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20 February 2021 - China Special Weapons News
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- 43 million doses of China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine administrated worldwide, nation's production capacity to reach 4 billion next year Global Times 20 Feb 2021 -- Forty-three million shots of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Chinese company Sinopharm have been administrated worldwide, with 34 million in China and the country's yearly production capacity could reach 4 billion by the end of 2022, China Central Television (CCTV) reported Saturday.
- Chinese mainland reports no new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases People's Daily 20 Feb 2021 -- The Chinese mainland reported no new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases on Friday, the National Health Commission said Saturday.
- Mainland-made Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines arrive in Hong Kong People's Daily 20 Feb 2021 -- The first batch of mainland-manufactured COVID-19 vaccines arrived in Hong Kong on Friday afternoon, which, as the first vaccines available here, will enable the financial hub to start inoculating its residents next week.
- China reveals truth of Galwan Valley clash after half a year, showing the country as 'a lion with wisdom and kindness' Global Times 20 Feb 2021 -- China on Friday unveiled details of the Galwan Valley conflict of June 2020 to pay respect to martyrs who sacrificed their lives to safeguard national sovereignty and territory and also to clarity the truth by revisiting the whole incident since India had hyped the casualties, distorted truth and tried to mislead the international community and defame the Chinese military, Senior Colonel Ren Guoqiang, a Defense Ministry spokesperson, said on Friday.
- China unveils details of 4 PLA martyrs at Galwan Valley border clash for first time, reaffirming responsibility falls on India Global Times 20 Feb 2021 -- Five Chinese frontier officers and soldiers stationed in the Karakoram Mountains have been recognized by the Central Military Commission of China for defending national sovereignty and territorial integrity in the border confrontation with India, which occurred in the Galwan Valley in June 2020, the PLA Daily reported on Friday.
- Revealing truth on border clashes with India to help understand events: spokesperson People's Daily 20 Feb 2021 -- China has published relevant reports and revealed the truth on the border clashes with India, and this will help people understand the truth and the rights and wrongs of these events, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said here Friday.
- China's rising influence 'defining issue' in transatlantic ties: NATO chief Press TV 20 Feb 2021 -- NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has described as a "defining issue" what he calls the rise of China, urging Western allies and close partners to forge stronger ties and uphold the international rules-based order that he claims Russia and China are challenging.
- New China affairs head choice 'shows goodwill to Beijing': scholar CNA 20 Feb 2021 -- The appointment of Chiu Tai-san (邱太三) to handle China affairs should be seen as a friendly gesture toward Beijing, as Chiu is known to be dovish in his approach to cross-strait issues, Taiwanese scholar Chao Chun-shan (趙春山) said Friday.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying's Remarks on State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi's Phone Calls with Brunei's Second Minister of Foreign Affairs Haji Erywan and Indonesia's Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi PRC MofA 20 Feb 2021
- Chinese FM holds phone conversation with Indonesian FM over Myanmar situation Global Times 20 Feb 2021 -- Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday held a phone conversation with Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi. Both sides exchanged views mainly on the situation in Myanmar and coordinated positions in this regard.
- Wang Yi: Myanmar's problems are an internal affair People's Daily 20 Feb 2021 -- Both China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) believe the current situation in Myanmar is an internal affair, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Friday.
- Chinese military issues decision on fostering new-type military training system PLA Daily 20 Feb 2021 -- Approved by Xi Jinping, chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), the CMC has released a decision on fostering a new-type military training system.
- Chinese FM refutes Western rumors about Xinjiang Global Times 20 Feb 2021 -- Some people in Canada, the US and Australia have been spreading rumors about Northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region for some time, which only makes the world see their ignorance and absurdity, and further casts their self-proclaimed aura of democracy and human rights into the shadow, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said on Friday.
- China rebukes certain Westerners for fabricating lies about Xinjiang People's Daily 20 Feb 2021 -- A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Friday rebuked certain Western politicians, media workers and scholars for fabricating lies about so-called "genocide" and "forced labor" in Xinjiang.
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