Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
01 November 2021 - China Special Weapons News
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- At least 8 senior officials in China dismissed amid latest COVID-19 spike Global Times 01 Nov 2021 -- Tianshui city in Northwest China's Gansu province dismissed Chen Kexiao, chief of Tianshui Health Commission, and Wu Yizhong, chief of Tianshui Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), on Sunday for their dereliction of duty in the latest COVID-19 flare-up.
- Imported Delta variant confirmed as cause of COVID-19 flare-up in China-Russia border city Global Times 01 Nov 2021 -- Imported Delta variant has been confirmed as the cause of the latest COVID-19 flare-up in the China-Russia border city Heihe, Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, the local disease prevention and control center disclosed on Monday.
- Over 2.274 bln COVID-19 vaccine doses administered on Chinese mainland People's Daily 01 Nov 2021 -- More than 2.274 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been administered on the Chinese mainland as of Sunday, data from the National Health Commission showed Monday.
- More schools in China's Ningxia suspend in-person classes for COVID-19 control People's Daily 01 Nov 2021 -- Northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region on Monday expanded the suspension of in-person classes to more areas to contain the spread of COVID-19.
- Chinese mainland reports 59 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases People's Daily 01 Nov 2021 -- The Chinese mainland on Sunday reported 59 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Monday.
- China takes scientific COVID-19 control and prevention strategies for public health People's Daily 01 Nov 2021 -- In response to the latest resurgence of COVID-19, many parts of China, including Beijing, Shaanxi, Gansu and Inner Mongolia, have quickly adopted targeted measures to control and prevent transmission.
- Northeast China city suspends in-person school classes over COVID-19 People's Daily 01 Nov 2021 -- Authorities in Harbin, the capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, have ordered to suspend in-person classes at local kindergartens and primary and middle schools for one week starting Monday for COVID-19 control.
- China busts cyberattacks from India targeted at China's defense and military departments Global Times 01 Nov 2021 -- A number of cyberattacks targeting China and countries in the South Asian Subcontinent have been busted this year with hackers from India behind the attempts to launch attacks on China's defense and military units as well as state-owned enterprises, Antiy Labs, the country's leading anti-virus company, announced on Monday.
- PLA sent nearly 200 aircraft near Taiwan in record month Global Times 01 Nov 2021 -- The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) reportedly sent nearly 200 aircraft to the aerial area near the island of Taiwan for exercises in October, in a move that experts said on Monday has deterred Taiwan secessionist provocations and foreign interference attempts.
- China warns US on Taiwan question in Rome amid tensions Global Times 01 Nov 2021 -- Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday on the sidelines of the G20 leaders summit in Rome, Italy, the first face-to-face meeting between the top diplomats of the two countries after Blinken made a provocative statement challenging China's sovereignty on the Taiwan question, saying the US will support the island's secessionist authorities "robust" participation in the UN system.
- As reunification is inevitable, most important is not timetable, but timing Global Times 01 Nov 2021 -- With regard to several acute issues about the Taiwan Straits, I would like to make some comments.
- DPP plays 'US card,' hypes military training ties amid rising cross-Straits tensions Global Times 01 Nov 2021 -- Amid the growing tensions across the Taiwan Straits, media in the island of Taiwan added fuel to the fire by revealing that a small contingent of US special forces will be stationed in the island for some time, and help train Taiwan troops.
- Chinese FM urges U.S. to change its wrong China policy People's Daily 01 Nov 2021 -- Bilateral relations between China and the United States in the past few years have suffered an all-round impact due to the wrong China policy pursued by the United States, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said here on Sunday during his meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
- Chinese vessels return to reef at center of spat with Philippines Radio Free Asia 01 Nov 2021 -- Commercial satellite imagery suggests that Chinese vessels returning in increasing numbers to Whitsun Reef where hundreds of its ships gathered earlier this year, prompting a diplomatic dispute between Beijing and Manila.
- US should rectify erroneous policy of maximum pressure against Iran: China Press TV 01 Nov 2021 -- China has urged the United States, as the main culprit behind the current standoff over Iran's nuclear deal, to thoroughly rectify its erroneous policy of maximum pressure against Tehran amid renewed push to resume talks on the removal of Washington's sanctions against Tehran.
- Xi signs order to promulgate regulations on military equipment procurement PLA Daily 01 Nov 2021 -- Xi Jinping, chairman of the Central Military Commission, has signed an order to promulgate a set of regulations on military equipment procurement.
- Troop rotation of Chinese peacekeeping helicopter contingents to Abyei completed PLA Daily 01 Nov 2021 -- China's first two peacekeeping helicopter contingents to Abyei held a handover ceremony at the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) camp on October 29, local time.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin's Regular Press Conference on November 1, 2021 PRC MofA 01 Nov 2021
- Myanmar villagers tear down Chinese fences built along the border Radio Free Asia 01 Nov 2021 -- Villagers living along Myanmar's mountainous border with China are destroying fences put up by Chinese authorities to block travelers who might spread COVID-19, saying the barriers have been built inside Myanmar territory, sources say.
- China, Myanmar at the Forefront of US-Indonesia Meeting VOA 01 Nov 2021 -- U.S. President Joe Biden met his Indonesian counterpart, Joko Widodo, on the sidelines of the COP26 summit in Glasgow, Scotland, Monday, continuing their discussions from the U.S.-ASEAN and East Asia summits in October.
- Hong Kong police arrest five amid concerns over COVID-19 tracking app Radio Free Asia 01 Nov 2021 -- Authorities in Hong Kong on Monday arrested five government workers for faking a COVID-19 app, amid growing concerns that the app facilitates large-scale surveillance of the city's seven million residents.
- 5 plead guilty over unauthorized vigil in HK, including former chairman of HK Alliance Global Times 01 Nov 2021 -- Five people have pleaded guilty on Monday morning over an unauthorized assembly on June 4, 2020, including Lee Cheuk-yan, former chairman of the now disbanded organization "Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China" (HK Alliance).
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