Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
20 September 2021 - China Special Weapons News
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- Chinese vice premier urges strict implementation of epidemic control measures People's Daily 20 Sep 2021 -- Chinese Vice Premier Sun Chunlan on Saturday urged all parties to take up due responsibilities to effectively curb the spread of COVID-19 virus in southeast China's Fujian Province.
- Nearly 2.18 bln COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in China People's Daily 20 Sep 2021 -- Nearly 2.18 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses had been administered in China as of Sunday, data from the National Health Commission showed Monday.
- Chinese mainland reports 28 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases People's Daily 20 Sep 2021 -- The Chinese mainland on Sunday reported 28 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, all in Fujian Province, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Monday.
- 78 pct of people on Chinese mainland receive COVID-19 vaccine shots People's Daily 20 Sep 2021 -- As of Saturday, the total number of people on the Chinese mainland who have received COVID-19 vaccine jabs reached 1.1 billion, or 78 percent of its population, the latest official data shows.
- French senators to visit Taiwan despite Beijing's opposition: report CNA 20 Sep 2021 -- A delegation of French senators will visit Taiwan in early October, even though the announcement of such a trip drew the ire of Beijing earlier this year, the online French media outlet La Lettre A reported Monday.
- Tianzhou-3 completes rendezvous, docking with China's space station Global Times 20 Sep 2021 -- Tianzhou-3 cargo spacecraft, the second "delivery man" to bring cargo to China's space station and a prelude to the next group of Chinese taikonauts who are about to embark their six-months journey to space on the Shenzhou-13 mission, has conducted an ultra-fast yet smooth rendezvous and docking with the Tianhe core cabin on Monday evening, merely 6.5 hours after launch.
- China successfully launches Tianzhou-3 for second space station supply mission; to support upcoming six-month Shenzhou-13 manned mission People's Daily 20 Sep 2021 -- Carrying the Tianzhou-3 cargo spacecraft, the Long March-7 Y4 rocket lifted off from Wenchang Space Launch Center located in South China's Hainan Province on Monday afternoon, one day ahead of this year's Mid-Autumn Festival - one of the happiest family reunion holidays for the Chinese people.
- China launches cargo craft for space station supplies People's Daily 20 Sep 2021 -- China launched cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-3 on Monday to deliver supplies for its under-construction space station.
- How a Western Military Pact for Nuclear Subs Affects China VOA 20 Sep 2021 -- The United States, United Kingdom and Australia on Thursday announced what the Royal Australian Navy describes on its website as an "enhanced trilateral security partnership" known as AUKUS (Australia, U.K. and U.S.). It says Australia will get at least eight nuclear-powered submarines, to be built domestically using American technology.
- Regional Extremists 'Energized' by Taliban's Takeover Could Pose Threat to Pakistan, China Interests, Expert Says VOA 20 Sep 2021 -- China and Pakistan expect the Taliban to fulfill pledges to crack down on foreign extremist groups in Afghanistan, but experts say these groups have already been "energized" by the Taliban's takeover, posing new challenges for Pakistani and Chinese interests.
- Guterres urges China, US to fix 'completely dysfunctional' relationship ahead of UN summit Press TV 20 Sep 2021 -- United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has voiced concern over another potential Cold War between the United States and China, urging the world's two major economic powers to fix their "completely dysfunctional" relationship as soon as possible.
- Results of first Election Committee elections in HKSAR after improvements to electoral system unveiled People's Daily 20 Sep 2021 -- The results of the 2021 Election Committee's subsector ordinary elections in China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) were unveiled on Monday morning as 364 of 412 candidates were elected as members in 13 subsectors of the Election Committee.
- HK Election Committee elections show new atmosphere, indicating transition from chaos to governance: authorities People's Daily 20 Sep 2021 -- According to polling results early Monday morning, 364 people were elected in the 2021 Election Committee's subsector ordinary election in China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), the first election since the Hong Kong's electoral reform was implemented in March.
- Balloting to select HKSAR Election Committee completed, to bring fresh governance to the city People's Daily 20 Sep 2021 -- Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR)'s first election since major electoral reform was introduced concluded balloting on Sunday, with local voters selecting the 1,500-member Election Committee (EC), which will be empowered to elect the SAR's legislative council and chief executive later.
- Only 'Patriots' Voted Onto Hong Kong's New Election Committee Radio Free Asia 20 Sep 2021 -- A powerful election committee that will choose Hong Kong's next leader and 40 lawmakers now contains only 'patriots' following a weekend vote, according to the Hong Kong government.
- Hong Kong Police Arrest Three Student Activists For 'Inciting Subversion' Radio Free Asia 20 Sep 2021 -- Hong Kong police on Monday arrested three members of the Student Politicism group on subversion charges under a draconian national security law imposed on the city by the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP), accusing its members of trying to bring down the regime.
- Hong Kong's Alliance Began With A Million-Strong March of Solidarity Radio Free Asia 20 Sep 2021 -- Thirty-two years after it was set up to mourn the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen massacre and campaign for democracy in China, the organizers of a now-banned candlelight vigil in Hong Kong's Victoria Park deleted all of their online posts, obeying a directive from the city's national security police.
- Uyghur Exile Group Leader Turned Back Trying to Enter Turkey Radio Free Asia 20 Sep 2021 -- Dolkun Isa, the president of the Munich-based (WUC) exile group, has been turned away at the airport in the Turkish capital Ankara and flown back to Germany Monday, two weeks after he learned that a travel ban against him had been lifted, he and his lawyer said.
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