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Wuhan, the pandemic’s first epicenter, may have had 10 times as many COVID-19 cases as were reported, a study from China’s CDC suggests
Official numbers put infections in Wuhan at 50,000, but a report from China’s CDC suggested 480,000 people in the city have coronavirus antibodies. ( read original story …)
China’s foreign minister wants Beijing’s relationship with Australia
China’s foreign minister Wang Yi has hinted at a possible truce in the bitter year-long trade war between Beijing and Australia. ( read original story …)
China clamps down lid of secrecy on quest to find coronavirus origins
More than a year since the first known person was infected with the coronavirus, an AP investigation shows the Chinese government is strictly controlling all research into its origins, clamping down … ( read original…
Xi’s China Crafts Campaign to Boost Youth Patriotism
Under the Chinese president, patriotic education has become sharper and more widespread. Slick videos on social media with a nationalistic message are notching millions of views. ( read original story …)
China Looks To Cartoons, Social Media To Form A Patriotic Generation
Efforts to instill patriotism in China’s youth have gotten smarter, reaching outward through social media and cartoons. ( read original story …)
These 2020 blockchain tech developments have set the stage for 2021
All the work that went on throughout the crypto winter has paid off in 2020, with leaps forward in scalability, interoperability, privacy and more. ( read original story …)
China Is Suppressing Research on COVID Origins on Xi Jinping’s Orders, Documents Show
The internal documents show China’s president has ordered that all coronavirus research must be approved by a task force before publication. ( read original story …)
Ten Hong Kong fugitives captured at sea jailed up to three years by Shenzhen court, two other underage suspects handed to city’s police
Tang Kai-yin and Quinn Moon, convicted of organising the illegal border crossing, sentenced to three and two years, respectively. ( read original story …)
Shenzhen begins free COVID-19 vaccination program
Shenzhen’s free COVID-19 vaccinations, starting this week for high-risk groups, are warmly welcomed by locals. Workers related to frontline epidemic control, healthcare service, public transport and … ( read original story …)
Bullish China Vows Continued Push for Taiwan ‘Unification’ in 2021
Beijing will continue to actively push for Taiwan’s “unification” with China in 2021 despite a year of “unprecedented conflict,” its Taiwan Affairs Office said Wednesday. Hinting at the United States … ( read original story…
Special Report-Nuns arrested as Beijing turns up heat on Church in Hong Kong
By Greg Torode HONG KONG (Reuters) – In a high-walled Art Deco villa in the Hong Kong suburbs of Kowloon, the Vatican operates an unofficial diplomatic mission, its only political outpost of any … (…
Xi says China, EU investment deal will offer better business environment
China’s President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday an investment deal with the EU will offer bigger markets and a better business environment for both Chinese and European investments, the official Xinhua … ( read original…
