The European Union imposed sanctions against China for human rights abuses in Xinjiang — Beijing swiftly retaliated with a blacklist of its own. ( read original story …)
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China’s vaccine diplomacy stumbles as clinical trial data remain absent
The wealthy city-state is moving ahead with Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna for its coronavirus immunization program, with officials saying Sinovac needs to provide more data before they will consider … ( read original story …)
China, Russia officials meet in show of unity against EU, US
The foreign ministers of China and Russia have displayed unity amid criticism and Western sanctions against them over human rights BEIJING — The foreign ministers of China and Russia displayed … ( read original story…
China’s Tencent faces concessions to win green light for giant videogaming merger: sources
Chinese internet giant Tencent Holdings Ltd is having to offer concessions in a plan to merge the country’s top two videogame live-streaming sites in order to resolve antitrust concerns, two people … ( read original…
Australia and New Zealand welcome China sanctions over Uighur abuses but impose none of their own
Two foreign ministers raise ‘grave concerns’ about human rights, as UK, US, EU and Canada announce coordinated sanctions … ( read original story …)
What the Hong Kong Protesters’ Trial Reveals About Beijing
In cracking down on dissent, the government has jailed many of Hong Kong’s loudest progressive voices. The police report refers to it simply as “the Scheme.” It was, in law enforcement’s telling, a … (…
Airbnb asked to drop Olympic ties over China rights issues
Airbnb is being asked to drop its sponsorship connections to next year’s Beijing’s Winter Olympics by a coalition … ( read original story …)
China reports 9 new COVID-19 cases vs 7 a day earlier
(Reuters) – China reported nine new COVID-19 cases on March 22, up from seven cases a day earlier, the country’s national health authority said on Tuesday. The National Health Commission said in a … (…
‘Eyes of the world’ on China as Canadians Kovrig and Spavor face closed trials in Beijing
In a show of solidarity for two jailed Canadians, 28 diplomats from 26 countries turned up outside a Beijing courtroom on Monday as Michael Kovrig’s secret trial started. Foreign Minister Marc Garneau … ( read…
Warner Music teams up with Tencent to crack China
image captionDua Lipa accepts the Best Pop Vocal Album during the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards. Warner Music has signed a deal with China’s Tencent to help it break into the fast-growing Asian market. ( read…
U.S. and Its Allies Sanction China Over Treatment of Uyghurs in a Collective Action
The U.S. and its European allies placed sanctions against Chinese officials and entities over alleged abuses of the Uyghur Muslim minority in a coordinated strategy to leverage collective strength … ( read original story …)
CanSino gets China nod for inhaled COVID-19 vaccine trial
China’s CanSino Biologics Inc said on Monday it won approval for a clinical trial in the country to develop an inhaled version of its COVID-19 vaccine. ( read original story …)
West sanctions China over Xinjiang abuses, Beijing hits back at EU
BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States, the European Union, Britain and Canada imposed sanctions on Chinese officials on Monday for human rights abuses in Xinjiang, in the first such … ( read original story …)
