China is trying to spread doubt about the effectiveness of Western vaccines and the origin of the coronavirus as a World Health Organization-selected team of scientists is in the city where the pandem … (…
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China pushes fringe theories on COVID-19 pandemic origins, vaccines
Some worry that when the state pushes fringe theories, it encourages poor public health policy by fostering skepticism about the virus. ( read original story …)
This Wuhan man criticized China’s handling of COVID-19. A year later, he’s still isolated
A year after Wuhan brought the coronavirus to the world’s attention, resident Zhu Tao, a critic of the Chinese government, is more isolated than ever. ( read original story …)
Zimbabwe, beset by soaring COVID-19 cases, gets vaccine offers from Russia, China
Russia and China have approached Zimbabwe about supplying vaccines to tackle its escalating COVID-19 outbreak amid concern about Harare’s ability to afford the shots, with plans for meetings with … ( read original story …)
Has China Done Too Well Against Covid-19?
Within weeks of the new coronavirus’s emergence last year, China began to report a dramatic drop in the number of confirmed cases. Then it put in place a “zero-infections” policy: The detection of … (…
Soldiers injured in fresh border skirmish between India and China
India and China share an unofficial frontier that stretches 2,200 miles. Last June, the deadliest border conflict between the two countries in five decades killed 20 Indian soldiers and caused an … ( read original…
Beijing’s ominous Taiwan ‘signal’ to Biden administration
Beijing has sent a none too subtle “signal” to the new Biden administration to take a step back from former President Donald Trump’s hard ball tactics against China. ( read original story …)
China’s Xi calls for unity in first remarks of Biden era, warns against ‘arrogant isolation’
Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s comments come less than a week after the inauguration of U.S. President Joe Biden. ( read original story …)
Nine workers found dead after 11 rescued weeks since China mine explosion
Eleven others were rescued Sunday after being trapped for two weeks, and one person is still missing at the gold mine in Shandong province. ( read original story …)
9 workers found dead in China mine explosion raising death toll to 10
Eleven others were rescued a day earlier after being trapped underground for two weeks at the mine in Shandong province. One person was still missing. ( read original story …)
A China With More Clout Awaits Biden at the WTO
President Biden has said he plans to work with allies to keep pressure on China, but at the World Trade Organization the U.S. will be facing a rival in Beijing that has become a more…
EXPLAINER: How Taiwan figures in US-China ties under Biden
It didn’t take long for relations with China to become an issue for new U.S. President Joe Biden. A show of force by the Chinese air force off Taiwan last weekend prompted a U.S. response,…
Nine workers found dead in China mine explosion after 11 rescued
Eleven others were rescued Sunday after being trapped for two weeks, and one person is still missing at the gold mine in Shandong province. ( read original story …)
