Beijing capped an exciting year of preparations for the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 with the release of the Games’ official sports pictograms, which were inspired by traditional … ( read original story…
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China OKs 1st homegrown vaccine as COVID-19 surges globally
BEIJING (AP) — China authorized its first homegrown COVID-19 vaccine for general use Thursday, adding another shot that could see wide use in poorer countries as the virus surges back around … ( read original…
Beijing Covid outbreak: Citizens locked down throughout Spring Festival period
CHINESE health authorities have issued lockdown notices in parts of Beijing after reports of a new coronavirus outbreak. ( read original story …)
‘No need to panic,’ China official says of coronavirus variants
There is no sign new coronavirus variants will affect the immune impact of a vaccine that China has just authorised for public use, a disease control official was quoted as saying on Friday. The ……
China sees EU investment deal as diplomatic coup after US battles
EU Comprehensive Agreement on Investment and a potential geopolitical coup for Washington, as it excluded Beijing. But Donald Trump, Mr Obama’s successor, abandoned the TPP on his first full working … ( read original story…
China December new home prices slow, private survey shows
Prices of new homes in China rose at a slower pace in December, with tightening policies continuing to cool the market, a private survey showed on Friday, but price growth in 2020 still topped the…
China detects first case of new coronavirus variant found in Britain
Countries around the world have cut off travel links to Britain to stop the spread of the new variant, which scientists have said is 40-70 per cent more transmissible than the original virus. The ……
US investigating unconfirmed intel that China offered bounties on American troops
The Trump administration is declassifying intelligence, so far unconfirmed, that indicates China offered bounties to non-state actors to attack American soldiers in Afghanistan, according to a senior … ( read original story …)
Beijing reports five locally transmitted COVID-19 cases
A medical worker is seen at a quarantine hotel in Shunyi District of Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 31, 2020. (Xinhua/Chen Zhonghao) BEIJING, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) — Beijing reported five new locally … ( read…
Tsai credits Taiwan for virus wins, notes China’s threats
Taiwan’s president is hailing the island’s progress in containing the coronavirus pandemic and growing the economy while facing military threats from China … ( read original story …)
Crowds fill streets in China’s pandemic-hit Wuhan to celebrate New Year
Large crowds took to the streets at midnight on Friday in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, celebrating the arrival of 2021 after a year marred by a deadly pandemic that killed thousands there and…
NYSE says starting process to delist 3 China telco companies
The New York Stock Exchange is starting the process of delisting securities of three Chiense telecom companies, China Telecom Corporation Limited, China Mobile Limited and China Unicom (Hong Kong) … ( read original story …)
Crowds fill streets in China’s pandemic-hit Wuhan to celebrate the New Year
Large crowds took to the streets at midnight on Friday in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, celebrating the arrival of 2021 after a year marred by a deadly pandemic that killed thousands there and…
