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24 June 2021 - China Special Weapons News
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- China delivers more Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines to Philippines People's Daily 24 Jun 2021 -- China delivered on Thursday an additional batch of Sinovac CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccines to the Philippines.
- Over 1.09 bln doses of COVID-19 vaccines administered in China People's Daily 24 Jun 2021 -- Over 1.09 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in China as of Wednesday, the National Health Commission said on Thursday.
- Chinese mainland sees no new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases People's Daily 24 Jun 2021 -- The Chinese mainland on Wednesday reported 16 imported COVID-19 cases but no new locally transmitted cases, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Thursday.
- Xi says China to continue supporting Fiji's COVID-19 fight PLA Daily 24 Jun 2021 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping said Thursday that China is ready to continue providing vaccines and other support for Fiji's fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Cross-strait peace is U.S. national security interest: top general CNA 24 Jun 2021 -- Maintaining peace in the Taiwan Strait is of critical importance to the United States, the top U.S. general said at a House Armed Services Committee hearing Wednesday.
- China urges US to stop official exchanges and military contacts with Taiwan：Defense Spokesperson PLA Daily 24 Jun 2021 -- Taiwan is an inalienable part of China. The Taiwan question is purely China's internal affairs. China is firmly opposed to any form of official exchanges or military contacts between the US and Taiwan, said Senior Colonel Ren Guoqiang, a spokesperson for China's Ministry of National Defense, on Tuesday.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian's Regular Press Conference on June 24, 2021 PRC MofA 24 Jun 2021
- Closure of Hong Kong's Apple Daily Sparks International Outcry Radio Free Asia 24 Jun 2021 -- The democratic government of Taiwan on Thursday condemned the forced closure of a Hong Kong newspaper as at attack on press freedom, as Hongkongers came to terms with the loss of the Apple Daily, an often sensationalist, sometimes hard-hitting daily founded by jailed media mogul Jimmy Lai.
- Last Edition: Hong Kong's Apple Daily Signs Off With Million-Copy Run VOA 24 Jun 2021 -- Hong Kong's last pro-democracy newspaper closed its doors just before midnight Wednesday, ending 26 years of journalism.
- Thousands Stand in Line to Buy Last Print Copy of Hong Kong Paper Radio Free Asia 24 Jun 2021 -- Thousands of Hongkongers lined up from the early hours of Thursday morning to buy the last ever print copy of the pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper, after the paper was forced to close after running afoul of the city's draconian national security law.
- Statement by President Joe Biden on Hong Kong's Apple Daily The White House 24 Jun 2021
- Biden Calls Closure of Hong Kong Newspaper a 'Sad Day' VOA 24 Jun 2021 -- U.S. President Joe Biden called the shuttering of Hong Kong's independent Apple Daily newspaper a "sad day for media freedom in Hong Kong and around the world," blaming China for "intensifying repression."
- Commerce Department Adds Five Chinese Entities to the Entity List for Participating in China's Campaign of Forced Labor Against Muslims in Xinjiang US Dept. of Commerce 24 Jun 2021 -- The Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) added five Chinese entities to the Entity List for accepting or utilizing forced labor in the implementation of the People's Republic of China's campaign of repression against Muslim minority groups in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR).
- US Targets China Polysilicon Makers Over Uyghur Forced Labor in Xinjiang Radio Free Asia 24 Jun 2021 -- The United States took new measures on Thursday to address China's use of Uyghurs as forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), halting imports from a major Chinese producer of polysilicon for the solar panel industry and blacklisting other firms operating in the region.
- U.S. Actions To Address Forced Labor in Xinjiang, China US Dept. of State 24 Jun 2021 -- Today, the Department of Homeland Security, Department of Commerce, and Department of Labor announced measures to address the People's Republic of China's ongoing human rights abuses and use of forced labor in Xinjiang.
- Researchers Say Islamic World 'Actively Collaborating' With China's Global Campaign Against Uyghurs RFE/RL 24 Jun 2021 -- In 1997, the government of Pakistan deported 14 Uyghurs accused by Beijing of being terrorists plotting to split Xinjiang, China's heavily Muslim western province, away from the rest of the country. Upon being driven across Pakistan's eastern border with China, they were summarily executed.
- Taiwan condemns forced closure of Hong Kong's Apple Daily CNA 24 Jun 2021 -- President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文), Taiwan's top government agency handling relations with China, and legislators across party lines on Thursday condemned the forced closure of Apple Daily, a pro-democracy newspaper in Hong Kong, slamming the move as oppression of press freedom.
- Taiwanese Groups Join Growing Calls to Boycott Beijing's 2022 Winter Olympics Radio Free Asia 24 Jun 2021 -- Calls are growing for a boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, with campaigners around the world citing the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s rights abuses in Xinjiang, Tibet, and Hong Kong.
- Japan Shifts Toward Clean Energy in Southeast Asia as China Stokes up Coal Radio Free Asia 24 Jun 2021 -- Japan has launched a $10 billion fund to promote clean energy in Southeast Asia, amid growing signs that the world's third-largest economy is shifting away from the investments in coal-fired power generation still heavily promoted by its key strategic rival for regional influence – China.
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