Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
27 April 2021 - China Special Weapons News
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- China deepens anti-COVID19 cooperation with S. Asian nations amid surging cases in India Global Times 27 Apr 2021 -- Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met virtually with his counterparts from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh on Tuesday to discuss efforts on COVID-19 fight and post-pandemic economic recovery, on which vaccine cooperation and supply chain stability became major concerns. China also extended the invitation to India to attend the online meeting. Despite the absence of New Delhi in the meeting, Beijing is still committed to helping it fight the pandemic.
- One-dose CanSinoBIO vaccine to reach 300m shots annually: company Global Times 27 Apr 2021 -- CanSino Biologics (CanSinoBIO) is expected to increase the annual production capacity of its recombinant adenovirus vector COVID-19 vaccine - the only single-dose vaccine approved in China - to 200 to 300 million doses after its third plant comes into full operation, the Global Times learned during a Sunday visit to the plant in North China's Tianjin.
- China's Sinopharm sends 50 million vaccine doses overseas Global Times 27 Apr 2021 -- China's Sinopharm has sent 50 million vaccine doses for COVID-19 overseas so far and analysts predicted that China will become the country that sends the most vaccine doses to other countries, with many of them being distributed to developing nations.
- China willing to help India fight COVID-19 through multiple channels: FM Global Times 27 Apr 2021 -- China has reiterated its willingness to provide necessary support and assistance to India, and is now working on allocating medical supplies from Chinese enterprises to meet the surging demand in India, including oxygen concentrators, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said on Tuesday.
- Over 229 mln COVID-19 vaccine doses administered across China People's Daily 27 Apr 2021 -- A total of 229.49 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been administered across China as of Monday, the National Health Commission said Tuesday.
- Philippine Senators Sign Resolution against China's 'Creeping Hegemony' in South China Sea Radio Free Asia 27 Apr 2021 -- Philippine opposition senators, in a resolution Tuesday, accused Beijing of "creeping hegemony" in the South China Sea through what they described as the illegal presence of Chinese ships in Manila's exclusive economic zone.
- China Urges Australia Not to Abandon Support for Taiwan Reunification VOA 27 Apr 2021 -- China cautioned Australia to abide by its 'One China' policy after a senior Australian on Sunday warned of a potential conflict over Taiwanese independence.
- GT exclusive: China's first integrated base supporting rocket building, sea launch to be 'operational in May' Global Times 27 Apr 2021 -- China's new rocket base specially designed to support seaborne rocket launches, located in the coastal city of Haiyang, East China's Shandong Province, will become operational in May, and it will be capable of general assembly and testing for at least 10 solid-propellant rockets per year, a project leader disclosed to the Global Times on Tuesday.
- Iran, Russia, China call for immediate lifting of all US sanctions against Tehran ISNA 27 Apr 2021 -- Trilateral meeting was held between the heads of Iranian, Chinese and Russian delegations ahead of the resumption of the meetings of the Joint Commission of the JCPOA in Vienna.
- Iran, Russia, China: US must lift sanctions all at once as prerequisite to rejoining JCPOA Press TV 27 Apr 2021 -- Heads of the Iranian, Russian and Chinese delegations to the Vienna talks have once again emphasized that the United States must terminate the sanctions it has imposed on the Islamic Republic all at once as a necessary precondition for Washington's return to a landmark 2015 nuclear agreement.
- China's new amphibious assault ship to carry multi-type helicopters, 'enters world-class' ranks People's Daily 27 Apr 2021 -- The newly commissioned amphibious assault ship of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy will carry multiple types of helicopters including those for assault, transport and reconnaissance, and analysts said on Tuesday that the vessel is of world-class standard and can serve its purpose well in islands and reefs close to the Chinese mainland despite the lack of fixed wing fighter jet like the US' F-35B.
- PLA Army's air defense force integrates into Air Force's chain of command PLA Daily 27 Apr 2021 -- Recently, according to Liang Chengming, an officer assigned to the air force under the PLA Western Theater Command (WTC), more than ten air defense units from the PLA Army have been integrated into the chain of command of the air force under the PLA WTC.
- Bangladesh, China agree to increase military cooperation PLA Daily 27 Apr 2021 -- Bangladesh's President Abdul Hamid on Tuesday met with visiting Chinese State Councilor and Minister of National Defense Wei Fenghe here and the two sides agreed to advance the bilateral military cooperation.
- Chinese peacekeeping force to Lebanon passes UN annual defense capability assessment PLA Daily 27 Apr 2021 -- The 19th Chinese peacekeeping multi-functional engineer contingent to Lebanon successfully passed the 2021 annual defense capability assessment conducted by the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on April 26.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin's Regular Press Conference on April 27, 2021 PRC MofA 27 Apr 2021
- Australia 'is sick', needs to take medicine: China's Foreign Ministry People's Daily 27 Apr 2021 -- China is not responsible for the current difficulties facing China-Australia relations. It is the Australian side that torn up the cooperation agreement between China and Australia, sabotaging normal exchanges and cooperation between the two countries, China's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.
- Hong Kong Police Launch Probe Into Organizers of Mass Protest Marches Radio Free Asia 27 Apr 2021 -- Police in Hong Kong are investigating a group that has organized a string of mass protest marches over more than two decades since the city was handed back to China in 1997, the group's officials and former officials said.
- Chinese Smart TV-Maker Accused of Spying on Owners' Other Devices Radio Free Asia 27 Apr 2021 -- A China-based manufacturer of smart televisions has been accused of spying on its users by scanning their homes for other devices connected to the wifi network every few minutes, owners of the devices have reported on social media.
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