The Chinese government’s top diplomat State Councillor Wang Yi on Sunday said China is prepared to discuss with other countries procedures for mutual recognition of COVID-19 vaccinations, and that it … ( read original story…
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China’s top diplomat says Hong Kong needs electoral reform for ‘brighter future’
The Chinese government’s top diplomat State Councillor Wang Yi on Sunday said the electoral system in Hong Kong must be improved for long-term stability, saying reform would bring about a “brighter … ( read original…
Beijing prepared to accept the pain to ‘fix’ Hong Kong, observers say
Beijing is ready to face the short-term pain and possible backlash from the West to reform Hong Kong’s political system, which it sees as a chink in China’s national security armour, mainland … ( read…
China says hopes U.S. will remove ‘unreasonable’ restrictions on cooperation
The Chinese government’s top diplomat, Wang Yi, said on Sunday that Beijing willing to communicate with the United States on the basis of mutual respect and hopes Washington will remove all … ( read original…
China at least 30 years away from becoming manufacturing ‘great power’: former minister
China is at least 30 years away from becoming a manufacturing nation of “great power”, a former industry minister said on Sunday, despite boasting the world’s most complete industrial supply chains. ( read original story…
China exports spike to highest in decades after Covid-19 hit
China’s export growth jumped to the highest in over two decades, official data showed Sunday, with imports also surging in a sharp bounceback from the coronavirus outbreak that had brought activity to … ( read…
China February exports post record surge from COVID-19-depressed 2020 levels
China’s February exports grew at a record annual pace from a year earlier when COVID-19 battered the world’s second-biggest economy, customs data showed on Sunday, while imports rose less sharply. … ( read original story…
China exports jump 60.6% y/y in January-February, imports up 22.2%
China’s exports jumped 60.6% in January-February from a year earlier and imports increased 22.2%, faster than expected from depressed 2020 levels, customs data showed on Sunday. ( read original story …)
Winter Olympics: Is it time to boycott Beijing 2022?
Ever since its inception the Chinese Communist Party has known the power of sport in aggrandising its image on the world stage. In 1959, a young man called Rong Guotuan won the gold medal at…
China has built the world’s largest navy. Now what’s Beijing going to do with it?
Chinese President Xi Jinping donned military fatigues and boarded a People’s Liberation Army Navy destroyer in the South China Sea. ( read original story …)
China faces huge climate and tech challenges in its bid for global leadership
China’s leaders are finalizing their political and economic agenda for the rest of 2021 and beyond. How the country achieves technological independence and tackles the climate crisis will be near the … ( read original…
Study of Aggressive Covid-19 Strain in Brazil Suggests Limits of China Vaccine
A small-scale study found plasma from eight people vaccinated with CoronaVac failed to efficiently neutralize the Amazonian strain of the coronavirus known as P.1 that is now ravaging Brazil. ( read original story …)
China could soon outgun U.S. in western Pacific, Indo-Pacific chief says
China could soon be emboldened to try to “forcely change ” the existing order in the western Pacific, the head of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said. As its rapidly advancing military approaches … ( read original…
