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02 July 2020 - China Special Weapons News
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- North Korea Traders Chafe as Reopening of China Border Put Off on New COVID-19 Fears Radio Free Asia 02 Jul 2020 -- North Korea has pushed back its timeline for reopening border trade with China over concerns about new coronavirus cases in nearby northeastern Chinese provinces, trade sources in the country told RFA as they braced for more lean times.
- Suspected COVID-19 patient triggers closure of shopping mall in Beijing Global Times 02 Jul 2020 -- A shopping mall in Beijing's Shijingshan district was shortly closed for sanitation work on Thursday after a customer said she tested positive for COVID-19, triggering widespread fear among Beijing residents.
- COVID-19 vaccine development lab, production department completed in Wuhan Global Times 02 Jul 2020 -- China's first COVID-19 vaccine development lab and the only vaccine producing department at P3 level in Central China were completed in Wuhan, Hubei Province, on Wednesday, with the ability to produce about 100 million doses of vaccine per year.
- China suspends imports from meat processors in Brazil, Argentina, Germany, Canada and the Netherlands over coronavirus concerns Global Times 02 Jul 2020 -- China customs said on Thursday that several meat processors in Brazil, Argentina, Germany, Canada and the Netherlands have suspended exports to China since late June, a move which industry insiders said represents part of Beijing's strengthened measures on frozen imports as more cluster infection cases emerged in food processing factories overseas.
- Beijing reports 1 new confirmed COVID-19 case People's Daily 02 Jul 2020 -- Beijing reported one new confirmed domestically transmitted COVID-19 case on Wednesday, the municipal health commission said Thursday.
- China's Hubei reports no new COVID-19 cases People's Daily 02 Jul 2020 -- No newly confirmed, asymptomatic or suspected cases of COVID-19 were reported in central China's Hubei Province Wednesday, the provincial health commission said Thursday.
- 8 COVID-19 patients discharged from hospitals on Chinese mainland People's Daily 02 Jul 2020 -- Eight COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery on the Chinese mainland Wednesday, the National Health Commission said Thursday.
- Chinese mainland reports 2 new imported COVID-19 cases People's Daily 02 Jul 2020 -- The Chinese mainland reported two new imported COVID-19 cases Wednesday, bringing the total number of imported cases to 1,920, the National Health Commission said Thursday.
- Chinese mainland reports 3 new confirmed COVID-19 cases People's Daily 02 Jul 2020 -- Chinese health authority said Thursday that it received reports of three newly confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland Wednesday, of which one was domestically transmitted.
- Chinese military provides supplies to help militaries of five countries combat COVID-19 PLA Daily 02 Jul 2020 -- The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) has sent COVID-19 prevention and control supplies including protection clothing and surgical masks to five countries at the request of their military forces.
- China's Border Realignment Aimed at Gaining Tactical Advantage Before India Gets S-400: IAF Vet Sputnik 02 Jul 2020 -- For over two months, Indian and Chinese armies have been locked in border stand-off that included a violent skirmish on 15 June in Ladakh. Experts have compared the air power of the two countries as a military build-up has picked up speed along the loosely demarcated 4057-kilometre Line of Actual Control (LAC).
- US Again Patrols Near Chinese Survey Ship In South China Sea Radio Free Asia 02 Jul 2020 -- An American Navy combat ship this week conducted "routine operations" near a Chinese geological survey ship in the South China Sea, U.S. officials said, after the Chinese vessel in June entered an area where Vietnam has shown interest in exploring for oil.
- US Worried About Chinese Military Drills in Contested Waters in South China Sea – Pentagon Sputnik 02 Jul 2020 -- The United States is concerned about China's decision to conduct military exercises in contested waters and territory in the South China Sea, the Pentagon said in a press release.
- People's Republic of China Military Exercises in the South China Sea DoD 02 Jul 2020 -- The Department of Defense is concerned about the People's Republic of China (PRC) decision to conduct military exercises around the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea on July 1-5.
- Pakistan rules out Chinese military presence on its soil IRNA 02 Jul 2020 -- Pakistani military on Thursday dismissed reports about presence of Chinese troops in the country and their use of its air bases terming them irresponsible and baseless.
- China 'prepared against military provocation from Australia' Global Times 02 Jul 2020 -- Australia released two papers on Wednesday that define the country's future defense strategy and military development. According to the papers, Australia will invest heavily in the development and procurement of weapons and equipment, including aggressive, long-range items.
- China's helicopter carrier expands capability with drone Global Times 02 Jul 2020 -- China's Type 075 amphibious assault ships, the largest warships second only to aircraft carriers, are receiving drone helicopters that can significantly expand their combat capability by providing strong situational awareness, reports suggest, after a full-scale model for an unknown type of drone helicopter was recently spotted on a Type 075 in Shanghai.
- China' s top military disciplinary organ establishes special supervisor system PLA Daily 02 Jul 2020 -- A total of 50 service members, including elite officers, soldiers, military experts and scholars were recently appointed as the first batch of special supervisors of the Commission for Discipline Inspection under the Central Military Commission (CMC).
- PLA garrison in Hong Kong says to firmly support implementation of national security law in HKSAR PLA Daily 02 Jul 2020 -- The Hong Kong Garrison of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) said on Wednesday it firmly supports the promulgation and implementation of the Law of the People's Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR).
- China to optimize reserve forces structure for future combat need: spokesperson PLA Daily 02 Jul 2020 -- China will reduce the number of ground reserve troops and increase the size of reserve forces belonging to other services and arms, a military spokesperson said Wednesday.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian's Regular Press Conference on July 2, 2020 PRC MofA 02 Jul 2020
- Hong Kong Protest Slogans Break China's New Security Law: Government Radio Free Asia 02 Jul 2020 -- Authorities in Hong Kong on Thursday warned that slogans and speech related to last year's protest movement or calls for independence for the city fall within the scope of draconian security legislation imposed on the city by the ruling Chinese Communist Party on June 30.
- China 'reserves right to retaliate' UK residency plan for Hong Kong citizens Press TV 02 Jul 2020 -- China says it may take countermeasures against a plan by the United Kingdom to grant residency to the citizens of Hong Kong, which London has designed as a response to Beijing's application of uniform national security law to the semi-autonomous city.
- US House passes bill to sanction Chinese banks over Hong Kong Press TV 02 Jul 2020 -- The US House of Representatives has passed legislation to penalize banks doing business with Chinese officials who implement a new national security law for Hong Kong that has drawn an international condemnation.
- US Senate Passes Bill to Sanction Banks Over Hong Kong Security Law Sputnik 02 Jul 2020 -- The new national security bill that penalises secession, subversion and terrorism in the special administrative region was adopted by Chinese lawmakers and signed by President Xi Jinping on 30 June.
- US Senate Passes Bill Targeting Entities Over China's Hong Kong Security Law VOA 02 Jul 2020 -- The U.S. Senate approved a bill Thursday that would penalize individuals or companies for conducting business with Chinese officials responsible for implementing Beijing's new national security law on Hong Kong.
- Australia May Offer Safe Haven to Hong Kong Residents After Security Law Enactment Sputnik 02 Jul 2020 -- Australia is "actively considering" offering safe haven to Hong Kong residents following the enactment of the Chinese law on national security in the special administrative region that has sparked mass protests, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Thursday.
- China Hits Back at International Moves Sparked by Hong Kong Security Law Radio Free Asia 02 Jul 2020 -- China on Thursday hit back at international criticism of its draconian new security law for Hong Kong, saying that the city's residents are under its jurisdiction, indicating that may not be allowed to leave.
- Hundreds Arrested as New Security Law Comes into Effect in Hong Kong VOA 02 Jul 2020 -- About 370 demonstrators were arrested in Hong Kong on Wednesday after thousands protested China's new national security law that went into effect that day.
- National security law for HK bolsters anti-riot drive Global Times 02 Jul 2020 -- In a move to clarify offenses that may breach the newly enacted national security law for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), a spokesperson with the HKSAR government said on Thursday that the slogan, "Liberate Hong Kong, Revolution of Our Time," has the implications of secessionism, alienating HKSAR from China, changing HKSAR's legal status or subverting the State power under the current circumstances.
- China appoints secretary general of HKSAR committee for safeguarding national security Global Times 02 Jul 2020 -- State Council appointed Eric Chan Kwok-ki as secretary general of Hong Kong committee for safeguarding national security in accordance with newly enacted National Security Law for HK: Xinhua
- Dispelling Western lies about national security law for HK Global Times 02 Jul 2020 -- How the West depicts and interprets the national security law for Hong Kong, which was enacted on Tuesday, fully underscores the bias and double standards of some Western politicians and media on Hong Kong affairs.
- Pompeo ignorant on four areas on HK issues: FM Global Times 02 Jul 2020 -- US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo fabricates and disseminates rumors so frequently that it reveals his ignorance and prejudice against China, the spokesperson of China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, highlighting four things that embody Pompeo's ignorance.
- HK autonomy bill points gun at UK, US banking giants Global Times 02 Jul 2020 -- The US House's passage of a bill sanctioning banks doing businesses with Chinese officials, the latest bluffing response to China's implementation of the national security law for Hong Kong, is only a piece of waste paper, and the US knows deeply that it can achieve nothing in shaking China's determination to push forward the law, Chinese analysts said.
- State Council appoints secretary-general of Committee for Safeguarding National Security of HKSAR People's Daily 02 Jul 2020 -- The State Council on Thursday appointed Chan Kwok-ki as secretary-general of the Committee for Safeguarding National Security of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR).
- Hong Kong national security law helps ensure long-term stability of "one country, two systems" People's Daily 02 Jul 2020 -- On June 30, the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) passed the Law of the People's Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) and adopted a decision to list the law in Annex III to the HKSAR Basic Law.
- China's State Council appoints HKSAR immigration director People's Daily 02 Jul 2020 -- China's State Council on Thursday announced that Au Ka-wang was appointed director of the Immigration Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government.
- Hong Kong's business community backs security law as way to restore stability Press TV 02 Jul 2020 -- Following months of protests that plunged Hong Kong into turmoil last year, the semi-autonomous city's commercial community has largely embraced new security law as a way to get back to doing business.
- Dispelling Western lies about national security law for HK Global Times 02 Jul 2020 -- How the West depicts and interprets the national security law for Hong Kong, which was enacted on Tuesday, fully underscores the bias and double standards of some Western politicians and media on Hong Kong affairs.
- National security law 'makes HK people more secure' Global Times 02 Jul 2020 -- Hong Kong celebrated the 23rd anniversary of the return to the motherland on Wednesday, and with the enactment of the National Security Law in Hong Kong, Hong Kong residents and analysts said the people of the city will be more secure and free from harm by rioters and separatists who gang up with foreign forces, and the law is a gift that the motherland presented to the SAR.
- 4 US media outlets told to reveal details of China operations People's Daily 02 Jul 2020 -- China has asked four US media outlets to disclose details about their staff and financial operations in the country within seven days starting from Wednesday, in response to Washington's unreasonable treatment of Chinese media organizations in the United States.
- China's Coal Projects Spur Call for Legal Limits Radio Free Asia 02 Jul 2020 -- As China presses ahead with coal-fired power projects outside its own borders, environmental critics are calling for legal controls.
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