Texas, Florida and Arizona set records for new highs of daily cases. Emissions are surging as countries relax their lockdowns and traffic surges back onto roads. ( read original story …)
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China’s Tencent to use facial recognition to curb young video gamers
Chinese tech behemoth Tencent has begun to use facial recognition to prevent minors from spending large sums of money while playing endless hours of video games. ( read original story …)
Beijing raises alert level amid spike in Covid-19 cases
Beijing had said it more or less eradicated local transmission. However, in recent days, there have been 137 cases in the city of 20 million people, leading officials to close schools, suspend … ( read…
China Is Collecting DNA From Tens of Millions of Men and Boys, Using U.S. Equipment
Even children are pressed into giving blood samples to build a sweeping genetic database that will add to Beijing’s growing surveillance capabilities, raising questions about abuse and privacy. ( read original story …)
Fists, Stones And Clubs: China And India’s Brutal High Altitude, Low-tech Battle
India and China’s militaries have some of the world’s most sophisticated modern weaponry, but their deadliest scrap in over 50 years was fought using fists, rocks wrapped in barbed wire and clubs … ( read…
China Tightens Controls Over Beijing as Coronavirus Infections Spread
Chinese officials cancelled hundreds of flights in and out of Beijing, restricted movement and renewed closures of businesses and schools as they battled to contain a fresh wave of new coronavirus … ( read original…
New Beijing outbreak raises virus fears for rest of world
BEIJING (AP) — China raised its emergency warning to its second-highest level and canceled more than 60% of the flights to Beijing on Wednesday amid a new coronavirus outbreak in the capital. It was a…
Pompeo to meet with China’s top diplomat in Hawaii: State Dept
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will meet with Yang Jiechi, China’s top diplomat, on Wednesday in Honolulu, the State Department said, a crucial meeting as relations between the two countries have … ( read…
Billionaire’s Sentence for Child Abuse Prompts Anger in China
Wang Zhenhua, a real-estate developer and former Communist Party member, was jailed for five years for child molestation. Many criticized the sentence as too lenient. ( read original story …)
China to step up monetary easing to support economy: cabinet
China will step up monetary easing and keep liquidity “reasonably ample”, the state cabinet said in a meeting chaired by premier Li Keqiang on Wednesday, as it looks to support the economy and help ……
China describes new COVID-19 outbreak in Beijing as ‘extremely grave’; new infections spike in several US states
China raised its emergency warning to its second highest level and canceled more than 60% of the flights to Beijing on Wednesday amid a new coronavirus outbreak in the capital. ( read original story …)
China’s Economy Rebounds, But Beijing’s Coronavirus Could Stop It
China’s economy is rebounding. But a recent mini-outbreak of coronavirus cases in Beijing, all of them connected to a meat and fish market so far, could block them from finally scoring a win against ……
India, China want peace but blame each other after deadly border clash
India and China said they wanted peace but blamed each other on Wednesday after soldiers of the two sides savagely fought each other with nail-studded clubs and stones on their Himalayan border, … ( read…
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