BEIJING: Beijing has reached temporary herd immunity and its COVID outbreak is nearing an end, a city health official said Tuesday, in another sign China’s unprecedented virus wave is …
Monthly Archives For February 2023
China leads the world in counterfeit, pirated products -U.S. report
China leads the world in counterfeit and pirated products, the office of U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Katherine Tai said in a reporton Tuesday which identified WeChat, China’s most popular chat …
China Successfully Clones ‘Super Cows’ for First Time Ever
Chinese scientists successfully used cloning technology to combat its dependence on imported dairy cows. Scientists from China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region recently cloned three Holstein Friesian …
NATO chief warns that Putin winning in Ukraine would signal to China it can achieve its goals through ‘brute force’
“Beijing is watching closely. And learning lessons that may influence its future decisions,” NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg warned.
South Korea eyes early lifting of Covid-19 visa curbs on travellers from China
The government said it could consider removing the restriction on short-term visas for travellers from China before February-end if Covid cases in China is manageable.
Nation plays crucial role in global fight against COVID-19
For Li Jun, vice-president of the Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, fighting COVID-19 was a war on two fronts. In April 2020, after battling an epidemic in his home province, Li led a …
Russia is aiming for $200 billion of trade with China as it backs ‘no limits’ partnership with Beijing
Russia is aiming for $200 billion of trade with China this year as it seeks to take its partnership with the Beijing to a “new level,” officials said. Trade between China and Russia hit an…
John Kirby: We Don’t Want War, But The U.S. Is “Poised To Win” Competition With China
NSC spokesman John Kirby comments on rumors of possible wars with Iran and China during an interview Monday with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer. WOLF BLITZER, CNN: In a new memo, a top U.S. Air Force General…
Mao’s former barefoot doctor recalls sole foreign takeover of Chinese bank
Opportunity to buy control of a bank in China, home to the fast economic growth in the world, was certainly appealing, Shan Weijian says in new book Money Machine Jiang Zemin and his government …
Column-China’s manufacturing activity rises as COVID wave ebbs: Kemp
China’s manufacturing activity has started to increase as the coronavirus epidemic wanes, after the country abandoned its suppression strategy that severely disrupted the economy with a series of city …
Italy eases anti-COVID measures for travellers from China
Italy will loosen its anti-COVID controls for travellers arriving from China, making swabs random rather than mandatory at its airports, a document seen by Reuters on Tuesday showed.