Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
01 October 2021 - China Special Weapons News
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- China's Claims of Progress in Tibet Mask 70 Years of Repression: Report Radio Free Asia 01 Oct 2021 -- Claims by China that 70 years of Beijing's rule have improved Tibetans' lives and that Tibet has always belonged to China distort present-day realities and ignore historical facts, Tibet's India-based exile government said this week in a new report.
- Lithuania Urges Users to Ditch Chinese Smartphone Over 'Built-In Censorship Tool' VOA 01 Oct 2021 -- A popular Chinese-manufactured phone has a built-in censorship tool that can blacklist search terms on the web, according to research by the Lithuanian government, which is urging owners of the phones to replace them.
- Countries Have $385 Billion In 'Hidden Debts' To China, Study Finds Radio Free Asia 01 Oct 2021 -- A new study found under-reported debts of at least $385 billion owed by different countries to China in the past two decades, and that one-third of projects under the Belt and Road Initiative have run into major implementation problems.
- China's Belt and Road Initiative Is About Profit, Not Development, Study Finds VOA 01 Oct 2021 -- A new report on China's international development projects initiated between 2000 and 2017 demonstrates that extensive high-interest lending by China's state-backed banks has left countries across much of the developing world struggling under onerous debt loads, even as some of the development projects those loans funded face major implementation problems.
- Quietly Vying with US, China Boosts Trade, Investments in Latin America VOA 01 Oct 2021 -- China now leads the world in trade with Africa and in direct investment in parts of Asia, but despite rapidly increasing its trade and investments with Latin America it still lags behind the United States with no immediate chance of displacing it.
- Hongkongers Spray Chinese Leader's Portrait Black at Protest in Democratic Taiwan Radio Free Asia 01 Oct 2021 -- Hong Kong pro-democracy activists marked China's Oct. 1 National Day on Friday with protests in Taiwan against oppressive behavior by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and warnings of its ongoing attempts to infiltrate the democratic island's media and political life.
- Kazakh Police Detain Demonstrators Protesting Relatives' Detention In China's Xinjiang RFE/RL 01 Oct 2021 -- Kazakh police detained eight protesters, mostly women, demanding the release of relatives they say are being illegally held in China.
- China's Ruling Party Accuses Former Top Security Official of 'Takeover' Bid Radio Free Asia 01 Oct 2021 -- The ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has expelled former vice minister for public security Sun Lijun for "serious violations of discipline" on the eve of its Oct. 1 National Day celebrations, accusing him of building cliques and cabals to take over a key government department.
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