The largest wholesale food market in Beijing has been shuttered behind police guard and the surrounding neighborhood locked down after more than 50 people tested positive for the new coronavirus in … ( read original…
Monthly Archives For June 2020
China Sentences Australian to Death as Bilateral Relations Fray
An Australian man has been sentenced to death in southern China, potentially escalating diplomatic tensions that have seen the two countries clash over trade, tourism and education. ( read original story …)
Beijing District in ‘Wartime Emergency’ After Virus Cluster at Major Food Market
A Beijing district put itself on a “wartime” footing and the capital banned tourism and sports events on Saturday after a cluster of novel coronavirus infections centred around a major wholesale … ( read original…
China Shuts Vast Beijing Market as It Hunts Coronavirus Cluster
The C.D.C. projects up to 140,000 deaths in the U.S. by early July. A bat expert navigates a political minefield. Dozens of members of the Guatemalan president’s staff have tested positive. ( read original story…
Foreigners in China worry about their future as Beijing, Washington clash
American student Sam Goldstein thought he had the perfect plan for this year. After securing a prestigious Fulbright scholarship from the US government to research excavated manuscripts from the … ( read original story …)
Twitter removes over 170,000 China-linked accounts spreading false coronavirus, Hong Kong information
Twitter has removed over 170,000 accounts linked to China that were engaged in “a range of manipulative and coordinated” activities around issues such as the coronavirus pandemic and Hong Kong. ( read original story …)
Beijing Shuts Down Seafood Market After Dozens Test Positive for Coronavirus
Nearly all of the 53 people had worked or shopped at the market, which is said to supply 90 percent of the Chinese capital’s fruit and vegetables. ( read original story …)
U.S.’s Pompeo to meet China’s top diplomat in Hawaii seeking to ease tensions: media
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will meet China’s top diplomat Yang Jiechi in Hawaii, trying to ease tensions between the world’s two largest economies over various issues, according to media … ( read original…
Faced With Crisis and Re-Election, Senate Republicans Blame China
Politically endangered Republicans are scrambling to make their contests referendums on China rather than the coronavirus pandemic. ( read original story …)
Beijing district in ‘wartime emergency’ after virus spike shuts market
A district of Beijing was on a “wartime” footing and the capital banned tourism on Saturday after a cluster of novel coronavirus infections. ( read original story …)
Playing Hardball With China Works in a “Constrainment” Strategy
Global attitudes towards the People’s Republic of China (PRC) are hardening. In 2019, the European Union declared the PRC a “systemic rival” amid rising trade tensions. In May 2020, the White House … ( read…
Australian sentenced to death in China for smuggling drugs
An Australian national has been sentenced to death in China after a court convicted him on charges of drug smuggling. ( read original story …)
Beijing Cinemas Ordered To Remain Shut As New COVID-19 Cases Emerge
Chinese authorities on Friday put another nail in the coffin for China’s film sector, formally announcing that cinemas in Beijing must remain shut for the time being after three new coronavirus cases … ( read…
