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16 July 2021 - China Special Weapons News
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- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson's Remarks on Letters Opposing Politicization of Origins Study by 48 Countries to WHO Director-General PRC MofA 16 Jul 2021
- China reaches 5 bln doses in annual COVID-19 vaccine capacity People's Daily 16 Jul 2021 -- China's annual production capacity for COVID-19 vaccines has reached 5 billion doses as of July, said the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).
- Chinese mainland reports 36 new COVID-19 cases, all imported People's Daily 16 Jul 2021 -- The Chinese mainland on Thursday reported 36 imported COVID-19 cases and no new locally transmitted cases, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Friday.
- China has provided 500m vaccines to developing countries, to offer $3b in aid: Xi Global Times 16 Jul 2021 -- China has provided more than 500 million doses of vaccines to other developing countries, and will provide another US$3 billion in aid over the next three years to support COVID-19 response and economic and social recovery in other developing countries, Chinese President Xi Jinping said at the APEC Informal Economic Leaders' Retreat via video link in Beijing on Friday night.
- China's Sinopharm vaccine gets conditional approval in Malaysia People's Daily 16 Jul 2021 -- Malaysia has conditionally approved emergency use of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by China's Sinopharm, the Health Ministry said Friday.
- Cambodia to 'Negotiate With China' For COVID-19 Jabs in Bid to End Outbreak Radio Free Asia 16 Jul 2021 -- Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen said Friday that he plans to "negotiate with China" so that his government can vaccinate children against COVID-19 and reopen schools, but opposition chief Sam Rainsy called the country's coronavirus mitigation efforts a failure amid a rising death toll.
- China urges US to lift all anti-Iran sanctions IRNA 16 Jul 2021 -- The Chinese embassy in Tehran wrote on its website on the sixth anniversary of the 2015 nuclear deal also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) between Iran and the P5+1 (the US, the UK, France, Russia, China plus Germany) that China's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian answered CCTV reporter on Thursday that the anti-Iran bans should be removed thoroughly.
- Chinese National Sentenced to More than Three Years in Federal Prison for Attempting to Illegally Export Maritime Raiding Craft and Engines to China US Dept. of Justice 16 Jul 2021 -- A Chinese national was sentenced Wednesday to three years and six months in federal prison for conspiring to submit false export information through the federal government's Automated Export System and to export maritime raiding craft and engines to China fraudulently, and attempting to export that equipment fraudulently in violation of U.S. law.
- Full text: Remarks by Xi Jinping at the APEC Informal Economic Leaders' Retreat PLA Daily 16 Jul 2021 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping addressed the Informal Economic Leaders' Retreat of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) held on Friday.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian's Regular Press Conference on July 16, 2021 PRC MofA 16 Jul 2021
- Issuance of a Hong Kong Business Advisory US Dept. of State 16 Jul 2021 -- On July 16, the U.S. Department of State, along with the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Department of Commerce, and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, issued a business advisory to caution U.S. businesses about emerging risks to their operations and activities in Hong Kong.
- Marking One Year of Hong Kong's National Security Law US Dept. of State 16 Jul 2021 -- Over the past year, People's Republic of China (PRC) and Hong Kong officials have systematically undermined Hong Kong's democratic institutions, delayed elections, disqualified elected lawmakers from office, and forced officials to take loyalty oaths to keep their jobs.
- Natl security law for HK crushes 'color revolution,' allows only competent patriots to govern: senior official Global Times 16 Jul 2021 -- Wrapping up the year since the national security law for Hong Kong was implemented, a senior official said on Friday that the law has crushed "color revolution" schemes, bringing order back to the city and gives an opportunity for the city to select qualified governors — competent patriots.
- Senior Chinese official stresses faithful implementation of "patriots administering Hong Kong" People's Daily 16 Jul 2021 -- A senior Chinese official on Hong Kong affairs on Friday stressed the faithful implementation of the principle of "patriots administering Hong Kong," and said anti-China forces who seek to destabilize Hong Kong must be resolutely excluded from the administrative structure of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR).
- Purge of Mosque Clergy in Xinjiang's Ghulja Leaves Nobody Left to Conduct Ceremonies Radio Free Asia 16 Jul 2021 -- Nearly all Uyghur clergymen from a mosque in a city in northwestern China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) have been imprisoned, leaving no one in the community who is able to conduct religious ceremonies, said two sources familiar with the current situation in a corner of Xinjiang near Kazakhstan.
- Interview: 'We Are Gravely Concerned About the Deteriorating Situation in China' Radio Free Asia 16 Jul 2021 -- Uyghur-American lawyer Nury Turkel, is a vice-chairman of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), a bipartisan and independent federal government body. As the chairman of the board for the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) in Washington, he has played a major role in raising awareness of the plight of the 12 million Uyghurs in the Chinese-controlled Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR).
- China Tries Agriculture Magnate Sun Dawu Amid Tight Security Radio Free Asia 16 Jul 2021 -- Authorities in the northern Chinese province of Hebei on Friday dispatched large numbers of police and officials to a court in Gaobeidian city, as agriculture billionaire Sun Dawu entered the second day of his trial.
- Chinese Censors Shut Down Popular Science Social Media Accounts Radio Free Asia 16 Jul 2021 -- Government censors in China have shut down the accounts of several popular science blogs -- including Elephant Magazine and PaperClip -- across major social media platforms, state media reported.
- China's Climate Goals Drive Down Gas Forecasts Radio Free Asia 16 Jul 2021 -- As China's planners prepare to meet President Xi Jinping's climate change goals, there are signs that the targets will require deep cuts in forecasts for natural gas.
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