Gu Zhuheng, the owner of Sing Pao Daily News, one of the oldest Chinese newspapers in Hong Kong, tweeted on February 23, that soldiers from the Guangdong Army Biological and Chemical Protection Regiment that was recently sent to Wuhan had died three weeks ago. He also posted a picture of himself in military uniform and his ID when he worked with that regiment. Gu was exiled to the U.S. in 2017 after Beijing wanted to arrest him for a financial matter.
Qi Leyi, a host of a military program for Radio Free Asia, talked about the Biological and Chemical Protection troops in the PLA. She said that each army has such a unit at the regiment or battalion level. They participated in the rescue mission during the 2003 SARS outbreak in China.
She also pointed out that three things were needed to develop lethal biological weapon and China had all of them. One was the relevant technology, facility, and raw materials. Two was a laboratory of the highest safety level. Three was access to the original virus. Qiu Xiangguo and Cheng Keding, the couple and expert virologists in Canada had been visiting the Wuhan P4 lab multiple times. Canadian police arrested them for taking virus samples to China from the Canadian P4 lab that they worked at.
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1. Excerpt in Chinese
3週前的悲傷消息，#廣東陸軍防化團 調防 #武漢 的多名官兵不幸遇難。
我本無意講出來，還要感謝昨天 #中國公安部 對我「安全」的「友情提示」。
朋友們，這些官兵也是血肉之軀，也是為人父母，也有自己的獨立思維，待到時機成熟時也會掉轉槍口。
天堂沒有專政沒有共產貪腐，一路走好
Replying to @guzhuohenghk
廣東陸軍防化團為什麼要調防到武漢，親愛的朋友們這個問題不難找到答案，
Source: Twitter
3週前的悲傷消息，#廣東陸軍防化團 調防 #武漢 的多名官兵不幸遇難。
我本無意講出來，還要感謝昨天 #中國公安部 對我「安全」的「友情提示」。
朋友們，這些官兵也是血肉之軀，也是為人父母，也有自己的獨立思維，待到時機成熟時也會掉轉槍口。
天堂沒有專政沒有共產貪腐，一路走好🕯️
#谷卓恆 pic.twitter.com/C36dLUVlKJ— 谷卓恆 (@guzhuohenghk) February 23, 2020
2. Excerpt in Chinese
除此，解放军各军种都设有相应的核生化应急救援队。另外，在陆军各集团军中都设有防化兵，编制为团或营。比如，1995年3月，日本东京地铁站发生沙林（Sarin）毒气事件后，北京军区派出防化团在北京地铁站进行化学毒剂紧急救援演习；2003年SARS疫情期间防化兵也参与救援任务。
这次武汉疫情的病毒异常凶险，防控疫情的难度也最大。目前，外界并不清楚解放军的应急专业救援队，是如何进行这场疫情防控的阻击战。解放军是否有专业的细菌战部队？它们的编制和教战准则是什么？外界更是无从得知。
根据多种迹象显示，中国发展生物武器的思路可能与核武原则类似，不率先使用，而且是被动防御，作为一种威慑性武器。因为，没有人可以担保，不受到生物武器的恶意攻击。
毛思迪指出，目前中国已经具备发展致命性生物武器的相关技术、设施和原材料。在技术方面，中国掌握基因编辑技术（CRISPR），这种技术可以把基因进行编辑拼接，使它成为制造超级生物武器的材料。2018年11月，当时在深圳担任南方科技大学副教授的贺建奎，公开宣布实现了全球首例对爱滋病先天免疫的新生双胞胎婴儿，说明中国在基因编辑技术用于疾病预防领域实现历史性突破。
除了技术，中国还需要一个最高安全等级的实验室，研究世界上最危险的病原体，就像SARS、埃博拉（Ebola）和各种冠状病毒，并试图使病毒变得更加致命。正巧，目前中国唯一的四级病毒实验室，就在武汉。
有了设备和实验室，中国还需要原始的生物（细菌）材料。毛思迪指出，2019年7月，加拿大联邦警察以“违反相关条款”（policy breach）为名，把知名华裔病毒学家丘香果和程克定夫妇，以及一些来自中国的学生，从加拿大国家微生物实验室带走。该实验室是加拿大唯一的四级微生物实验室，它与中国在武汉运作的实验室类型相同。据加拿大联邦警察调查显示，邱香果夫妇多次往返于武汉四级实验室。
Source: IPK Media