Thursday started the roughly two-week travel rush ahead of the holiday that falls this year on Feb. 12, a time when trains and other transportation are usually packed with migrant workers taking what … (…
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China reports a growing shortage of factory workers
The government’s fourth-quarter list of 100 jobs with the greatest labor shortage showed manufacturing-related positions accounted for 36, or more than a third. ( read original story …)
Oil slips on tightening COVID-19 curbs, especially in China
Oil prices slid in early trade on Thursday on fresh worries about weakened fuel demand, after England clamped down on travel and China, the world’s second-largest oil consumer, also sought to limit … ( read…
In multiple messsages, Biden warns Beijing over expansionism
One week into the job, US President Joe Biden has sent a clear warning to Beijing against any expansionist intentions in East and Southeast Asia. Those comments and others sought to emphasize that the ……
U.S. reviewing China genocide ruling to make sure it sticks
The U.S. State Department is reviewing a Trump administration determination that China has committed genocide by repressing Uighur Muslims in its Xinjiang region to make sure that it sticks, President … ( read original story…
New U.S. secretary of state favors cooperation with China despite genocide of Uighurs
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday, his first full day in the job, that he favored cooperation with China on climate change and other issues of shared concern, even as he ……
With China’s treatment of Muslim Uighurs determined to be genocide, Biden Administration under pressure to act
Newly confirmed Secretary of State Antony Blinken did not hesitate to say that China’s treatment of its Uighur and Muslim minority populations is genocide. ( read original story …)
This is Asia’s top-performing economy in the Covid pandemic — it’s not China
Few economies grew in 2020 when lockdown measures around the world to contain the coronavirus brought much economic activity to a halt. ( read original story …)
China Reports 54 New COVID-19 Cases in Mainland Vs 75 a Day Earlier
The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the mainland fell to 54 on Jan. 27, the National Health Commission said in a statement, down from 75 a day earlier. It was the lowest single-day…
AutoX Launches Driverless Roboaxis In Shenzhen
AutoX announced today that their fully driverless robotaxi pilot program is open to the public in Shenzhen, China. ( read original story …)
The Biden Administration Is Already Calling on China to Do More on Climate Change
Until a couple weeks ago the U.S. openly derided almost any effort to tackle climate change. Now, it’s calling on China to do more … ( read original story …)
Is China Using Anal Swabs to Test for COVID-19?
China has started to use anal swabs in order to test for COVID-19. Health officials in China have started using anal swabs in certain situations to test people for COVID-19. In January 2021, social ……
China rolls out anal swab coronavirus test, saying it’s more accurate than throat method
The new testing protocol comes ahead of the country’s largest holiday, when billions of trips are normally made nationwide. ( read original story …)
