Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
19 April 2021 - China Special Weapons News
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- HKSAR gov't to ban commercial passenger flights from India, Pakistan, Philippines for 14 days People's Daily 19 Apr 2021 -- The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government announced on Sunday evening that it will implement the place-specific flight suspension mechanism to India, Pakistan, and the Philippines, banning all incoming commercial passenger flights from them from landing in Hong Kong for 14 days from April 20.
- Chinese mainland reports 11 new COVID-19 cases, all imported People's Daily 19 Apr 2021 -- The Chinese mainland on Sunday reported 11 new COVID-19 cases, all of which were imported, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Monday.
- Over 192 mln COVID-19 vaccine doses administered across China People's Daily 19 Apr 2021 -- Nearly 192.13 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been administered across China as of Sunday, the National Health Commission said Monday.
- Beijing Pushing for Vaccine Passport for Those Inoculated with Chinese Vaccines VOA 19 Apr 2021 -- After exporting COVID-19 vaccines to almost 70 countries, China is gearing up to push for its own vaccine passport to ease entry to foreigners and foreign residents of China inoculated with China-made vaccines.
- US Reaffirms Climate Issue as Foreign Policy Priority Ahead of Earth Day Summit VOA 19 Apr 2021 -- Ahead of this week's White House Leaders Summit on Climate, the United States is reaffirming fighting climate change as a top foreign policy priority, as it hopes to drive a green energy revolution.
- China raps US, Japan for 'reckless harm'to int'l order over Taipei statement Press TV 19 Apr 2021 -- China has accused the US and Japan of committing "reckless harm" to international order after US President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister YoshihideSuga said they would work together on Chinese Taipei.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin's Regular Press Conference on April 19, 2021 PRC MofA 19 Apr 2021
- Hong Kong to Fire 129 Civil Servants Who Refused to Pledge Allegiance Radio Free Asia 19 Apr 2021 -- Authorities in Hong Kong on Monday announced plans to start terminate the contracts of civil servants who refused to take an oath of allegiance to the Hong Kong govermment.
- Watchdog Accuses China Of Crimes Against Humanity In Xinjiang RFE/RL 19 Apr 2021 -- Human Rights Watch (HRW) says China's communist government is committing crimes against humanity in its treatment of Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim people in the northwestern region of Xinjiang.
- Human Rights Watch Calls Out China's 'Crimes Against Humanity' Toward Uyghurs VOA 19 Apr 2021 -- Human Rights Watch said China is "committing crimes against humanity" toward Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in the country's western Xinjiang region.
- Rights Researchers Urge UN Investigation of Crimes Against Humanity in Xinjiang Radio Free Asia 19 Apr 2021 -- China's treatment of Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) meets international legal definitions of "crimes against humanity" and merits a U.N. inquiry, sanctions and efforts to prosecute responsible officials, human rights researchers said in a report Monday.
- Residents of Xinjiang Refrain From Fasting During Ramadan Despite 'Easing of Restrictions' Radio Free Asia 19 Apr 2021 -- Restrictions on fasting during the holy Islamic month of Ramadan have eased in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) in recent years, but residents continue to refrain from doing so, according to local authorities, suggesting a lingering fear of being branded an "extremist" and marked for detention.
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