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Monthly Archives For August 2021
New virology lab from China to increase Brunei’s COVID-19 testing capacity: health ministry
A new virology laboratory from China will increase Brunei’s capacity to process up to 5,000 COVID-19 swab tests a day, Brunei’s Ministry of Health said on Wednesday. To increase the testing capacity …
Beijing Curtails Expansion of After-School Classes
Beijing education authorities announced on Tuesday that no more after-school training institutions will be approved for teaching primary and middle school students whose parents are pushing them to …
China’s Gasoline Exports Fall to 14-Month Low on Tight Quota
China’s overseas shipments of gasoline slumped to the lowest in 14 months after refiners exhausted most of their allocated export quotas.
Four years ago today we had a China policy
The longer the Biden administration waits on China, the less it can do. And if too much time goes by, doing less might start to look like the goal.
China’s business operations in Africa may have a human rights problem
A new report says Africa has the second highest number of allegations of human rights abuse recorded against Chinese companies operating abroad from 2013 to 2020.
The right attitude towards the tracing of the COVID-19 origins
Like most countries in the world, China has offered cooperation during the first stage of COVID-19 origins tracing. It has the legal ground to oppose the politicized second round.
China Needs Property, Inheritance Taxes to Realize ‘Common Prosperity,’ Expert Says
China will need property and inheritance taxes to achieve the “common prosperity” that President Xi Jinping spoke of at a finance and economic meeting yesterday, according to a leading expert in …
Coronavirus: Shenzhen plan to relax quarantine rules for Hong Kong visitors gets mixed response from business community
Proposal would allow travellers to spend part of their two-week isolation period at home. But while some say there is little difference between being stuck in a hotel and at home, others hail it as…
Passengers Wear Masks at Check-in at Airport in Beijing, China
Passengers wear mandatory face masks while waiting in a massive queue to check-in their flights at Beijing’s international airport on Wednesday, August 18, 2021. China is once again imposing draconian …
Passengers Wear Full Body PPE at Airport in Beijing, China
Passengers wear full body personal protective equipment (PPE) while transiting through Hong Kong’s international airport on Wednesday, August 18, 2021. Hong Kong remains on high alert for the threat …
Beijing 2022: Bruce Tasker appointed bobsleigh team leader for Winter Olympics
Olympic bronze medallist Bruce Tasker is named team leader for the British Bobsleigh programme for the 2022 Games in China.
With complex hopes and fears over Afghanistan, China likely to treat Taliban “as an equal”
He pointed to the potential for destabilization of China’s economic influence in Afghanistan, and worries that the return of the Taliban could also mean terrorist insurgents crossing the border into …
