Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
23 February 2021 - China Special Weapons News
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- HK's vaccine slots booked in one day as city opens reservations Global Times 23 Feb 2021 -- On Tuesday, the first day that reservations opened for Hong Kong residents to get their COVID-19 vaccines, all slots in the following two week were immediately booked. Observers believe that the city may achieve an immunity barrier by year-end.
- China's 2nd protein subunit COVID-19 vaccine to enter clinical trials, easy to mass produce Global Times 23 Feb 2021 -- China's COVID-19 protein subunit vaccines have reported encouraging progress as a leading Chinese vaccine producer, Sinopharm, plans to bring its newly developed recombinant subunit vaccine candidate into clinical trials.
- 42,000 people book for COVID-19 vaccination in Hong Kong People's Daily 23 Feb 2021 -- A total of 42,000 people have booked COVID-19 vaccine appointments in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region as of 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, said Chief Executive Carrie Lam at a press conference.
- Chinese mainland reports no new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases People's Daily 23 Feb 2021 -- No new locally transmitted confirmed cases of COVID-19 were reported Monday across the Chinese mainland, the National Health Commission said Tuesday.
- Macao starts inoculating non-prioritized local residents with COVID-19 vaccine People's Daily 23 Feb 2021 -- The Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) on Monday started inoculating local residents who are not in prioritized groups with COVID-19 vaccines produced by the mainland.
- Cambodian troops inoculated with Chinese COVID-19 vaccines People's Daily 23 Feb 2021 -- The 16th batch of Chinese military medical experts to Cambodia, led by the Military Attache's Office of the Chinese Embassy in Cambodia, went to Koh Kong Province to assist the Cambodian medical personnel.
- Mexico begins application of Chinese Sinovac vaccine People's Daily 23 Feb 2021 -- Mexican health authorities on Monday began to vaccinate older adults with a COVID-19 vaccine developed by Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinovac, after a shipment of doses arrived on Saturday.
- Mongolia's Defense Ministry receives China-donated COVID-19 vaccine PLA Daily 23 Feb 2021 -- Mongolia's Ministry of Defense on Tuesday held a handover ceremony to receive 100,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine donated by China.
- US anxious over Chinese LatAm vaccine deals Global Times 23 Feb 2021 -- The US is getting anxious amid news that Chinese COVID-19 vaccines are being delivered to more Latin American countries, including Uruguay that will receive its first batch from Sinovac on Thursday, while Pfizer deals with the region appear slow.
- China Tightens Restrictions on Tibetan New Year Events, Citing COVID-19 Concerns Radio Free Asia 23 Feb 2021 -- Authorities in Tibetan areas of China have further tightened restrictions on public gatherings at Buddhist monasteries during the Lunar New Year period, limiting attendance at previously widely attended religious ceremonies in one case to the resident monks, Tibetan sources say.
- China's repression will not deter Taiwan's global outreach: MOFA CNA 23 Feb 2021 -- Beijing's repression will not stop Taiwan's efforts to expand its international engagement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said Tuesday.
- Taiwan's new China affairs head pledges to break cross-strait impasse CNA 23 Feb 2021 -- Taiwan's new top China affairs chief pledged during his swearing-in ceremony on Tuesday to do his best to break the impasse with China without sacrificing the nation's sovereignty, but offered no specifics on how he planned to achieve that.
- Top Iran, China diplomats say speedy US return to JCPOA, sanctions removal 'key' to breaking nuclear deadlock Press TV 23 Feb 2021 -- Senior diplomats of Iran and China say a swift return of the United States to a multilateral 2015 nuclear deal and removal of the sanctions it re-imposed on the Islamic Republic is crucial to ending the current impasse over the landmark agreement.
- China, Iran Say US Return to JCPOA, Sanctions Lift 'Key' to Breaking Nuclear Deadlock Sputnik 23 Feb 2021 -- Beijing and Tehran believe that the United States' return to the Iran nuclear deal and sanctions lift are vital to resolving the nuclear impasse, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said after a bilateral call.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin's Regular Press Conference on February 23, 2021 PRC MofA 23 Feb 2021
- China's Call to Reboot US Ties Unlikely to be Answered: Analysts Radio Free Asia 23 Feb 2021 -- China's call on the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden to draw a line under the tensions of the Trump era and reboot ties is unlikely to gain traction in Washington, analysts told RFA.
- Chinese FM refutes 'avert blame' accusations by US State Dept, urges constructive dialogue Global Times 23 Feb 2021 -- The Chinese Foreign Ministry has refuted accusations made by the US State Department spokesperson that Beijing has been averting blame, saying that China has expounded its position multiple times with facts and data, and urges the US to establish constructive dialogue with China and bring China-US relations back to the right track.
- Chinese Mission Spokesperson refutes UK remarks on human rights PLA Daily 23 Feb 2021 -- Chinese Mission Spokesperson Liu Yuyin has refuted the erroneous remarks related to China by the Foreign Secretary of the UK during the 46th Human Rights Council.
- Hong Kong Democracy Activists Jailed Over Police Headquarters Protest Denied Bail Radio Free Asia 23 Feb 2021 -- A court in Hong Kong on Tuesday denied an application for bail from jailed democracy activists Agnes Chow and Ivan Lam pending their appeal against their sentence on charges related to "illegal assembly" during a mass siege of police headquarters on June 21, 2019.
- Hong Kong Leader Backs Call by Key Chinese Official for Electoral Changes VOA 23 Feb 2021 -- Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam is supporting a call made by a key Chinese official for electoral reforms that would ensure the city's legislature is filled with pro-Beijing loyalists.
- Canadian Parliament Declares China's Treatment Of Uyghurs Genocide RFE/RL 23 Feb 2021 -- Canada's House of Commons voted to label Beijing's treatment of Uyghurs as genocide hours after China claimed its treatment of the minority group was a "shining example" of progressive policies.
- Chinese FM warns Canadian politicians not to place party interests above bilateral relations Global Times 23 Feb 2021 -- The Chinese Foreign Ministry and the Embassy to Canada firmly oppose Canada's interference in Xinjiang and its calls to remove the 2022 Winter Olympic Games from Beijing, after the Canadian parliament passed a motion that determined policies in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region constituted "genocide."
- Party chief rejects Xinjiang genocide claims, foreign delegates condemn West's interference in region Global Times 23 Feb 2021 -- The Party chief of Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region defended China's policy and debunked accusations of "forced labor" and "genocide" in the region at a virtual event on Monday, while representatives from foreign political parties at the event condemned some Western countries for using human rights as a cover to interfere in other countries' domestic affairs.
- China urges UK, other countries to stop politicizing human rights, refutes erroneous remarks on Xinjiang Global Times 23 Feb 2021 -- Human rights should not be used to serve political ends or as a tool to smear other countries and contain their development, Liu Yuyin, spokesperson for the Chinese Mission to UN at Geneva, said in a speech on Monday refuting erroneous remarks made by the UK foreign secretary at the 46th session of the UN Human Rights Council related to China's Xinjiang.
- China rejects slander under the pretext of 'protecting human rights' and welcomes UN's High Commissioner to visit Xinjiang: FM Global Times 23 Feb 2021 -- Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday addressed the 46th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council via video link, where he shared China's philosophy, practices, and experiences in human rights protection and put forward important views and propositions on global human rights governance on behalf of China, promoting the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.
- China hopes more foreign media will report Xinjiang in objective, fair manner: spokesperson People's Daily 23 Feb 2021 -- A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Monday said that more and more people of insight from the international society have understood the situation in Xinjiang and the Chinese government's policies, and have spoken up for them.
- China dismisses West's 'slanderous' claims of genocide against Uighurs as 'political hype' Press TV 23 Feb 2021 -- China has dismissed as "slanderous" allegations made by Western countries that Beijing is committing "genocide" against the Muslim Uighur minority in Xinjiang, inviting the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to visit the region.
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