China President Xi Jinping on Saturday said the country is facing tough challenges as it enters a new phase in its Covid-19 response. Xi made these remarks while addressing the nation new year, …
Monthly Archives For January 2023
China Accuses U.S. of Distorting Facts After Aircraft Clash
The U.S. military said on Thursday that a Chinese Navy J-11 fighter jet had come within 10 feet (3 metres) of a U.S. air force RC-135 aircraft on Dec 21, forcing it to take evasive…
Xi Jinping’s credibility ‘badly wounded’ as China’s Covid death toll mounts
As an unparalleled coronavirus outbreak swept through China in December, President Xi Jinping remained mostly silent on the health crisis in the world’s most populous country. But during an annual pre-recorded New Years Eve address…
Crypto collapses, Mone’s masks and golden goodbyes: the 2022 Observer business awards
The Conservative peer’s peerless public service work, Sam Bankman-Fried’s strange love life and Elon Musk, as usual, feature highly in this year’s prestigious honours list …
China’s buy-up of Britain sees £1bn in dividends flow back to Beijing
Arms of Xi Jinping’s state have snapped up stakes in many UK businesses in recent years. Experts fear that the long-term aim is growing economic control for Beijing …
National security law: how a ruling from Beijing on use of overseas lawyers in sensitive court cases could affect Hong Kong’s legal system
Legal experts outline implications for city’s legal system after Beijing said chief executive and committee could decide on use of overseas lawyers.
Covid infections down in Pakistan: Spain imposes Covid tests for China arrivals
ISLAMABAD: The number of everyday Covid-19 tests has spiked in Pakistan as it registered another dozen corona virus cases with no fatality during the last 24 hours (Friday), showed the statistics …
Xi calls for unity as China enters ‘new phase’ of COVID policy
Chinese President Xi Jinping called on Saturday for more effort and unity as the country enters a “new phase” in its approach to combating the pandemic, in his first comments addressed to the public …
Talking Markets: China’s Real-Estate Recovery May Take Longer to Emerge
China’s embattled property market is seeing some green shoots of recovery, but the sector may have to wait longer for a revival in investor confidence.
China’s Huawei sees “business as normal” as the effects of US sanctions lessen
Huawei predicted it’s 2022 revenue would remain unchanged, indicating that the sales decrease brought on by US sanctions had stopped …
Thousands Celebrate the New Year in Wuhan Amidst China’s COVID Wave
Thousands gathered in central Wuhan on Saturday night to count down to the start of what many hoped would be a much better year after a “tough” 2022 filled with lockdowns and in December a…
Xi Jinping calls for ‘perseverance’ in China’s COVID-19 battle
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday called for unity and perseverance in his New Year’s address as the country battles another COVID-19 surge.
Sunak’s U-turn on China Covid tests is a political move, say scientists
Chief medical officer Chris Whitty told health secretary Steve Barclay there was no evidence tests on travellers would have any effect