A Beijing divorce court has ordered a man to compensate his wife for the housework she did during their marriage, in a landmark ruling. . The case has generated a huge debate online over the…
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US senators asked to draft legislative package to ‘outcompete’ China, invest in alliances like India
US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has asked his Democratic colleagues to draft a legislative package to “outcompete” China, create new American jobs and invest in strategic partners and … ( read original story …)
CanSinoBIO files application in China for COVID-19 vaccine approval
CanSinoBIO said the interim analysis of data from its multi-country trial showed that its candidate, known as Ad5-nCoV, has an efficacy rate of 65.28% at preventing all symptomatic cases and 90.07% at … ( read…
Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt stresses ‘urgency’ in countering China on artificial intelligence as US-China tech war continues
The US is ‘one or two years ahead of China, not five or 10’ and ‘the Chinese are well ahead in areas like face recognition,’ said former Google CEO Eric Schmidt. ( read original story…
China’s bid to stop Wuhan COVID-19 spread cut deaths elsewhere from other causes – study
HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/CHINA:China’s bid to stop Wuhan COVID-19 spread cut deaths elsewhere from other causes – study … ( read original story …)
Lanzhou University in China develops the world’s first global COVID-19 prediction system
China’s Lanzhou University has developed the world’ first forecast system which is able to predict a COVID-19 pandemic outbreak in more than 190 countries and regions around the world. The system was … ( read…
Bad news for Shenzhen housing speculators as officials steer home prices below market levels
Shenzhen unveils ‘reference prices’ at below market rates for more than 3,595 residential estates in the city, potentially squeezing mortgage loan valuations and chilling demand from homebuyers. ( read original story …)
China’s Mars craft enters parking orbit before landing rover
China says its Tianwen-1 spacecraft has entered a temporary parking orbit around Mars in anticipation of landing a rover on the red planet in the coming months … ( read original story …)
Canada’s parliament says China committed genocide against Muslim minorities
Canadian lawmakers have overwhelmingly approved a non-binding motion accusing China of committing genocide against its Muslim minorities in the western region of Xinjiang, further straining ties … ( read original story …)
Blockchain tech can seriously disrupt the digital ad scene
Technologies have come and gone but experts are reckoning that blockchain could be the one to disrupt digital ad spending the most. ( read original story …)
Coronavirus: China’s reckless laboratories put the world at risk
The Chinese Communist Party is obsessed with viruses. Its army of scientists claim to have discovered almost 2,000 new viruses in a little over a decade. It took the past 200 years for the rest…
Poverty road in China drives some to riches, leaves others behind
At his village along a “poverty alleviation road” in Hunan province, farmer Liu Qingyou shares a booklet detailing how Xi Jinping’s government has hoisted him and 100 million other Chinese from the … ( read…
China’s poverty eradication: what has been achieved?
China’s poverty line is around $2.30 a day — slightly above the World Bank’s lowest threshold of $1.90 but below what is recommended for measuring higher income countries. Local officials have gone … ( read…
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