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24 February 2021 - China Special Weapons News
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- WHO mission member says "extremely unlikely" COVID-19 escaped from Wuhan lab People's Daily 24 Feb 2021 -- It is "extremely unlikely" that SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, escaped from a lab in the Chinese city of Wuhan, a member of a World Health Organization (WHO) expert team sent to China on a COVID-19 origin-tracing mission said on Monday.
- Hong Kong earmarks 1.08 bln USD to vaccinate majority of population against COVID-19 in 2021 People's Daily 24 Feb 2021 -- China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government has earmarked over 8.4 billion Hong Kong dollars (1.08 billion U.S. dollars) for the procurement and administration of COVID-19 vaccines, aiming to have the majority of the population vaccinated for free this year, a senior government official said Wednesday.
- Chinese mainland reports no new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases People's Daily 24 Feb 2021 -- The Chinese mainland reported no new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, the National Health Commission said Wednesday.
- Sinopharm's Wuhan institute vaccine shows 72.5% efficacy; CanSino applies for emergency use approval Global Times 24 Feb 2021 -- Sinopharm's research institute in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei Province on Wednesday said that their inactivated COVID-19 vaccine shows an efficacy of 72.51 percent after two shots in phase III clinical trials.
- China Reports 12 New Coronavirus Cases SPA 24 Feb 2021 -- The Chinese mainland reported 12 new imported COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, the National Health Commission said on Wednesday.
- China is exporting COVID-19 vaccines to 27 countries People's Daily 24 Feb 2021 -- China is exporting COVID-19 vaccines to 27 countries and providing free vaccine aid to 53 countries in need, foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said on Tuesday.
- Senegal kicks off COVID-19 vaccination campaign with China's Sinopharm vaccines Global Times 24 Feb 2021 -- Senegal on Tuesday officially began the first phase of COVID-19 vaccination, taking a new step in the crusade against the pandemic.
- Report: Chinese Development in Tibet Meets State Needs, Fails Tibetans Radio Free Asia 24 Feb 2021 -- China's development drives in Tibet have pulled the region closer to economic and cultural integration with Beijing but have failed Tibetans themselves, creating a "dual economy" that has seen rural Tibetans moved from traditional grazing lands and into urban areas where the best jobs are held by Han Chinese, according to a report released this week.
- Chinese Aircraft Carry Out Exercises, Pressure Taiwan in South China Sea Region Radio Free Asia 24 Feb 2021 -- Chinese aircraft have conducted multiple exercises in the South China Sea region over the past few weeks, including maneuvers in Taiwan's air defense identification zone (ADIZ), which experts see as a sustained pressure campaign against Taipei.
- 102nd China-Laos-Myanmar-Thailand joint patrol on Mekong River kicks off PLA Daily 24 Feb 2021 -- As three law enforcement boats set sail at Jingha Port, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture in southwest China's Yunnan Province, at 9 a.m. on February 23, the 102nd China-Laos-Myanmar-Thailand joint patrol on Mekong River officially kicked off, according to a news release by the Press Office of Yunnan Provincial Public Security Department.
- PLA bombers practice maritime strike amid foreign provocations in S. China Sea Global Times 24 Feb 2021 -- At least 10 bombers of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Southern Theater Command recently held maritime strike exercises in a move that showed China has more than anti-ship ballistic missiles to deter hostile vessels, analysts said on Wednesday. The drills come at a time when countries from outside the region, including the US and France, are making provocations in the South China Sea.
- China, Singapore hold joint naval exercise PLA Daily 24 Feb 2021 -- The 36th Chinese naval escort taskforce held a joint naval exercise with the Singapore navy in waters near Singapore on February 24, according to the PLA Navy Spokesperson Senior Captain Gao Xiucheng.
- China, Singapore to conduct joint naval drill Global Times 24 Feb 2021 -- Naval forces of China and Singapore are scheduled to conduct a joint drill in waters near Singapore on Wednesday, according to the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy.
- Flowery rhetoric dominates Taiwan-China exchange on cross-strait ties CNA 24 Feb 2021 -- The top offices responsible for cross- Taiwan Strait policy on both sides aired their grievances in uncharacteristically vivid and idiomatic terms this week, led by the new head of Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council (MAC).
- Tianwen-1 enters preset Mars parking orbit Global Times 24 Feb 2021 -- China's first Mars probe, Tianwen-1, successfully entered the Mars parking orbit at 6:29 am on Wednesday following a third braking maneuver. The probe will operate in the orbit for three months with all payloads onboard the orbiter powered on.
- China's Tianwen-1 Spacecraft Enters Mars 'Parking Orbit' VOA 24 Feb 2021 -- China's state media reported Wednesday the country's Tianwen-1 spacecraft has entered a temporary "parking orbit' around the planet Mars, where it will stay for about three months before attempting to land a rover on the surface.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin's Regular Press Conference on February 24, 2021 PRC MofA 24 Feb 2021
- CIA Chief Nominee Warns of 'Adversarial, Predatory' China VOA 24 Feb 2021 -- The United States must train its spies and intelligence analysts on the rising threat from China, U.S. President Joe Biden's pick to lead the country's premier spy agency told lawmakers Wednesday, calling competition from Beijing "the biggest geopolitical test that we face."
- US Sec State Blinken Says China 'Will be Held to Account' For Xinjiang Abuses at UN Rights Council Radio Free Asia 24 Feb 2021 -- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that Washington will hold China to account for "atrocities" committed in its Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) during an address to the United Nations rights agency, as other nations piled on Beijing for its treatment of the Uyghur people.
- UK minister remarks on Xinjiang intends to undermine Chinese cooperation with UN Human Rights Council: FM Global Times 24 Feb 2021 -- British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab is intentionally disrupting Chinese cooperation with the UN Human Rights Council, when China has constant communication with its senior officials, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Wednesday after the British minister condemned China over Xinjiang and called for the UN to be given "urgent and unfettered" access to the region.
- Beijing accuses UK of 'spreading false information' to 'discredit China' Press TV 24 Feb 2021 -- China's Foreign Ministry has accused the UK government of using the UN Human Rights Council to "spread false information", following Britain's expression of concern over Hong Kong's national security law and alleged violation of the rights of its minority groups.
- China's Crackdown on Muslims Spreads to Tropical Hainan VOA 24 Feb 2021 -- Hainan province is China's southernmost territory, a tropical island of white-sand beaches, stately palm trees and, now, a small population of persecuted Muslims.
- Jimmy Lai denied bail for risk of continuing to commit acts that endanger national security: HK High Court Global Times 24 Feb 2021 -- Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai was denied bail due to risk of continuing to commit acts that endanger national security, a Hong Kong High Court judge announced on Tuesday.
- HK district councilors face disqualification, 5-year election ban, for failing to uphold Basic Law, pledge allegiance to city Global Times 24 Feb 2021 -- An amended draft on public officers in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) states that district councilors shall be required to take an oath of upholding the Basic Law and pledging allegiance to the city. Otherwise, they will face disqualification and will be banned from participating in elections in five years.
- Hong Kong Sets Aside US $1 Billion For 'National Security' Fund Radio Free Asia 24 Feb 2021 -- Hong Kong's government on Wednesday earmarked more than U.S.$1 billion to pay for "national security" operations, amid an ongoing crackdown on peaceful dissent and political opposition under a draconian national security law.
- US to Scrutinize Beijing Commitments Under EU-China Investment Deal VOA 24 Feb 2021 -- The United States is looking to scrutinize China's commitments under an investment deal that was signed in late December between the European Union and China, a senior State Department official told VOA Tuesday.
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