For the first time in nearly three years, flights from mainland China are back in the air. But governments in a number of destination countries haven’t exactly rolled out the red carpet.In Italy, the …
Monthly Archives For December 2022
Crematoriums Crammed With Caskets Hint at Scale of China’s COVID Horror
Uncertainty surrounding the scale of China’s COVID-19 outbreak has led the United States and others to impose soft travel restrictions on Chinese passengers.
How China Is Using Vladimir Putin
China and Russia squandered their chance to defeat the West when they became bitter rivals during the Cold War. Today, their presidents—who are expected to confer again this week—are trying to correct …
From China With Love
Xi Jinping said his country and Vladimir Putin’s Russia are friends with “no limits.” The reality is more complicated.
Oil hit by China Covid fears; European natural gas prices dip below pre-Ukraine war levels – business live
Oil prices fall amid fears over a Covid wave from China, while European wholesale gas prices hit 10-month low on Wednesday …
Coronavirus: as China reopens borders, which countries are rolling out new travel restrictions?
The US, Japan, India and Italy are among the handful of nations tightening measures for visitors from the world’s second-biggest economy amid fears of new Covid wave.
A lack of information on China’s COVID-19 surge is stirring global concern
There have been no reports of new variants to date, but China has been accused of not being forthcoming about the virus since it first surfaced in the country in late 2019.
The 18th ICIF opens in Shenzhen to seek global cultural cooperation
The ICIF is the first cultural fair in China recognized by the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry (UFI). Since its inception in Shenzhen in 2004, the fair has seen a continuous increase in …
COVID in Beijing ‘peaks’ as hospitals, funeral homes fill up
Chinese officials Wednesday claimed that COVID cases in Beijing have ‘peaked’ following the reversal of strict policies, but hospitals and funeral homes are struggling to keep up.
China sends second Shiyan-10 test satellite sent into orbit with its final launch of 2022
China has conducted its 64th and final launch of the year, sending the Shiyan-10 (02) into orbit from Xichang spaceport.
New era of competition and conflict: How US brands China as a respectable adversary
Possibly, Washington does not desire an eye-ball-to-eye-ball situation vis a vis China, as the two nations sit on either side of the Pacific Ocean, though distanced by thousands of miles …
Mixed reactions among Beijing residents as China rolls back Covid policies
China has rolled back some of its strictest Covid-19 restrictions as the country moves away from its “zero-Covid” policy, but the easing of restrictions is drawing mixed reaction from Beijing …
China Responds to U.S. Covid Testing Rule With a Collective Shrug
The U.S. travel rule drew a muted response in a country grappling with outbreaks and where mass, regular Covid testing was up until recently a daily reality for many millions of people.