Beijing residents urged to stay indoors as temperatures rise above 40C for third consecutive day
Monthly Archives For June 2023
Beijing’s record high temperatures prompt authorities to urge people to limit time outdoors
Beijing and parts of northern China are experiencing record temperatures, with authorities urging people to limit their time outdoors.
Declassified intelligence report on COVID-19 origins inconclusive
The report does confirm some researchers at China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology did become sick leading up to the COVID-19 outbreak. But it finds employees fell ill with symptoms “consistent with but not diagnostic of…
Without naming ‘China’, PM Modi, US send strong message to Beijing
Although ‘China’ was not categorically mentioned during the whole state visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the United States, there was a ‘strong’ signal sent to Beijing, in a quiet and subtle way.
Zambia has struck a debt deal with China and other major creditors. How will it work?
Beijing is the African country’s biggest bilateral lender and has not taken any haircuts as part of the agreement.
Russia Disarray Means a Moment of Uncertainty in Beijing
Armed rebellion in Russia makes real Beijing’s biggest fear surrounding the invasion of Ukraine: that it risked destabilizing its closest partner against the West.
Extreme Floods and Heat in China Ravage Farms and Kill Animals
China’s leader has made it a national priority to ensure the country can feed its large population. But weather shocks have disrupted wheat harvests and threatened pig and fish farming.
Declassified report shows Covid-19 origins remain a mystery, despite Wuhan lab researchers falling sick in 2019
US intelligence agencies weren’t able to determine whether researchers at laboratory in Wuhan, China, who fell sick in the fall of 2019 were infected with Covid-19, which soon spread around the world, …
REDC pegs IPO price at P5/share
Repower Energy Development Corp., a subsidiary of Pure Energy Holdings Corp., has set its final offer price at P5 per share, according to a regulatory filing yesterday.
US intel community remains divided on COVID-19 origins, intelligence report shows
Some American spy agencies think the COVID-19 pandemic was caused by a lab accident; others think it naturally transmitted from animals to humans.
No direct proof Covid-19 stemmed from Wuhan lab leak, US intelligence says
The declassified report from US intelligence agencies concludes that there is no direct evidence linking the Covid-19 pandemic to the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China. The Office of the …
U.S. intell report on COVID-19 origins rejects some points raised by lab leak theory proponents
U.S. officials released an intelligence report Friday that rejected some points raised by those who argue COVID-19 leaked from a Chinese lab, instead reiterating that American spy agencies remain …
Intel community releases declassified info on COVID-19 origins and Wuhan lab
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence released declassified intelligence on the Wuhan lab and its likely links to the origins of COVID-19 on Friday night.
