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30 March 2021 - China Special Weapons News
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- Joint Statement on the WHO-Convened COVID-19 Origins Study US Dept. of State 30 Mar 2021 -- The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America, Australia, Canada, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Israel, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, the Republic of Korea, Slovenia, and the United Kingdom.
- US, 13 Other Nations Concerned About WHO COVID Origins Report VOA 30 Mar 2021 -- The United States and 13 other nations issued a statement Tuesday raising "shared concerns" about the newly released World Health Organization report on the origins of the virus that causes COVID-19.
- COVID-19 origins report inconclusive: We must 'leave no stone unturned' – WHO chief UN News 30 Mar 2021 -- The report from a team of international scientists assembled by the World Health Organization (WHO) to examine how COVID-19 first spread to humans was published on Tuesday, and was described by the UN health agency's chief as a welcome start, but far from conclusive.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson's Remarks on Report of Joint WHO-China Study of Origins of SARS-CoV-2 Released by WHO PRC MofA 30 Mar 2021
- Hong Kong reports 7 new COVID-19 cases People's Daily 30 Mar 2021 -- Hong Kong's Center for Health Protection (CHP) reported seven additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, taking the total tally to 11,461.
- Chinese mainland reports no new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases People's Daily 30 Mar 2021 -- The Chinese mainland on Monday reported no new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said Tuesday.
- Over 6.3 mln COVID-19 vaccine shots administered in China's Hubei People's Daily 30 Mar 2021 -- Central China's Hubei Province has administered over 6.32 million doses of coronavirus vaccines as of Sunday, according to a provincial press briefing Monday.
- Macao reports no locally transmitted COVID-19 case for whole year People's Daily 30 Mar 2021 -- No locally transmitted COVID-19 case had been reported for 365 days in China's Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) as of Monday, according to the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Center of Macao.
- Hong Kong to relax COVID-19 control as epidemic eases People's Daily 30 Mar 2021 -- Hong Kong will loosen some COVID-19 control measures from leisure facility closures to travel restrictions as new infections have continued to drop and an increasing number of residents have received the vaccine.
- PLA aircraft again surround Taiwan in drills with US intervention on mind Global Times 30 Mar 2021 -- Warplanes of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) again surrounded the island of Taiwan from both west and east in an exercise on Monday after a similar drill on Friday, and this time additional aircraft crossed the Miyako Strait to reach Taiwan's eastern side.
- Many issues concerning Syria warrant deep reflections: Chinese envoy People's Daily 30 Mar 2021 -- As 10 years of protracted conflict in Syria have brought untold suffering to the country and its people, many issues with regard to the current situation in the country warrant deep reflections, said a Chinese envoy on Monday.
- New policies to promote transformation of China's defense technologies PLA Daily 30 Mar 2021 -- The 6th China's Manufacturing Power Forum themed "Stabilize manufacturing, boost real economy, break new grounds" kicked off in Baoding, central China's Hebei province on March 28.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying's Regular Press Conference on March 30, 2021 PRC MofA 30 Mar 2021
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson's Remarks on the Adoption of the Amendments to Annexes I and II to the Basic Law of the Hong Kong SAR by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress PRC MofA 30 Mar 2021 -- "The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress deliberated on and adopted the amendments to Annexes I and II to the Basic Law of the Hong Kong SAR."
- China Approves Major Overhaul of Hong Kong Electoral System VOA 30 Mar 2021 -- China's national legislature has approved several new changes to Hong Kong's electoral system that further shuts out the city's pro-democracy forces from the legislature.
- China's top legislature adopts amended annexes to HKSAR Basic Law People's Daily 30 Mar 2021 -- China's top legislature on Tuesday voted unanimously to adopt the amended Annex I and Annex II to the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR).
- Top legislature adopts HK electoral reform bills PLA Daily 30 Mar 2021 -- China's top legislature on Tuesday voted unanimously to adopt the amended Annex I and Annex II to the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
- Hong Kong Chief Welcomes Beijing's Approval of Autonomous City's Electoral System Reform Sputnik 30 Mar 2021 -- Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Tuesday welcomed the decision of the Chinese authorities to approve the reform of the special administrative region's electoral system and commended it as a way to uphold the one country, two systems principle.
- China's President Signs Decrees to Amend Hong Kong's Electoral System, State Media Says Sputnik 30 Mar 2021 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday signed a set of decrees to put in effect amendments to annexes of Hong Kong's basic law, which reform the special administrative region's electoral system, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
- Hong Kong National Security Police to Vet Election Candidates For Loyalty Radio Free Asia 30 Mar 2021 -- Beijing on Tuesday unveiled comprehensive plans to ensure that anyone standing for election to Hong Kong's legislature is a staunch supporter of the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP), with all candidates to be vetted by the national security police before being allowed to stand.
- Xinjiang Abuses at Forefront of Global Human Rights Decline in 2020: State Department Radio Free Asia 30 Mar 2021 -- Abuses in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), recently labeled crimes against humanity and part of a policy of genocide, are indicative of a larger trend of declining human rights around the world, the U.S. Department of State said Tuesday.
- China-Africa cooperation: a boon for the continent People's Daily 30 Mar 2021 -- China-Africa cooperation is flourishing, but not everyone is happy about it. Speculation against China-Africa cooperation has almost become daily headlines in the West. Some Western media and politicians enthusiastically demonize China's role in China-Africa cooperation, accusing it of setting up "debt traps" and conducting imperialism in Africa. But is this the case?
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