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10 February 2021 - China Special Weapons News
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- China reports zero domestic infections for 3 days; success 'boosts national confidence' among youths Global Times 10 Feb 2021 -- China on Wednesday announced that it had recorded zero new domestic COVID-19 cases for a third consecutive day, after nearly two months of strenuous efforts made in the country's latest fight against a new round of coronavirus flare-ups this winter.
- Tonghua vows to strengthen pandemic prevention measures Global Times 10 Feb 2021 -- Authorities in Tonghua, a city in Northeast China's Jilin Province that has been hit hard by COVID-19, vowed to strengthen prevention measures especially in its rural areas for the upcoming Spring Festival holiday and to ensure energy supply.
- US urged to invite WHO mission to hunt for origins of coronavirus as China has done Global Times 10 Feb 2021 -- Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said Wednesday that tracking the origins of the coronavirus is a complicated scientific issue, and asked the US to do the same as China and invite WHO experts to the country to conduct investigation and study the origins of the virus.
- Huanan seafood market may not be site of earliest COVID-19 outbreak: WHO-China team People's Daily 10 Feb 2021 -- Wuhan's Huanan seafood market may not have been the site of the earliest COVID-19 outbreak, said the WHO-China joint team studying the origins of the novel coronavirus.
- China to push ahead equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines People's Daily 10 Feb 2021 -- China announced earlier that it would provide 10 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to the global vaccine sharing initiative COVAX to meet the urgent needs of developing countries, showing a strong sense of responsibility at such a critical moment.
- Chinese mainland reports no new locally-transmitted COVID-19 cases People's Daily 10 Feb 2021 -- No new locally-transmitted confirmed cases of COVID-19 were reported Tuesday across the Chinese mainland, the National Health Commission said Wednesday.
- Nearly 600 in Macao receive mainland-made COVID-19 vaccine on 1st day People's Daily 10 Feb 2021 -- A total of 595 people in the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) were vaccinated with the first dose of mainland-made COVID-19 vaccines on Tuesday, the first day of vaccination in the SAR, said the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Center of Macao.
- China COVID-19 Restrictions Close Temples in Lhasa for Tibetan New Year Radio Free Asia 10 Feb 2021 -- Chinese authorities in Tibet have imposed restrictions on religious practices and shuttered temples in the city of Lhasa ahead the Tibetan New Year, citing coronavirus concerns, sources in Tibet told RFA.
- China, India armies disengage, 'breakthrough in returning to peace' Global Times 10 Feb 2021 -- The Chinese and Indian armies started to disengage simultaneously on Wednesday after a months-long border standoff, and Chinese experts hailed the move as a key breakthrough that will ease border tensions and hopefully lead to peace and stability.
- China, India start synchronized disengagement of frontline troops: Defense Spokesperson PLA Daily 10 Feb 2021 -- The Chinese and Indian frontline troops at the southern and northern bank of the Pangong Tso Lake start synchronized and organized disengagement from February 10, said Senior Colonel Wu Qian, spokesperson for the Chinese Ministry of National Defense, in a written statement on Wednesday.
- India, China Begin Disengagement Process in Ladakh Region, China's Defence Ministry Says Sputnik 10 Feb 2021 -- The two Asian giants deployed thousands of troops to the Ladakh region in the Himalayas following the first deadly clash between the two countries since 1975 in June last year, which resulted in the death of at least 20 Indian soldiers.
- China's unmanned vehicles a growing regional threat: analysts CNA 10 Feb 2021 -- China's aggressive development of unmanned air, ground and underwater vehicles is an increasing threat to Taiwan and the rest of region, according to analysts at a government-funded think tank in Taiwan.
- Cambodia Suspends Annual Military Exercises With China Radio Free Asia 10 Feb 2021 -- Cambodia's government has decided to suspend its two-week military exercise with China next month, citing a need to cut spending amid the coronavirus pandemic, despite claims by the opposition that it did so to avoid angering the new administration in Washington.
- Chinese tracking vessel sets sail for monitoring missions in Indian Ocean PLA Daily 10 Feb 2021 -- China's tracking vessel Yuanwang-6 on Wednesday departed from a port in east China's Jiangsu Province for maritime spacecraft monitoring missions in the Indian Ocean.
- China Probe Becomes Second in Two Days to Reach Mars VOA 10 Feb 2021 -- Chinese state media reported Wednesday a spacecraft known as Tianwen-1 has successfully entered orbit around Mars, the first step in an ambitious mission that includes landing a rover on the surface of the planet.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin's Regular Press Conference on February 10, 2021 PRC MofA 10 Feb 2021
- Xi calls for drawing new China-CEEC cooperation blueprint PLA Daily 10 Feb 2021 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday lauded the cooperation between China and Central and Eastern European countries (CEEC), calling on relevant countries to keep up the momentum and work together for a new chapter in China-CEEC cooperation.
- Readout of President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Call with President Xi Jinping of China The White House 10 Feb 2021
- Biden Announces DOD China Task Force DoD News 10 Feb 2021 -- President Joe Biden announced the formation of a DOD China Task Force to provide a baseline assessment of department policies, programs and processes in regard to the challenge China poses.
- Biden Announces Creation of New Pentagon Task Force on China Sputnik 10 Feb 2021 -- The predecessor of US President Joe Biden, Donald Trump, was known for his tough stance on China, slamming Beijing for "downplaying" the coronavirus pandemic and threatening the national security of the US and other countries, among other things.
- Biden, Pentagon Set Sights on New China Strategy VOA 10 Feb 2021 -- The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden is signaling it is prepared to confront — and when necessary, militarily counter — a rising China, as Beijing continues to challenge Washington for primacy on the global stage.
- Court Denies Bail to Hong Kong Radio Show Host Awaiting Sedition Trial Radio Free Asia 10 Feb 2021 -- A court in Hong Kong on Wednesday denied bail to an outspoken online radio show host following his arrest under a colonial-era sedition law over comments made during his shows.
- Kazakhs Speak Out About Rape in China's Xinjiang Camps Radio Free Asia 10 Feb 2021 -- A former inmate of China's mass detention camps in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) has spoken out about sexual violence against fellow inmates after Uyghur women testified to the BBC that they were serially and gang-raped in the camps.
- Former Camp Detainees Call For Global Access to Xinjiang After Beijing Smear Campaign Radio Free Asia 10 Feb 2021 -- Several women formerly held in internment camps in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) have called on Beijing to allow international monitors to probe reports of rights abuses in the region after Chinese state media accused them of fabricating stories of systematic rape in detention.
- China's Tianwen-1 probe successfully enters Mars orbit Global Times 10 Feb 2021 -- Tianwen-1, China's first Mars probe, successfully reached the Red Planet on Wednesday at around 7:52 pm, homing in on the Earth's planetary neighbor after an epic seven-month journey of nearly 500 million kilometers.
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