Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
25 February 2021 - China Special Weapons News
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- Two more COVID-19 vaccines get conditional approval for mass use in China Global Times 25 Feb 2021 -- China's drug regulator has given conditional approval for the mass use of two additional COVID-19 vaccines produced by Chinese pharmaceutical firms, bringing the total number of home-produced vaccines granted conditional approval for mass use to four.
- Timely vaccine arrivals in Africa show China honoring its commitment to global COVID-19 vaccination People's Daily 25 Feb 2021 -- With the timely arrival of China's Sinopharm vaccine, Senegal on Tuesday officially began the first phase of its COVID-19 vaccination campaign, taking one step further in its fight against the pandemic.
- Japan warned not to provoke China as media hypes up possibility of conflict in Diaoyu Islands after Galwan Valley clash Global Times 25 Feb 2021 -- While Chinese people mourn the four martyrs killed in the June 2020 border conflict with Indian troops at Galwan Valley, Japanese media made a "wild and groundless" guess that a similar conflict is very likely to be provoked in the sea with Japan next time, referring to China's Diaoyu Islands, where the two countries have had a long sovereignty dispute.
- China's 'gray-zone' warfare against Taiwan at highest level: scholars CNA 25 Feb 2021 -- China's "gray-zone" warfare targeting Taiwan is now at its highest level, which could signal a full-scale invasion, local military experts warned Thursday.
- Chinese military denounces US destroyer's provocation in Taiwan Strait PLA Daily 25 Feb 2021 -- "The USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG-54) sailed through the Taiwan Strait on February 24. China is firmly opposed to it," said Senior Colonel Zhang Chunhui, spokesperson for the Chinese PLA Eastern Theater Command, in a written statement on Thursday.
- US undermining regional stability by sailing warships through Taiwan Strait: China Press TV 25 Feb 2021 -- China's military has slammed the United States for undermining regional "peace and stability," after a US Navy warship once again sailed through the Taiwan Strait, which separates self-ruled Taiwan from mainland China.
- China Blasts US for Undermining Regional Peace as American Destroyer Sails Through Taiwan Strait Sputnik 25 Feb 2021 -- Earlier, the guided-missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur joined the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force replenishment ship JS Hamana and light frigate FNS Prairial to conduct a tri-lateral replenishment-at-sea.
- Second U.S. warship transits Taiwan Strait under Biden administration CNA 25 Feb 2021 -- A U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer transited through the Taiwan Strait in a routine operation on Wednesday, the second by a U.S. battleship since President Joe Biden assumed office in January.
- China's Naval Strength Gives It Crucial Clout in Negotiations around Asia VOA 25 Feb 2021 -- China's increasing naval power, the country having surpassed the United States as the world's largest maritime force, is giving Beijing crucial sway in negotiations with Asian governments that dispute its claims at sea, experts say.
- PLA Navy expedition group crosses equator Global Times 25 Feb 2021 -- A Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy expedition group led by a Type 052D destroyer recently crossed the equator as it sailed further into the open sea, and such missions enable the PLA to get familiar with the high seas as China eyes to build a blue-water navy, experts said on Thursday.
- China and Singapore conduct joint naval exercise in South China Sea to 'address risks' Global Times 25 Feb 2021 -- The joint military drill between China and Singapore in the South China Sea shows the two countries are jointly addressing risks and challenges with the determination to safeguard regional peace and stability, Chinese military researchers said.
- PLA Navy commissions two Type 056A corvettes PLA Daily 25 Feb 2021 -- Two Type 056A corvettes, Nanyang (Hull 619) and Shangqiu (Hull 618) were recently commissioned to the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, according to a report by China Central Television (CCTV) recently.
- PLA naval escort taskforce carries out armed rescue drill in Gulf of Aden PLA Daily 25 Feb 2021 -- The 37th escort taskforce of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, who is carrying out escort missions in the Gulf of Aden, held an anti-terrorism and anti-piracy drill featuring the rescue of hijacked merchant ships.
- China Launches All-Out Propaganda Campaign as Xi Jinping Claims Poverty is Over Radio Free Asia 25 Feb 2021 -- The ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is launching a nationwide propaganda effort ahead of the centenary of the party's founding on July 1, lauding general secretary Xi Jinping's "victory" over poverty and ordering officials to watch patriotic TV shows.
- Xi hails China's poverty eradication miracle PLA Daily 25 Feb 2021 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday hailed the country's achievement of eradicating extreme poverty as a miracle that shall "go down in history."
- Xi charts road map for rural vitalization after victory in poverty fight PLA Daily 25 Feb 2021 -- Building on its victory in eradicating absolute poverty, China is moving on to push for rural vitalization along with renewed efforts to consolidate the achievements made in the fight against poverty.
- Xi declares "complete victory" in eradicating absolute poverty in China Global Times 25 Feb 2021 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping announced on Thursday that China has scored a "complete victory" in its fight against poverty.
- Xi hails miraculous achievement of poverty reduction, inspiring nation for higher goals with spirit of poverty alleviation Global Times 25 Feb 2021 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping solemnly declared "complete victory" on eradicating extreme poverty in China at a national commendation conference on Thursday - four months before the centennial of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC) - marking another great miracle the Party leading the world's most populous nation has accomplished.
- China solemnly declares complete victory in eradicating absolute poverty Global Times 25 Feb 2021 -- President Xi Jinping solemnly declared China's "complete victory" in eradicating absolute poverty during a conference in Beijing on Thursday. The announcement of this great miracle in the human history of poverty reduction came four months before the centenary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC), which leads the world's most populous nation.
- Socialist system's advantages, CPC leadership key to China's miraculous poverty alleviation success Global Times 25 Feb 2021 -- The satellites around the Earth may have witnessed the great changes in China through the past eight years - the night of the country's vast western areas has been illuminated by more lights, the roads to remote and small villages have extended and bridges have been erected, new residential communities have appeared in livable areas and mountains and deserts are covered in green.
- Xi: Shaking off poverty 'starting point' of new life People's Daily 25 Feb 2021
- China Posts Impressive Economic Recovery, but Can Growth Continue? VOA 25 Feb 2021 -- China's economic recovery is notable, some analysts say, after suffering serious pandemic-driven setbacks for the majority of last year. By most accounts, China's economic numbers at the start of its lunar new year in early February was more significant than those put out by governments in other developed countries.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian's Regular Press Conference on February 25, 2021 PRC MofA 25 Feb 2021
- Competition overshadows cooperation? New US envoy should help avoid 'lose-lose confrontation' Global Times 25 Feb 2021 -- US President Joe Biden has yet to appoint a new ambassador to China, but the US State Department said that the new ambassador's job is to "steward an approach to China that has competition at the center." Chinese analysts said on Thursday that US State Department statement sends a convoluted message, and that the new ambassador should work with China on rulemaking to ensure competition won't fall into another lose-lose confrontation.
- Certain countries turn blind eye to facts, spread lies about China: Chinese diplomat Global Times 25 Feb 2021 -- Turning a blind eye to facts, certain countries fabricated and spread lies about Xinjiang, Tibet and Hong Kong in vicious vilification of China, a Chinese diplomat said here Wednesday.
- Dutch MPs Pass Motion Recognizing Abuses in Xinjiang as Genocide Radio Free Asia 25 Feb 2021 -- The Dutch House of Representatives on Thursday voted to recognize China's abuses against Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in its Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) as genocide, becoming the first parliament in Europe to do so as pressure mounted on Western leaders to boycott the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
- Taiwan slams China for tightening religious freedom through law CNA 25 Feb 2021 -- Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) slammed China on Thursday for clamping down further on religious freedom and vowed to cooperate more closely with the Vatican to defend such freedom after Beijing recently issued a set of rules on religious clergies.
- With Chinese Media Under Control, Beijing Sets Sights on Foreign News VOA 25 Feb 2021 -- The future of foreign reporting in China is being brought into question as the Chinese government aims to consolidate its control on media.
- Tianwen-1 probe's successful entry into Mars orbit represents China's ambitious endeavor to make innovations People's Daily 25 Feb 2021 -- China's first Mars exploration mission Tianwen-1 successfully slowed down for the third time near Mars at 06:29 a.m. on Feb. 24 Beijing time and entered the Mars parking orbit. The Mars probe will spend about three months conducting scientific surveys in the parking orbit.
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