Illustration: Sebastian Vega The National Institutes of Health and a high-profile grant recipient are at odds over the reporting and handling of a potentially risky coronavirus study in China.
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China submits new emissions pledge to UN with modest increase in commitments
China, the world’s biggest polluter, has made only a small improvement in its emission-cutting plan formally submitted to the UN on Thursday, just days before the start of a crucial G20 leaders …
Pixel Deep: How Localized ‘Reskins’ Shaped China’s Early Gamers
In the 1980s and 1990s, Chinese elements in games were synonymous not with cultural confidence but with rushed, half-hearted localizations and cheap knock-offs known as huanpi, or “reskins.” The first …
Exclusive: China plays a key role in equitable COVID-19 vaccine access: Gavi Board chairman
Courtesy of José Manuel Barroso. China plays a key role in promoting equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines against the thr …
Taiwan Won’t Solely Rely on U.S. to Come to Its Defense If China Invades, Must Help Itself
“…if any friends or other groups can help us…we’re happy to have it, but we cannot completely depend on it,” Taiwanese Defense Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng said.
Washington bans China phone carrier
US regulators are expelling a unit of China Telecom Ltd., one of the country’s three major state-owned carriers, from the American market as a national security threat amid rising tension with Beijing …
Rare plea for help as China’s zero tolerance for COVID-19 hits border town
Ruili, in the province of Yunnan, has faced some of the toughest curbs in the country under Beijing’s zero-tolerance policy, as a key international transit point for southwest China, following …
CBA Roundup: Guangdong rallies past Shenzhen for 6th straight win, Xinjiang snaps skid
ZHUJI, China, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) — Veteran center Yi Jianlian made a return as the Guangdong Southern Tigers repeated their season-opening victory over the Shenzhen Aviators 106-90 to start the 2021-22 …
China declines to speed emissions cuts in UN pledge ahead of COP26
Chinese leaders are sticking with a prior target to bring the country’s carbon emissions to a peak before 2030, according to documents filed with the United Nations Thursday under the Paris climate …
New SMIC fab in Shenzhen to produce DDI, PMIC
China’s Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) has unveiled more details about its new 12-inch fab project In Shenzhen, such as the fab’s initial focus on the manufacture of display driver …
China Blasts Taiwan’s Acknowledgement of U.S. Military Presence
China on Thursday lashed out at Taiwan after its president confirmed the presence of U.S. military trainers on the island nation, issuing new threats of apparent military action at a time of perhaps …
Taiwan’s President says the threat from China is increasing ‘every day’
The leader of Taiwan, the island thrust into the center of rising tensions between the United States and China, said the threat from Beijing is growing “every day,” as for the first time she confirmed…
