Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
16 May 2021 - China Special Weapons News
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- New resurgence increases China's vaccination momentum as one-third provincial-level regions have inoculation rate below 20% Global Times 16 May 2021 -- Videos and pictures of long queues of people lining up to receive COVID-19 vaccinations during the late night in strong winds and heavy rains in both East China's Anhui and Northeast China's Liaoning provinces vividly illustrates that many Chinese people who balk at getting a shot is not due to a lack of confidence in the country's vaccines, but because they feel safe enough that they didn't need, nor were in a great hurry, to be inoculated.
- China's new outbreak may originate from port city; full measures taken to prevent virus spread Global Times 16 May 2021 -- Yingkou, Northeast China's Liaoning Province is in the spotlight as epidemiologists believe that the recent resurgence of sporadic COVID-19 cases may have originated from the port city, which has imposed strict traffic control and anti-epidemic measures to prevent COVID-19 from spreading.
- New domestic COVID-19 infections likely originated from NE China port city: top epidemiologist Global Times 16 May 2021 -- The recent resurgence of sporadic COVID-19 cases in China may have originated from the port city of Yingkou, Northeastern China's Liaoning Province, and have links to imported cases, a top Chinese epidemiologist said, as local authorities have yet to determine the source of infection.
- Nearly 393 mln COVID-19 vaccine doses administered across China People's Daily 16 May 2021 -- More than 392.9 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been administered across China as of Saturday, the National Health Commission said Sunday.
- China's Liaoning reports 4 new confirmed COVID-19 cases People's Daily 16 May 2021 -- Northeast China's Liaoning Province reported four confirmed COVID-19 cases and five asymptomatic carriers on Saturday, all locally transmitted, said the provincial health commission.
- China's Anhui reports no new COVID-19 cases People's Daily 16 May 2021 -- East China's Anhui Province on Saturday reported no new confirmed, suspected or asymptomatic COVID-19 cases, the provincial health commission said Sunday.
- Chinese mainland reports 4 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases People's Daily 16 May 2021 -- The Chinese mainland on Saturday reported four new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases in Liaoning Province, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Sunday.
- Working group sent to guide COVID-19 control in Liaoning People's Daily 16 May 2021 -- The National Health Commission (NHC) has dispatched a working group to guide the COVID-19 prevention and control efforts in northeast China's Liaoning Province, the NHC said on Sunday.
- COVID-19 control cranked up after sporadic cases reported People's Daily 16 May 2021 -- The more than 100,000 people who were given nucleic acid tests in Feixi County in east China's Anhui Province on Saturday tested negative for COVID-19.
- China's Liaoning reports one new locally transmitted COVID-19 case People's Daily 16 May 2021 -- Northeast China's Liaoning Province reported one new confirmed locally transmitted COVID-19 case in the first 12 hours of Sunday in the provincial capital Shenyang, according to the provincial health commission.
- China prepares to launch Tianzhou-2 cargo spacecraft People's Daily 16 May 2021 -- The combination of the Tianzhou-2 cargo spacecraft and the Long March-7 Y3 carrier rocket has been transported to the launching area of the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in south China's Hainan Province on Sunday, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).
- PLA Xinjiang Military Command reveals 3 new weapon systems: reports Global Times 16 May 2021 -- The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Xinjiang Military Command, deployed in China's high altitude western regions, revealed that it has taken delivery of three new advanced weapons systems over the past week, including armored vehicles and artillery pieces, as analysts said on Sunday that troops are upgrading their arsenal to meet modern warfare demands.
- Can The West Devise An Alternative To China's Belt And Road? RFE/RL 16 May 2021 -- Since it was announced by Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2013, Beijing's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has channeled hundreds of billions of dollars into foreign infrastructure, boosting trade, and clearing the way for China to forge political and economic links around the world.
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