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12 July 2021 - China Special Weapons News
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- Sinopharm, Sinovac to supply 550m vaccines to COVAX Global Times 12 Jul 2021 -- Chinese COVID-19 vaccine producers Sinopharm and Sinovac reached advance purchase agreements with the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) to provide as many as 550 million doses of China-made vaccines for the world through the COVAX Facility, a move that would largely help the world tackle the raging Delta variant and build immunity, Chinese experts said.
- UPDATE: Unvaccinated people may be banned from entering schools, museums in regions in E.China Global Times 12 Jul 2021 -- More regions in East China, including Ninghai and Qingtian in Zhejiang Province, and Ganzhou and Ji'an in Jiangxi Province, issued notices requiring citizens to get vaccinated as quickly as they can and said people who are not vaccinated will in general not be allowed to enter into public venues including schools and nursing houses, starting from late July.
- Shanghai-based Fosun to provide Taiwan region with 10m COVID-19 vaccines Global Times 12 Jul 2021 -- Shanghai-based Fosun Pharma has signed a deal with Taiwan-based Foxconn, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) and a medical firm to sell 10 million COVID-19 mRNA vaccine shots to Taiwan to help fight against the resurgence of COVID-19 in the island of Taiwan, the Global Times learnt from Fosun Pharma on Sunday.
- Chinese mainland reports nine new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases People's Daily 12 Jul 2021 -- The Chinese mainland on Sunday reported nine new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, all reported in Yunnan Province, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Monday.
- New batch of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines in bulk arrives in Indonesia People's Daily 12 Jul 2021 -- Another batch of COVID-19 vaccines in bulk produced by Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinovac has arrived at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Banten province, Indonesia, the country's Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said on Monday.
- Kyrgyzstan receives 2nd batch of Chinese vaccines People's Daily 12 Jul 2021 -- Kyrgyzstan on Sunday received the second batch of COVID-19 vaccines from China, the Chinese Embassy in Bishkek said.
- Sri Lanka receives 2 million doses of Sinopharm vaccines People's Daily 12 Jul 2021 -- Sri Lanka's Health Ministry on Sunday received 2 million doses of Sinopharm vaccines from China, leading to a total of 7.1 million Sinopharm doses arriving in the country since March.
- 7th Fleet conducts Freedom of Navigation Operation US Navy 12 Jul 2021 -- On July 12, USS Benfold (DDG 65) asserted navigational rights and freedoms in the vicinity of the Paracel Islands, consistent with international law.
- US Dismisses Chinese Claim It Drove Away Warship in South China Sea VOA 12 Jul 2021 -- The U.S. Navy dismissed as "false" China's claims that it "drove away" a U.S. warship that passed through the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea on Monday.
- PLA expels destroyer on South China Sea arbitration anniversary, as US acting like disrupter in the past 5 yrs Global Times 12 Jul 2021 -- On Monday, which marks the fifth anniversary of the so-called South China Sea arbitration and the so-called award, the US suffered a head-on blow when trying to make provocations in South China Sea, fully exposing the US nature again as the "destroyer of regional stability."
- The South China Sea should not become a 'hunting ground' for US geopolitical interests: FM Global Times 12 Jul 2021 -- China's Foreign Ministry slammed the US for deliberately stirring up disputes over territorial sovereignty and maritime rights in the South China Sea, following comments from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday that an attack on the Philippines in the South China Sea would trigger a defense treaty.
- PLA forces expel US destroyer trespassing Chinese territorial waters in South China Sea on 5th anniversary of invalid arbitral ruling Global Times 12 Jul 2021 -- The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) forces expelled a US Navy destroyer that trespassed into Chinese territorial waters in the South China Sea on Monday, the day that coincided with the fifth anniversary of the so-called South China Sea Arbitration ruling.
- US a security risk maker in South China Sea: PLA Spokesperson PLA Daily 12 Jul 2021 -- According to a written statement by Air Force Senior Colonel Tian Junli, spokesperson for the Chinese PLA Southern Theater Command, the US guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold trespassed into China's territorial waters of the Xisha Islands on July 12 without Chinese government's permission. As a response, the naval and air forces of the PLA Southern Theater Command conducted tracking and monitoring on the US destroyer and warned it to leave.
- Lawyer Urges New Legal Case 5 Years after Landmark South China Sea Ruling Radio Free Asia 12 Jul 2021 -- On the fifth anniversary of the Permanent Court of Arbitration's ruling, the lawyer who advised the Philippine government against China's excessive claims in the South China Sea suggests there should be renewed international efforts and a "new legal case." But countries in the region are treading carefully.
- Philippines Warns Against Efforts to 'Erase' Landmark Ruling on South China Sea Radio Free Asia 12 Jul 2021 -- The Philippines marked the fifth anniversary Monday of a landmark arbitral ruling that went against China's expansive South China Sea claims, by warning that Manila rejected any attempt to "erase" the verdict, while Beijing dismissed it as a "piece of waste paper."
- US Calls Out Genocide, Atrocities Committed in 6 Countries VOA 12 Jul 2021 -- The United States called out genocide and atrocities happening in six countries —Myanmar (also known as Burma,) China, Ethiopia, Iraq, Syria and South Sudan — as part of a report highlighting how the U.S. government is using financial, diplomatic and other measures to try to stop them.
- Briefing with Acting Assistant Secretary for Conflict and Stabilization Operations Robert Faucher On Release of the 2021 Congressional Report Pursuant to the Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act US Dept. of State 12 Jul 2021
- Secretary Antony J. Blinken Remarks to the Press on Release of the 2021 Congressional Report Pursuant to the Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act US Dept. of State 12 Jul 2021
- PLA fighter bombers practice maritime mine blockade Global Times 12 Jul 2021 -- Fighter bombers of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy Aviation Forces recently held training exercises to practice setting up maritime blockades by airdropping sea mines, a tactic that can effectively deter and slow hostile warships, analysts said on Monday.
- Meet Chinese military's first "flying hospital" PLA Daily 12 Jul 2021 -- The Y-9 medical aircraft, known as the first "flying hospital" of the PLA, has recently become a trending topic on China's social media platform Weibo.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian's Regular Press Conference on July 12, 2021 PRC MofA 12 Jul 2021
- Academic Freedom on The Wane in Hong Kong, One Year After Security Law Radio Free Asia 12 Jul 2021 -- One year after the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) imposed a draconian national security law on Hong Kong, academic freedom is on the wane, students and faculty told RFA in recent interviews.
- Another five arrested for planning bomb attacks in Hong Kong Global Times 12 Jul 2021 -- The Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF) on Monday arrested another five suspects who were involved in planning bomb attacks in the city after nine had been detained.
- Stop undermining Hong Kong's rule of law under pretext of press freedom: commissioner's office of Chinese foreign ministry in HKSAR People's Daily 12 Jul 2021 -- The Office of the Commissioner of the Chinese Foreign Ministry in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on Sunday strongly disapproved and firmly opposed a statement by the so-called "Media Freedom Coalition," which accused judicial proceedings in Hong Kong, smeared the national security law in the HKSAR, and slandered the central government's policy towards Hong Kong.
- U.S. Repeats 'Genocide' Accusations Against China RFE/RL 12 Jul 2021 -- The United States has repeated genocide allegations against China over its treatment of Uyghurs, Kazakhs, and members of Xinjiang's other indigenous, mostly Muslim, ethnic groups.
- China Moves to Dampen Speculation in School District Residential Properties Radio Free Asia 12 Jul 2021 -- Authorities in more than 10 Chinese cities and provinces have brought in new measures to cool residential property prices since last year.
- Local Governments in China Slash Civil Service, Teacher Bonuses Radio Free Asia 12 Jul 2021 -- Cash-strapped local governments across China are ordering teachers and officials to pay back bonuses as plummeting tax revenues start to bite in the wake of economic damage wreaked by the COVID-19 pandemic, RFA has learned.
- China Announces New Cybersecurity Industry Strategy VOA 12 Jul 2021 -- China's technology ministry Monday announced a three-year action plan to develop the country's cyber-security industry, which it estimates will be worth more than $38 billion by 2023, according to Reuters.
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