Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
14 May 2021 - China Special Weapons News
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- GT investigates: World COVID-19 vaccine production accelerates as China licenses own doses overseas Global Times 14 May 2021 -- With the G7 group urged by civil society organizations to share COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing technology and provide financial support to the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access initiative, China is issuing more licenses to its global partners to locally produce Chinese-developed vaccines with at least nine countries across four continents launching production lines for domestic manufacturing, according to calculations.
- Chinese mainland reports 6 confirmed COVID-19 cases, 3 silent carriers, 1 suspected case in 2 days Global Times 14 May 2021 -- Sporadic COVID-19 cases reoccurred in the Chinese mainland on Thursday and Friday, 20 days after the mainland last reported any local infections.
- Hong Kong, Macao tighten entry policies for Taiwan visitors amid COVID-19 surge Global Times 14 May 2021 -- Authorities in Hong Kong and Macao have tightened entry policies for visitors from the island of Taiwan, over concerns surrounding the recent surge in COVID-19 cases reported there, local media reported on Friday.
- Anhui reports four confirmed COVID-19 cases, one suspected case Global Times 14 May 2021 -- A total of four local COVID-19 cases and one suspected case were reported Thursday and Friday in Lu'an city and Feixi county in East China's Anhui Province, following 20 days without any local transmission in the Chinese mainland.
- Chinese mainland reports 2 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases People's Daily 14 May 2021 -- The Chinese mainland on Thursday reported two new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases in Anhui Province, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Friday.
- East China province reports two confirmed COVID-19 cases People's Daily 14 May 2021 -- East China's Anhui Province on Thursday reported two confirmed COVID-19 cases from two localities, local health authorities said.
- Over 366 mln COVID-19 vaccine doses administered across China People's Daily 14 May 2021 -- Approximately 366.91 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered across China as of Thursday, a health official said on Friday.
- Hong Kong reports no new local COVID-19 infection People's Daily 14 May 2021 -- Hong Kong reported no new local COVID-19 infection on Friday, showing the epidemic situation remained under control in the international financial hub.
- Hong Kong reports 3 new COVID-19 cases People's Daily 14 May 2021 -- Hong Kong's Center for Health Protection (CHP) reported three new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, taking the total tally to 11,817.
- Penpa Tsering Officially Named Tibet's Next Exile Leader Radio Free Asia 14 May 2021 -- Penpa Tsering, former speaker of Tibet's exile parliament, was officially named by the Tibetan Election Commission on Friday as Sikyong, or political leader, of the India-based exile government, the Central Tibetan Administration.
- Philippines Ignores China Fishing Ban in Disputed Waters VOA 14 May 2021 -- The Philippine government took another step this month in opposing China by telling its vast fishing fleet to ignore Beijing's annual fishing ban in the South China Sea, where the two countries are locked in a sovereignty dispute.
- China lodged solemn representation to Japan as Tokyo mentioned Taiwan in defense white paper draft Global Times 14 May 2021 -- China has lodged a solemn representation to Japan after Tokyo mentioned the island of Taiwan in its draft defense report for the first time, said a spokesperson of China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, noting that Japan has repeatedly interfered with China's internal affairs and has been hyping the "China threat" theory for some time now, which is extremely wrong and irresponsible.
- University Researcher Sentenced to Prison for Lying on Grant Applications to Develop Scientific Expertise for China US Dept. of Justice 14 May 2021 -- An Ohio man and rheumatology professor and researcher with strong ties to China was sentenced to 37 months in prison for making false statements to federal authorities as part of an immunology research fraud scheme. As part of his sentence, Zheng was also ordered to pay more than $3.4 million in restitution to the National Institute of Health (NIH) and approximately $413,000 to The Ohio State University.
- With Eye on China, India and Europe to Restart Stalled Trade Talks VOA 14 May 2021 -- The decision by India and the European Union to restart stalled talks on a free trade pact comes amid growing unease on both sides about China's rise, according to analysts.
- China Presses Steelmakers to Cut Production Radio Free Asia 14 May 2021 -- China may be signaling a shift in industrial and environmental policies as the government takes steps to reduce steel production after record output last year.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying's Regular Press Conference on May 14, 2021 PRC MofA 14 May 2021
- FM strips US attempts to gain moral highland Global Times 14 May 2021 -- Blocking the UN Security Council meeting on Gaza, posing to "stand with" Australia in the face of China's "economic coercion," and then stand with Honduras on China's "political use of COVID-19 vaccines," the US attempts to pillar itself on a moral highland have been slammed by the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson, who used facts to expose US hypocrisy.
- Hong Kong Freezes Assets of Pro-Democracy Media Magnate Jimmy Lai Radio Free Asia 14 May 2021 -- Authorities in Hong Kong on Friday froze the personal assets of jailed pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai, under new powers granted to police under a national security law, and amid an ongoing crackdown on public dissent and political opposition in the city.
- HK police freeze Jimmy Lai's Next Digital shares, bank assets estimated at HK$300m Global Times 14 May 2021 -- The Hong Kong Security Bureau has frozen all of media tycoon Jimmy Lai Chee-ying's shares in his Next Digital media company and his other bank assets under the national security law for Hong Kong, which was more than HK$300 million ($38.6 million) as estimated by some media.
- Media Analysts Troubled by Changes at Hong Kong's Public Broadcaster VOA 14 May 2021 -- A series of changes at Hong Kong's only public broadcaster is worrying media analysts who see Radio Television Hong Kong's response to pressure as a test case for the city's independent journalism.
- West misreads census data to support fallacious 'genocide' claim Global Times 14 May 2021 -- Population data of Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region from the seventh national census was used by anti-China forces and media as new ingredients to cook up their old lies of "genocide" in the region, and their "cookbook recipe" remains the same - misinterpreting data and drawing hasty and fallacious conclusions to mislead an audience who does not dig into their reports and examine the logic carefully.
- Beijing-backed Drawing Contest in Turkey Backfires as Students Submit Depictions of Xinjiang Abuses Radio Free Asia 14 May 2021 -- A drawing competition launched by the Chinese Embassy in Turkey to promote interest in China among students appears to have backfired after several submissions depicting state-backed policies of repression in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) were posted online.
- Interview: 'The Seeds May Survive or They May Die' Radio Free Asia 14 May 2021 -- Participants led by artist Ai Weiwei recently completed a two-month-long recitation of the names of more than 5,000 schoolchildren who died during the Sichuan earthquake of May 12, 2008 on the audio chat app Clubhouse. He spoke to RFA's Mandarin Service about the ongoing efforts to ensure the victims of the disaster weren't forgotten:
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