Washington: China has reacted sharply to the US comments on Beijing interfering in the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) probe into the origins of the coronavirus and said Washington is “severely … ( read original story…
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China-EU Trade Deal Could Face Intense Resistance Due To Beijing’s Labour Rights Issues
The EU-China deal could lead to “incremental improvement” at best, in areas that are not completely incompatible with the nature of China’s political system. ( read original story …)
Adapted testing program in place for Beijing 2022
A tailored testing program for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games is set to kick off in February to capitalize on the final winter sports season prior to the Games by rooting out problems…
Coronavirus: in China, a year after the Covid-19 pandemic began, Wuhan has become a city of forgetting
If it weren’t for the face masks, one would never guess that a pandemic had started here. One year ago, these streets were a barren landscape of fear. Wuhan’s residents shrank indoors, forbidden from ……
China played leading role in spreading Covid-19 conspiracies, investigation finds
Beijing was one of the biggest spreaders of misinformation, including claims about bioweapons, an analysis of social media posts finds. ( read original story …)
Maybe boycotts don’t work, but that doesn’t quite end the debate about the 2022 Olympics in China
The debate about whether Canadian athletes should boycott the winter Olympics, scheduled to take place in China in 2022, ultimately rests on a series of questions about the efficacy of such action, … ( read original…
Beijing brings holiday cheer to people staying put
Sanlitun, a popular shopping and recreational area in Beijing, receives more visitors during this year’s Spring Festival holiday as many people opted to stay put to prevent the spread of the novel … ( read…
Takeaways: AP investigation of China COVID-19 disinformation
As the coronavirus spread last year, former President Donald Trump and leading U.S. conservatives floated the idea that the virus may have escaped from a Chinese lab or was created by China as a ……
Beijing sees strong recovery in Spring Festival tourist visits
Tourists are swarming back to Beijing’s major attractions, with the visitor numbers during the first three days of the Spring Festival holiday bouncing back to 91 percent of the 2019 level despite … ( read…
Anatomy of a conspiracy: With COVID, China took leading role
The rumors began almost as soon as the disease itself. Claims that a foreign adversary had unleashed a bioweapon emerged at the fringes of Chinese social media the same day … ( read original story…
WHO in China: Wuhan mission finds possible signs of wider original coronavirus outbreak in 2019
Investigators from the World Health Organization (WHO) looking into the origins of coronavirus in China have discovered signs the outbreak was much wider in Wuhan in December 2019 than previously … ( read original story…
Biden to discuss pandemic, economy and China in Friday G7 meeting
President Joe Biden will hold his first event with leaders from the Group of Seven nations in a virtual meeting on Friday to discuss the coronavirus pandemic, the world economy and dealing with China ……
Large Ox Sculpture on Display in Beijing, China
A large orange ‘Transformer’ ox sculpture is on display at a popular, upscale Western shopping mall to celebrate China’s New Year – year of the Ox – in downtown Beijing on Sunday, February 14, 2021.…
