President Joe Biden touted the significant green spending in his multitrillion-dollar infrastructure plan as a means to better compete with China on clean energy technologies.
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China seeks stronger ties in South Asia with united Covid-19 front
Beijing fears rise in coronavirus cases in India could flow over into neighbouring countries and China, observers say.
Biden talks tough on China in first speech to Congress
President Joe Biden took aim at China in his first speech to Congress on Wednesday, pledging to maintain a strong U.S. military presence in the Indo-Pacific and promising to boost technological …
Ships steer clear as oil spill clean-up continues off China’s Qingdao port
Ships steered clear of A Symphony on Thursday as an oil spill clean-up in the Yellow Sea near the Chinese port city of Qingdao continued, two days after a collision between the tanker and a…
China reports 20 new mainland COVID-19 cases vs 12 a day earlier
China reported 20 new mainland COVID-19 cases on April 28, up from 12 cases a day earlier, the country’s national health authority said on Thursday. The National Health Commission said in a statement …
2 dead, 16 injured in stabbing at kindergarten in China
A knife-wielding man broke into a school in southern China on Wednesday and killing two children and wounding 16 others, according to local authorities. A man with the last name of Zeng, 24, began …
‘Fuel on the fire’: war of words between Australia and China stokes tension
Scott Morrison wants to ‘pursue peace’ but ‘drums of war’ speeches from his government have raised hackles …
Beijing considers China-US exchange after America declares easing of pandemic entry rules
Foreign ministry did not commit to a reciprocal arrangement but said Beijing would ‘push for safe and orderly personnel exchanges’.
Two children die in stabbing at China kindergarten
Two children have died and 16 other people have been wounded after a man entered a kindergarten with a knife in southern China, state media report.Two of the wounded are in a serious condition after…
EU lawmakers vow to kill China investment deal over Beijing’s sanctions
Reject the agreement ‘to show once and for all that the EU is not just a supermarket but rather has principles’, says a French member of the European Parliament.
China’s Sinovac and Sinopharm consider mixing COVID-19 vaccines, adding booster shots
TAIPEI: Chinese vaccine makers are looking at mixing their jabs and whether a booster shot could help better protect against COVID-19. Sinovac …
The coronavirus films showing people in Wuhan at its darkest hour, and the human side of China’s fight against the pandemic
Documentary films Wuhan Wuhan and 76 Days, both produced outside China from footage captured by local videographers, show the human side of the country’s fight against the pandemic.
China Approaching ‘Population Crisis’ as Numbers Fall for First Time Since 1960, Economist Predicts
Chinese officials are set to begin releasing their once-a-decade comprehensive census data in the coming weeks.
