Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
30 April 2021 - China Special Weapons News
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- Chinese cities detect COVID-19 mutant strains found in India Global Times 30 Apr 2021 -- COVID-19 mutant strains found in India have been detected in some Chinese cities, Wu Zunyou, the chief epidemiologist of the Chinese Center for Disease Control, said on Thursday. Wu reminded the public that implementing epidemic control measures is key to curbing the spread of virus variants.
- Over 253 mln COVID-19 vaccine doses administered across China People's Daily 30 Apr 2021 -- More than 253.46 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been administered across China as of Thursday, the National Health Commission said Friday.
- Chinese mainland reports 13 new COVID-19 cases, all imported People's Daily 30 Apr 2021 -- The Chinese mainland on Thursday reported 13 new COVID-19 cases, all of which were imported, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Friday.
- Exclusive: China accelerating production and delivery of 40,000 more oxygen generators ordered by India: Ambassador Global Times 30 Apr 2021 -- China will make its utmost efforts to provide help to India in accordance with the demands of the Indian side, and the production of at least 40,000 oxygen generators as the orders placed by India is underway. Chinese companies will soon deliver necessary medical supplies to India, Chinese Ambassador to India Sun Weidong told the Global Times in an exclusive interview.
- New batches of Chinese COVID-19 vaccines arrive in Indonesia People's Daily 30 Apr 2021 -- New batches of COVID-19 vaccines produced by Chinese pharmaceutical companies arrived at Indonesia's Soekarno-Hatta Airport on Friday, an Indonesian official said.
- Indonesia approves emergency use of China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine People's Daily 30 Apr 2021 -- Indonesia's food and drug authority BPOM has issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the COVID-19 vaccine produced by Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinopharm, an official source said on Friday.
- With Eyes on China, Philippines, US Mull Saving Deal Manila Once Scrapped VOA 30 Apr 2021 -- Comments by Philippine officials indicate that, with a growing Chinese maritime threat, Manila now hopes the Visiting Forces Agreement with the United States - which the Philippines once moved to terminate - survives, experts told VOA Thursday.
- Extended Troika Expects Taliban to Prevent Terrorists From Using Afghan Soil Sputnik 30 Apr 2021 -- The so-called extended Troika on peaceful settlement in Afghanistan - the United States, Russia, China and Pakistan - in a joint statement on Friday expressed hope that the Taliban will prevent terrorist groups from using Afghan territory to threaten the security of other countries.
- Joint Statement on the Extended "Troika" on Peaceful Settlement in Afghanistan US Dept. of State 30 Apr 2021 -- The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America, the Russian Federation, the People's Republic of China, and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan on the occasion of the Extended "Troika" on Peaceful Settlement in Afghanistan.
- China would find U.S. strategic clarity 'destabilizing': U.S. spy chief CNA 25 Apr 2021 -- The head of the United States intelligence community said Thursday at a Senate hearing that Beijing would find a shift in U.S. Taiwan policy from ambiguity to clarity "destabilizing."
- Five Chinese military aircraft enter Taiwan's ADIZ CNA 25 Apr 2021 -- Five Chinese military aircraft entered Taiwan's air defense identification zone (ADIZ) on Friday, including two multi-role strike fighters, according to Ministry of National Defense (MND) data.
- Deputy Defense Secretary Says Conflict With China Is Not Inevitable DoD News 30 Apr 2021 -- The challenge posed by China sets the pace for most U.S. defense requirements; but, despite concerns, diplomacy is important, and conflict with China is neither desirable nor inevitable, Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen H. Hicks said today.
- US-China conflict not inevitable: Senior Pentagon official Press TV 30 Apr 2021 -- A senior Pentagon official says a conflict between the United States and China is not inevitable, calling on both sides to avoid an unnecessary escalation in tensions.
- Nation rips US military for increased monitoring People's Daily 30 Apr 2021 -- China resolutely opposes the United States military intensifying surveillance and activities near China's maritime and air space, which threatens peace and stability in the region, a Ministry of National Defense spokesman said on Thursday.
- Chinese defense spokesperson slams Japan's diplomatic bluebook PLA Daily 30 Apr 2021 -- "The Japanese government recently published a diplomatic bluebook, playing up the so-called "China military threat", maliciously attacking and discrediting China and grossly interfering in China's internal affairs, which is extremely wrong and irresponsible. China is strongly dissatisfied with and firmly opposed to this and has lodged solemn representations with Japan," said Senior Colonel Wu Qian, spokesperson for China' s Ministry of National Defense, on April 30.
- Chinese Navy decommissions guided-missile frigate Zhaotong in Sanya PLA Daily 30 Apr 2021 -- The decommissioning ceremony for the guided-missile frigate Zhaotong (Hull 555) was held at a military port in Sanya on April 26.
- CCG initiates law enforcement actions for annual fishing ban PLA Daily 30 Apr 2021 -- The China Coast Guard (CCG), the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA), and the Ministry of Public Security jointly issued the "Liangjian 2021" law enforcement action plan for the summer fishing moratorium.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin's Regular Press Conference on April 30, 2021 PRC MofA 30 Apr 2021
- Hong Kong University Cuts Off Student Union Over Political Participation Radio Free Asia 30 Apr 2021 -- Authorities at a second Hong Kong university have cut ties with the student union, saying that it had become a "platform for political propaganda" following its involvement in recent protest movements.
- Xinjiang Activists In Kazakhstan Dismiss Chinese Film Of Happy Muslims As Propaganda RFE/RL 30 Apr 2021 -- A young Uyghur man says he has turned his dream into reality by opening a popular coffee house at the heart of Kashgar's historic Old City to "blend the old and the new."
- Adrian Zenz's Xinjiang "genocide" claim a widely questioned fallacy: report People's Daily 30 Apr 2021 -- The so-called "genocide" in China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region claimed by Adrian Zenz is a fallacy that has faced doubts and opposition from the international community, a report released by the Xinjiang Development Research Center said on Friday.
- Claim of "forced labor" in Xinjiang cotton industry inconsistent with facts: report People's Daily 30 Apr 2021 -- The claim of so-called German scholar Adrian Zenz that Xinjiang "forced workers of ethnic minority groups to pick cotton by hand" was seriously inconsistent with facts and aimed at depriving cotton farmers of their legal labor rights, says a report, titled "Slanderer Adrian Zenz's Xinjiang-related Fallacies Versus the Truth", on Friday.
- No "forced contraception", "forced sterilization" in Xinjiang: report People's Daily 30 Apr 2021 -- The claim made by so-called German scholar Adrian Zenz about "forced contraception" and "forced sterilization" on Uygur women in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is a total lie, said a report released by the Xinjiang Development Research Center on Friday.
- China's Ruling Party Takes More Direct Control of Colleges, Universities Radio Free Asia 30 Apr 2021 -- The ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is tightening its ideological grip on higher education in the country, ordering structural changes that will allow a far greater degree of party control in the day-to-day running of colleges and universities.
- Fueled by China, Coal Still Firing in SE Asia Despite Environmental Concerns Radio Free Asia 30 Apr 2021 -- Coal is falling out of favor across the developed world because of concerns over pollution and climate change, but it remains a growing energy choice in many parts of Southeast Asia driven by Chinese investment.
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