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04 March 2021 - China Special Weapons News
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- Output of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines to top 1 bln doses in 2021 Global Times 04 Mar 2021 -- China has put the inactivated COVID-19 vaccines developed by state-owned pharmaceutical firm Sinopharm into mass production and this year's output is expected to surpass 1 billion doses, Yu Qingming, chairman of Sinopharm Group, said on Wednesday.
- China's Sinopharm to raise vaccine production to 3 billion per year Global Times 04 Mar 2021 -- China's pharmaceutical giant Sinopharm will expand COVID-19 vaccine production capacity to 3 billion doses per year, becoming the world's biggest vaccine producer for the virus, Chairman of Sinopharm Group Yu Qingming told the media.
- Top military infectious disease expert calls for deliberations on the national biosafety system Global Times 04 Mar 2021 -- Top Chinese infectious disease expert, Chen Wei, whose team developed China's first one-dose COVID-19 vaccine, made a call for reflection on the construction of the country's national biosafety system.
- China addresses disparities in COVID-19 vaccine distribution People's Daily 04 Mar 2021 -- "United we stand, divided we fall" -- the choice that was put in front of the international community time and again now popped up once more in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic that has claimed more than 2 million lives worldwide.
- Turkish university says China's Sinovac vaccine 83.5 pct effective People's Daily 04 Mar 2021 -- The COVID-19 vaccine made by Chinese biopharmaceutical company Sinovac Biotech has an efficacy of 83.5 percent based on third phase trials in Turkey, a Turkish university announced Wednesday at a press conference.
- Hong Kong reports 14 new COVID-19 cases People's Daily 04 Mar 2021 -- Hong Kong's Center for Health Protection (CHP) reported 14 additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, taking its total tally to 11,046.
- Vaccine cooperation essential for global anti-COVID-19 effort: experts People's Daily 04 Mar 2021 -- Public health experts from both China and the U.S. on Monday urged their respective nations to expand global access to COVID-19 vaccines in order to bring about a speedy global economy recovery, adding that vaccine cooperation is crucial to curbing the spread of the virus around the globe.
- Laos Braces for Promise, Peril of China's High-Speed Railway VOA 04 Mar 2021 -- After five years of hard work boring dozens of tunnels and building even more bridges to lay more than 400 kilometers of train track, China's high-speed railway through Laos is on course to launch within the year.
- Mainland spokesperson cautions Taiwan political parties against irrational thinking Global Times 04 Mar 2021 -- A mainland spokesperson Wednesday cautioned relevant political parties and personnel in Taiwan against the populist trap of irrational and confrontational thinking.
- Long March-8 rocket likely to try out vertical landing in 2021: Chinese developer Global Times 04 Mar 2021 -- Development for a fusion version of China's potentially reusable medium-sized launch vehicle, the Long March-8, has been initiated, and it is hoped that the new rocket will carry out key technology demonstration tests for vertical take-off and vertical landing (VTVL) in 2021, said Jiang Jie, a leading expert with the project developer China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT) on Thursday.
- China to keep steady, proper increase in defense spending, figure open and transparent: NPC spokesperson Global Times 04 Mar 2021 -- China will maintain a proper and steady increase in defense spending, and the figure is open and transparent, a spokesperson for the annual session of the country's top legislature said on Thursday, ahead of the expected revelation of the country's defense budget draft for 2021 on Friday.
- 37th Chinese naval escort taskforce conducts astern replenishment-at-sea PLA Daily 04 Mar 2021 -- Recently, the 37th Chinese naval escort taskforce, which is conducting escort missions in the Gulf of Aden and the waters off Somalia, launched a replenishment-at-sea exercise.
- 'Confident' China to Convene Rubber-Stamp Parliament VOA 04 Mar 2021 -- China is expected to tout its strong economic performance during the pandemic and unveil long-term goals for its economy at an annual meeting of its ceremonial legislature beginning Friday in Beijing.
- What to expect at "two sessions" as China begins new journey People's Daily 04 Mar 2021 -- China's top legislature and political advisory body will start annual sessions this week, returning to their traditional March schedule after last year's events were postponed to May due to the COVID-19 epidemic.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin's Regular Press Conference on March 4, 2021 PRC MofA 04 Mar 2021
- US 'biggest threat' to China's development, security: President Xi Press TV 04 Mar 2021 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping says the United States is the "biggest threat" to his country's development and security, amid simmering tensions between Beijing and the new administration in Washington.
- Blinken describes China as 'biggest geopolitical test' for US, vows strength Press TV 04 Mar 2021 -- US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says China is the main overseas focus of President Joe Biden's administration, calling the Asian superpower "the biggest geopolitical test" of the century for Washington.
- Blinken naming China as challenge 'an unsurprising display of tough line,' shows decline of US: experts Global Times 04 Mar 2021 -- Tackling China was mentioned as one of the eight top priorities of the Joe Biden administration, as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in his first major address on Wednesday, at a time when the US is facing domestic disorder regarding epidemic, economy and political division.
- 'Political stigmatization' damaged China's image in US: FM on favorability survey Global Times 04 Mar 2021 -- Spokespersons from the Chinese Foreign Ministry and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) answered questions about why a recent survey showed that Americans' favorable ratings of China have plummeted, saying that the previous US administration had seriously poisoned the public opinion atmosphere of the two countries.
- Cooperative, stable China-U.S. ties fit common interests: Cui Tiankai People's Daily 04 Mar 2021 -- Chinese Ambassador to the United States Cui Tiankai said that cooperative and stable China-U.S. relations fit the common interests of both peoples.
- Marathon Hong Kong Bail Hearing Ends With 47 Activist Behind Bars Radio Free Asia 04 Mar 2021 -- A court in Hong Kong has denied bail to 32 democracy activists charged with "subversion" under a draconian national security law and granted it to 15 of them, local media reported by live video feed on Thursday.
- Hong Kong Court Orders 47 Pro-Democracy Activists Held VOA 04 Mar 2021 -- After a four-day hearing, a Hong Kong court ruled Thursday that 47 pro-democracy advocates accused of subversion under a national security law must remain in custody.
- Hong Kong Keeps Activists Detained After Granting Bail VOA 04 Mar 2021 -- A Hong Kong judge ordered 47 pro-democracy activists to remain in custody Thursday after the territory's Department of Justice appealed an earlier decision to release some of them on bail.
- Electoral reform to bring HK into a new era Global Times 04 Mar 2021 -- With China's top legislature officially introducing reform of Hong Kong electoral system into this year's two sessions agenda, the central government's advisors forecast that a detailed plan for overhauling the local electoral system would take effect in a very short period, giving fundamental support for the election in the second half of 2021, and bringing local governance into a new era.
- Central govt should help HK schools design courses in national defense, foreign policy, Constitution: proposal Global Times 04 Mar 2021 -- Central government organs, including the Ministry of Justice and Ministry of National Defense, should send a team annually to Hong Kong's schools to organize forums and provide course materials to deepen teachers' and students' understanding of China's Constitution, national defense and foreign policy, a two sessions proposal read.
- Carrie Lam says HK welcomes NPC decision to improve electoral system, to fully cooperate Global Times 04 Mar 2021 -- Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Carrie Lam said on Thursday that she welcomes the National People's Congress's decision of reviewing and improving Hong Kong's electoral system and Hong Kong government will fully cooperate with the top legislature in implementing the principle of "patriots governing HK."
- HK economic policy not controlled by central govt: financial secretary Global Times 04 Mar 2021 -- The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR)'s Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po on Wednesday denied that the city's economic policy is controlled by the Chinese central government, after the US-based Heritage Foundation removed the HKSAR from its annual league table ranking the world's freest economies.
- Xinjiang Labor Transfer Scheme Constitutes Crimes Against Humanity: Report Radio Free Asia 04 Mar 2021 -- Labor transfers within the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) and to other parts of China meet the definition of forced labor and could be classified as crimes against humanity in an international court of law, according to a new report by German researcher Adrian Zenz.
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