China said it dispatched ships and planes to track the U.S. guided-missile destroyer John S. McCain as it passed near Chinese-held islands in the South China Sea. ( read original story …)
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Xinjiang Camps: US Blocks Some Goods From China Over Slave Labor Concerns
The Trump administration, in its latest trade action against China, restricted the import of some Chinese goods made in the western province of Xinjiang, accusing their makers of using forced labor. ( read original story…
Professor charged in China case sues Harvard over legal fees
A Harvard University professor charged with hiding his ties to a Chinese-run recruitment program has sued the Ivy League school over its refusal to pay his legal defense costs … ( read original story …)
Singapore Man Sentenced to Prison for Spying for China in US
A Singapore man has been sentenced to 14 months in prison for spying for China by passing to the Chinese government valuable but unclassified military and political information he had duped Americans … ( read…
China claims coronavirus broke out in world’s various parts last year; it only reported first
China, besides denying the US allegations that COVID-19 has emerged from a bio-lab in Wuhan, also rejected that it emanated from a wet market in the central Chinese city from bats or pangolins before ……
China joins WHO-backed vaccine plan that White House spurned
China said Friday that it will join a World Health Organization-backed effort to distribute novel coronavirus vaccines, boosting a major public health initiative the White House pointedly rejected. ( read original story …)
China is doubling down in the global push for a coronavirus vaccine
The global race to develop a coronavirus vaccine is gathering pace but, much to the chagrin of President Donald Trump, caution exercised by US drug makers and regulators has put China out in front. (…
Mainland China reports 15 new COVID-19 cases vs 21 a day earlier
Mainland China reported 15 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus on Oct. 9, down from 21 a day earlier, the country’s national health authority said on Saturday. All the new cases were imported ……
China’s CCTV to air Game 5 of NBA Finals after one-year ban
China’s CCTV announced that it will broadcast Game 5 of the NBA Finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and Miami Heat on Friday, the first NBA broadcast in the country in more than a year.…
A tiny COVID-19 drug study in China was echoed across the globe. But so far, medication found not to save lives.
Though the drug, Actemra, had a troubling safety history and was known more for causing infections than curing them, the Chinese researchers made an impressive claim: The drug saved lives. What … ( read original…
Pompeo warns of China risks ahead of US-India talks
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday urged closer ties with India as he warned of China’s growing might on its doorstep, amid a flurry of diplomacy between the world’s two largest democracies. (…
Sen. Loeffler calls for probe into China’s use of US nonprofits to meddle in election
Ga., wrote to top government officials on Thursday, calling for an investigation into the use of American nonprofits by China to interfere in U.S. elections — reflecting growing concern that the … ( read original…
Harvard Professor Sues School for Legal Expenses to Fight China Charges
Scientist Charles Lieber is accused of misleading the Defense Department and the National Institutes of Health about taking part in a Chinese government talent-recruitment program, while the U.S. ( read original story …)
