“Playing a central role in the implementation of China’s foreign policy objectives, China has witnessed remarkable growth in its trade and investment in many African countries since the turn of the … ( read original…
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Trump was briefed that China sought to pay non-state actors to attack US forces in Afghanistan
President Donald Trump received information earlier this month that China sought to pay non-state actors to attack American forces in Afghanistan, a senior administration official said. ( read original story …)
China clamping down on research into origins of COVID-19 pandemic
More than a year after the first known COVID-19 cases broke out in China, Beijing is clamping down on research into the pandemic’s origins, while actively promoting fringe theories that it could have … (…
E.U. and China agree to investment pact despite concern about forced labor, objections from U.S.
The European Union and China reached an agreement in principle Wednesday on a long-stalled investment pact, a diplomatic victory for China and a snub to the incoming Biden administration, which had … ( read original…
EU, China leaders seal long-awaited investment deal
Top European Union officials and Chinese President Xi Jinping concluded a business investment deal Wednesday that will open big opportunities to European companies, but has … ( read original story …)
The U.S. General Who Steered China Right
Driving on the left had the mark of British imperialism—and it was bad for Detroit. ( read original story …)
Wuhan, the pandemic’s first epicenter, may have had 10 times as many COVID-19 cases as were reported, a study from China’s CDC suggests
Official numbers put infections in Wuhan at 50,000, but a report from China’s CDC suggested 480,000 people in the city have coronavirus antibodies. ( read original story …)
China’s foreign minister wants Beijing’s relationship with Australia
China’s foreign minister Wang Yi has hinted at a possible truce in the bitter year-long trade war between Beijing and Australia. ( read original story …)
China clamps down lid of secrecy on quest to find coronavirus origins
More than a year since the first known person was infected with the coronavirus, an AP investigation shows the Chinese government is strictly controlling all research into its origins, clamping down … ( read original…
Xi’s China Crafts Campaign to Boost Youth Patriotism
Under the Chinese president, patriotic education has become sharper and more widespread. Slick videos on social media with a nationalistic message are notching millions of views. ( read original story …)
China Looks To Cartoons, Social Media To Form A Patriotic Generation
Efforts to instill patriotism in China’s youth have gotten smarter, reaching outward through social media and cartoons. ( read original story …)
China Is Suppressing Research on COVID Origins on Xi Jinping’s Orders, Documents Show
The internal documents show China’s president has ordered that all coronavirus research must be approved by a task force before publication. ( read original story …)
Ten Hong Kong fugitives captured at sea jailed up to three years by Shenzhen court, two other underage suspects handed to city’s police
Tang Kai-yin and Quinn Moon, convicted of organising the illegal border crossing, sentenced to three and two years, respectively. ( read original story …)
