Biowarfare history of #China's Sinopharm vaccine maker raises questions
Suspicions among biowarfare experts, the #US government & #Taiwan's military over whether it continues to serve as a dual-use biological warfare (BW) facility for the #PLA.
taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4137284
Suspicions among biowarfare experts, the #US government & #Taiwan's military over whether it continues to serve as a dual-use biological warfare (BW) facility for the #PLA.
taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4137284
2) In 1993 and again in 1995, China declared the Wuhan Institute of Biological Products (WIBP), the hub of Sinopharm's COVID-19 vaccine development, to be one of eight dual-use BW research facilities under its "national defensive biological warfare R&D program."
3) Although China denied having an "offensive" biological warfare program since signing the Biological & Toxin Weapons Convention, in 1984, the US in 2005 alleged that "China maintains some elements of an offensive biological weapon capability in violation of BTWC obligations"
4) The US repeated the same charges in 2010, 2012, and 2014.
The U.S. State Department in a 2019 compliance report again expressed concerns that China was violating the BWC through dual-use research.
The U.S. State Department in a 2019 compliance report again expressed concerns that China was violating the BWC through dual-use research.
5) Another article on the subject:
#China’s #Sinopharm vaccine being developed at a bio-weapons lab operated by the #PLA, has history of producing sub-standard vaccines: Details
opindia.com/2021/03/china-…
#China’s #Sinopharm vaccine being developed at a bio-weapons lab operated by the #PLA, has history of producing sub-standard vaccines: Details
opindia.com/2021/03/china-…
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