Health
Saturday 23 September 2023
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Mao Ning
Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson
“To say they [Chinese press outlets and social media users] ‘made up or spread disinformation’ is completely unfounded. If anyone was ‘making up or spreading disinformation’, it would be The New York Times, not them.”
Read more...At least five organizations that are authoritative in cybersecurity have independently verified that the Chinese government has created a massive network of social media users tasked with sowing discord in the United States. -
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Global Times
“According to estimation, the average annual emission of carbon dioxide caused by forest fires in China from 2000-2021 was approximately 15 million tons, only account for 0.2 percent of the global forest fire emissions, demonstrating China's responsible role as a major country. "
Read more...China is responsible for more than a quarter of global pollution and is the world’s biggest emitter of CO2 and other greenhouse gases. The low emission from wildfires is not indicative of China’s role in climate change, as wildfires pose the lowest environmental risk in the country. -
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Mao Ning
Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson
“It was stipulated in the CWC (Chemical Weapons Convention) that States Parties shall complete the destruction not later than 10 years after the entry into force of the CWC in 1997. The US is the last state to complete the destruction of its declared chemical weapons stockpile, far behind the time limit set in the CWC.”
Read more...The need for alternative disposal methods significantly prolonged the timeline for the U.S. to safely destroy chemical warfare agents. The U.S. met its commitment to irreversibly destroy all its chemical warfare stocks on July 7, 2023. -
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Wang Wenbin
Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson
“…[H]is [Qu Dongyu, current head of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization] reelection with a big majority fully shows that his work over the past four years has been highly recognized by the international community, and the argument you just cited is totally unacceptable to the international community.”
Read more...Under Qu, the FAO has deviated from its longtime policy of reducing pesticide reliance in countries of the Global South. Instead of working to ensure food security, the FAO is accused of funding the supply of highly toxic chemicals to the Global South. -
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Global Times
"Funded by the United States Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), the Central Reference Laboratory near Almaty, Kazakhstan's most populous metropolis, is researching lethal pathogens that could be used in bio-terrorist attacks like plague and cholera, according to media reports."
Read more...The lab, funded by the U.S., is researching lethal pathogens that could have dual-use purposes. The goal, however, is exactly the opposite: to study these dangerous pathogens and prevent them from being misused or becoming the next epidemic. -
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Wang Wenbin
Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson
“Guided by the humanitarian spirit, we have worked with the U.S. to help solve its fentanyl abuse as much as possible.”
Read more...Beijing was backing away from anti-drug cooperation with the U.S. before formally suspending such cooperation amid geopolitical tensions. -
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Health Commission of Hebei Province
Provincial health authority of Hebei
“[O]n December 4, 2022, one new confirmed case of COVID-19 and 195 new asymptomatic infections were reported in Hebei province.”
Read more...Abundant social media and news reports suggest COVID-19 is spreading rapidly in Baoding as China moves to relax testing and quarantine rules nationwide. -
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Andrei Kartapolov
Head of Russian State Duma Defense Committee
“Despite the ratification of the Chemical Weapons Convention, the United States is the only country in the world that still has not completed getting rid of them.”
Read more...Moscow knows the U.S. is nearly finished destroying its chemical weapons. It’s Russia and ally Syria who’ve kept stocks and used them. -
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Lyubov Stepushova
Pravda.ru Columnist
“The protests have all the hallmarks of a ‘color revolution’.”
Read more...It's a well-worn Kremlin tactic to blame the West for public discontent in authoritarian countries friendly to Russia. -
![Gennady Onischenko]()
Gennady Onischenko
Academic and former Russian Health Minister
“At the Boston University … a weaponized recipe [of coronavirus] was created.”
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![Nikolai Patrushev]()
Nikolai Patrushev
Russian Security Council Secretary
"During the special military operation [in Ukraine], many facts were revealed confirming that such laboratories developed components of biological weapons and their means of delivery."
Read more...The Kremlin dusted off old falsehoods in an apparent effort to divert attention from embarrassing setbacks in its war on Ukraine. -
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Kim Yo-jong
North Korean official
“We come to draw a conclusion that we can no longer overlook the uninterrupted influx of rubbish from South Korea.”
Read more...In fact, the virus could have entered North Korea from China, and Pyongyang’s poor health system and rejection of vaccine aid worsened matters.
