Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
16 April 2021 - China Special Weapons News
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- 12.5 mln people in Beijing vaccinated against COVID-19 People's Daily 16 Apr 2021 -- Beijing has administered more than 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines as of 12 p.m. Thursday, according to the municipal government.
- Over 183 mln COVID-19 vaccine doses administered across China People's Daily 16 Apr 2021 -- More than 183.53 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been administered across China as of Thursday, the National Health Commission said Friday.
- China's first mRNA COVID-19 vaccine to start Phase III trial in May: media People's Daily 16 Apr 2021 -- China's first messenger RNA (mRNA) COVID-19 vaccine will start its Phase III clinical trial in May, China National Radio (CNR) has reported.
- China's Yunnan reports 1 new COVID-19 case People's Daily 16 Apr 2021 -- Southwest China's Yunnan Province reported one confirmed COVID-19 case on Thursday, the provincial health commission said Friday.
- Penpa Tsering Projected Winner in Race for Sikyong, Tibetan Exile Leader Radio Free Asia 16 Apr 2021 -- Penpa Tsering, former speaker of Tibet's exile parliament, looks set to win the vote for political leader, or Sikyong, of Tibet's Dharamsala, India-based exile government the Central Tibetan Administration, final counting shows.
- How a Vietnam-Malaysia Fishing MOU Could Ease the Wider South China Sea Dispute VOA 16 Apr 2021 -- Malaysia and Vietnam intend to sign a memorandum of understanding that experts say could eventually help ease a decades-old, six-party dispute over sovereignty in the resource-rich South China Sea.
- Biden, Japan's Suga Commit to Work Together to Meet China Challenge VOA 16 Apr 2021 -- U.S. President Joe Biden says he and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga are committed to working together to counter challenges from China and North Korea, following Biden's first White House summit since taking office.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian's Regular Press Conference on April 16, 2021 PRC MofA 16 Apr 2021
- Jimmy Lai sentenced to 1 year in jail for illegal assembly in Hong Kong People's Daily 16 Apr 2021 -- Anti-China disruptor Jimmy Lai was sentenced by a Hong Kong court to one year in prison on Friday over illegal assembly in August 2019.
- Hong Kong Jails Prominent Democrats, Activists For 'Illegal Assembly' Radio Free Asia 16 Apr 2021 -- A court in Hong Kong on Friday handed down sentences to several prominent pro-democracy figures including media mogul Jimmy Lai, international barrister Margaret Ng, and Democratic Party founder Martin Lee, while prosecutors brought two additional charges under the national security law against Lai.
- Longtime Hong Kong Pro-democracy Activists Sentenced for 2019 March VOA 16 Apr 2021 -- Several longtime pro-democracy advocates on Friday learned their fate for organizing one of Hong Kong's largest-ever street protests during the height of anti-government demonstrations.
- China-Backed Hong Kong Paper Calls For 'Ban' on Pro-Democracy Apple Daily Radio Free Asia 16 Apr 2021 -- A Hong Kong newspaper backed by the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on Friday denounced the pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper for "working for foreign powers" and "slandering the police force," suggesting official measures may be in the works to shut the paper down.
- China Airs TV 'Confession' of Belizean Accused of Funding Hong Kong Protests Radio Free Asia 16 Apr 2021 -- The ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has aired a televised "confession" of a Belizean national after detaining him in connection with his support for the Hong Kong protest movement in November 2019.
- Sentencing of Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Activists for Unlawful Assembly US Dept. of State 16 Apr 2021 -- The United States condemns the sentencing of seven pro-democracy leaders on politically-motivated charges. Beijing and Hong Kong authorities are targeting Hong Kongers for doing nothing more than exercising protected rights and fundamental freedoms, including freedom of peaceful assembly and freedom of speech.
- Sentencing of pro-democracy figures in Hong Kong: FCDO statement UK FCDO 16 Apr 2021 -- The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office comments on the sentencing of Jimmy Lai and other pro-democracy figures in Hong Kong.
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