Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
11 April 2021 - China Special Weapons News
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- China's top health authority urges halt to compulsory vaccination, stresses voluntary, free inoculation Global Times 11 Apr 2021 -- China's top health authorities on Sunday urged local authorities to halt mandatory vaccination orders as some cities were reportedly found to adopt compulsory measures to meet the country's goal of vaccinating 560 million people by June.
- Exclusive: Chinese CDC director refutes interpretation of 'low protection rate of Chinese vaccines,' says it confuses scientific vision he proposes to improve efficacy Global Times 11 Apr 2021 -- The Director of the Chinese Center of Disease Control (China CDC) on Sunday refuted claims by some media outlets and overseas social media platform users that the director "admitted" Chinese COVID-19 vaccines have a low protection rate, saying that "it was a complete misunderstanding."
- China's top health authority says compulsory vaccination should be corrected Global Times 11 Apr 2021 -- As China accelerates its mass COVID-19 inoculation across the country to reach the domestic vaccination target of 560 million people by June, there have been individual cases of certain places adopting compulsory measures which are inappropriate, and the practice of mandatory vaccination for all needs to be corrected, the National Health Commission (NHC) said on Sunday.
- Hong Kong reports 5 new COVID-19 cases People's Daily 11 Apr 2021 -- Hong Kong's Center for Health Protection (CHP) reported five more confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, taking its total tally to 11,568.
- China's border city Ruili to start 3rd round of COVID-19 tests People's Daily 11 Apr 2021 -- The city of Ruili in southwest China's Yunnan Province is scheduled to start its third round of city-wide nucleic acid testing for COVID-19 on Sunday, the local government said.
- China approves new COVID-19 vaccine for clinical trials People's Daily 11 Apr 2021 -- A new COVID-19 vaccine developed by China's Sinopharm has recently been approved for clinical trials.
- Chinese mainland reports no new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases People's Daily 11 Apr 2021 -- The Chinese mainland on Saturday reported no new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said Sunday.
- China's Yunnan reports no new COVID-19 cases People's Daily 11 Apr 2021 -- Southwest China's Yunnan Province, where new locally-transmitted COVID-19 infections began to emerge in late March, reported no new confirmed or asymptomatic cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, the provincial health commission said on Sunday.
- China Reports 10 New COVID-19 Cases vs 14 A Day Earlier SPA 11 Apr 2021 -- China reported 10 new COVID-19 cases on April 10, down from 14 cases a day earlier, Reuters cited the country's national health authority as saying on Sunday.
- No joint statement from latest China-India military talks indicates challenges in full disengagement: experts Global Times 11 Apr 2021 -- Nearly two months after the last round of corps commander-level talks, the Chinese and Indian militaries held the 11th round of the meeting on Friday, with the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Western Theater Command releasing a statement on Saturday.
- PLA to maintain talks with Indian military over border PLA Daily 11 Apr 2021 -- The Chinese military will maintain diplomatic communication with its Indian counterpart to jointly safeguard peace and stability in the border region, senior colonel Long Shaohua, spokesman of the People's Liberation Army Western Theater Command, said in a statement on Saturday.
- PLA carrier enters S.China Sea after American flattop exercise amid Taiwan tensions Global Times 11 Apr 2021 -- After holding exercises in waters east of the island of Taiwan for about a week, the Liaoning aircraft carrier task group of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy reportedly sailed south on Saturday into the South China Sea, where a US carrier strike group and an amphibious ready group held provocative exercises one day earlier, as tensions between China and the US continue to rise over the island of Taiwan, with the US loosening restrictions on government engagement with the island.
- Blinken Faults China for Slow Response on Coronavirus VOA 11 Apr 2021 -- The U.S. secretary of state assailed China Sunday for its early, slow response to the threat of the coronavirus more than a year ago, saying it led to "more egregious results" throughout the world than "might otherwise" have been the case.
- Reported water cut to Chinese embassy 'rumor' to sow discord between Beijing, Ankara Global Times 11 Apr 2021 -- It is not true that Turkey cut water supply to the Chinese Embassy in Ankara amid bickering over Xinjiang-related issues, the Global Times learned, in contrast to what British media The Daily Express has claimed.
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