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10 May 2021 - China Special Weapons News

  • China to Create 'Separation' Line at Mt. Everest VOA 10 May 2021 -- China says it will create a "line of separation" atop Mount Everest to keep climbers from Nepal from possibly spreading COVID-19 among climbers climbing from Chinese-controlled Tibet.
  • China fills vaccine gap left by US, India with expanded production to reach 5b doses annually Global Times 10 May 2021 -- The grave epidemic situation in India, the world's largest vaccine producer, the WHO's approval of Chinese vaccines for emergency use, lingering questions on whether the US can really deliver its promise to provide vaccines to the world, all these have led to a widely acknowledged situation that China could be a much more reliable global vaccine supplier, especially as domestic vaccine producers vowed to ramp up production to meet domestic immunity targets and overseas demand.
  • WHO's emergency listing of Chinese vaccine to benefit global COVID-19 fight People's Daily 10 May 2021 -- The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday validated the COVID-19 vaccine developed by China's Sinopharm for emergency use, a move widely welcomed by officials and experts worldwide and set to benefit the global fight against the pandemic.
  • China maintains COVID-19 prevention on Mt. Qomolangma, reports zero infections People's Daily 10 May 2021 -- China is taking strict measures to prevent COVID-19 infections on Mount Qomolangma, and has reported zero infections so far on the north side of the mountain since the climbing season began in early April.
  • China's Ningxia logs 449 close contacts of new COVID-19 case People's Daily 10 May 2021 -- Yinchuan City, capital of northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, has tracked 133 close contacts and 316 secondary close contacts of a new imported COVID-19 case reported on Saturday, according to the local COVID-19 prevention and control headquarters.
  • Chinese mainland reports 11 new COVID-19 cases, all imported People's Daily 10 May 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.
  • Egypt to produce China's Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine in June People's Daily 10 May 2021 -- Egyptian Health Minister Hala Zayed said on Sunday that Egypt will start locally producing China's Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine in June.
  • China provides COVID-19 vaccines to Hungarian, Gabonese militaries PLA Daily 10 May 2021 -- In order to implement President Xi Jinping's important pledge to make China's COVID-19 vaccines a global public good, with the approval of the Central Military Commission and at the request of the Hungarian and the Gabonese militaries, the COVID-19 vaccines assisted by the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) were respectively delivered to the Hungarian military on May 8 and the Gabonese military on May 9.

  • No Religion in Tibetan Schools, China Tells Parents Radio Free Asia 10 May 2021 -- Parents of Tibetan schoolchildren may no longer carry rosaries, prayer wheels, or other religious items onto school grounds, Chinese authorities in one Tibetan county say, as China continues to enact policies wearing away at Tibetans' distinct cultural identity.

  • All Taiwanese officials in Hong Kong could be forced home this year CNA 10 May 2021 -- Visas of all remaining Taiwanese officials at the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in Hong Kong will expire within this year, raising concerns that the operation of the consular-level office that represents Taiwan's interests in the special administrative region will be seriously affected.
  • President urges democracies to stand against authoritarian regimes CNA 10 May 2021 -- President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) on Monday called on democracies around the world to stand together to defend their shared values in the face of threats posed by the expansion of authoritarian regimes.
  • US supporting Taiwan to join WHA is pure political manipulation, contradicts own recognition of island's epidemic control: FM Global Times 10 May 2021 -- Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday again expressed strong opposition to the US' support for allowing the island of Taiwan to attend the World Health Assembly (WHA), as it violates the one-China principle and provisions of the Three China-US Joint Communiqués, and constitutes blatant interference in China's internal affairs.
  • Can Taiwan's Silicon Shield Protect It against China's Aggression? VOA 10 May 2021 -- The global shortage of semiconductors, or microchips — the "brains" in all electronic devices, has heightened the geopolitical significance of Taiwan and its chip-making sector. The island is home to the world's largest contract chipmaker: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC).

  • Long March 5B developers dismiss hazard hype on rocket debris re-entry Global Times 10 May 2021 -- The US' fussiness over China's Long March-5B debris' re-entry, fully displayed in Western media reports that spared no effort in painting a "catastrophic aftermath," has mounted to a new high as NASA's newly appointed chief Bill Nelson openly criticized China's "lack of transparency" and "failure to act responsibly" over the event.
  • China refutes NASA chief's attack over rocket landing, opposes double-standards Global Times 10 May 2021 -- China conducted close monitoring and tracking work throughout the re-entry of the Long March-5B Y2 carrier rocket remnants on Sunday, and had shared a relevant forecast via international cooperation mechanisms, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Monday, refuting NASA chief Bill Nelson's accusation of China's lack of transparency and failure to "act responsibly" over the event.

  • China, Indonesia hold joint naval drill near Jakarta PLA Daily 10 May 2021 -- According to the annual training plan, a far-sea training taskforce composed of the guided-missile frigates Liuzhou and Suqian from the navy under the Chinese PLA Southern Theater Command held a joint maritime training exercise with the Indonesian Navy in the waters near Jakarta, Indonesia on the morning of May 8, local time.
  • PLA holds joint cross-sea landing drill, 'revealing details of Taiwan secessionist-deterring tatics' Global Times 10 May 2021 -- The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) recently held a joint cross-sea landing drill with multiple service branches and practiced the coordinated operations among several amphibious landing units, including dock landing ship, armored vehicle and hover landing craft, boosting the troops' combat capabilities in amphibious landing missions.
  • New rocket launcher system delivered to PLA's high-altitude plateau unit Global Times 10 May 2021 -- A unit affiliated with the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Xinjiang Military Command deployed in a high-altitude plateau recently replaced its outdated artillery with digital, long-range heavy rocket artillery, greatly enhancing its all-weather combat capability in the border region.

  • Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying's Regular Press Conference on May 10, 2021 PRC MofA 10 May 2021

  • EU Suspends China Trade Deal as Tensions Grow Over Xinjiang, Hong Kong VOA 10 May 2021 -- European and Chinese leaders are urging swift ratification of the trade deal they agreed to in December, after tensions over accusations of human rights abuses in China delayed approval of the deal by European Union lawmakers.

  • China Warns of 'Damage' to Relations if Bangladesh Joins Quad Initiatives Radio Free Asia 10 May 2021 -- Ties between Bangladesh and China could be "substantially damaged" if the South Asian country joins any initiative launched by the Quad alliance, Beijing's envoy to Dhaka told reporters on Monday.

  • Publishing, Media Takeovers Part of China's Two-Pronged Grip on Hong Kong Radio Free Asia 10 May 2021 -- The ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is making further moves towards setting up a media and publishing empire in Hong Kong, as part of a two-pronged strategy to bring the city under its ideological control, the Ming Pao newspaper reported on Monday.
  • 'No Right to Jury Trial,' Hong Kong Prosecutors Tell Judicial Review Radio Free Asia 10 May 2021 -- Residents of Hong Kong have 'no right to jury trial' under a draconian national security law imposed on the city by the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the city's department of justice said on Monday.

  • US-led talks on Xinjiang desecrate UN: FM Global Times 10 May 2021 -- The US, together with a few other countries, is using the venues of the UN to hype topics of China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, a move that has nothing to do with the UN but only "desecrates it," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson and a member of the UN Human Rights Council Advisory Committee said about an online event planned by Germany, the US and the UK on the so-called "repression" of Uygurs in Xinjiang.



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