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31 March 2021 - China Special Weapons News

  • WHO report on virus origins work of "collaboration," says WHO team leader People's Daily 31 Mar 2021 -- The World Health Organization (WHO) report on the joint WHO-China study of COVID-19 origins was a "consensus" effort of a "sheer size" but it was too soon to provide definitive conclusions in a work that is still in progress, the WHO research team said on Tuesday.
  • WHO releases report on global tracing of COVID-19 origins People's Daily 31 Mar 2021 -- The World Health Organization (WHO) report on the joint WHO-China study of COVID-19 origins was a "consensus" effort of a "sheer size" but it was too soon to provide definitive conclusions in a work that is still in progress, the WHO research team said on Tuesday.
  • WHO expert: Future research on COVID-19 origin not limit to one region People's Daily 31 Mar 2021 -- All conclusions and recommendations in the report by the international team studying the origins of SARS-CoV-2 in Wuhan are based on a global perspective, and future research will not be limited to a certain region, Liang Wannian, leader of the Chinese side of the China-World Health Organization (WHO) joint team, said at Tuesday's briefing on the 120-page report.

  • China accelerates COVID-19 vaccination in rural areas Global Times 31 Mar 2021 -- China has vaccinated more than 100 million people and is still enlarging the scale of the vaccination program as an effort to build a massive immunity shield. In recent weeks, the country has accelerated the vaccination work to wider groups of people, including those in rural areas and more remote regions.
  • China-Myanmar border city faces pressure of new COVID-19 surge Global Times 31 Mar 2021 -- Concerns have risen on epidemic control in China's border area, after Ruili, a major China-Myanmar border city in Southwest China's Yunnan Province, reported nine new COVID-19 cases since September, when a domestic resurgence was ignited by illegal border crossings by infected Myanmar nationals.
  • China slams revived conspiracy theory over COVID-19 origin as 'extremely unethical' Press TV 31 Mar 2021 -- China has reacted to resurfaced allegations that the COVID-19 virus may have leaked from a Chinese lab, slamming the politicizing of the search for the origins of the virus as "extremely unethical".
  • No basis to claims China withheld COVID-19 data: Chinese official Press TV 31 Mar 2021 -- A senior Chinese health official has rejected allegations that Beijing withheld data from a team of experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) investigating the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, saying there is no factual basis to the claims.
  • China providing vaccine aid to 80 countries, 3 int'l organizations: FM spokesperson People's Daily 31 Mar 2021 -- China is providing vaccine aid to 80 countries and three international organizations, exporting vaccines to more than 40 countries, and cooperating with more than 10 nations in vaccine research, development and production, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Tuesday.
  • HKSAR's chief executive firmly supports NPC's adoption of amended annexes to HKSAR Basic Law People's Daily 31 Mar 2021 -- Carrie Lam, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), Tuesday said that she and the governing team of the HKSAR government strongly support China's top legislature's adoption of amended Annexes I and II to the HKSAR Basic Law.
  • Chinese mainland reports 6 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases People's Daily 31 Mar 2021 -- The Chinese mainland on Tuesday reported six new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said Wednesday.
  • China's Yunnan reports 6 local COVID-19 cases People's Daily 31 Mar 2021 -- The city of Ruili in southwest China's Yunnan Province on Wednesday launched a city-wide nucleic acid testing for COVID-19 after new cases were reported.
  • Chinese military provides COVID-19 vaccines to Lao military PLA Daily 31 Mar 2021 -- For the implementation of President Xi Jinping's important declaration on making China's COVID-19 vaccine a global public good, with the approval of the Central Military Commission and at the request of Lao military, the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) has provided anti-pandemic assistance to Lao Armed Forces with a batch of COVID-19 vaccines delivered to the Lao side on March 31.
  • China Hits Out at Critics as WHO Chief Revives Viral Lab Leak Theory Radio Free Asia 31 Mar 2021 -- China on Wednesday slammed its critics as "unethical" after the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said it would continue to consider the hypothesis that the coronavirus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic leaked from a top-security virology lab in the central Chinese city of Wuhan.

  • Trade Between North Korea and China Seen Likely to Resume in April Radio Free Asia 31 Mar 2021 -- After more than a year without trade between North Korea and China, who closed the Sino-Korean border to fight the coronavirus pandemic, there are signs that trade could resume in April, sources in China told RFA.

  • Philippines Amplifies Demand for Chinese 'Maritime Militia' Ships to Leave EEZ Waters Radio Free Asia 31 Mar 2021 -- China has not withdrawn all of its vessels moored at a reef within Manila's exclusive economic zone, the Philippines said Wednesday, as it amplified its demand that Beijing pull out "Maritime Militia" ships from disputed South China Sea waters.

  • PLA commissions new-type robot for bomb disposal Global Times 31 Mar 2021 -- A new robot type has entered service, as it demonstrated its capacity in a recent bomb disposal exercise by the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA). The commissioning of such a device is an example of the PLA's modernization as machines have replaced humans in dangerous missions and increased combat efficiency, analysts said on Wednesday.

  • China, Japan hold defense consultation: Defense Spokesperson PLA Daily 31 Mar 2021 -- The defense authorities of China and Japan held the third annual meeting of maritime and air liaison mechanism and the fifth round of working-level consultation on defense affairs via video link on March 29. The two sides exchanged views on such topics as maritime and aerial security policies, regional security situation, operation of the Maritime and Aerial Communication Mechanism, and defense exchanges.

  • Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying's Regular Press Conference on March 31, 2021 PRC MofA 31 Mar 2021

  • Hong Kong's New Political System, Controlled by China, Takes Effect Radio Free Asia 31 Mar 2021 -- A new political system imposed and controlled by the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) took effect in Hong Kong on Wednesday, as the U.S. said it was "deeply concerned" by the move.
  • Hong Kong Policy Act Report US Dept. of State 31 Mar 2021 -- Over the past year, the People's Republic of China (PRC) has continued to dismantle Hong Kong's high degree of autonomy, in violation of its obligations under the Sino-British Joint Declaration and Hong Kong's Basic Law.
  • Beijing-Led Electoral Reforms for Hong Kong Redefine 'Democracy,' Critics Say VOA 31 Mar 2021 -- Hong Kong's legislature will undergo major changes to its format and structure as a result of Beijing's approval of a political shakeup that will expand its control over the semiautonomous city.
  • Beijing Orders Closure of Chinese Law Firm Tied to Hong Kong Activists VOA 31 Mar 2021 -- A Chinese law firm linked to the defense of one of 12 pro-democracy activists who allegedly attempted to flee Hong Kong for Taiwan has been ordered to disband, a development that reflects tightening constraints on rights lawyers in China.
  • China's Ministry of Education to support national security education in HK Global Times 31 Mar 2021 -- China's Ministry of Education will give full support to the government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) in promoting curriculum reforms and carrying out national security education in schools, in response to some people's doubts and rejections of national education in recent times.
  • Chinese authorities slam US, UK, Japan over comments on HK electoral reform Global Times 31 Mar 2021 -- Chinese authorities on Wednesday slammed foreign countries' accusations against China over the electoral system reform plan for Hong Kong, following their comments on the issue the previous day, when the plan was approved by China's top legislature.

  • US arbitrary allegation of 'genocide' in Xinjiang absurd lie of the century: Chinese FM Global Times 31 Mar 2021 -- The US arbitrarily alleged "genocide" in Xinjiang based on lies and false information from some anti-China forces, which is an absurd lie of the century, a grave insult to the Chinese people and a severe trampling on international laws and basic norms governing international relations, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday, after the US released its annual human rights report criticizing China's Xinjiang policies.
  • Uyghur Who Appealed Jail Sentence Charged With Additional Crimes Radio Free Asia 31 Mar 2021 -- A Uyghur businessman who appealed his prison sentence has been re-tried and accused of additional "crimes" in northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) according to sources, while his lawyers received threats from judicial officials demanding they back out of proceedings.

  • BBC Correspondent 'Forced to Leave' China After Smear Campaigns: FCCC Radio Free Asia 31 Mar 2021 -- The BBC's China correspondent John Sudworth has been forced to leave the country amid threats to his personal safety in a move likely linked to his reporting on human rights abuses in Xinjiang, a group representing foreign journalists in the country said on Wednesday.



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