A blogger who made comments about Chinese soldiers who died in a Himalayan border clash with Indian troops last year has been sentenced to eight months in jail. Qiu Ziming, (38), was found guilty of…
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China faces strains as population ages, birth rate falls
China’s leaders are easing limits on how many children each couple can have, hoping to counter the rapid aging of Chinese society …
China’s central bank tries to stop surge in currency’s value
China’s central bank is trying to restrain the surging exchange rate of its currency, temporarily backtracking in efforts to make the tightly controlled yuan more flexible and market-oriented. On …
Sinopharm’s Wuhan affiliate boosts COVID-19 shot annual capacity to 1 bln doses
A Wuhan-based affiliate of China National Pharmaceutical Group (Sinopharm) said the start of operations at a new factory will raise the annual production capacity of its COVID-19 vaccine to at least 1 …
WHO Rolls Out New Way Of Naming Covid-19 Coronavirus Variants
Covid-19 coronavirus variants. And there is certainly more than one iota of a reason for this change. As the number of Covid-19 coronavirus variants continues to increase, so does the need for an …
China warns the US it could meet its Waterloo over Biden-ordered probe into Wuhan lab leak theory
China has accused Joe Biden of ‘arrogance’ and a dangerous provocation by launching an investigation into the Wuhan lab (inset, and left, Chinese President Xi Jinping).
US Experts Urge China’s Cooperation in Finding Covid-19 Origins, Warn of Possible ‘Covid-26, Covid-32’
Two senior US disease experts on Sunday said the world needs China’s cooperation in tracing the origins of Covid-19 to prevent future pandemic threats. According to Scott Gottlieb, a commissioner of …
India-China border: Blogger jailed for ‘slandering’ soldiers who died in clash
A blogger who made comments about Chinese soldiers who died in a Himalayan border clash with Indian troops last year has been sentenced to eight months in jail. Qiu Ziming, (38), was found guilty of…
China’s Robinhood rivals pile into the crypto craze as they look to compete overseas
Futu and Tiger Brokers said they are applying for licenses in Singapore and the U.S. that will allow local customers to trade cryptocurrencies.
Update: Chinese mainland reports 11 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases
A medical worker puts on protective suit before work at a COVID-19 nucleic acid test point in Liwan District of Guangzhou, south China’s Guangdong Province, May 27, 2021. (Xinhua/Deng Hua) BEIJING, …
Delhi-Colombo-Beijing triangle undergoes another shift
Chinese grip over Sri Lanka is getting tighter and the challenges for India will continue to mount.Get latest Politics online at cnbctv18.com …
Growth in China home prices to sustain momentum in 2021
China’s home prices are expected to grow faster this year than anticipated a few months earlier fuelled by hot demand in major cities and easy liquidity, despite Beijing’s heightened cooling measures, …
China reports 23 new coronavirus cases on May 31 vs 27 previous day
China on Tuesday reported 23 new coronavirus cases in the mainland for May 31, versus 27 a day earlier, the health authority said.