The company’s valuation sank to 718 million yuan (US$102.7 million) on its final day of trading, from an all-time high of 170 billion yuan in 2015. ( read original story …)
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Revealed: NHS denied PPE at height of Covid-19 as supplier prioritised China
Disclosures call into question UK’s reliance on ‘just in time’ logistics during pandemic … ( read original story …)
Coronavirus: Beijing opens up after containing virus cases as Xinjiang tries to shut down new outbreak
Beijing has announced it will lower its emergency response to Covid-19 from Monday after containing an outbreak of coronavirus that hit the city last month. The Chinese capital, where only one … ( read original…
East China Sea Tensions: Beijing Demands Japanese Boats Stay Away From Disputed Islands
Scuffles between China and Japan over the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands have been occurring since 1895. The latest back and forth was a complaint by China over Japanese fishing boats that they say were … ( read…
Commentary: Beijing’s anti-coronavirus progress encouraging for world
A staff member disinfects a waiting room of Beijing Railway Station in Beijing, capital of China, June 18, 2020. (Xinhua/Chen Zhonghao) BEIJING, July 20 (Xinhua) — Beijing lowered the emergency … ( read original story…
Coronavirus cases pass 14.4 million worldwide; Beijing eases restrictions after no new cases
US deaths from COVID-19 surpassed 140,000 with the number of cases passing 14.4 million worldwide and the global death toll tops 604,000. ( read original story …)
China urges UK not to go down ‘wrong path’ of Hong Kong sanctions
Raab expected to suspend UK’s Hong Kong extradition treaty due to security crackdown … ( read original story …)
UK will announce changes to extradition arrangements with China, says Johnson
Britain is to announce changes to its extradition arrangements with China and Hong Kong on Monday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said, citing concerns over new national security laws imposed on the … ( read original…
Cinemas in China begin to reopen after six-month coronavirus closure
Some cinemas in Chinese cities from Shanghai to Chengdu reopened on Monday after a six-month closure, raising hope that the world’s second largest movie market can start to recover from painful losses … ( read…
Shenzhen Mulls Protections for Public Health Whistleblowers
Shenzhen is considering a regulation that would protect whistleblowers who sound the alarm about potential public health emergencies, the government of the southern Chinese city announced Sunday. ( read original story …)
China slams Britain’s comments on Uighurs as ‘slander’
China hit back on Monday at comments by Britain’s foreign secretary that accused Beijing of “gross” human rights abuses against ethnic and religious minorities in the northwest region of Xinjiang. Rig … ( read original…
TikTok: We are not ‘under the thumb’ of China
But the US is considering banning TikTok and may only allow it to keep operating if it splits from China and becomes an American company. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo – who i ……
With a U.N. Veto, Russia and China Add to Syria’s Misery
Moscow and Beijing are callously restricting humanitarian aid to Syria’s suffering civilians as part of their campaign to prop up Bashar al-Assad. ( read original story …)