Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
22 August 2020 - China Special Weapons News
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- China launched urgent use of COVID-19 vaccines in July Global Times 22 Aug 2020 -- China has officially launched urgent use of COVID-19 vaccines, which were going through clinical trials, on July 22, a National Health Commission official said Saturday, a month after the move.
- China's first COVID-19 vaccine made from insect cells approved for clinical trials Global Times 22 Aug 2020 -- China's first recombinant protein COVID-19 vaccine made from insect cells has been approved for clinical trials by the National Medical Products Administration, media reported on Saturday.
- Coronavirus detected in Guangdong appears to have originated in Hong Kong Global Times 22 Aug 2020 -- The genome sequence of the coronavirus collected from five patients in S. China's Guangdong were found to be highly similar to the strain of virus that has caused an outbreak in Hong Kong.
- Hong Kong to launch massive COVID-19 testing with central gov't support People's Daily 22 Aug 2020 -- As the support from the central government has boosted its testing capacity, China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region will start a massive screening for COVID-19 on Sept. 1. All asymptomatic Hong Kong residents aged no less than six can participate in the testing.
- Chinese mainland reports 22 new imported COVID-19 cases People's Daily 22 Aug 2020 -- The Chinese mainland reported 22 new imported COVID-19 cases Friday, bringing the total number of imported cases to 2,390, the National Health Commission said Saturday.
- Chinese mainland reports no new locally-transmitted COVID-19 cases People's Daily 22 Aug 2020 -- No new locally-transmitted COVID-19 cases were reported Friday across the Chinese mainland, the National Health Commission said Saturday.
- Will US Make Clear-cut Commitment to Defend Taiwan From China? VOA 21 Aug 2020 -- For almost 70 years, the United States has never explicitly committed itself to the defense of Taiwan against Chinese invasion. Now, with U.S.-China relations at a historic low, worries over a Chinese assault on Taiwan are growing, and the fundamental U.S. policy may be changing.
- US Backs Down From Proposal to Add China to New START Talks, Set Other Conditions, Moscow Says Sputnik 22 Aug 2020 -- The United States has backed down from a proposal to add China to the talks on the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) but set other conditions with the negotiations still being bogged down, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said on Saturday.
- Chinese banking regulator accuses the US of gross interference in response to its 'sanctions' on 11 officials Global Times 22 Aug 2020 -- The China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC) spokesperson accused the US of grossly intervening in other countries' internal affairs in response to the US' move of imposing sanctions against 11 Chinese officials.
- Photo: China's Final Type 055 Destroyer Spotted Preparing for Possible Launch Sputnik 22 Aug 2020 -- New reports from Chinese social media platforms Weibo and WeChat reveal that Beijing's eighth and final Type 055 destroyer may be ready for launch soon, as the stealth guided-missile destroyer was spotted receiving a new paint job at a Dalian shipyard.
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