Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for cooperation in fighting the twin challenges of the pandemic and climate change in an address to the World Economic Forum … ( read original story …)
Monthly Archives For January 2021
China pushes fringe theories on COVID-19 pandemic origins, vaccines
Some worry that when the state pushes fringe theories, it encourages poor public health policy by fostering skepticism about the virus. ( read original story …)
This Wuhan man criticized China’s handling of COVID-19. A year later, he’s still isolated
A year after Wuhan brought the coronavirus to the world’s attention, resident Zhu Tao, a critic of the Chinese government, is more isolated than ever. ( read original story …)
Zimbabwe, beset by soaring COVID-19 cases, gets vaccine offers from Russia, China
Russia and China have approached Zimbabwe about supplying vaccines to tackle its escalating COVID-19 outbreak amid concern about Harare’s ability to afford the shots, with plans for meetings with … ( read original story …)
Has China Done Too Well Against Covid-19?
Within weeks of the new coronavirus’s emergence last year, China began to report a dramatic drop in the number of confirmed cases. Then it put in place a “zero-infections” policy: The detection of … (…
Soldiers injured in fresh border skirmish between India and China
India and China share an unofficial frontier that stretches 2,200 miles. Last June, the deadliest border conflict between the two countries in five decades killed 20 Indian soldiers and caused an … ( read original…
China Overtakes U.S. as Top Destination for Foreign Investment: Live Updates
The tit-for-tat trade restrictions between China and the United States under the Trump administration, coupled with the coronavirus pandemic, have given China a surprising edge. China has for the … ( read original story …)
Beijing’s ominous Taiwan ‘signal’ to Biden administration
Beijing has sent a none too subtle “signal” to the new Biden administration to take a step back from former President Donald Trump’s hard ball tactics against China. ( read original story …)
China’s Xi calls for unity in first remarks of Biden era, warns against ‘arrogant isolation’
Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s comments come less than a week after the inauguration of U.S. President Joe Biden. ( read original story …)
Nine workers found dead after 11 rescued weeks since China mine explosion
Eleven others were rescued Sunday after being trapped for two weeks, and one person is still missing at the gold mine in Shandong province. ( read original story …)
9 workers found dead in China mine explosion raising death toll to 10
Eleven others were rescued a day earlier after being trapped underground for two weeks at the mine in Shandong province. One person was still missing. ( read original story …)
A China With More Clout Awaits Biden at the WTO
President Biden has said he plans to work with allies to keep pressure on China, but at the World Trade Organization the U.S. will be facing a rival in Beijing that has become a more…
China’s Leader Attacks His Greatest Threat
Xi, 53, was reputed to be among three officials in the running to replace Hu Jintao, China’s dour-faced leader. Ambassador Clark T. “Sandy” Randt, a classmate of President George W. Bush, was … ( read…
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