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01 June 2021 - China Special Weapons News
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- WHO Approves Chinese-Made COVID Vaccine for Emergency Use VOA 01 Jun 2021 -- The World Health Organization has granted emergency approval for the use of a Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccine for adults 18 and older.
- Sinovac vaccine 2nd Chinese dose greenlighted by WHO, 'more to follow' Global Times 01 Jun 2021 -- As the US keeps making promises without actual moves and India, a previous major global vaccine manufacturer, is struggling to fulfill their production contracts amid the serious domestic COVID-19 epidemic, China is taking the leading role to support the global anti-pandemic fight in expanding international supply as much as possible, providing reliable doses with impressive protection data.
- Thousands Under Lockdown Amid Reports of Adverse Vaccine Reactions in China Radio Free Asia 01 Jun 2021 -- Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong have placed thousands of people under COVID-19 restrictions, amid reports of adverse reactions to homegrown coronavirus vaccines in northern China.
- Top epidemiologist urges further restrictions as 2nd Guangdong city adopts travel bans Global Times 01 Jun 2021 -- Chinese top epidemiologist Zhong Nanshan has called for "stricter" policies and further restrictions on population flows to contain the epidemic resurgence in South China's Guangdong Province, as Foshan became the second city in the province to issue travel restrictions after Guangzhou on Tuesday.
- China firmly opposes using pandemic to interfere in China's internal affairs: FM spokesperson People's Daily 01 Jun 2021 -- China has always supported international anti-pandemic cooperation and has made active efforts to this end, a foreign ministry spokesperson said Monday, adding China firmly opposes using the pandemic as a political stunt or even interfering in China's internal affairs.
- Hong Kong reports 4 new COVID-19 cases, over 1 million people fully vaccinated People's Daily 01 Jun 2021 -- Hong Kong's Center for Health Protection reported four new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Monday, all imported, taking the total tally to 11,841.
- Chinese mainland reports 11 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases People's Daily 01 Jun 2021 -- The Chinese mainland on Monday reported 11 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases in Guangdong Province, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Tuesday.
- Mainland urges DPP to stop endangering health of Taiwan people People's Daily 01 Jun 2021 -- A Chinese mainland spokesperson on Monday urged the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authority to stop harming the life and health of people in Taiwan.
- Malaysia Will Lodge Diplomatic Protest With China Over Maritime Airspace 'Intrusion' Radio Free Asia 01 Jun 2021 -- Malaysia said Tuesday it would issue a diplomatic protest to Beijing after 16 Chinese military planes "intruded" into its maritime airspace over disputed South China Sea waters near Borneo Island a day earlier.
- US Raises Concerns Over Chinese Military Presence at Cambodia Naval Base Sputnik 01 Jun 2021 -- The United States is alarmed by the presence of Chinese forces at Cambodia's naval base, the US State Department said in a release after a meeting between Deputy Secretary Wendy Sherman Prime Minister Hun Sen in Phnom Penh on Tuesday.
- US Diplomat Raises Concerns about Political Crackdown and Chinese Base in Cambodia Radio Free Asia 01 Jun 2021 -- Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman, the most senior U.S. official to visit Cambodia in almost a decade, voiced concern about a possible Chinese military base in the Southeast Asian nation and urged Phnom Penh to drop "politically motivated" court cases against opponents and critics, the State Department said.
- Pentagon Warns Middle East Countries Against Security Cooperation With Russia, China Sputnik 01 Jun 2021 -- A senior Pentagon official on Tuesday warned that Middle Eastern countries that test waters of deeper security cooperation with China or Russia put at risk their partnerships with the United States.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin's Regular Press Conference on June 1, 2021 PRC MofA 01 Jun 2021
- New Zealand Assures Australia There Is No Rift Over China VOA 01 Jun 2021 -- New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has insisted relations with close ally Australia are not going to be negatively impacted by China. The Ardern government has been accused of going soft on Beijing in order to profit from better trade relations with the East Asian nation.
- U.S. political manipulation is wrecking Hong Kong's democracy in nature People's Daily 01 Jun 2021 -- On May 27, the Legislative Council (LegCo) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China passed overwhelmingly a bill on amending the electoral laws, marking the completion of local legislative work for improving Hong Kong's electoral system.
- Brother of World Uyghur Congress President Sentenced to Life in Prison in China's Xinjiang Radio Free Asia 01 Jun 2021 -- The brother of World Uyghur Congress president Dolkun Isa has been jailed for life by authorities in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), a police officer from the region told RFA.
- Former Victims of 'One Child' Policy Hit Out at China's New Birth Drive Radio Free Asia 01 Jun 2021 -- A former victim of the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s draconian "one-child" curbs has hit out at the government over a 180-degree policy shift that now seeks to encourage Chinese citizens to have up to three children per married couple.
- 3-child policy proposed as society ages People's Daily 01 Jun 2021 -- A key meeting of the Communist Party of China unveiled on Monday a policy that would allow all couples to have up to three children, in place of the current universal two-child policy, in a bid to cope with an increasingly aging society. It also pledged stronger support for families.
- Chinese Blogger Jailed for Casting Doubt on China-India Border Clash VOA 01 Jun 2021 -- A popular Chinese blogger will spend the next eight months in jail under a new provision in China's criminal law that prohibits "defaming martyrs."
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