The World Health Organization is sending a team to China next week to investigate the origins of the novel coronavirus, its head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a briefing on Monday. ( read original story …)
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China Holds War Games As India, Japan Team Up to Train at Sea
China practiced targeting islands near the contested waters of the South China Sea as India and Japan both drilled in the strategic Malacca Strait. ( read original story …)
Coronavirus: Has China or the US tested more?
US President Donald Trump says the US has done the “greatest testing” in the world – but Chinese state media says China has carried out three times more tests than the US. So who’s right?…
China sterilising ethnic minority women in Xinjiang, report says
Uighurs are among those facing involuntary contraception or threats over birth quotas … ( read original story …)
China approves coronavirus vaccine for military use, skipping a major safety trial along the way
China is taking the fast track to approving a COVID-19 vaccine — and potentially putting lives in danger along the way. China’s Central Military Commission approved military use of an experimental … ( read original…
China’s military approves coronavirus vaccine for use on soldiers
The Chinese military has received the green light to use a coronavirus vaccine developed by its research unit and a biotech company, according to a report. The Central Military Commission approved … ( read original…
Does Vladimir Putin Hold The Key To Containing China After The Coronavirus?
Despite receiving little press coverage, bipartisan American policy against the Nord Stream 2 pipeline from Russia to Germany threatens to erupt into a major international conflict. Read Energy … ( read original story …)
China subjects Muslim minorities to forced birth control, abortions to suppress population, report says
Hundreds of thousands of women in China have been subjected to forced birth control methods — or even mandatory abortions — as part of the Chinese government’s campaign to slash birth rates among … (…
China imposes new COVID-19 lockdown; U.N. warns of new hunger wave
A strict lockdown was imposed in a Chinese province near Beijing following the discovery of less than 20 COVID-19 cases, and United Nations officials warned of a wave of hunger Monday. ( read original story…
China using widespread forced birth control on Uighurs and other minorities, AP finds
One expert says government efforts to slash births among Uighurs and other minorities amount to “slow, painful, creeping genocide.” … ( read original story …)
Some Of China’s Freed Labor Activists Start New Lives, But State Pressure Lurks
At least 15 Chinese workers’ rights advocates who were rounded up in recent years have been released from detention, some taking on new identities and jobs, on condition that they abandon activism. ( read original…
China imposes COVID-19 lockdown near Beijing; U.N. warns of new hunger wave
A strict lockdown was imposed in a Chinese province near Beijing following the discovery of less than 20 COVID-19 cases, and United Nations official warned of wave of hunger Monday. ( read original story …)
A Selective Retreat From Trade With China Makes Sense For The United States
Trade tensions and mistrust are escalating between the U.S. and China. Soon after U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that China recommitted to its January trade deal obligations after a … ( read original…
