Vietnam is holding talks aimed at easing the entry of citizens from China, South Korea and Japan into the country after restrictions on foreign visitors amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Ministry of … ( read…
Monthly Archives For June 2020
Video evidence of anti-black discrimination in China over coronavirus fears
The Fact Checker video team investigates allegations of discrimination in Guangzhou and finds black residents faced evictions, discrimination, and the restriction of their movements on the basis of … ( read original story …)
India-China border tension | Restaurants selling Chinese food should be banned: Union minister Ramdas Athawale
With the tensions between India and China along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) prompting calls for boycott of Chinese products, Athawale has pitched in his own two-bits … ( read original story …)
Pompeo And China’s Top Diplomat Meet In Hawaii As Relations Worsen
Neither the U.S. nor China publicly announced the meeting in advance and it was not clear which side had proposed it. ( read original story …)
China passes draft of controversial Hong Kong security law
China’s ceremonial legislature has passed a draft of a national security bill for Hong Kong that has been strongly criticized as undermining faith in the semi-autonomous Chinese region’s legal and pol … ( read original…
China stocks end higher as Beijing pledges reforms, liquidity
China stocks ended firmer on Thursday, as policymakers assured investors that the economy is gradually recovering from the coronavirus crisis, while pledging more reforms and liquidity to bolster … ( read original story …)
Beijing Curbs Travel; German Rate Lowest in a Week: Virus Update
Beijing’s growing outbreak is posing a new test for Chinese President Xi Jinping. Cases in the city exceeded 150 in the country’s worst flare-up since Wuhan. ( read original story …)
China Central Bank to Keep Liquidity Ample, Weigh Policy Exit Strategy
China will keep liquidity ample in the second half of the year, but it should consider in advance the timely withdrawal of policy measures aimed at countering the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the ……
China Pledges Faster Credit Growth as Economy Faces Virus Return
China’s central bank wants the total flow of credit to rise by almost a fifth this year, as part of efforts to push the economy out of the coronavirus-induced slump.That’s to be achieved through ……
Coronavirus: Markets slide as US states and Beijing fight new spikes
California and Texas have seen daily infection rates hit new highs, while investors also waited on a Bank of England policy meeting on Thursday. ( read original story …)
Chinese County Restricts Travel As Beijing Races To Contain Virus
Travel restrictions were placed on nearly half a million people near Beijing on Thursday as authorities rush to contain a fresh outbreak of the coronavirus with a mass test-and-trace effort and … ( read original…
Coronavirus Beijing: Why an outbreak sparked a salmon panic in China
Last Thursday, Beijing reported its first virus case after 57 days without a locally-transmitted infection. Since then, almost 150 cases have been co … ( read original story …)
AP PHOTOS: A first-person view inside Beijing’s virus tests
BEIJING (AP) — As the number of COVID-19 cases climbed in Beijing in recent days, officials identified more than 350,000 people who needed to be tested. I was one of them. ( read original story…
