Beijing tells Southeast Asian foreign ministers that it supports the bloc’s intervention but does not want outsiders ‘meddling’ in Myanmar’s internal affairs …
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U.K. Blood-Clot Cases; Beijing Vaccination Drive: Virus Update
Beijing plans to have vaccinated all adults by the end of May. Subscribe to a daily update on the virus from Bloomberg’s Prognosis team here. Click CVID on the terminal for global data on cases…
China’s Dangerous Double Game In North Korea
China certainly doesn’t want to see North Korea weakened and the United States strengthened on the Korean Peninsula. But neither does it want the balance to tip so strongly toward North Korea that the …
EU Urges China to Ensure Freedom of Speech After BBC Journalist Leaves Country
The European Union on Friday called on China to ensure freedom of speech and the press after a British Broadcasting Corporation journalist in China relocated to Taiwan saying he had suffered threats …
Russia and China are beating the U.S. at vaccine diplomacy, experts say
What it did offer was to support Beijing’s “core interests” and oppose interference in its “internal affairs” — language China has used to defend against criticism over Hong Kong’s autonomy and …
Ohio Lt. Gov. bashes China on coronavirus, won’t address Trump
Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted on Thursday continued to insist that in calling it the “Wuhan virus,” he was only raising questions about the Chinese government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic — not …
Dominique Perrault Architecture Wins Competition for Shenzhen’s Institute of Design and Innovation
The new campus will form part of a larger site serving the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) which will accommodate over 4000 students. Inspired by the Chinese character «-», the …
China intensifies Xinjiang propaganda push as global backlash grows
China has intensified claims that it faced a serious “terrorist” threat in Xinjiang as Beijing remained locked in a stand-off with western capitals over its sweeping security clampdown on Muslim …
Her Uyghur friend disappeared. Now this Boston woman is on a mission to draw attention to China’s ‘genocide’
WASHINGTON – About five years ago, a doctor and medical researcher named Imamjan Ibrahim left Boston for Xinjiang, China, to visit his parents. He never returned. Now, friends and acquaintances fear …
The U.S. isn’t losing to Russia and China on vaccine diplomacy. It’s not even playing.
What it did offer was to support Beijing’s “core interests” and oppose interference in its “internal affairs” — language China has used to defend against criticism over Hong Kong’s autonomy and …
The U.S. isn’t losing to Russia and China on vaccine diplomacy. It isn’t even playing.
Although Beijing and Moscow deny it, experts say they are beginning to see how the strategy of selling or donating their vaccines abroad is allowing them to expand their influence.
China aims to vaccinate entire city in 5 days after outbreak
China has largely eradicated local transmission of COVID-19 and quickly rolls out strict measures whenever a new cluster emerges. This is the first time China has tried to vaccinate an entire city …
Bitcoin price surge may be driving up interest in China’s digital yuan, central bank says
Interest in China’s digital yuan project could in part be driven by the surging price of bitcoin, said the People’s Bank of China (PBOC). A number of central banks around the world are exploring …
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