This is the most intense sandstorm in China in the past 10 years,” China’s National Meteorological Center said Monday. ( read original story …)
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China briefs European envoys on WHO coronavirus origin quest
There is no evidence suggesting either bats or pangolins were the origin host of the novel coronavirus , one of China’s top health experts told European diplomats in Beijing last week. Briefing envoys … (…
Beijing choked in duststorm stirred by heavy northwest winds
BEIJING (Reuters) – The Chinese capital Beijing was shrouded in thick brown dust on Monday due to strong winds blowing in from the Gobi desert and parts of northwestern China, in what the weather ……
A Sandstorm in China Revives Memories of ‘Airpocalypses’ Past
China’s Communist Party has made great strides in reducing the country’s choking pollution, but a perfect storm of winds from the north and a post-pandemic industrial rebound created dangerously high … ( read original story…
Analysis: China’s ambitious COVID-19 vaccination plan to test its production capability
BEIJING (Reuters) – China aims to vaccinate at least half a billion of its people against COVID-19 in four months, a challenge that will test the country’s formidable industrial might just as it … (…
China-developed telescope captures images of solar corona
Designed to block light from the main solar surface in order to observe the corona, the coronagraph, with a caliber of 50 mm, is positioned on a 4,800-meter-high mountain in Daocheng County of Ganzi ……
Shenzhen center Shen matches CBA legends with all-round performance
Shen Zijie (front) attacks during Shenzhen Aviators’ CBA match against Beijing royal Fighters in Zhuji, east China on March 15, 2021. (Xinhua/Jiang Han) Shenzhen Aviators center Shen Zijie joins … ( read original story …)
Beijing chokes on yellow dust during biggest sandstorm in almost a decade
The Chinese capital was choking on sand and dust on Monday, as the biggest sandstorm in nearly a decade swept over the city turning the skies an eerie shade of orange. ( read original story…
Apocalyptic skies as Beijing hit by worst sandstorm in a decade
The Chinese capital of Beijing was covered in thick smog on Monday as it experienced what its weather bureau has called the worst sandstorm in a decade. The storm caused an unprecedented spike in air…
China’s Economic Activity Soars but Jobless Rate Hits Ceiling Set by Beijing
BEIJING—Chinese economic activity surged in the first two months of 2021 when compared with the same coronavirus-battered period last year, though the picture was less rosy when weighed against growth … ( read original story…
Maritime Law Expected to Give Beijing an Edge in South China Sea Legal Disputes
Chinese officials will pass a basic maritime law to formalize their sovereignty claims over the contested, resource-rich South China Sea and defend those claims more effectively in the international … ( read original story …)
China has administered 65 mln COVID-19 vaccine doses as of Sunday
China, which has been accelerating efforts to vaccinate its population for COVID-19, had administered about 65 million doses as of Sunday, an official with China’s National Health Commission told a … ( read original story…
Shenzhen Gov’t’s Investment Portfolio Boasts Strategic Mix of Market Leaders, High-Profile Rescues
The investment arm of the Shenzhen government has been expanding its portfolio in recent years. It now not only owns stakes in some of China’s most valuable companies, such as real estate giant … (…
