20 April 2021 - China Special Weapons News

Sinovac vaccine 80 pct effective against COVID-19-related death: Chilean gov't study People's Daily 20 Apr 2021 -- The COVID-19 vaccine developed by China's Sinovac Biotech Ltd is 80 percent effective against death from the disease, showed a recent real-world study in Chile.
China's Yunnan reports 1 new COVID-19 case People's Daily 20 Apr 2021 -- China's Yunnan Province reported one confirmed COVID-19 case on Monday, the provincial health commission said Tuesday.
China plans to approve first foreign COVID-19 vaccine: media People's Daily 20 Apr 2021 -- China is planning to approve its first foreign COVID-19 vaccine before July, according to people privy to the matter, U.S. media reported.
Chinese mainland reports 1 new locally transmitted COVID-19 case People's Daily 20 Apr 2021 -- The Chinese mainland on Monday reported one new locally transmitted COVID-19 case in Yunnan Province, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Tuesday.
China administered total of 195.02 mln COVID-19 vaccines as of April 19 SPA 20 Apr 2021 -- China carried out about 2.9 million vaccinations against COVID-19 on April 19, bringing the total number administered to 195.02 million, according to data released by the National Health Commission on Tuesday, Reuters reported

Duterte: Philippines Prepared to Send Navy to Defend South China Sea Resources Radio Free Asia 20 Apr 2021 -- Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said he would dispatch military ships to the South China Sea if Beijing began drilling for oil and minerals in territory that Manila claims in the disputed waterway.

Nine PLA planes enter Taiwan's ADIZ CNA 20 Apr 2021 -- Nine aircraft of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) entered Taiwan's air defense identification zone (ADIZ) on Tuesday, the sixth consecutive day similar incursions have taken place, the Ministry of National Defense (MND) said that day.

China's space-tracking ship departs on new mission in Pacific PLA Daily 20 Apr 2021 -- Space-tracking ship Yuanwang-5 departed from a port in east China's Jiangsu Province on Tuesday for a maritime monitoring mission in the Pacific Ocean.
China Orbiting 400 Satellites, Heading for 1,000 by 2030, US Space Command Chief Says Sputnik 20 Apr 2021 -- China now has 400 satellites in orbit, second only in number to the United States and it is projected to have at least one thousand of them deployed by the end of this decade, Space Command chief Army General James Dickinson said in congressional testimony on Tuesday.

Hospital Researcher Sentenced to Prison for Conspiring to Steal Trade Secrets and Sell to China US Dept. of Justice 20 Apr 2021 -- An Ohio man was sentenced yesterday to 33 months in prison for conspiring to steal exosome-related trade secrets concerning the research, identification and treatment of a range of pediatric medical conditions.

China Secretly Sends Food Aid to North Korea by Rail Radio Free Asia 20 Apr 2021 -- A freight train loaded with Chinese corn has arrived in North Korea, the first international cargo train to cross the Sino-Korean border in more than a year amid warnings of dire shortages in the impoverished North, sources in China told RFA.

Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin's Regular Press Conference on April 20, 2021 PRC MofA 20 Apr 2021

Censors Curb Article by Former Premier Wen Jiabao Calling For 'Justice' in China Radio Free Asia 20 Apr 2021 -- Chinese government censors have prevented social media users from sharing an article penned by former premier Wen Jiabao that appeared to take a subtle sideswipe at ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping.

Hong Kong Falls Victim to 'Censorship Virus': Press Freedom Group Radio Free Asia 20 Apr 2021 -- Hong Kong was ranked in 80th place in a global press freedom index on Tuesday, with the Paris-based media watchdog citing "totalitarian control of information" from the ruling Chinese Communist Party in Beijing.

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