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09 December 2021 - China Special Weapons News
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- Beijing administers over 2 mln COVID-19 vaccine doses to children People's Daily 09 Dec 2021 -- As of 4 p.m. Wednesday, more than 2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been administered in Beijing to the city's children aged between 3 and 11, local authorities said Thursday.
- Two Chinese COVID-19 medicines receive emergency approval People's Daily 09 Dec 2021 -- The National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has given emergency approval to the registration application of two COVID-19 medicines, BRII-196 and BRII-198.
- Chinese mainland reports 60 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases People's Daily 09 Dec 2021 -- The Chinese mainland on Wednesday reported 60 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Thursday.
- North China border city reports 20 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases People's Daily 09 Dec 2021 -- The border city of Manzhouli in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region reported 20 confirmed locally transmitted COVID-19 cases from 12 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, local authorities said.
- China's Zhejiang reports 25 local COVID-19 infections amid latest outbreak People's Daily 09 Dec 2021 -- From Sunday to 3 p.m. Wednesday, east China's Zhejiang Province logged 12 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 13 asymptomatic cases in three cities amid the latest resurgence.
- Hong Kong reports no new COVID-19 cases People's Daily 09 Dec 2021 -- Hong Kong on Wednesday reported no new confirmed cases of COVID-19, with the total tally remaining at 12,471.
- China to continue dynamic zero-COVID policy to at least spring, 2022: CDC director Global Times 09 Dec 2021 -- Omicron is like a combination of the Beta and Delta variants but existing vaccines are still efficient against it despite declining efficacy, Gao Fu, Director of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, told media on Wednesday.
- State-backed China hackers targeting South China Sea claimants, US cyber firm says Radio Free Asia 09 Dec 2021 -- Throughout 2021 Chinese hackers with suspected links to the state have targeted government and private sector organizations across Southeast Asia, especially South China Sea claimants, a U.S. cybersecurity company says in a new report.
- Pakistan Begins Construction of China's AIP-Powered Submarine Sputnik 09 Dec 2021 -- The Indian Navy considers China's exports of military hardware like ships and submarines to Pakistan a significant challenge for its dominance in the Indian Ocean Region. Pakistan has signed a contract with China to receive four frigates and eight submarines by the end of the decade.
- Nicaragua Ends Diplomatic Relations With Taiwan, Recognizes 'There Is Only One China' Sputnik 09 Dec 2021 -- Managua announced on Thursday it was ending its policy of recognizing Taiwan, also called the Republic of China (ROC), and would begin solely recognizing the People's Republic of China (PRC) in Beijing as the representative of all of China.
- Nicaragua's Breaking of Diplomatic Relations with Taiwan US Dept. of State 09 Dec 2021 -- "The Ortega-Murillo regime has announced it has severed diplomatic relations and ended official contact with Taiwan, but the sham election on November 7 did not provide it with any mandate to remove Nicaragua from the family of American democracies."
- Mainland spokesperson slams DPP for sowing discord across Taiwan Strait People's Daily 09 Dec 2021 -- A Chinese mainland spokesperson on Wednesday denounced Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authority for slandering the mainland and sowing discord across the Taiwan Strait.
- Chinese space-tracking ship back from satellite monitoring missions PLA Daily 09 Dec 2021 -- The Chinese space-tracking ship Yuanwang-6 returned to its home port on Thursday morning after completing three satellite monitoring missions.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin's Regular Press Conference on December 9, 2021 PRC MofA 09 Dec 2021
- Arrogance and bias are reasons why the US and Western countries label China as 'non-democratic' Global Times 09 Dec 2021 -- The arrogance and bias of the West against other civilizations are the reasons why the US and certain Western countries have been labeling China and other developing countries as non-democratic, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said at the 14th Bali Democracy Forum on Thursday.
- Pakistan's PM Urges US, China to Reduce Tensions VOA 09 Dec 2021 -- Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan said Thursday that instead of siding with so-called Cold War-like "blocs," his country would like to help de-escalate tensions between the United States and China.
- China warns US, allies will 'pay price' for Olympics boycott; France rebuffs US campaign Press TV 09 Dec 2021 -- The Chinese foreign ministry has warned that the United States and its allies will "pay the price" for their diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics in Beijing.
- Beijing Winter Olympics Test US-South Korea Cooperation on China VOA 09 Dec 2021 -- As South Korea decides whether or not to join the Biden administration's diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics, experts said its decision could signal its commitment to Washington's coalition-building strategy centered on human rights.
- Canada, UK announce political boycott of China Winter Olympics, imitating US Press TV 09 Dec 2021 -- Canada and Britain have announced a political boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, following similar decisions by the United States and Australia over alleged human rights violations in China.
- Experts: Diplomatic Boycott of Beijing Games Needs More Nations for Impact VOA 09 Dec 2021 -- Experts say that for the U.S. diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics to be effective, more countries will need to participate. But that could be challenging given some countries' economic ties to China or recognized prowess in winter sports.
- UN Chief to Attend Beijing Games Despite Boycotts VOA 09 Dec 2021 -- Despite a growing number of Western countries announcing diplomatic boycotts of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, the United Nations secretary-general, António Guterres, will attend the Games.
- 5 Western Nations Join Together in Diplomatic Boycott of China's Winter Olympics VOA 09 Dec 2021 -- A small but influential group of Western nations has announced diplomatic boycotts of the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics, citing its record of human rights abuses.
- China Condemns Australia's Boycott of Winter Olympics VOA 09 Dec 2021 -- China has condemned Australia's diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics as "political posturing." China's treatment of its Uyghur minority spurred Australia's decision, which followed a similar U.S. move.
- Hong Kong court finds Jimmy Lai guilty of 'incitement' over banned vigil Radio Free Asia 09 Dec 2021 -- A Hong Kong court on Thursday found pro-democracy media magnate Jimmy Lai and barrister Chow Hang-tung guilty of "inciting others" to join a banned candlelight vigil marking the June 4, 1989 Tiananmen massacre.
- 3 including Jimmy Lai convicted over unauthorized assembly in HK, joining 21 others Global Times 09 Dec 2021 -- HK media tycoon, secessionist Jimmy Lai, HK Alliance's Chow Hang Tung and former opposition politician Gwyneth Ho were found guilty on Thursday over an unauthorized assembly held on June 4, 2020.
- Judgment made by fake tribunal is doomed to be swept into trash can by history, spurned by people: FM spokesperson Global Times 09 Dec 2021 -- The so-called final ruling by the "Uyghur Tribunal" is nothing but a political farce staged by a handful of contemptible individuals, the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said in a statement released on Thursday after the fake tribunal "ruled" that China "commits genocide" in its Xinjiang region.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson's Statement on the "Final Ruling" of the So-called "Uyghur Tribunal" PRC MofA 09 Dec 2021 -- "The anti-China, separatist organization "World Uyghur Congress", manipulated and sponsored by anti-China forces in the US and the West, has rallied a handful of anti-cChina elements to set up the so-called "Uyghur Tribunal"."
- Uyghur Tribunal finds China committed genocide in Xinjiang Radio Free Asia 09 Dec 2021 -- An independent tribunal in London said Thursday that China committed genocide against Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in its western Xinjiang region and that President Xi Jinping shared primary responsibility for the atrocities.
- Interview: 'Do they really need to be doing these terrible things?' Radio Free Asia 09 Dec 2021 -- Prominent U.K. attorney Geoffrey Nice, chair of the Uyghur Tribunal, delivered the panel's judgment on Thursday that China is committing genocide and crimes against humanity against the Uyghurs and other Turkic minorities in its far-western Xinjiang region. The decision came after the independent tribunal assessed evidence of China's alleged rights abuses against the predominantly Muslim minority.
- 'Uyghur Tribunal' Says China Committed Genocide In Xinjiang RFE/RL 09 Dec 2021 -- A London-based independent, unofficial panel investigating alleged human rights abuses in China's northwestern Xinjiang region has concluded that the government committed "genocide, crimes against humanity and torture" against Uyghurs, Kazakhs, and members of the region's other indigenous, mostly Muslim ethnic groups.
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