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13 May 2021 - China Special Weapons News
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- Sinopharm to produce 5b doses per year with foreign partners: firm executives Global Times 13 May 2021 -- China's Sinopharm is expanding the production capacity to five billion doses per year with accelerating overseas cooperation after one of its COVID-19 vaccines was included in the Emergency Using List of the World Health Organization (WHO), company executives said at a forum on Thursday in Shanghai.
- China inaugurates national administration of disease prevention and control People's Daily 13 May 2021 -- China on Thursday inaugurated a new national administration of disease prevention and control, with its five major functions including formulating policies for the prevention and control of infectious diseases.
- Sinovac vaccine cuts risk of COVID-19 symptoms in Indonesian medical workers by 94 pct: study People's Daily 13 May 2021 -- The CoronaVac vaccine developed by the Chinese biopharmaceutical company Sinovac Biotech has effectively reduced the risk of COVID-19 symptoms in medical workers by 94 percent, showed a study by the Indonesian Health Ministry.
- Global COVID-19 cases continue rising, vaccination picks up with China's vaccines showing efficacy People's Daily 13 May 2021 -- The COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage across the world with some countries bracing for fresh surges of confirmed cases. Yet vaccination worldwide has been picking up as more countries witness the Chinese vaccines showing high efficacy.
- Over 354 mln COVID-19 vaccine doses administered across China People's Daily 13 May 2021 -- More than 354.27 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been administered across China as of Wednesday, the National Health Commission said Thursday.
- Chinese mainland reports 9 new COVID-19 cases, all imported People's Daily 13 May 2021 -- The Chinese mainland on Wednesday reported nine new COVID-19 cases, all of which were imported, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Thursday.
- Chinese military provides COVID-19 vaccines to Ethiopian military PLA Daily 13 May 2021 -- For the implementation of President Xi Jinping's important declaration on making China's COVID-19 vaccine a global public good, with the approval of the Central Military Commission and at the request of Ethiopian military, the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) has provided anti-pandemic assistance to Ethiopian Armed Forces with a batch of COVID-19 vaccines delivered to the Ethiopian side on May 13.
- China to provide Zambia Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines People's Daily 13 May 2021 -- China has offered to provide Zambia Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines towards the southern African nation's vaccination program, a senior government official said on Wednesday.
- China's private space company aims to launch a foreign satellite in 2022 Global Times 13 May 2021 -- China's leading private space enterprise is planning to complete an international satellite launch in 2022, which will be the first international space launch done by a Chinese private space company.
- China, Russia back Iran's demand for effective removal of US sanctions Press TV 13 May 2021 -- Russian and China — both parties to the 2015 nuclear deal — have once again backed Tehran's call for an effective removal of the sanctions imposed by the United States on the Iranian nation in the aftermath of Washington's withdrawal from the landmark accord.
- China's Information Warfare and Media Influence Sow Division in Thailand Radio Free Asia 13 May 2021 -- By the time video scenes of a brutal prison riot in Ecuador earlier this year reached Asia, the video's caption had been changed and read, "American Blacks and Whites in California Killing Chinese," and the clip went viral.
- Beijing Ramps up Fake Social Media Operation Peddling Pro-China Propaganda Overseas Radio Free Asia 13 May 2021 -- China has been using social media networks like Twitter to spread positive propaganda about the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) since the start of the pandemic, according to a report published by an international press group.
- How China Used Foreign Media to Reset Image During Pandemic VOA 13 May 2021 -- In the early days of the coronavirus outbreak, China sought to block news of the rapidly spreading virus, detaining those who tried to speak out. But in the months that followed, as the pandemic ravaged families and economies worldwide, Beijing sought to reset its public image through foreign media, research published Wednesday by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) shows.
- PLA's J-10C fighter makes training debut with domestically made engine: reports Global Times 13 May 2021 -- A J-10C fighter jet equipped with a domestically developed WS-10 Taihang engine reportedly made its first public appearance in a live-fire training session after entering service with the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying's Regular Press Conference on May 13, 2021 PRC MofA 13 May 2021
- U.S. Names Russia, Iran Among Worst Abusers Of Religious Rights, Slams 'Genocide' Against Uyghurs In China RFE/RL 13 May 2021 -- The U.S. State Department has accused China of committing "genocide" against Muslim Uyghurs and other religious minorities in an annual report that also labeled Iran and Russia among the world's worst offenders of religious freedom.
- Hungarian Plans for First Chinese University in Europe Prompt Security, Propaganda Fears VOA 13 May 2021 -- Hungary has announced plans to open a branch of a Chinese University in Budapest. Critics fear the development — the first of its kind in Europe — will be used by Beijing to spread Chinese Communist Party propaganda and could pose a threat to national security.
- Hong Kong Civil Servants Resign in Record Numbers Amid Crackdown Radio Free Asia 13 May 2021 -- Civil servants in Hong Kong have been resigning at record rates since the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) imposed a national security law on the city, and the city government required them to pledge an oath of loyalty.
- Event on Xinjiang organized by U.S. and others is a political farce: Chinese UN mission People's Daily 13 May 2021 -- A spokesperson of the Permanent Mission of China to the United Nations on Wednesday expressed strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition to a side event on the so-called human rights situation in Xinjiang organized by the United States, Britain and Germany as well as several other countries and nongovernmental organizations.
- Is China's birth rate low enough to cause population crisis? Global Times 13 May 2021 -- Now that the 30-page seventh national population census communiqué which contains thousands of figures has been released, what is behind the data and what does it reveal about the true picture of China's demographic changes? How strong should China's population policy adjustment be to cope with the trend? How low is Chinese couple's willingness to have more children, could it be low enough to result in a population crisis a few years from now? And should China reward couples with 1 million yuan ($155,400) for every child they have, as advised by some demographers?
- Chinese foreign ministry refutes U.S., European media hyping up population crisis People's Daily 13 May 2021 -- Chinese foreign ministry on Wednesday refuted U.S. and European media outlets claiming that China is facing a population crisis.
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