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China says stockpiling of Covid-19 vaccines by rich countries needs to stop
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi warns of growing inequality in vaccine distribution as Covax Facility misses target. ( read original story …)
China clears COVID-19 high-risk areas as Spring Festival holiday season wraps up
With Northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province downgrading COVID-19 risk levels in two areas from high to low, China cleared all high-risk areas on Thursday as Spring Festival holidays came to an end. ( read original story…
Hong Kong delegates taken to Shenzhen for Covid jabs
A number of local delegates to the country’s top advisory body travelled across the border on Thursday morning to get their second doses of a … ( read original story …)
Brazil to vaccinate entire town with China’s CoronaVac jab in coronavirus trial
Ambitious campaign to immunise Serrana’s adult population of 30,000 will help researchers analyse impact of the shots on the badly hit country. ( read original story …)
U.S., Canadian and British Olympic Committees Don’t Support 2022 Beijing Boycott
“We believe the more effective course of action is for the governments of the world and China to engage directly on human rights and geopolitical issues,” the U.S. committee said. ( read original story …)
U.S., China face U.N. cooperation test over UK push for vaccine ceasefires
Britain on Wednesday proposed that the U.N. Security Council call for ceasefires to allow for COVID-19 vaccinations, a move that will be a key test of cooperation at the United Nations between China … (…
To lay coronavirus conspiracy theories to rest, both the US and China need to be transparent
The allegations of biowarfare surrounding this pandemic should prompt a review of the Biological Weapons Convention and states’ compliance with it. ( read original story …)
Beijing to plant over 10K hectares of trees this year
Beijing is mulling to plant 10,667 hectares of trees this year, to raise the city’s forest coverage rate to 44.6 per cent, authorities said. Some 400 hectares of urban greenery will be added in 2021,…
Biden on ‘Short Leash’ as Administration Rethinks China Relations
The Biden administration is under intense pressure to maintain former President Donald J. Trump’s curbs on China, even as it tries to develop a more comprehensive and effective strategy. ( read original story …)
What the Fear of China Is Doing to American Science
In what is becoming a familiar scene in American higher education, a Chinese-born scientist at a high-profile university was recently arrested for his ties to the Chinese government. About a month ago … ( read…
Coronavirus: China and US face UN cooperation test over Britain’s push for vaccine ceasefires
UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab warns that 160 million people are at risk of missing out on Covid-19 immunisation due to instability and conflict. ( read original story …)
Former top State Department official is Biden’s leading contender to be US ambassador to China
Nick Burns, a former US ambassador and senior State Department official, is the leading contender for US ambassador to China, according to two sources familiar with the discussions. ( read original story …)
