Chile’s health regulator approved the emergency roll-out of the CoronaVac COVID19 vaccine produced by China’s Sinovac, with 2 million vaccines scheduled to arrive in the next week.
Chile approved CoronaVac by China’s Sinovac
Sanctioned
China has decided to sanction 28 persons who have seriously violated China’s sovereignty and who have been mainly responsible for such U.S. moves on China-related issues. They include Michael R. Pompeo, Peter K. Navarro, Robert C. O’Brien, David R. Stilwell, Matthew Pottinger, Alex M. Azar II, Keith J. Krach, and Kelly D. K. Craft of the Trump administration as well as John R. Bolton and Stephen K. Bannon. These individuals and their immediate family members are prohibited from entering the mainland, Hong Kong and Macao of China. They and companies and institutions associated with them are also restricted from doing business with China.
China’s FDI up 6.2% to record high in 2020
China poised to take over the US as the world’s top destinations for foreign investment in 2020. This is helped by the country’s ability to secure a stable production while the global supply chain is fractured by the coronavirus outbreak.
Day Hike to Nei Lak Shan (Ngong Ping) 1-20-21
The Clown in exile
No need to kick a dead dog.
Tiantong 1-03
1-20-21 China successfully conducted the year’s first space launch from
Xichang Satellite Launch Center in SW China’s Sichuan,
The satellite Tiantong 1-03 was launched at by Long March-3B carrier rocket and entered planned orbit successfully.
Gene-editing therapy clinical trial
1-19-21 China’s drug authority approved China’s first gene-editing therapy clinical trial . The approved gene-editing product et-01 , developed by Edigene Inc. 博雅辑因(北京)科技有限公司 , a Zhongguancun biomedical enterprise in Beijing, was for blood transfusion dependent β – thalassemia 地中海型贫血.
这种技术叫做：β地中海贫血的基因组编辑治疗。它运用基因组编辑技术，对病人的造血干细胞重新编辑，从而改进造血功能。这项治疗技术目前在世界上只有极少企业在做，而中国仅此一家。
100 tln yuan
China’s GDP topped 100 tln yuan for first time, reaching 101.59 tln yuan with 2.3% y-o-y expansion in 2020, said NBS official on Mon. It is estimated to account for 17% of global total for the year, with China expected to become only major economy with positive growth in 2020.
Day hike to Yuen Tau Shan 1-8-21
China’s shipbuilding orders No.1
China’s 2020 new shipbuilding orders exceed South Korea’s, back to No.1 in world after two years.