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Coronavirus

Sinopharm says may be able to make over 1 billion coronavirus vaccine doses in 2021 — Reuters

China National Pharmaceutical Group (Sinopharm), one of several Chinese firms developing coronavirus vaccines, said it may have the capacity to produce more than 1 billion doses in 2021, Chairman Liu Jingzhen said on Tuesday.

How Did China Beat Its Covid Crisis? — The New York Review

China’s bureaucracy controlled the pandemic. But some Chinese see flaws in the authoritarian state.

Xinjiang

China slams Canada after report calls Uighur policy ‘genocide’ — Al Jazeera

Canadian parliamentary committee says China’s policies in Xinjiang amount to ‘genocide’ against Muslim Uighur minority.

Hong Kong

Cathay Pacific ‘to axe 6,000 staff and Dragon brand’ in bid to stay afloat — SCMP

Cathay Pacific Airways has agreed to scale back planned job cuts by 25 per cent to around 6,000 globally, and will axe its Cathay Dragon sister airline brand, according to multiple sources.

Hong Kong protester announces as…