The China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 jet crashed Monday in China’s southern Guangxi province, and a search and rescue mission found no survivors.
Monthly Archives For March 2022
China is close to Russia, but it has looked to Ukraine for military technology
Former Soviet republic supplied the PLA Navy’s first aircraft carrier, missile systems and a fighter jet prototype.
Latest count of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide at 1500 GMT, March 26
The following are the latest updates on the COVID-19 global confirmed cases in hardest-hit countries by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University at 1500 GMT, March 26 …
Beijing confirms all on board China Eastern plane died in crash
China confirmed late on Saturday that all 132 passengers and crew on a China Eastern Airlines plane that crashed this week had died …
China says no survivors in plane crash with 132 on board
Chinese authorities have officially declared that there were no survivors in the crash of a China Eastern 737-800 earlier this week with 132 people on board …
All 132 on crashed China Eastern plane confirmed dead
All 132 people aboard the plane that crashed into a mountainside in southern China this week have been confirmed dead, the country’s civil aviation authority said Saturday.
China logs 1,280 new local COVID-19 cases
The Chinese mainland reported 1,280 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, according to the National Health Commission. Out of new local infections, 1,122 were reported in the …
Beijing’s key pollution reading down 33 percent in Jan-Feb
Beijing saw the reading for a primary air-pollution index fall 33.3 percent year on year in the first two months of this year, official data showed. The city’s average concentration of PM2.5 was 34 …
China must be punished for supporting Russia
In spite of all the destruction, there is something positive that could come out of the conflict, indirectly related to Russia and Ukraine — the resetting of China’s diplomatic and trade relationship …
With the US dollar’s dominance in question, here’s how China’s yuan could become a global reserve currency — and why it wouldn’t be all bad
“But whether the yuan could be perceived as a store of value — a safe haven during uncertainty or war — that is a much more difficult thing.” …
Myanmar and China jointly produce Covid-19 vaccines
Myanmar launched the production of Myancopharm Covid-19 vaccines in Yangon this week at the Myanmar Pharmaceutical Industry (MPI) in collaboration with China.
China’s Shanghai records a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases
Shanghai on Saturday saw a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases, with 2,231 new asymptomatic cases, hitting a record. Officials said Shanghai won’t close its hospital emergency departments unless necessary, …
Ukraine crisis: Beijing halts energy deal with Moscow
Sinopec stops a US$ 500 million project with a Russian petrochemical company. China fears secondary sanctions from the US and its allies if it helps the Kremlin. Nothing indicates that Beijing is back …
