Military bases that China has built on artificial islands in the South China Sea are too small, too far from the mainland and vulnerable to attack, according to a magazine associated with the Chinese ……
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India and China compete over Indian Ocean debt-relief diplomacy
The commodity and currency crackdowns by the two Indian Ocean countries have a common thread spotlighting their shared need to shore up fast-depleting foreign — overwhelmingly dollar — reserves. The … ( read original story…
China’s Sinovac secures $500m in funding for COVID-19 vaccine development
China’s Sinovac Biotech said on Monday that it had secured approximately $500 million (372.08 million pounds) in funding for COVID-19 vaccine development. In a statement on its website, the company … ( read original story…
China’s Sino Biopharmaceutical invests $515 million in Sinovac to boost vaccine production
China’s Sino Biopharmaceutical Limited said on Monday it would invest $515 million (383.24 million pounds) in Sinovac Biotech, which Sinovac said would help it to double its COVID-19 vaccine … ( read original story …)
Joey Wat, CEO of China’s Largest Restaurant Company, Shares Lessons on Controlling COVID-19
That same day, I interviewed Joey Wat, the CEO of Yum China, the country’s largest restaurant company. She mentioned that there were just a small handful of new cases in Shanghai, the world’s biggest ……
Defense bill offers Biden’s team a new framework to counter China
The measures, including a new Pacific Deterrence Initiative, are more an evolution than an overhaul — and success will depend in large part on how the new administration employs them. ( read original story …)
A new report adds to the evidence of a coronavirus coverup in China
THE TRUTH about the origin of the coronavirus in China a year ago remains shrouded in mystery. It is not known where the virus came from, nor how it infected humans. But after people started…
Climate change may help the U.S. and China find common ground under a Biden administration
China relationship is at a low point, but the Biden administration could find a bridge to better relations through common goals for climate change. ( read original story …)
China begins huge COVID-19 vaccine rollout, with doses reportedly already administered to 1 million citizens
Chinese health officials have reportedly begun vaccinating more than 1.4 billion citizens with an emergency COVID-19 vaccine. ( read original story …)
From Tokyo to Beijing, growing old is hard to do
The economy-sapping shadow cast by Japan’s demographic decline holds sombre lessons for China … ( read original story …)
Joey Wat, CEO of China’s Largest Restaurant Company, Shares Lessons on Controlling COVID
That same day, I interviewed Joey Wat, the CEO of Yum China, the country’s largest restaurant company. She mentioned that there were just a small handful of new cases in Shanghai, the world’s biggest ……
Leak exposes how Beijing ordered under‑reporting of Wuhan coronavirus cases
The chaos, confusion and cover-ups that characterised China’s initial response to the coronavirus were laid bare last week as a grim anniversary passed: one year since the first confirmed case of a … ( read…
China Peddles Falsehoods to Obscure Origin of Covid Pandemic
To push the idea that the virus didn’t come from China, the government has misrepresented experts’ remarks and given dubious theories the veneer of science. ( read original story …)
