Since Beijing outlined plans to turn Hainan into a free-trade port, Chinese unable to travel overseas due to the coronavirus have flocked to the island to buy duty-free goods. ( read original story …)
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The Chinese National Medical Products Administration granted conditional market approval to a recombinant novel coronavirus vaccine that requires only one shot. Developed by a research team led by … ( read original story …)
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The Philippines has received 600,000 vaccine doses from China, kickstarting the country’s inoculation drive despite concerns over the Sinovac jab’s effectiveness. President Rodrigo Duterte, whose … ( read original story …)
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Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque did not give the cost of 600,000 doses of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine that the Chinese government donated to the Philippines, saying such donation cannot be … ( read original story …)
China’s hero doctor Li Wenliang was punished for telling truth about coronavirus
In the botched handling of the tragic death of Li Wenliang, the Chinese doctor who sounded the alarm on coronavirus, authorities seem to want it both ways. ( read original story …)
Some local Beijing communities start giving elderly COVID-19 shots
Some local communities in Beijing have started giving COVID-19 vaccine doses to people older than 60, even as the city’s disease-control authorities publicly advises this age group against inoculation … ( read original story …)
Beijing using Covid-19 to obstruct foreign journalists: media group
China is using the Covid-19 pandemic as “yet another way to control journalists”, a press group said Monday, warning that Beijing has introduced extra surveillance and restrictions for health reasons … ( read original story…
‘Inferior’ women: China counters Uighur criticism with explicit PR attacks
China, under growing global pressure over its treatment of a Muslim minority in its far west, is mounting an unprecedented and aggressive campaign to push back, including explicit attacks on women who … ( read…
China could target economic growth of above 6% this year, says economist
Larry Hu of Macquarie Group shares the three things he’s watching for in China’s annual “Two Sessions” political meetings taking place in March. ( read original story …)
China to develop tech to deal with misbehaving apps, plug personal information leaks
China will improve detection technologies to find information protection “loopholes” as more effort is being made this year to regulate the country’s huge mobile app market, the information technology … ( read original story …)
Suning Hits Limit Up as Shenzhen Gov’t-Backed Firms Invest USD2.3 Billion to Prop Up Ailing Retailer
(Yicai Global) March 1 — Shares in Suning.com shot up by the exchange-imposed daily limit today after it was announced that two investment firms backed by the Shenzhen government will pay CNY14.8 … ( read…
China Seen Cutting Local Government Bond Quota to Curb Debt
China is set to reduce local government bond sales and rein in its budget deficit this year, scaling back the pandemic stimulus measures that fueled debt while helping the economy recover. ( read original story…
