China touts its fighter jets as symbols of military capability, but those jets have long had a major shortcoming: a lack of quality engines.
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How Beijing shot itself in the foot with its trade war with Australia
Much to the chagrin of the Beijing bureaucracy, Australian trade is booming, driving a rapid turnaround from the COVID-inspired crunch that crippled the global economy last year, writes Ian Verrender.
China plans to build more bio labs amid scrutiny in Wuhan
China is planning to build dozens of biosafety level three labs and one biosafety level four lab over the next five years.
China’s State Media Blasts ‘Risky Provocation’ of U.S. Senators’ Taiwan Visit on Military Plane
“We should not allow the US-Taiwan relations to break through because they will get bolder and intensify their provocation in the future,” the Global Times’ editorial board wrote Sunday.
Coronavirus: infected Hong Kong teen unlikely to be tied to Shenzhen cluster involving same Alpha variant
Genetic tests on samples from the two places find significant differences. Girl’s mother is among seven new cases and is likely to be carrying the strain.
Social Media Post That Angered Beijing on Tiananmen Anniversary May Have Been Celebrating Friday
A Chinese social media startup, Xiaohongshu, had its social media account shut down following a post on the anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown on Friday, the Wall Street Journal …
‘Hold the sand’: The battle to tame China’s deserts
After a hard morning planting fresh shoots in the dunes on the edge of the Gobi Desert, 78-year-old farmer Wang Tianchang retrieves a three-stringed lute from his shed, sits down beneath the fiery …
US senators promise vaccines for Taiwan amid China tension
The U.S. will give Taiwan 750,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine, part of President Joe Biden’s move to share tens of millions of jabs globally, three American senators said Sunday, after the self-ruled …
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics: CMG works with Beijing government to develop 8K technology
A media campaign for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics launched on Saturday. China Media Group (CMG) signed an agreement with the Beijing Winter Olympics Committee to cooperate on publicity of the …
Chinese Visit Houhai Lake in Beijing, China
Chinese enjoy a day paddling rental boats on Houhai lake, once used exclusively by the Yuan Dynasty’s royal family, in Beijing on Sunday, June 6, 2021. China has one of the largest domestic tourism …
Chinese Walk Past a UNIQLO in Beijing, China
Chinese shoppers walk past a Fast Retailing’s clothing chain UNIQLO in Beijing on Sunday, June 6, 2021. UNIQLO has come under harsh criticism and clothing boycotts due its use of cotton allegedly …
U.S. senators promise vaccines for Taiwan amid China row
The U.S. will give Taiwan 750,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine, part of President Joe Biden’s move to share tens of millions of jabs globally, three American senators said Sunday.
Social media account of China’s Xiaohongshu goes dark after Tiananmen anniversary post
A social media account for popular Chinese e-commerce site Xiaohongshu, or “Little Red Book,” was unavailable on Sunday, after it issued a post on Friday, the anniversary of the 1989 crackdown on …
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