Sinopharm, a state-controlled company, said its candidate had a 79 percent efficacy rate in interim late-stage trials. But crucial questions remained unanswered. ( read original story …)
Monthly Archives For December 2020
China gives conditional approval to Sinopharm vaccine
Chinese health regulators said Thursday that they have given conditional approval to a coronavirus vaccine developed by state-owned Sinopharm. The inactivated, two-dose vaccine is the first one … ( read original story …)
China Finishes Off a Wild Year With More Manufacturing Growth
China finished 2020 with a 10th consecutive month of expansion in its manufacturing sector, capping a dramatic year that saw the country’s factories incapacitated by the pandemic, only to roar back. ( read original story…
China’s factory recovery moderates as higher costs slow business
China’s factory activity expanded in December as hot export demand fueled a recovery in the world’s second-largest economy from the coronavirus slump, although higher labour and transport costs slowed … ( read original story …)
China gives conditional approval for Sinopharm’s COVID-19 vaccine
China has given conditional approval for general public use for a COVID-19 vaccine developed by state-owned drug maker Sinopharm, an official with China’s National Medical Products Administration told … ( read original story …)
China gives conditional approval to Sinopharm coronavirus vaccine
China has given conditional approval to a coronavirus vaccine developed by state-owned Sinopharm. The vaccine is the first one approved for general use in China. Chen Shifei, the deputy commissioner … ( read original story…
China gives conditional approval to coronavirus vaccine; Sinopharm’s is first one OK’d for general use in China
China gives conditional approval to coronavirus vaccine; Sinopharm’s is first one OK’d for general use in China … ( read original story …)
Beijing Cases Worry China; Deaths Hit 1.8 Million: Virus Update
Global deaths from Covid-19 passed 1.8 million. Cities that had gone weeks without new infections, including Beijing and Melbourne, are now reporting clusters, and cases of the new, highly … ( read original story …)
Video game tycoon behind Playtika seeks US listing for second time after Beijing rejected the casino-style game maker
Playtika is going public in the US after its owner, a Chinese entrepreneur, tried for three years to get it listed in China to no avail owing to the company’s casino-themed mobile games. ( read…
China-EU investment deal: Joe Biden repeats call for ‘coordinated approach’ to handle Beijing
US President-elect Joe Biden called for a “coordinated approach” with the European Union against China on Wednesday, shortly after Brussels and Beijing finished negotiations aimed at concluding a … ( read original story …)
China to Visit Africa First for 30th Year in Row, Signaling Priority in Ties
“Playing a central role in the implementation of China’s foreign policy objectives, China has witnessed remarkable growth in its trade and investment in many African countries since the turn of the … ( read original…
Trump was briefed that China sought to pay non-state actors to attack US forces in Afghanistan
President Donald Trump received information earlier this month that China sought to pay non-state actors to attack American forces in Afghanistan, a senior administration official said. ( read original story …)
China clamping down on research into origins of COVID-19 pandemic
More than a year after the first known COVID-19 cases broke out in China, Beijing is clamping down on research into the pandemic’s origins, while actively promoting fringe theories that it could have … (…
