Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
15 January 2021 - China Special Weapons News
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- Ensuring a Transparent, Thorough Investigation of COVID-19's Origin US Dept. of State 15 Jan 2021 -- The United States has repeatedly called for a transparent and thorough investigation into the origin of COVID-19. Understanding the origin of this pandemic is essential for global public health, economic recovery, and international security.
- Fact Sheet: Activity at the Wuhan Institute of Virology US Dept. of State 15 Jan 2021 -- For more than a year, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has systematically prevented a transparent and thorough investigation of the COVID-19 pandemic's origin, choosing instead to devote enormous resources to deceit and disinformation. Nearly two million people have died. Their families deserve to know the truth. Only through transparency can we learn what caused this pandemic and how to prevent the next one.
- Chinese president on global vaccine cooperation People's Daily 15 Jan 2021 -- From promising to make its vaccines a global public good to joining the COVAX facility backed by the World Health Organization, China has been active in promoting global vaccine cooperation advocated by Chinese President Xi Jinping.
- Use of COVID-19 vaccines follows strict requirements, procedures: HKSAR gov't People's Daily 15 Jan 2021 -- A spokesman for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government said on Thursday that COVID-19 vaccines used in Hong Kong must satisfy the relevant requirements and procedures, and obtain emergency use approval in accordance with the Prevention and Control of Disease (Use of Vaccines) Regulation, with a view to ensuring the safety, efficacy and quality of the vaccines.
- China's Tianjin finds coronavirus on ice cream with imported ingredients People's Daily 15 Jan 2021 -- Authorities in north China's Tianjin Municipality are tracing ice cream contaminated with coronavirus after three samples tested positive for the virus.
- China's Heilongjiang reports 43 confirmed, 68 asymptomatic COVID-19 cases People's Daily 15 Jan 2021 -- Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province reported 43 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 68 asymptomatic infections on Wednesday, local health authorities said on Thursday.
- Chinese mainland reports 135 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases People's Daily 15 Jan 2021 -- The Chinese mainland on Thursday reported 144 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases, of whom 135 were locally transmitted and the rest arrived from outside the mainland, the National Health Commission said Friday.
- China's Jilin reports 14 asymptomatic COVID-19 cases People's Daily 15 Jan 2021 -- Northeast China's Jilin Province on Thursday reported 14 asymptomatic infections of the novel coronavirus, the provincial health commission said Friday.
- China province closes kindergartens, training institutions over COVID-19 People's Daily 15 Jan 2021 -- Several regions in northeast China's Jilin Province have suspended in-person classes at kindergartens, after-school training institutions and youth activity centers due to COVID-19 outbreaks in parts of the country.
- Construction of COVID-19 quarantine units begins in northern China Press TV 15 Jan 2021 -- Chinese authorities have begun the construction of 3,000 makeshift quarantine units in Shijiazhuang, the capital of northern Hebei Province, state media reported on Friday (January 15).
- Sinovac vaccine awaits Brazil emergency approval despite 'unscientific' comparison with mRNA Global Times 15 Jan 2021 -- Brazil's health regulator Anvisa on Thursday urged AstraZeneca and Sinovac-Butantan to submit further documentation required for their COVID-19 vaccines' getting emergency use approval on Sunday.
- Turkey begins mass COVID-19 vaccination with Sinovac's jabs People's Daily 15 Jan 2021 -- Turkey launched Thursday the mass vaccination program against COVID-19 with the vaccines developed by China's Sinovac company.
- Two Candidates Now Front-Runners in Final Vote for Tibet's Exile Leader Radio Free Asia 15 Jan 2021 -- Two candidates have now emerged as finalists in a first round of voting by Tibetans living outside their China-ruled homeland for leader, or Sikyong, of Tibet's Dharamsala, India-based exile government, the Central Tibetan Administration, RFA has learned.
- Expansion of Naval Base Seen Giving China More Power in Disputed Asian Sea VOA 15 Jan 2021 -- China's People's Liberation Army has expanded a navy base on the South China Sea, giving its fleet more clout in a strategic waterway disputed by five other countries and watched closely by Washington, security analysts say.
- China effectively deters US attempt to endanger Taiwan Strait situation Global Times 15 Jan 2021 -- At the very last moment of the Trump administration, officials like Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and some diplomats in his Department of State have found that they were unwelcome abroad, whether in Taiwan or Europe, so they have lost their only remaining capability to make trouble for the incoming Biden administration, said Chinese experts.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian's Regular Press Conference on January 15, 2021 PRC MofA 15 Jan 2021
- Statement from National Security Advisor Robert C. O'Brien The White House 15 Jan 2021
- Beijing slams new US sanctions over South China Sea Press TV 15 Jan 2021 -- China firmly opposes new sanctions imposed by the United States on its officials and companies in the final days of President Donald Trump's tenure.
- China will take necessary measures to safeguard interests of Chinese firms after US invokes another round of crackdowns: FM Global Times 15 Jan 2021 -- The Trump administration has generalized the concept of national security, abused national power and repeatedly suppressed Chinese companies for no reason. China firmly opposes this, Zhao Lijian, spokesperson of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said on Friday.
- US sanctions two more Chinese firms in 'final frenzy' Global Times 15 Jan 2021 -- The US Department of Commerce (DOC) said on Thursday that it has added two Chinese companies - Chinese National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) and aviation firm Skyrizon to two separate blacklists, in what Chinese analysts are calling a "final frenzy" of the outgoing Trump administration's crackdown on Chinese businesses.
- 'Criminal State' China Intensifying Human Rights Abuses, Say British MPs VOA 15 Jan 2021 -- The Chinese Communist party has intensified an assault on all human rights throughout China, and those interacting with the regime should do so in the knowledge they are interacting with 'a criminal state', says a new report from the human rights commission of Britain's ruling Conservative Party.
- Hong Kong police arrest 11 people on suspicion of assisting 12 Hong Kong residents to abscond People's Daily 15 Jan 2021 -- The Hong Kong police Thursday confirmed that its national security department arrested 11 people across Hong kong on suspicion of assisting offenders.
- Chinese Activist Who Supported Hong Kong Protests Faces 'Subversion' Charge Radio Free Asia 15 Jan 2021 -- Authorities in the central Chinese province of Hunan are investigating prominent rights activist Ou Biaofeng, who is currently under criminal detention for "subversion," for supporting the Hong Kong pro-democracy movement, RFA has learned.
- Dozens of People Fleeing Hong Kong Apply For Political Asylum in Canada: Group Radio Free Asia 15 Jan 2021 -- Dozens of Hong Kong residents fleeing a crackdown on public dissent and peaceful protest under a draconian national security law imposed on the city by Beijing since July 1, 2020 have applied for political asylum in Canada, with 14 applications already successful, an Alberta-based voluntary group has said.
- Designating PRC and Hong Kong Officials After Widespread Pro-Democracy Arrests in Hong Kong US Dept. of State 15 Jan 2021 -- Today, the United States is designating six PRC and Hong Kong officials in connection with the draconian National Security Law (NSL), pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13936, "The President's Executive Order on Hong Kong Normalization."
- US Slaps Sanctions on Six Officials Over Hong Kong Mass Arrests VOA 15 Jan 2021 -- In response to the January 6 crackdown on pro-democracy politicians and activists in Hong Kong, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Friday that the United States was sanctioning six Chinese and Hong Kong officials for their roles in the clampdown.
- China's Energy Risk Rises Despite Oil Output Growth Radio Free Asia 15 Jan 2021 -- China claims that it made gains in energy security last year although oil imports continued to rise far faster than domestic production.
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