Double Asian Games taekwondo bronze medallist Deepak Bista, who carried the Nepal flag at the Opening Ceremony of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing and is a four-time South Asian Games champion, is among …
Monthly Archives For March 2022
Millions in China’s northeast placed under COVID-19 lockdown
China has imposed stay-at-home orders on millions more people in the country’s northeast, as it tries to tackle its biggest coronavirus outbreak in two years. The country has largely kept the virus at …
China reports 1st COVID-19 death in a year amid the ongoing COVID-19 wave driven by the Omicron
Omicron has threatened China’s Zero COVID policy as it battles the worst COVID-19 wave in 2 years. Cases driven by the Omicron mutant variant has been forcing major cities in China into lockdowns. Now …
AP Exclusive: US admiral says China fully militarized isles
China has fully militarized at least three of several islands it built in the disputed South China Sea, arming them with anti-ship and anti-aircraft missile systems, laser and jamming equipment and …
Durbin says China’s Xi must decide his place in history
Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said on Sunday that Chinese President Xi Jinping will need to decide what his place in history will be amid Beijing’s seemingly neutral stance on Russia’s …
China strives to win long-term battle against virus with more targeted measures
The daily tally of COVID-19 cases in China remained high over the weekend, with 3,803 infections being reported in the Chinese mainland on Sunday, involving 21 provincial-level localities. The Omicron …
China locks down millions more as COVID-19 spreads
Jilin, the second-biggest city in Jilin province, will lock down about 4.5 million inhabitants for three days from Monday night, local authorities announced. More than 4,000 new infections were …
Is this the beginning of fourth Covid wave? Areas around China witness 40% rise in new cases
In particular, since the beginning of this year, the epidemic situation in China’s neighbouring countries and regions has been increasingly volatile. Since March this year, the average number of daily …
Shenzhen to resume work ‘orderly’; firms poised to make up for ‘lost’ capacity
Authorities in Shenzhen, South China’s Guangdong Province announced on Sunday that starting on Monday, the major tech hub will resume work and production activities orderly and implement …
China’s Shenzhen to resume normal work, production from Monday
Government offices, enterprises, and businesses in the southern Chinese metropolis of Shenzhen are set to resume normal work and production from Monday as the latest COVID-19 resurgence subsides, …
Liam Hickey returns home to N.L. with a silver medal from Beijing
Despite his initial disappointment, Hickey said it was still a special experience to win another Paralympic medal.
Japan PM visits Cambodia, also one of China’s key partners
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has visited Cambodia for talks with the country’s longtime leader to deepen relations and promote calls for the rule of law in one of the Southeast Asia’s closest …
China is making new billionaires much faster than the U.S.
China has been producing new billionaires — especially female billionaires — much faster than any other country in the world. Yes, but: The U.S., second by a large margin, produces billionaires and …
