Bangkok conference promotes reunification of China

The Macau Region China Council for the Promotion of Peaceful National Reunification (MacauPPNR) is currently attending the Overseas Chinese World Conference for Promoting Peaceful Reunification of China, being held in Bangkok, according to a report by Macao Daily News. The two-day conference began yesterday.  Chio Ngan Ieng, deputy director of the MacauPPNR, stated that the leader of Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen, has not yet made any mention of the ‘Beijing consensus’ of 1992, which has complicated efforts to build a relationship between the two regions. She hopes that Macau can step up to be a platform from which to strengthen the bonds between the people of mainland China and Taiwan.

Guangdong faces vaccine shortage

Guangdong is struggling with a shortage of several types of vaccines, including those for measles and polio, according to a report by Macao Daily News. The shortage occurred recently as a result of efforts to better regulate the technology and quality standards involved in the production of vaccines in China. Factories on the mainland have cut production levels of these products in response to the stricter controls. The Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention advises parents of children who have previously been vaccinated not to travel to Hong Kong, Macau or overseas in order to receive subsequent shots. The center believes that vaccines from different regions can interact differently, and that a delayed shot caused by the current shortage will not have a negative impact upon immunity.