Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
31 July 2020 - China Special Weapons News
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- China's Record Oil Imports Spark Security Concerns Radio Free Asia 31 Jul 2020 -- China has been buying record volumes of foreign oil as tensions with the United States and energy security concerns climb.
- Key epidemic metric underscores China's anti-COVID-19 achievement: study People's Daily 31 Jul 2020 -- A key metric of epidemic prevention improved dramatically soon after China launched massive testing and isolation efforts against the coronavirus, according to a study published recently in Science magazine.
- Chinese mainland reports 127 new confirmed COVID-19 cases People's Daily 31 Jul 2020 -- Chinese health authority said Friday that it received reports of 127 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland Thursday, 123 of which were domestically transmitted.
- Xinjiang's latest COVID-19 outbreak 'may have reached inflection point' Global Times 31 Jul 2020 -- The latest round of the COVID-19 outbreak in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region may have reached an inflection point, medical experts told the Global Times.
- Dalian tests 3.89 million residents amid latest COVID-19 outbreak Global Times 31 Jul 2020 -- The coastal city of Dalian in Northeast China's Liaoning Province on Thursday completed nucleic acid sampling work in main urban areas, eight days after it reported its first recent COVID-19 case, said local health authorities.
- Central govt to send COVID-19 testing personnel to HK, help build quarantine facility Global Times 31 Jul 2020 -- The Chinese central government will send mainland testing personnel to Hong Kong to help expand nucleic acid tests and help the city build temporary quarantine and treatment centers to contain the COVID-19, the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council said on Friday.
- Chinese mainland reports 127 new confirmed COVID-19 cases People's Daily 31 Jul 2020 -- Chinese health authority said Friday that it received reports of 127 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland Thursday, 123 of which were domestically transmitted.
- China's Dalian collects over 4 million samples for COVID-19 tests People's Daily 31 Jul 2020 -- The northeastern Chinese city of Dalian will undertake a second round of testing on residents in high-risk areas, following the resurgence of COVID-19.
- US claim that China committed cyber-attacks on Moderna slanderous: FM Global Times 31 Jul 2020 -- The US' claim that hackers linked to the Chinese government targeted US coronavirus vaccine research developer Moderna in an attempt to steal data is completely slanderous without any actual evidence, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said at a press briefing on Friday.
- China Rejects Accusations of Hacking US Vaccine Developer Moderna Sputnik 31 Jul 2020 -- Reuters reported on Thursday citing an anonymous US security official that Beijing-linked hackers attempted to steal data from US coronavirus vaccine research developer Moderna earlier this year.
- Why an Uninvited Chinese Ship Just Visited a Shoal on Malaysia's Continental Shelf VOA 31 Jul 2020 -- The passage of a Chinese civilian ship across part of Malaysia's continental shelf this month shows China aims to bolster its claim over a widely contested sea in the face of U.S. opposition, observers of the dispute say.
- Unverified Satellite Images Show Chinese Deployment of Elite Navy Group at Pangong Tso in Ladakh Sputnik 31 Jul 2020 -- India and China, both nuclear powers, have been engaged in military level talks to diffuse ongoing tensions following a violent clash on 15 June, the worst in nearly 50 years, that resulted in the deaths of 20 Indian soldiers and an unknown number of Chinese troops.
- China achieves key independent tech with full global service of BeiDou Global Times 31 Jul 2020 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping attended a ceremony to mark the launch of full global services of the BeiDou-3 Navigation Satellite System on Friday in Beijing, indicating that China's domestically development and independently operated global satellite navigation system has been fully completed.
- Xi declares start of Beidou's full-scale global service People's Daily 31 Jul 2020 -- Renowned Chinese scientists, headed by Chen Fangyun, propose to build an experimental two-satellite positioning system.
- Xi officially announces commissioning of BDS-3 navigation system PLA Daily 31 Jul 2020 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, officially announced the commissioning of China's BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS-3) on Friday.
- China's successful launch of Tianwen-1 Mars mission marks steady progress in exploring the outer space People's Daily 31 Jul 2020 -- China launched its first Mars exploration mission Tianwen-1 on July 23 with the fourth Long March-5 rocket coded as Long March-5 Y4 at the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in south China's Hainan province.
- Chinese PLA handles diverse missions in tough 2020 Global Times 31 Jul 2020 -- The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) will celebrate its 93rd anniversary on Saturday. In 2020, the PLA underwent extremely tough missions, including fighting the COVID-19 pandemic and massive floods, and responded to military threats from other countries in the South China Sea, the Taiwan Straits, and the China-India border region.
- PLA Navy's new warplanes trained in South China Sea: defense ministry People's Daily 31 Jul 2020 -- The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy has carried out intensive training for its new warplanes, including the H-6G and H-6J bombers, in the South China Sea, a defense ministry spokesperson said Thursday.
- China's Tibet military command conducts high-altitude artillery training People's Daily 31 Jul 2020 -- China's Tibet military command recently conducted artillery exercises in high-altitude areas to test the army's long-range precision strikes and fire-assault capabilities in plateau environments, said Ren Guoqiang, spokesperson for the Chinese Ministry of National Defense, on Thursday.
- Xi Jinping envisions world-class Chinese army in new era PLA Daily 31 Jul 2020 -- Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) has come a long way since its birth during the armed uprising in the city of Nanchang on August 1, 1927, when it had only 20,000 soldiers.
- China conducts 'high-intensity' aerial drills in S China Sea, amid tensions with US Press TV 31 Jul 2020 -- China has conducted "high-intensity" aerial drills over the South China Sea, as tensions escalate between Beijing and Washington in the strategic waterway.
- Chinese Navy Installs New Turbo Generators to Power Railguns, Electromagnetic Catapults Sputnik 31 Jul 2020 -- China's People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) has begun installing new turbo power generators on its warships. With four times the capacity of existing power plants, the new generators will enable new technologies, such as electromagnetic catapults and railguns, to be deployed as well.
- China's ARJ21 capable of serving all high-plateau airports People's Daily 31 Jul 2020 -- China's independently-developed ARJ21 regional jetliner has been verified capable of operating in all high-plateau airports, its developer announced Thursday after due testings.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin's Regular Press Conference on July 31, 2020 PRC MofA 31 Jul 2020
- Tibetans Are Denied Rights to Fair Trial Under Chinese Rule: Report Radio Free Asia 31 Jul 2020 -- Tibetans living under China's rule are routinely denied the right to a fair trial, with judicial proceedings against them often held in secret and confessions obtained under torture used against them in court, a Tibetan rights group says in a new report.
- Hong Kong Postpones Elections By a Year, Citing Coronavirus VOA 31 Jul 2020 -- Hong Kong's top leader, Carrie Lam, announced Friday that the city's September legislative election would be postponed for a year, citing the coronavirus pandemic. The decision dealt a blow to the pro-democracy camp, which was widely expected to score a victory in the election.
- Hong Kong Postpones Legislative Elections by One Year, Sparking Outcry Radio Free Asia 31 Jul 2020 -- Hong Kong's leader Carrie Lam on Friday announced the postponement of elections to the Legislative Council (LegCo) by one year, in a move that was immediately slammed by pro-democracy lawmakers as questionable, and tantamount to a political coup.
- HK LegCo election postponed a year, gets central govt support Global Times 31 Jul 2020 -- Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced on Friday that due to the current severe COVID-19 situation in the city, the Legislative Council (LegCo) election scheduled for September has been postponed to September 5 next year. Experts and local lawmakers said the decision prioritizes public health and aims to ensure fairness in the election.
- US Sanctions Key Paramilitary Group, Officials Over Abuses in China's Xinjiang Region Radio Free Asia 31 Jul 2020 -- The U.S. Treasury Department on Friday sanctioned a key paramilitary group in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) and two of its current and former officials, in the latest bid by the Trump administration to end rights violations in the region.
- U.S. Slaps Sanctions On Chinese Entity, Individuals Over Rights Abuses In Xinjiang RFE/RL 31 Jul 2020 -- The United States says it has imposed sanctions on a Chinese government entity and two current or former officials for their alleged involvement in "serious rights abuses" against Uyghurs and other mainly Muslim ethnic groups in the northwestern region of Xinjiang.
- US Imposes Sanctions on Two Chinese Individuals, Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps Sputnik 31 Jul 2020 -- The United States has imposed sanctions against the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps and two Chinese nationals connected to it under the Global Magnitsky Act, the US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said on it website on Friday.
- On Sanctioning Human Rights Abusers in Xinjiang, China US Dept. of State 31 Jul 2020 -- The Chinese Communist Party's human rights abuses in Xinjiang, China against Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities rank as the stain of the century.
- Treasury Sanctions Chinese Entity and Officials Pursuant to Global Magnitsky Human Rights Executive Order US Treasury 31 Jul 2020 -- Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned one Chinese government entity and two current or former government officials in connection with serious rights abuses against ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR).
- Pompeo slanders China to serve his own political interests: FM Global Times 31 Jul 2020 -- The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's claim that the "threat from CPC is very real" disregards the facts, turns black into white, and is a hotch-potch of political lies, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said on Friday, adding that Pompeo slanders China to serve his own political interests and divert the public's attention while the US is in a public health and economic crisis.
- China Considers Toughening Rules for Foreign English Teachers VOA 31 Jul 2020 -- China recently issued new draft rules aimed at toughening oversight of foreign teachers in the country, requiring them to undergo ideological training sessions and creating a new social credit rating system to monitor their conduct.
- China turns inward amid external risks Global Times 31 Jul 2020 -- China has sent its clearest signal yet that it will throw more policy weight and coordination to further prop up its economy with a massive consumer market and robust industrial prowess to cope with fast evolving external risks, as top policymakers start to draft a key document that would set the tone for economic and social development for at least the next five years.
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