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02 February 2021 - China Special Weapons News
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- WHO team to visit Wuhan virology institute Wednesday Global Times 02 Feb 2021 -- Intensive field visits by the WHO expert team to Wuhan, Central China's Hubei Province continued, which will bring them to the Wuhan Institute of Virology on Wednesday after visiting a Wuhan animal facility on Tuesday.
- US should invite WHO experts to investigate virus origins, just as China did: FM Global Times 02 Feb 2021 -- While a WHO expert team for virus origins-tracing in Wuhan visited a number of places, including hospitals, that reported early COVID-19 cases in China, the Huanan Seafood market, local CDCs and reportedly an animal health facility, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said Tuesday that the Chinese government has provided vigorous help to the WHO team and China has always been open and transparent in terms of its response to COVID-19, urging the US to also open up to the work of tracing coronavirus origins.
- Three places in Northeast China criticized for inept COVID-19 controls Global Times 02 Feb 2021 -- Authorities from Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province have recently held seven officials accountable for their "one size fits all" approach to COVID-19 prevention which poses a burden for local people's daily life.
- Many places in China suspend religious gatherings during Spring Festival holidays to curb COVID-19 risk Global Times 02 Feb 2021 -- In order to strictly prevent and control the COVID-19 epidemic, many places in China plan to suspend religious gatherings during the upcoming Spring Festival holidays.
- China vows more COVID-19 vaccines to developing countries People's Daily 02 Feb 2021 -- China will continue to provide COVID-19 vaccines to other countries, especially the developing ones, in a timely manner within its capacity and contribute to the building of a community of health for all, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Monday.
- Chinese mainland reports 12 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases People's Daily 02 Feb 2021 -- The Chinese mainland on Monday reported 30 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 12 locally transmitted ones, the National Health Commission said Tuesday.
- China's Hebei reports no new COVID-19 cases People's Daily 02 Feb 2021 -- No new locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases were reported in north China's Hebei Province on Monday, the provincial health commission said Tuesday.
- China-donated COVID-19 vaccines handed over to Pakistan PLA Daily 02 Feb 2021 -- A batch of China-donated COVID-19 vaccines has been officially handed over to Pakistan on Monday at Noor Khan Air Base near the country's capital Islamabad, making Pakistan the first country to receive the Chinese government donated COVID-19 vaccine.
- 10 mln doses of raw materials for Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine arrive in Indonesia People's Daily 02 Feb 2021 -- A total of 10 million doses of raw materials for COVID-19 vaccine from the Chinese biopharmaceutical company Sinovac Biotech arrived at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Indonesia's city of Tangerang on Tuesday, an official said.
- Chinese spy plane enters Taiwan ADIZ, 12th straight day of incursions CNA 02 Feb 2021 -- A Chinese military spy plane entered Taiwan's southwest air defense identification zone (ADIZ) on Tuesday evening, the 12th consecutive day there have been intrusions, according to Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense (MND).
- Taiwan to play key role in U.S.' China containment policy: scholars CNA 02 Feb 2021 -- As the Biden administration seeks to contain China, Taiwan's strategic location makes it likely the country will play a pivotal role, Taiwanese scholars said Tuesday during a forum.
- China urges pressure on US to rejoin JCPOA without preconditions Press TV 02 Feb 2021 -- China has called for an "unconditional" US return to the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement and removal of the sanctions it restored against the Islamic Republic after unilaterally abandoning the UN-endorsed agreement.
- Chinese naval escort taskforces conduct mission-handover in Gulf of Aden PLA Daily 02 Feb 2021 -- The 36th and the 37th Chinese naval escort taskforces held a mission-handover ceremony in the Gulf of Aden on January 31, local time. After the ceremony, the 37th taskforce officially replaced the 36th taskforce in carrying out escort missions in the Gulf of Aden and waters off Somali.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin's Regular Press Conference on February 2, 2021 PRC MofA 02 Feb 2021
- China's chief diplomat urges US to remove 'stumbling blocks' for exchanges Global Times 02 Feb 2021 -- When China's senior official on foreign affairs Yang Jiechi delivered a speech on China-US relations on Tuesday, he urged the Biden administration to remove "stumbling blocks" for exchanges and reaffirmed China's bottom lines on issues regarding its sovereignty, while stressing the hope for cooperation.
- China calls on Biden administration to focus on cooperation, manage differences People's Daily 02 Feb 2021 -- Senior Chinese diplomat Yang Jiechi on Tuesday called on the Biden administration to focus on cooperation and manage differences in bilateral ties so as to bring the relationship back to its former course of sound and steady development.
- Implementation of national security law in HKSAR "anchor" for Hong Kong to change from chaos to order: Carrie Lam People's Daily 02 Feb 2021 -- Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Carrie Lam has said that the implementation of the Law of the People's Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the HKSAR is the "anchor" for Hong Kong to change from chaos to order.
- China Strikes Off Rights Lawyer Who Defended Hong Kong 12, Wuhan Reporter Radio Free Asia 02 Feb 2021 -- Authorities in the central Chinese province of Henan have struck off a human rights lawyer after he tried to represent one of the 12 Hong Kong protesters detained by the China Coast Guard as they tried to flee to the democratic island of Taiwan.
- Two-Thirds of Religious Figures Detained in Hometown of Uyghur Who Decried Genocide Designation Radio Free Asia 02 Feb 2021 -- Authorities have detained some two-thirds of religious leaders in the home township of man claiming to be an imam in a propaganda video condemning the U.S. for designating abuses in northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) as genocide, according to officials.
- China Signals Further Clampdown on Citizen Journalism With License Scheme Radio Free Asia 02 Feb 2021 -- China's internet regulator has announced a crackdown on citizen journalism around the country, banning anyone from posting news-related information online without a license.
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