China’s catering industry was one of the biggest drags on output in the first quarter, leading the world’s second-largest economy into its first contraction in decades as the coronavirus brought … ( read original story…
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Russia And China Behind Internet ‘Hijack’ Risk: Here’s How To Check You’re Now Secure
Is the internet traffic to and from your device at risk from a Russian or Chinese state-backed hijack? Here’s how to check. ( read original story …)
New South China Sea Standoff: Chinese Ship Tags Malaysian Oil Exploration Vessel
The most recent skirmish occurred Friday when a Chinese survey vessel was observed “tagging” areas near where Malaysia’s state oil firm Petronas is operating. ( read original story …)
China set to cut benchmark rate after first GDP contraction on record: analysts
China is widely expected to cut its benchmark lending rate on Monday to provide further support for the-hit economy, which shrank for the first time on record in the first quarter, a Reuters survey of…
The coronavirus outbreak might be nearly over in China, but economic hardship is not
China’s GDP shrank 6.8% in the first quarter of 2020, the first contraction since at least, 1992, when the country began releasing such figures. ( read original story …)
After Eight Weeks of Lockdown, China’s Capital City Beijing is Getting Back on its Feet
But, now from a recent social media post by Michael Pettis, who is a Finance Professor at Peking University, it looks like some essence of normalcy has returned to its capital city Beijing. In a…
‘Seeing a bright side’ in China: High school seniors reveal signs of COVID recovery
Teenagers Lily Chen and Steven Song are among the rare few to have experienced the global COVID-19 pandemic from virus hot zones on two continents. ( read original story …)
China mandates coronavirus tests for key public workers leaving Wuhan
China ordered on Saturday that anyone in Wuhan working in certain service-related jobs must take a coronavirus test if they want to leave the city. The order comes after the central city, where the ……
China Is Part of the ‘New Axis of Evil,’ Must Be Held Accountable for Pandemic, Senator Blackburn Says
We know they caused the COVID virus,” Blackburn said. “They did this by hiding information, by lying about what was happening. ( read original story …)
Asia Today: China fights new infections, Japan cases rise
China has reported 27 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 as it tries to stem an upsurge in infections in a northeastern province bordering Russia … ( read original story …)
China accused of downplaying coronavirus
Watch “China accused of downplaying severity of coronavirus”, a CBSN video on CBSNews.com. View more CBSN videos and watch CBSN, a live news stream featuring original CBS News reporting. ( read original story …)
Coronavirus live updates: China reports no new deaths, global cases total more than 2.2 million
China’s National Health Commission reported 27 new confirmed cases and no additional deaths as of April 17. Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in China, added 325 confirmed cases and … ( read original…
China reports 27 new coronavirus cases, death toll at 4,632 after data revisions
Three of the new cases were imported, according to the health ministry. The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the country reached 82,719, an increase of 300 from the number reported the … (…
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