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20 May 2021 - China Special Weapons News
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- Chinese FM Wang Yi calls for COVID-19 vaccines to be made accessible and affordable in Africa Global Times 20 May 2021 -- The international community needs to ensure that COVID-19 vaccines are made accessible and affordable in Africa through free aid, preferential procurement, technology transfer and cooperative production, said Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Wednesday.
- Chinese vaccines can protect against mutated variants in India: China CDC Global Times 20 May 2021 -- Current Chinese COVID-19 vaccines can offer protection against the mutated variants found in India, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Thursday.
- Variant causing fresh cluster infections in China from overseas: CDC epidemiologist Global Times 20 May 2021 -- The virus that caused the fresh cluster of COVID-19 infections in East China's Anhui and Northeast China's Liaoning provinces was either from infected overseas travelers or contaminated imported products, and authorities are tracing its source, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Thursday.
- Over 449 mln doses of COVID-19 vaccines administered in China People's Daily 20 May 2021 -- More than 449.5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been administered in China as of Wednesday, the National Health Commission said on Thursday.
- China CDC says recent COVID-19 cases caused by overseas source People's Daily 20 May 2021 -- The recent COVID-19 cases in Anhui and Liaoning provinces have contracted the virus via individuals or articles from abroad, said the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC) Thursday.
- Chinese mainland reports 1 new locally transmitted COVID-19 case People's Daily 20 May 2021 -- The Chinese mainland on Wednesday reported one new locally transmitted COVID-19 case in Liaoning Province, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Thursday.
- China's Shenyang expands nucleic acid testing to stem new COVID-19 cases People's Daily 20 May 2021 -- Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province, has expanded the scope of nucleic acid testing following new cases of COVID-19, said local health authorities.
- Kenya Launches New Port in Northern City of Lamu VOA 20 May 2021 -- Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday presided over the opening of the nation's new port at Lamu.
- China Reportedly Builds Highly Fortified, Secluded Facility for Its Bomber, Drone-Equipped Regiment Sputnik 20 May 2021 -- There is yet to be visual confirmation as to what types of aircraft the new facility hosts, and it remains unclear why it is so rigorously fortified.
- 7th Fleet conducts Freedom of Navigation Operation US Navy 20 May 2021 -- On May 20 (local time), Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) asserted navigational rights and freedoms in the vicinity of the Paracel Islands, consistent with international law.
- US Navy Denies China Claim American Destroyer 'Expelled' From South China Sea Sputnik 20 May 2021 -- The US Navy's 7th Fleet on Thursday rejected as false a Chinese report of expelling the American guided-missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilber from the South China Sea.
- UPDATE: PLA drives away 'accident-risking' US warship intruding territorial waters in South China Sea Global Times 20 May 2021 -- Two days after monitoring a provocative US warship transit in the Taiwan Straits, Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) forces drove away the same US vessel which intruded Chinese territorial waters in the South China Sea on Thursday. as the US move was deemed an act of navigational hegemony and public opinion manipulation that seriously violated China's sovereignty and safety and risked misjudgment and accidents.
- China calls US 'out-and-out risk creator' in South China Sea Press TV 20 May 2021 -- China has called the United States a "risk creator" in the South China Sea, after an American warship sailed through Chinese territorial waters near the disputed Spratly Islands.
- Beijing Says US Warship Illegally Entered Its Territorial Waters in South China Sea Sputnik 20 May 2021 -- The US regularly dispatches military vessels to the region, which is experiencing territorial disputes between China and neighbouring countries.
- Chinese military warns off US warship trespassing into China's territorial waters PLA Daily 20 May 2021 -- According to the statement of Air Force Senior Colonel Tian Junli, spokesperson for the PLA Southern Theater Command, the US guided-missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur trespassed into China's territorial waters of Xisha Islands on May 20 without Chinese government's permission. The naval and air forces of the PLA Southern Theater Command conducted whole-process tracking and monitoring, and warned off the US destroyer.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian's Regular Press Conference on May 20, 2021 PRC MofA 20 May 2021
- U.S. Bill Seeks Funding For 5G Networks In Eastern Europe To Counter Chinese Influence RFE/RL 20 May 2021 -- Legislation has been reintroduced in the U.S. Congress to increase funding for 5G telecommunications and digital infrastructure development in Eastern European countries.
- GT Voice: Temporary setback won't hamper progress of BRI Global Times 20 May 2021 -- While a potential Belt and Road project may face risk of suspension in the Pacific island nation of Samoa, a minor setback like this will not affect the long-term trend toward mutually beneficial cooperation in other countries which are participating in the Belt and Road Initiative.
- European Parliament votes through motion to freeze China investment deal, risking bloc's economy amid political self-entertainment Global Times 20 May 2021 -- The European Parliament voted through a motion on Thursday to freeze the China-EU Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI), putting the brakes on ratifying the massive deal that is envisioned to assist the 27-nation bloc's economic recovery amid lingering COVID-19 woes.
- Absconders to be 'pursued for life' under national security law: HK Secretary for Security Global Times 20 May 2021 -- Fugitives who have fled overseas under charges related to national security will be pursued for life under the national security law for Hong Kong, John Lee, the Secretary for Security of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, warned on Wednesday.
- Chinese Cars to Teach Occupants About Xi Jinping Thought Radio Free Asia 20 May 2021 -- China's largest automaker has launched a car that can teach its occupants the ideology of ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping.
- Man Jailed Over Photo of Chinese Leader's Daughter 'Soon to be Transferred' Radio Free Asia 20 May 2021 -- Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong are preparing to transfer website administrator Niu Tengyu to a different jail at the start of his 14-year jail term for allegedly posting a photo of the daughter of ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) general secretary Xi Jinping online.
- Chinese Rights Lawyer Still Under House Arrest on 50th Birthday Radio Free Asia 20 May 2021 -- Authorities in the central Chinese province of Henan are continuing to hold prominent human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong under house arrest at his home in Luoyang city, RFA has learned.
- Lithuanian Parliament Passes Motion Condemning Uyghur Genocide Radio Free Asia 20 May 2021 -- The Lithuanian parliament on Thursday passed a motion condemning China for what it called China's policy of genocide against Uyghur Muslims in the northwestern Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, becoming the latest government or legislature to make the designation.
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