Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
13 July 2021 - China Special Weapons News
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- China to vaccinate 91% of minors aged from 12 to 17: insider Global Times 13 Jul 2021 -- South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and the city of Jingzhou in Central China's Hubei Province announced on Tuesday that they will begin to vaccinate minors aged from 12 to 17 and have formulated specific schedules for the vaccination plan. This comes one month after China approved the emergency use of COVID-19 vaccines among groups aged from 3 to 17 in June.
- Providing 500 mln vaccine doses to world, China aims to enhance int'l cooperation against COVID-19 People's Daily 13 Jul 2021 -- Chinese vaccines are gathering steam across the world, injecting strong impetus into the global fight against COVID-19 as deaths from the virus topped 4 million worldwide and variants spread to more than 100 countries.
- Chinese COVID-19 vaccines proved safe and effective across world People's Daily 13 Jul 2021 -- Two Chinese pharmaceutical companies will provide 110 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines immediately to participants of the COVAX project, announced the global Vaccine Alliance Gavi on Monday.
- Chinese mainland reports 2 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases People's Daily 13 Jul 2021 -- The Chinese mainland on Monday reported two new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases in Jiangsu and Yunnan respectively, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Tuesday.
- Over 1.39 bln doses of COVID-19 vaccines administered in China People's Daily 13 Jul 2021 -- More than 1.39 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been administered in China as of Monday, the National Health Commission announced on Tuesday.
- Serbia to become first country in Europe to produce China-developed COVID-19 vaccine Global Times 13 Jul 2021 -- Serbia will become the first country in Europe to produce China-developed inactivated COVID-19 vaccines as the country has reached an agreement with Sinopharm, the Chinese company announced Tuesday.
- China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine approved for marketing in Tunisia People's Daily 13 Jul 2021 -- Tunisian Ministry of Health announced on Monday that China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine has been officially approved for marketing in Tunisia.
- EU Agrees on Infrastructure Plan to Rival China's New Silk Road VOA 13 Jul 2021 -- European Union foreign ministers agreed Monday on an ambitious global infrastructure plan linking Europe to the world.
- Tibetans Defy China to Celebrate Dalai Lama's Birthday Online VOA 13 Jul 2021 -- When His Holiness the Dalai Lama turned 86, he observed his birthday by promising to continue serving humanity and advocating for the environment. Celebrations worldwide marked the day.
- Himalayan Dam Celebrated by China Raises Concern Downriver in India Radio Free Asia 13 Jul 2021 -- When China celebrated the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party on July 1, among other achievements it highlighted was a mega-dam that the country has built in southeastern Tibet.
- How big a security threat does China face as Taliban draws closer to border with Xinjiang? Global Times 13 Jul 2021 -- There are increasing concerns that Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is facing a resurgence of terrorism infiltrating through the Wakhan corridor, on the Afghanistan border, after the Taliban swept through northeastern Badakhshan province and is drawing closer to the border with China's Xinjiang.
- Japan defense paper mentions importance of Taiwan peace for first time CNA 13 Jul 2021 -- Japan for the first time mentioned the importance of maintaining stability around Taiwan in its annual defense report released Tuesday as Taiwanese scholars said the move shows Tokyo is now taking a clearer stance over the Taiwan issue.
- Japan would 'lose badly' if it defends Taiwan secessionists Global Times 13 Jul 2021 -- Japan is continuing to provoke China on the Taiwan question as its annual defense white paper released on Tuesday mentioned Taiwan stability for the first time.
- Pakistani Prime Minister Defends China's Political Model And 'All-Weather Friendship' With Beijing RFE/RL Gandhara 13 Jul 2021 -- Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has come under fire from politicians and commentators for his praise of China's autocratic one-party system, which he said offered a better model for countries compared to electoral democracy.
- PLA's first Y-9 medical service aircraft completes missions in Xinjiang and Tibet Global Times 13 Jul 2021 -- The first Y-9 medical service aircraft of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) has completed several missions in plateau regions, including Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Qinghai Province and Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region.
- US attempts to monitor PLA submarines with increased spy ship activities in S.China Sea: think tank report Global Times 13 Jul 2021 -- A Beijing-based think tank is keeping an eye on an increase in close-range reconnaissance activities this year by US Navy ocean surveillance ships in the South China Sea, saying in a report released on Tuesday that the US is attempting to monitor Chinese submarine activities in the region and provide anti-submarine intelligence support.
- PLA expels destroyer on South China Sea arbitration anniversary, as US acting like disrupter in the past 5 yrs People's Daily 13 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."
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian's Regular Press Conference on July 13, 2021 PRC MofA 13 Jul 2021
- Taking down China is not the cure for US domestic problems and China will never yield to coercion: Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Global Times 13 Jul 2021 -- Chinese Vice Foreign Minister, Le Yucheng, said in a recent interview that taking down China is never the cure for US' problems, as some people in the US are trying every means to blame China for their domestic problems. Le also stressed that the biggest challenge for the US is always itself and the Chinese people never yield to coercion.
- High time for CPC to dispel misunderstanding and engage in open interaction with HK residents: Cheung Global Times 13 Jul 2021 -- A year after the national security law for Hong Kong took effect and as the city undertook electoral reform, social stability has been restored in the special administrative region and black-clad protests are a thing of the past.
- More reforms to be done as HK has severe problems in education sector: Ip Global Times 13 Jul 2021
- University of Hong Kong Nixes Student Union After Leader's 'Anger' Radio Free Asia 13 Jul 2021 -- Senior management at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) on Wednesday derecognized the student union after the city's leader Carrie Lam called for further action over last week's motion on the suicide of a man who attacked a police officer.
- Xinjiang condemns US' sanctions on PV companies as 'completely illegal and a piece of waste paper' Global Times 13 Jul 2021 -- On Tuesday, the legislative and political advisory bodies of Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region, as well as the regional government, expressed their strong condemnation and opposition against US' sanctions on four Xinjiang Photovoltaic (PV) enterprises, saying they are "completely illegal" and their "vicious intention is to contain Xinjiang's solar industry."
- US listing of China as 'risk of genocide' a joke: Chinese FM spokesperson Global Times 13 Jul 2021 -- "I want to tell you a joke. The US wrote in a report that its government will safeguard and protect human rights of all people of the world," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said on Tuesday, in response to a US annual report accusing China of "committing genocide and crimes against humanity."
- US, EU Tighten Scrutiny on China's Xinjiang Over Uyghur Forced Labor Issue Radio Free Asia 13 Jul 2021 -- The U.S. government on Tuesday expanded its warning about doing business in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), citing forced labor and genocide against the Uyghur ethnic group, while the European Union issued new guidelines to halt the import of goods made with suspected forced labor.
- Issuance of the Updated Xinjiang Supply Chain Business Advisory US Dept. of State 13 Jul 2021 -- The U.S. Department of State, alongside the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, and the U.S. Department of Labor, issued an updated Xinjiang Supply Chain Business Advisory in response to the government of the People's Republic of China's (PRC) ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity in Xinjiang and the growing evidence of its use of forced labor there.
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