BBC World News has been banned from airing in China, according to a statement from China’s National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA). CNN’s Brian Stelter speaks with Jamie Angus of the BBC. ( read original…
Monthly Archives For February 2021
Preparations on track for 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games: FM
China welcomes delegations from across the world to attend the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games and will definitely make the games worthwhile, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Sunday … ( read original…
U.S. ‘gravely damaged’ coronavirus cooperation, China says as row erupts over WHO probe
The U.S. is “pointing fingers” at other countries who have been supportive of the WHO, Chinese embassy in Washington said in a statement Sunday. ( read original story …)
China Says U.S. ‘Damaged Cooperation’ on COVID Amid Accusations of Withholding Data
“The U.S., acting as if none of this had ever happened, is pointing fingers at other countries who have been faithfully supporting the WHO and at the WHO itself,” the Chinese Embassy in Washington D.C…
Call for ban on British armed forces supplies from China and Russia
The government is facing calls from MPs to ban Russia and China from any involvement in supplying equipment to Britain’s armed forces. ( read original story …)
‘Politics was always in the room.’ WHO mission chief reflects on China trip seeking COVID-19’s origin
Lab accident hypothesis, while ‘extremely unlikely,’ has not been ruled out, says Peter Ben Embarek after returning from 4-week investigation. ( read original story …)
China’s top 5 infrastructure projects set to cost US$131 billion, but overall investment set to drop amid debt fears
China turned to its old playbook to drum up growth amid the coronavirus outbreak by boosting investment spending on infrastructure projects, but that has also added to overall debt levels. ( read original story …)
WHO investigator claims China refused to hand over key Covid information
There is growing controversy over a World Health Organization investigation into the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic after one of its members said China had refused to hand over key data, and the US ……
Cruz: WHO’s COVID report covering up for China is ‘shameful’
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) did not hold back his repugnance of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) recent report claiming that COVID-19 did not originate in a laboratory subsidized by the Communist … ( read original…
UK Says It Shares U.S. Concerns Over WHO COVID-19 Mission to China
British foreign minister Dominic Raab said he shared concerns about the level of access given to a World Health Organisation COVID-19 fact-finding mission to China, echoing criticism from the United … ( read original story…
Coronavirus: in China, packed cinemas and deserted trains mark ‘surreal’ Lunar New Year
Latest instalment in the Detective Chinatown movie franchise sets revenue records in first few days of holidays. ( read original story …)
Beijing registers strong recovery in Spring Festival tourist visits
Tourists are swarming back to Beijing’s major attractions, with the visitor numbers during the first three days of the Spring Festival holiday bouncing back to 91 percent of the 2019 level despite … ( read…
A W.H.O. Researcher on His Trip to China Seeking Origins of the Virus
An interview with Peter Daszak, an animal disease specialist, just after his return from an investigative research mission to Wuhan, the site of the original Covid outbreak, and surrounding areas. ( read original story …)
