along China-India border requires common effort：Defense Spokesperson PLA Daily 24 Jun 2020 -- For the recent China-India border tensions, India should severely punish those who are accountable for the clash on the evening of June 15, and work with China together to maintain the peace in border region, said Senior Colonel Wu Qian, a spokesperson for the Ministry of National Defense (MND) of the People's Republic of China (PRC), at a regular press conference on June 24.
- China says India responsible for deadly border clash Press TV 24 Jun 2020 -- China's Defense Ministry says India was responsible for a recent border clash that left 20 Indian soldiers dead.
- India, China Continue Military Build-Up in Contested Ladakh Despite Agreement to Disengage Sputnik 24 Jun 2020 -- India and China have been engaged in an unprecedented border face-off at the Line of Control in the Ladakh region over the last two months. Despite around a dozen high-level talks, the agreed upon disengagement is yet to take place at Pangong Tso and the Galwan Valley.
- China Names 50 New Undersea Features in East China Sea Radio Free Asia 24 Jun 2020 -- China has released a list of Chinese names for 50 new underwater features in the East China Sea, heightening tensions at the same time as an exercise between the United States and Japan in the South China Sea.
- US Watching if Beijing Declares Air Defense Zone in South China Sea Radio Free Asia 24 Jun 2020 -- The United States is closely watching reports that Beijing is planning to declare a so-called Air Defense Identification Zone in the skies above the disputed South China Sea, the American air force commander in the Pacific told reporters Wednesday.
- Chinese defense spokesperson slams US recent interference with Taiwan PLA Daily 24 Jun 2020 -- Taiwan is an inseparable part of China and Taiwan affairs are purely China's internal affairs that allow no external interference, Senior Colonel Wu Qian, a spokesperson of China's Ministry of National Defense said on Wednesday at a regular press conference.
- China Sends 8 Military Planes into Taiwan Airspace; Analysts See Move as Warning to US and Others VOA 24 Jun 2020 -- Taiwan says Chinese military planes have flown into its air defense space six times in a single week and eight times this month, so far.
- Launch marks milestone in nation's space effort People's Daily 24 Jun 2020 -- The final satellite to complete the third-generation network of China's Beidou Navigation Satellite System was launched on Tuesday morning, marking a milestone in the nation's space endeavor.
- Newest camouflage combat uniforms to be distributed to all PLA troops PLA Daily 24 Jun 2020 -- The Chinese military's new-style combat uniforms featuring the newest camouflage pattern that debuted during the military parade in celebration of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China are currently being tried on by some troops and will be allocated to all troops as planned, said Senior Colonel Wu Qian, a spokesperson for China's Ministry of National Defense, at the regular press conference on the afternoon of June 24.
- China firmly opposes US deploying intermediate-range missiles in Asia Pacific region: Defense spokesperson PLA Daily 24 Jun 2020 -- China is firmly opposed to the US deploying intermediate-range missiles in the Asian-Pacific region, said Senior Colonel Wu Qian, a spokesperson for China's Ministry of National Defense, at the regular press conference on the afternoon of June 24.
- Prior to NPC Standing Committee session, central government solicits local opinions in HK Global Times 24 Jun 2020 -- Twelve symposiums to discuss legislation on safeguarding China's national security in Hong Kong were held on Tuesday throughout the special administrative region (SAR), so that China's central government could collect widespread local opinions on the draft law.
- Hong Kong to launch health code system to facilitate people traveling to Guangdong, Macao Global Times 24 Jun 2020 -- Secretary for Food and Health of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government Sophia Chan said on Wednesday that Hong Kong will develop a local health code system to facilitate people traveling between Hong Kong and Guangdong, or Hong Kong and Macao.
- China refutes theft slander from US and slams its visa restrictions PLA Daily 24 Jun 2020 -- A spokesperson of China's Ministry of National Defense on Wednesday criticized the United States' slanderous nonsense on China-related intellectual property issues and its visa restrictions on Chinese students and researchers.
- Court in China's Hebei Jails Lawyer Who Took on Local Officials Radio Free Asia 24 Jun 2020 -- A lawyer who exposed wrongdoing and corruption among officials in the northern Chinese province of Hebei has been jailed for 14-and-a-half years on charges of "blackmail," RFA has learned.
- Empty Promises from the People's Republic of China in Africa US Dept. of State 24 Jun 2020 -- "The American people continue to stand with our partners across Africa in confronting the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic."
- Taiwan Announces Aid Plan for Hong Kongers Who Have Fled to Taiwan VOA 24 Jun 2020 -- Taiwan announced recently a plan to use state funds to help Hong Kong protesters who have fled to Taiwan out of fear of prosecution at home.
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