China’s navy is hoping to “practise” its military skills on the British aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth as it sails through the tense and contested waters of the South China Sea, the country’s state …
Monthly Archives For July 2021
China’s Red Cross provides 150,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Syria
A total of 150000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine provided by the Red Cross Society of China RCSC to Syria left Beijing on Wednesday …
Senators press President Biden to take new steps to uncover origins of COVID-19
A bipartisan group of senators is urging President Joe Biden to take new steps to uncover the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic amid resistance from China for additional access and data. “Identifying …
U.S. top diplomat meets with WHO chief, backs study into COVID-19 origins
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with the head of the World Health Organization on Wednesday and affirmed U.S. support for the global health body’s plans to conduct additional studies into …
U.S. lawmakers blast Coca-Cola, Visa and other sponsors of Beijing Olympics
A bipartisan panel in the U.S. Congress on Tuesday blasted U.S.-based corporate sponsors of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, including Coca-Cola, Visa Inc and Airbnb, accusing them of putting profits …
China’s New Ambassador to U.S. Is ‘Willing to Ruffle Feathers’
Qin Gang rose from working for a foreign news agency to becoming a trusted aide to Xi Jinping, China’s top leader.
Biden nominates Huawei prosecutor for key China export post
U.S. prosecutor Thea Kendler, an attorney on the criminal case against China’s Huawei and its Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou, will be nominated for a Commerce Department post vital to …
Crypto exchange Huobi’s China-based entity set for dissolution
The company creditors have since been requested to forward their claims to the liquidation team as the exchange prepares to deregister …
Myanmar seeks int’l help as corona bites
YANGON: Junta authorities in Myanmar are seeking help from the international community to tackle the coronavirus, state media said on Wednesday, as the impoverished country looks beyond ally China in …
Glavin: Beijing poised to seize the climate change agenda — and everyone will pay the price
After having ransacked the economies of the world’s liberal democracies and wrecked what is still quaintly called the “rules-based international order,” Xi Jinping’s police state in Beijing has now …
‘Will Never Allow Any Force to Use Afghanistan Against China’: Taliban Assures Beijing
Foreign Minister Wang Yi met Mullah Baradar at Tianjin and sought to prevail on him to build a “positive image and establish a broad and inclusive political structure that suits Afghanistan’s national …
As Russia Talks Nuclear Weapons with U.S., It Forges Closer Military Ties with China
Russia’s military chief said Moscow and Beijing have found “new ways of interaction and continued fruitful collaboration,” while his Chinese counterpart said the two have “maintained strong and …
Li-Ning Wants to Be China’s Biggest Skate Brand. Industry Legend Erik Ellington is Here to Help
Li-Ning, the Chinese athletic brand known for its basketball shoes, is crossing over to skateboarding with the help of skate legend & designer Erik Ellington.
