Around 50 Mars missions have been launched globally so far since 1960. Yet more than half of them have failed to reach the planet some 55 million kilometers away from the Earth. So Mars probe,…
Monthly Archives For May 2021
China calls for U.N. council action, slams U.S.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has called on the U.N. Security Council to seek an early de-escalation of violence between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers. He also blamed the U.S. for the council’s …
China urged to push ahead with controversial property tax as ‘inevitable’ solution to local debt crisis
Proposed taxation on property owners in China, which will eventually cover ordinary Chinese households, has received strong opposition for the past decade.
Everest: China closes its side of mountain over Covid fears, as climbers start to scrap expeditions
China has suspended its spring climbing season from the Tibetan side of Mount Everest, the state-run Xinhua News Agency said on Saturday, and climbers have begun to scrap their expeditions on the …
Xinjiang at the Bundestag, Moon meets Biden, Sea results
The week will bring quarterly results from several big mainland Chinese companies, as well as another rocket launch to build China’s Tiangong space station. Thursday’s rocket will deliver the second …
As Xi offers vaccines to Tokyo Olympics, China hopes to avoid a boycott of Beijing’s 2022 Winter Games
Olympics, we look at at why China is pledging its support for the Games to go ahead. Given the long history of rivalry between China and Japan, the phone call has raised some eyebrows –…
China closes its side of Everest over Covid fears, as climbers start to scrap expeditions
China has suspended its spring climbing season from the Tibetan side of Mount Everest, the state-run Xinhua News Agency said on Saturday, and climbers have begun to scrap their expeditions on the …
Business wants negotiation with China, not war: Innes Willox
The nations peak industry association has urged the federal government to calm tensions with China through negotiation, common sense and diplomacy, but not at the expense of Australias national …
Mainland China reports 18 new COVID-19 cases, up from 14 a day earlier
In its daily bulletin, the National Health Commission (NHC) said four of the new cases were local infections in the northeastern province of Liaoning. The rest originated overseas.
China’s COVID-19 control cranked up after sporadic cases reported
The more than 100,000 people who were given nucleic acid tests in Feixi County in east China’s Anhui Province on Saturday tested negative for COVID-19.
Why business blames Canberra for the China mess
Australians doing business with China are frustrated with Beijing’s trade coercion and terrified at the prospect of war, but many blame Scott Morrison and not Xi Jinping for the disintegration in …
China’s Liaoning reports one new locally transmitted COVID-19 case
Northeast China’s Liaoning Province reported one new confirmed locally transmitted COVID-19 case in the first 12 hours of Sunday in the provincial capital Shenyang, according to the provincial health …
Nearly 393 million COVID-19 vaccine doses administered across China
More than 392.9 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been administered across China as of Saturday, the National Health Commission said Sunday. Copyright 1995 – 2021 . All rights reserved. The …
