Officials are blaming “late or missed reporting” and overwhelmed health workers for the hike, but under mounting pressure from Washington, Beijing insists there was no cover-up. ( read original story …)
Monthly Archives For April 2020
China Vows to Support Economy; U.S. Reopening Plan: Virus Update
The Trump administration issued guidelines that could allow states and employers to abandon most social distancing practices within a month, sparking a rally in stocks. Widespread shutdowns have … ( read original story …)
Coronavirus live updates: White House issues reopening guidelines; some Florida beaches will open; China revises Wuhan death count
Stock markets were in the green in Europe and Asia ahead of the opening on Wall Street. Trump’s “Opening Up America Again” guidelines include three phases but won’t begin until states have had 14 ……
China Raises Coronavirus Death Toll by 50% in Wuhan
Officials facing skepticism about their credibility also bumped up their tally of infections in the city where the pandemic emerged. By Amy Qin China on Friday raised its coronavirus death toll by 50 … (…
China’s economy in worst downturn since ’60s in virus battle
China faces a drawn-out struggle to revive its economy after it suffered its biggest contraction since possibly the mid-1960s while fighting the coronavirus … ( read original story …)
China denies cover-up as Wuhan coronavirus deaths revised up 50%
Authorities in the Chinese city where the global coronavirus pandemic began late last year have revised its death toll upwards by 50%, as the government again denied there had been any cover-up in its ……
BRIEF-Shenzhen International Says Shenzhen Expressway Expected To Record Unaudited Consol Loss Attributable For Q1
Shenzhen International Holdings Ltd : * SHENZHEN INTERNATIONAL – SHENZHEN EXPRESSWAY EXPECTED TO RECORD LOSS IN UNAUDITED NET PROFIT ATTRIBUTABLE FOR Q1 2020 … ( read original story …)
Beijing Still Wants Microchips Made in China
The Covid-19 pandemic has triggered worries about the reliance of global supply chains on China. But China is concerned about its own dependence on imported supplies of microchips. ( read original story …)
China Raises Wuhan Death Toll by 50 Percent: Live Updates
Germany’s national health institute says the country’s average rate of new coronavirus infections had dropped significantly. Israel begins mapping out a controlled lifting of restrictions. ( read original story …)
The United States Needs a New China Strategy
On November 8, 2017, Air Force One touched down in Beijing, marking the start of a state visit hosted by China’s president and Communist Party chairman, Xi Jinping. From my first day on the job…
China Says Sudden Jump in Wuhan Coronavirus Death Toll Is Due to Statistical Verification, Not Cover Up
Wuhan city—where the COVID-19 coronavirus originated before spreading across the world to become a pandemic—revised its death toll up 50 percent on Friday, according to the state-run CCTV news channel … ( read original story…
China’s economy shrinks almost 7%; Wuhan revises up deaths
China’s economy shrank by 6.8 percent in the first three months of the year, its first quarterly contraction on record, the National Bureau of Statistics of China reported on Friday. ( read original story …)
China Records First Ever Contraction in Quarterly GDP on Coronavirus
China’s economy shrank 6.8% in the first three months of 2020 compared with a year earlier, the first such contraction since Beijing began reporting quarterly gross domestic product in 1992. ( read original story …)