Data was withheld from World Health Organization investigators who travelled to China to research the origins of the coronavirus epidemic, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on …
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Beijing cuts Hong Kong’s directly elected seats in radical overhaul
Measures are passed to increase Beijing’s control of city, including vetting of election candidates …
How Beijing is tightening its grip on Hong Kong’s legislature
Beijing has reduced the amount of directly elected seats in Hong Kong’s legislature, likely increasing the mainland government’s grip on the island’s politics. “The election system is completely …
Washington is keeping the pressure on Beijing
The big question after US President Joe Biden was elected was whether he would change former US president Donald Trump’s China policies. Since his inauguration, Biden has lived up to the general …
WHO criticises China’s data-sharing as it releases Covid origins report
The head of the World Health Organization has criticised China’s sharing of data at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic in Wuhan as the WHO unveiled the results of its investigative mission …
WHO chief calls out China’s lack of transparency ahead of joint mission report on virus origins
The remarks, made in at a briefing to member states, came just hours before a news conference to issue a report from the Chinese and international team tasked with probing the origins of the …
Soccer stars speak out on China’s Uyghurs — and pay a price
Some European soccer stars have used their fame to raise awareness of China’s campaign against Uyghur Muslims. At least one has paid a steep price for speaking out.Why it matters: The Chinese …
Data withheld from WHO team probing COVID-19 origins in China: Tedros
China refused to give raw data on early COVID-19 cases to the WHO-led team, one of the team’s investigators has already said, potentially complicating efforts to understand how the global pandemic …
China, WHO joint research to boost global cooperation in COVID-19 origin tracing: spokesperson
The spokesperson made the remarks after WHO released a report earlier on Tuesday on the joint research with China on the global tracing of COVID-19 origins. Enditem …
Colonial diplomat’s sympathetic view of 1950s Hong Kong in Corona Series of far-flung corners of the British Empire
Written as decolonisation of the empire beckoned, the well-respected Harold Ingrams ‘might have sought a life in China’ had he ‘not already been wedded to the Arabs’.
More Ride-Hailing And Food Delivery IPOs Are In The Works
While Deliveroo prepares to make its stock market debut next month, more firms in the delivery and ride-hailing space are thrashing out plans to go public.
China to finally to give COVID-19 vaccines for senior citizens but only a single jab
China’s population of 60 years and above crossed 260 million, according to official data released recently. NHC in its first official COVID-19 vaccination guidelines on Monday, suggesting seniors aged …
WHO releases report on COVID-19 origin-tracing joint study with China
The World Health Organization on Tuesday released a report on their joint study with Chinese experts in Wuhan on COVID-19 origin-tracing. As a part of global scientific research on the origin of the …
