Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
17 September 2021 - China Special Weapons News
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- Fujian COVID-19 epidemic still in province, not big impact on holiday travels Global Times 17 Sep 2021 -- Although the latest COVID-19 epidemic flare-up in East China's Fujian Province was judged by experts to still be in its "rising phase," no cross-province transmission has been identified during the first week of the outbreak, with the rapid and decisive response by local authorities credited with keeping the virus contained.
- Over 2.16 bln doses of COVID-19 vaccines administered in China People's Daily 17 Sep 2021 -- More than 2.16 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been administered in China as of Thursday, data from the National Health Commission showed Friday.
- Chinese mainland reports 62 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases People's Daily 17 Sep 2021 -- The Chinese mainland on Thursday reported 62 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, with 61 in Fujian and one in Yunnan, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Friday.
- 95 mln Chinese aged 12-17 receive COVID-19 vaccine jabs People's Daily 17 Sep 2021 -- More than 95 million Chinese aged between 12 and 17 had been vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Wednesday, China's National Health Commission (NHC) said Thursday.
- 57 child patients of COVID-19 given special care in east China's Putian People's Daily 17 Sep 2021 -- A total of 57 children aged 12 or below have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in Putian City, east China's Fujian Province, accounting for more than 40 percent of the city's total number of confirmed cases.
- China encourages spot checks of COVID-19 testing among students, teachers People's Daily 17 Sep 2021 -- Border areas and other regions with frequent movement of inbound personnel are encouraged to take regular or aperiodic nucleic acid testing for teachers and students on a pro-rata basis, according to the Ministry of Education (MOE).
- China curtails public transport in Fujian's COVID-19 risk areas People's Daily 17 Sep 2021 -- China will curtail public transport service in COVID-19 risk areas in east China's Fujian Province, the Ministry of Transport said Thursday.
- China's Chongqing to vaccinate foreign minors against COVID-19 People's Daily 17 Sep 2021 -- Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality will administer COVID-19 vaccines to foreigners aged 12 to 17 from Saturday on a voluntary basis, according to the Chongqing Foreign Affairs Office.
- China suspends group travel to provinces with high, medium COVID-19 risk areas People's Daily 17 Sep 2021 -- Travel agencies and online tourism companies in China have been asked to immediately suspend trans-provincial group tours, air ticket and hotel reservation services once there are high- and medium COVID-19 risk areas in the provinces, according to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (MCT).
- China Survey Ship Lingers in Indonesian EEZ, Data Show Radio Free Asia 17 Sep 2021 -- Ship-tracking data obtained by BenarNews on Friday show the Chinese survey vessel Haiyang Dizhi 10 continues operating in Tuna Block in the Indonesian exclusive economic zone (EEZ), almost a week after a flagship U.S. aircraft carrier sailed within 50 nautical miles of it.
- 10 Chinese planes enter Taiwan's ADIZ as Han Kuang drills conclude CNA 17 Sep 2021 -- Ten Chinese military planes flew into Taiwan's air defense identification zone (ADIZ) on Friday as Taiwan concluded its annual Han Kuang wargames held this week, according to the Ministry of National Defense.
- China Seen Playing Both Sides in Post-Coup Myanmar VOA 17 Sep 2021 -- Analysts say China's recent invitation of Myanmar's ousted pro-democracy party to a regional summit is an old move from its foreign policy playbook aimed at burnishing its bruised image in Myanmar and helping protect its economic and strategic interests there.
- SCO Leaders Call For Increased Afghan Aid, Unfreezing Of Assets RFE/RL Gandhara 17 Sep 2021 -- Leaders of the Russia- and China-led Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) have urged the world to unfreeze Afghanistan's assets and boost assistance to the war-torn nation as it teeters on the brink of crisis following the Taliban's return to power last month.
- Xi urges eradication of terrorism forces in Afghanistan Global Times 17 Sep 2021 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday called for efforts to promote the steady transition of the Afghan situation as soon as possible, engage Afghanistan in dialogue, and help the Afghan people tide over their difficulties.
- Regional Summit Vows to Work With Taliban, Urging That Pledges Be Upheld VOA 17 Sep 2021 -- Leaders at a meeting of the China- and Russia-dominated Shanghai Cooperation Organization emphasized Friday the need for engaging with Taliban-led Afghanistan to prevent a looming humanitarian crisis and an economic collapse in the war-torn country.
- Mission accomplished: China's Shenzhou-12 crew safely back on earth Global Times 17 Sep 2021 -- Having extended the record of Chinese astronauts' longest stay in space in a single flight mission to 90 days, the Shenzhou-12 mission crew returned to Earth days before China's Mid-Autumn Festival - the day of family reunion and friend gatherings - at the designated Dongfeng landing site in the Gobi Desert, North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Friday, marking a successful conclusion of the first crewed mission at the country's space station building stage.
- China brings astronauts back, advances closer to "space station era" PLA Daily 17 Sep 2021 -- Having worked in the space station core module Tianhe for three months -- the longest-ever human space mission in the Chinese history, three "taikonauts" of the Shenzhou-12 crew returned to Earth on Friday, hitting a new milestone in China's space exploration.
- Space station crew lands in Inner Mongolia PLA Daily 17 Sep 2021 -- configuring the space station, transmitting some experimental data back to ground control and arranging materials inside the station – and then left the station and returned to the Shenzhou XII spacecraft, which later departed the station.
- GT Voice: Naïve Australia foots the bill for US gambit Global Times 17 Sep 2021 -- Australian taxpayers have every reason to demand an answer from the Morrison administration as to why ordinary Australians always end up paying for America's cold war gambit.
- US Will Boost Military Presence in Australia as China Slams 'Irresponsible' AUKUS Pact Sputnik 17 Sep 2021 -- On Wednesday, US President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, and his UK counterpart Boris Johnson unveiled the AUKUS security alliance "to protect and defend" the three countries' "shared interests in the Indo-Pacific".
- US-UK-Australia pact angers France, EU more than China Press TV 17 Sep 2021 -- China and France have denounced the new Indio-Pacific security alliance between the US, Britain and Australia, with Beijing accusing the three powers of intensifying an arms race in the region and Paris calling it "a knife in the back".
- SCO members should reject 'condescending lecturing,' keep future in our own hands: Xi Global Times 17 Sep 2021 -- Members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) should have confidence in our system and refuse sanctimonious preaching from those who feel they have the right to lecture us, Chinese President Xi Jinping said at the 21st meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the SCO on Friday.
- SCO opposes external meddling, builds shield against outside forces Global Times 17 Sep 2021 -- Upholding the Shanghai Spirit, member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) vowed in a declaration released on Friday to build a community of shared future and oppose interference from outside forces under the excuse of counter-terrorism and human rights, which experts said that after 20 years of development, the SCO has built a shield against outside forces' destructive interference and played a more important role in defending regional peace.
- Exclusive interview with Pakistan's Defense and Army Attaché to China PLA Daily 17 Sep 2021 -- "This is a perfect joint exercise," said Brigadier Shahid Amir Afsar, Pakistan's Defense and Army Attaché to China, on September 15, after observing the UN peacekeeping field training exercise, Shared Destiny-2021.
- UN's China Human Rights Assessment Is Platform for Governments to Step Up, Experts Say VOA 17 Sep 2021 -- China's human rights record is the focus of a major upcoming United Nations human rights assessment.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian's Regular Press Conference on September 17, 2021 PRC MofA 17 Sep 2021
- Pro-Beijing Media Target Hong Kong Trade Union, Labor Groups in Latest Denunciations Radio Free Asia 17 Sep 2021 -- Hong Kong newspapers backed by the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) stepped up their denunciations of independent trade unions in the city on Friday, amid an ever-widening crackdown on civil society under the national security law.
- HK to collect ballots for Election Committee, marking break with secessionism, violence Global Times 17 Sep 2021 -- The Hong Kong Election Committee subsector election, which kicks off on Sunday and is the first to be held since electoral reform was implemented, will see how the city's political air is purified and political life turns to focus on development discussions orderly rather than political warfare and even terror, which manifests the principle of "patriots governing Hong Kong."
- New Study Finds High-Level Government Role in China's Uyghur Internment Camps Radio Free Asia 17 Sep 2021 -- China's top policy, legislative and advisory bodies were closely involved in the creation of the "Re-Education Internment Campaign" in Xinjiang that has sent some 1.8 million Uyghurs to detention camps and drawn genocide accusations against Beijing, according to a new report by a leading expert on the camp system.
- China urges World Bank to conduct full probe in issues related to business report Global Times 17 Sep 2021 -- China's Foreign Ministry on Friday called on the World Bank to conduct a full investigation into relevant issues to protect both the credibility of its business environment report and reputation of its members, after the World Bank ended its "Doing Business" report citing "data irregularities."
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