Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
12 December 2020 - China Special Weapons News
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- Hubei govt apologizes for punishing residents who unknowingly bought coronavirus tainted imported pork Global Times 12 Dec 2020 -- The government of Huanggang, Central China's Hubei Province rescinded an order to fire and fine members of 24 Huanggang households for buying Brazil-imported frozen pork online, which later tested positive for the coronavirus.
- China's Chengdu to test all residents in virus-hit district People's Daily 12 Dec 2020 -- Southwest China's Chengdu launched a nucleic acid testing drive Friday, offering free tests to all residents in the city's Pidu District, where several new COVID-19 cases have emerged since earlier this week.
- Hong Kong to receive first batch of COVID-19 vaccine in January 2021 People's Daily 12 Dec 2020 -- Carrie Lam, chief executive of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), said on Friday that Hong Kong will receive the first batch of COVID-19 vaccine in January 2021 the earliest.
- Chinese envoy calls for prudent approach to issue of Syria's chemical weapons People's Daily 12 Dec 2020 -- A Chinese envoy on Friday called for a prudent approach to the issue of Syria's chemical weapons.
- Carrying lunar samples, Chang'e-5 executes first lunar-Earth transfer projection Global Times 12 Dec 2020 -- Having traveled around moon for about six days, the orbital module of China's Chang'e-5 lunar probe executed on Saturday its first lunar-Earth transfer projection, shifting its flight path from near-circular orbit to a higher elliptical orbit, Global Times learned from the China National Space Administration.
- Chang'e-5 orbiter-returner completes orbital maneuver to prepare for return People's Daily 12 Dec 2020 -- The orbiter-returner combination of China's Chang'e-5 probe on Saturday completed an orbital maneuver, preparing to leave the lunar orbit for a trajectory that returns it to Earth, according to the China National Space Administration.
- China says U.S. exposes blatant hypocrisy on human rights People's Daily 12 Dec 2020 -- China said Friday the U.S. practices on human rights have demonstrated to the whole world what "textbook" human rights hypocrisy looks like.
- President Xi Jinping delivers an important speech at the 2020 Climate Ambition Summit on Saturday Global Times 12 Dec 2020
- If HK civil servants don't follow this rule, they will be dismissed or ordered to retire early Global Times 12 Dec 2020 -- All civil servants of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) will be required to take an oath or sign a declaration pledging their allegiance to Hong Kong and upholding the Basic Law. According to hk01.com, a Hong Kong-based media outlet, the provision is expected to come into effect by the end of this month, and civil servants who refuse to take the oath or sign the declaration will be dismissed or ordered to retire early.
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