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Calls for new Covid-19 origins inquiry amid concerns China withheld data from WHO-led team
WHO Investigators to Scrap Plans for Interim Report on Probe of Covid-19 Origins
A World Health Organization team investigating how the coronavirus first spread is scrapping plans for an interim report on its recent mission to China as tensions mount between Beijing and Washington … ( read original…
Beijing says disagreements are ‘normal’ and US and China can coexist as global powers
China and the United States can coexist as major global powers but they must learn to respect each other and not go down the wrong path of confrontation and rivalry, the spokesman for the Chinese…
South China Sea fury: Germany’s move in region after Beijing’s ‘no new Cold War’ warning
SOUTH CHINA SEA tensions rose after Germany confirmed it would sail a warship across the contested waters, despite Beijing warning the US and EU “not to launch new cold wars” on the world stage. (…
US-China relations: Biden containment plan requires Beijing respond with ‘grand strategy’
China has a window of opportunity within the next two years to develop a “grand strategy” to defend itself against new containment policies under the Biden administration, Chinese academics say. The … ( read original…
How China’s Massive Corruption Crackdown Snares Entrepreneurs Across The Country
Chinese officials boast their campaign against “evil” has busted over 50,000 supposed criminal organizations, but experts warn it has served another function: consolidating power. ( read original story …)
China Becomes First Country With 1,000 Billionaires: Report
The 10th edition of the Hurun Global Rich List, published by Shanghai-based Hurun Report, has Tesla CEO Elon Musk at the top for the very first time among the world’s 3,228 known billionaires. ( read…
White House calls for ‘new approach’ to national security challenges to ‘prevail’ in competition with China
President Biden is calling for a “new approach” to national security to “strengthen” the United States’ advantages and “prevail in strategic competition with China,” warning that Beijing is the “only … ( read original story …)
1st LD-Writethru: China’s poverty line higher than World Bank benchmark: spokesperson
China’s poverty line is higher than the World Bank’s 2015 benchmark of 1.9 U.S. dollars per person per day, a spokesperson for the annual session of China’s national legislature said on Thursday. ( read original…
Hong Kong’s vanishing freedom on the agenda as China’s annual congress begins
China’s rubber-stamp parliament will propose ways to “improve” the electoral system to ensure there are “patriots governing Hong Kong,” the body’s spokesperson Zhang Yesui said Thursday. ( read original story …)
Beijing restaurant owner sentenced to eight months in prison for breaking COVID-19 quarantine rule
A restaurant owner surnamed Xie from Beijing’s Daxing district has been sentenced to eight months in prison and one year probation for breaking COVID-19 quarantine rules, a court announced on … ( read original story…
Hostility to Beijing drives Chinese gold diggers into new territory
Chinese gold companies pay higher premiums * Gold assets in developed world are more expensive, Chifeng says * Chinese acquisitions get more scrutiny in Canada, Australia * Chin … ( read original story …)
Hong Kong stocks slip as China banking chief warns of asset bubbles, old-economy companies suffer on index revamp plan
Hong Kong stocks dropped, erasing earlier gains as China’s financial markets regulator expressed concerns about asset bubbles and old-economy stocks declined on concern an overhaul of the benchmark … ( read original story …)
