The [Wall Street Journal]’s Jonathan Cheng speaks by phone about China’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. ( read original story …)
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8,000 Quarantined in China Amid New Coronavirus Infections: Live Coverage
Officials have also imposed new travel restrictions in northeastern China. Cuts and outsourcing have left France scrambling for medical gear needed to fight a pandemic. ( read original story …)
Du Wei, Chinese Ambassador to Israel Found Dead at His Home, Said China Was Made Scapegoat for Pandemic
“Historical experience also shows that pandemic is accompanied by conspiracies,” Du Wei had said in a Friday statement. ( read original story …)
Beijing’s severe COVID-19 cases drop to zero: official
Nurse Gao Qi checks health condition for a patient at Beijing Ditan Hospital in Beijing, capital of China, May 11, 2020. Beijing Ditan Hospital is one of the capital’s designated hospitals for … ( read…
China’s Wuhan nearly doubles number of COVID-19 tests per day
The city of Wuhan, where the new coronavirus outbreak originated in China, conducted 222,675 nucleic acid tests on May 16, the local health authority said on Sunday, nearly doubling from a day earlier … (…
Senior Medical Advisor in China Warns of Second Wave, Says Country is ‘Not Better Than the Foreign Countries’
“The majority of Chinese [citizens] at the moment are still susceptible to the COVID-19 infections, because of a lack of immunity,” Dr. Zhong Nanshan said. ( read original story …)
Police in China, Dubai, and Italy are using these surveillance helmets to scan people for COVID-19 fever as they walk past and it may be our future normal
Temperature-scanning $7,000 helmets can catch people running a fever. But experts are skeptical about how helpful temperature scanning will really be. ( read original story …)
China says opposed to latest U.S. rules against Huawei
China’s commerce ministry said on Sunday it is firmly opposed to the latest rules by the United States against Huawei and will take all necessary measures to safeguard Chinese firms rights and … ( read…
China’s ambassador to Israel found dead in Tel Aviv home: police
China’s ambassador to Israel was found dead in his home in a Tel Aviv suburb on Sunday, an Israeli police spokesman said. ( read original story …)
Shenzhen sees divorce rate soar as COVID-19 epidemic ebbs
The city of Shenzhen in South China’s Guangdong Province has seen divorce numbers soar as the COVID-19 epidemic ebbs. According to the online marriage booking system of the Shenzhen civil affairs … ( read original…
The coronavirus exposed US reliance on India for generic drugs. That supply chain all hinges on China
India gets around 68% of its raw materials — known as active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) — from China. Any disruption in that supply chain can create a major problem, especially during a … ( read…
China urges food companies to boost supplies on fears of further COVID-19 disruption
China has asked trading firms and food processors to boost inventories of grains and oilseeds as a possible second wave of coronavirus cases and worsening infection rates elsewhere raise concerns … ( read original story…
Tibetans demand China disclose fate of boy taken away in ’95
BEIJING (AP) — Tibet’s self-declared government-in-exile marked the 25th anniversary of the disappearance of a boy named as Tibetan Buddhism’s second highest figure by calling on China on … ( read original story …)