China published rules on Saturday for reviewing foreign investment on national security grounds, potentially broad measures that it insisted did not amount to protectionism. The review system … ( read original story …)
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China to vaccinate high-risk groups over winter and spring, health official says
Zeng Yixin, vice minister of China’s National Health Commission (NHC) and director of State Council’s vaccine R&D working group, warned that China’s Covid-19 prevention efforts were under increasing … ( read original story …)
The Latest: China to begin vaccinating front-line workers
China says it will soon begin coronavirus inoculations for workers in health care, transport and border control. The vice minister of the National Health Commission says the government is prioritizing … ( read original story…
China reports 17 new COVID-19 cases vs 12 a day earlier
Mainland China recorded 17 new COVID-19 cases on Dec. 18, up from 12 a day earlier, the country’s health authority said on Saturday. ( read original story …)
China to vaccinate ‘key groups’ over winter, spring: official
China will focus first on vaccinating high-risk groups over the winter and spring before widening the inoculation to the general public, a senior health official said on Saturday. ( read original story …)
China to begin COVID-19 inoculations for front-line workers
China will soon begin coronavirus inoculations for workers in health care, transport and border control, a senior official said Saturday. Vice Minister of the National … ( read original story …)
Zoom Executive in China Charged With Disrupting Tiananmen Memorials
Federal prosecutors accused a China-based executive at the U.S. company of conspiring to disrupt videoconference commemorations of the crackdown on the 1989 democracy protests. ( read original story …)
Tennis-2021 WTA season to begin in Abu Dhabi; Auckland, Shenzhen events scrapped
(Reuters) – The WTA will kick off its 2021 season in Abu Dhabi from Jan. 5-13 but tournaments in Auckland and Shenzhen will not take place this year, tour organisers said on Saturday as they…
Zoom employee ‘blocked Tiananmen events for China’
US prosecutors have charged a former Zoom employee with disrupting video meetings marking the anniversary of the 1989 crackdown on protests in Tiananmen Square on behalf of China’s government.The … ( read original story …)
Zoom Executive Accused of Disrupting Calls at China’s Behest
U.S. prosecutors have charged a company executive based in China with conspiring to terminate online meetings about the Tiananmen Square massacre. ( read original story …)
Coronavirus: Cambodia ‘not shunning’ China vaccines
Cambodian Ministry of Health says report misquoted Prime Minister Hun Sen as saying country would not buy supplies from China. ( read original story …)
Coronavirus: can China recover from diplomacy missteps made during the pandemic?
This is the fourth story in a 15-part series on the Covid-19 disease, one year after it first emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan. It explores how China has fared on the world stage,…
China rethinks the Jack Ma model
The often outspoken Jack Ma, Alibaba’s founder, recently paid a high price for another public jab at regulators. Days after Mr Ma likened traditional banks to pawnshops and labelled the existing … ( read original…
