The European Union signaled it won’t ratify an investment agreement with China as long as its officials are sanctioned in a clash with Beijing over alleged human rights abuses, as the bloc set out …
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G7 foreign ministers refrain from taking concrete action against China
Group condemns human rights abuses but individual countries are left free to decide what action to take …
G7 scolds China and Russia over threats, bullying, rights abuses
The Group of Seven scolded both China and Russia on Wednesday, casting the Kremlin as malicious and Beijing as a bully, but beyond words there were few concrete steps aside from expressing support for …
Coronavirus origin could be revealed within months if China released all data, WHO adviser says
If China granted investigators full access to resources and data allowing for a thorough investigation into the coronavirus, experts could conceivably know its true origin in just a matter of months, …
G-7 calls out China over rights at virus-shadowed meeting
Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven wealthy industrialized nations on Wednesday accused China of human rights abuses and economic mischief, but offered little concrete action to deal with an …
China Reveals Multiple Double Mutant COVID Cases in Country
Three businessmen returning from India via Nepal tested positive on arrival in southwest China last month, according to a field note published in “China CDC Weekly.” …
Beijing sees strong tourism rebound during May Day holiday
Beijing has seen a robust recovery in tourism as it received more than 8.4 million tourists during the five-day May Day holiday that ended Wednesday, local authorities said. The figure marks an …
Ex-Communist Party insider blasts Beijing after mockery of India’s pandemic
A Chinese dissident and former Communist Party insider is speaking out against Beijing after a government agency mocked the surge in COVID-19 cases in India on social media. Cai Xia, a former …
NASA Hails China Space Travel As ‘Unifying Force,’ But U.S. Law Bans Alliance
“Exploration is a global endeavor, each milestone contributing to humanity’s understanding of the universe, and we look forward to China’s contributions to increased scientific understanding,” NASA …
COVID-19 cases imported from India ‘unlikely’ to spark cluster infections in China
China has reported at least 18 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases imported from India or involving Indian citizens as of Wednesday, and a source from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention …
Three Chinese returnees suspected of contracting COVID-19 variant
A China CDC Weekly article has reported that three COVID-19 patients carrying B.1.617, a coronavirus variant first identified in October 2020 in India, flew from Nepal to SW China’s Chongqing …
Perception vs reality: Covid-19 relief supplies from China are purchases not aid
Not a single medical equipment imported to India is a ‘grant’ from China. But, Chinese envoy to India Ambassador Sun Weidong hasn’t once mentioned in his tweets that they are commercial purchases.
EU plans tightening foreign investment, with eye on China
The European Union is planning to tighten rules on foreign investment in its 27 members and boost production autonomy for sensitive strategic goods, two measures bound to hit China — amid already …
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