Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
30 August 2021 - China Special Weapons News
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- Pushing forward lab probe on COVID-19 origins tracing contradicts US problematic records: FM Global Times 30 Aug 2021 -- The US has been advocating the investigation of Chinese labs on the COVID-19 origins tracing, which contradicts its stance on the matter of probing its biolabs, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Monday, noting that the US has the world's most biological weapon activities with the least transparency.
- Chinese COVID-19 vaccine V-01 enters phase-III trials in Philippines People's Daily 30 Aug 2021 -- A recombinant COVID-19 fusion protein vaccine (V-01) developed and manufactured in China has been approved for phase-III clinical trials in the Philippines.
- Half of eligible population fully vaccinated in Hong Kong People's Daily 30 Aug 2021 -- Half of Hong Kong's eligible population have taken both shots of the COVID-19 vaccine as the Chinese financial hub is racing to build sufficient herd immunity amid the raging pandemic around the globe.
- Over 2.04 bln doses of COVID-19 vaccines administered in China People's Daily 30 Aug 2021 -- More than 2.04 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been administered in China as of Sunday, data from the National Health Commission showed Monday.
- Chinese mainland reports no new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases People's Daily 30 Aug 2021 -- The Chinese mainland on Sunday reported no new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Monday.
- China clears all COVID-19 high-risk areas People's Daily 30 Aug 2021 -- China cleared all of its high-risk areas for COVID-19 on Sunday.
- China provides COVID-19 vaccines assistance to Bangladeshi military PLA Daily 30 Aug 2021 -- To implement Chinese President Xi Jinping's important declaration on making China's COVID-19 vaccine a global public good, at the request of the Bangladeshi military and approved by China's Central Military Commission (CMC), a batch of COVID-19 vaccines provided by the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) was delivered to the Bangladeshi side on August 29, 2021.
- Four Chinese Ships Enter Japan's Territorial Waters Off Disputed Senkaku Islands, Reports Suggest Sputnik 30 Aug 2021 -- Four Chinese vessels entered Japan's territorial waters near the Senkaku Islands on Monday morning, NHK reported, citing the Japanese Coast Guard.
- China urges US to avoid playing 'double standards' in Afghanistan Press TV 30 Aug 2021 -- China has advised the United States to "positively guide" the Taliban instead of practicing "double standards" on fighting terrorism in Afghanistan.
- 9th Chinese peacekeeping force to Mali sets out PLA Daily 30 Aug 2021 -- The setting-out ceremony for the 9th Chinese peacekeeping force to Mali was held at the training ground of a brigade of the PLA 80th Group Army on August 26. After the ceremony, 212 peacekeepers of the first echelon took a special plane from Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport to the mission area in Mali, West Africa to perform a one-year peacekeeping mission.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin's Regular Press Conference on August 30, 2021 PRC MofA 30 Aug 2021
- Chinese FM holds phone conversation with U.S. Secretary of State People's Daily 30 Aug 2021 -- Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a phone conversation with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday, exchanging views on the situation in Afghanistan and China-U.S. ties.
- Hungary's Election Authority Approves Bid To Hold Referendum On Chinese University RFE/RL 30 Aug 2021 -- Hungary's election authority has approved a bid to hold a referendum over the planned construction of a Chinese university in Budapest, the mayor of the Hungarian capital said on August 30.
- HK needs new strategic planning to align with five-year plan: HKSAR finance chief People's Daily 30 Aug 2021 -- Paul Chan, financial secretary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government, said on Sunday that Hong Kong needs to have its own strategic planning for formulating new development directions to align with the nation's 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025).
- State Media Calls on Hong Kong to Compensate For Tide of Emigration Radio Free Asia 30 Aug 2021 -- Net departures from Hong Kong hit nearly 90,000 in the year following the imposition of the national security law by Beijing, according to recent figures from the city's census and statistics department.
- Xi elaborates on China's approaches to handling ethnic affairs People's Daily 30 Aug 2021 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping pays high attention to consolidating the sense of community for the Chinese nation, and has called for high-quality development of the Communist Party of China (CPC)'s work on ethnic affairs in the new era.
- China's Xinjiang will maintain peace and stability regardless of changes in neighboring Afghanistan: spokesperson Global Times 30 Aug 2021 -- Since China shares border with Afghanistan in its Northwest Xinjiang region, terrorist groups that once gathered in Afghanistan, including the East Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM), posed threats to China's national security, senior officials from the Xinjiang regional government said on Monday. They urged the Afghan Taliban to break off with all kinds of terrorism and firmly crack down on them.
- China's Plans to Dilute Southern Xinjiang's Uyghur Population Could Constitute Genocide, Scholar Says Radio Free Asia 30 Aug 2021 -- China is pursuing a "population optimization strategy" to dilute the Uyghur majority in southern Xinjiang by raising the proportion of Han Chinese through immigration while imposing strict birth controls on the Uyghurs, says a report based on official Chinese documents and academic debate.
- Profit-seeking capital drives 'fan circle' chaos Global Times 30 Aug 2021 -- Fanquan (fans circle) culture is in the spotlight in China amid the country's fierce rectification campaign in the field. But fans' irrational actions are just externalities of the fanquan chaos, and the essential reason driving the circle into chaos is the profit-seeking operation of capital in the entertainment industry amid a lack of management.
- China to Severely Limit Video Game Access to Minors VOA 30 Aug 2021 -- China is taking dramatic steps to prevent teenagers from becoming addicted to video games.
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