Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is marking this week’s anniversary of China’s deadly 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square — a day after federal … ( read original story …)
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COVID-19 Update: Inhalable Remdesivir; China’s Footdragging; The Mask Traders
Abiomed also received emergency use authorization from the agency for its Impella RP to be used for COVID-19 patients with right side ventricular failure. Protesters in Pennsylvania, Florida, … ( read original story …)
South China Sea Dispute: Taiwan To Commission New Patrol Vessel, Make Advanced Jets
Taiwan is taking two big steps to strengthen the island’s presence in the South China Sea. The first is to commission its first 4,000-tonne coastguard offshore patrol vessel. The second step is to … (…
Inside the WHO’s early struggle to get coronavirus data from China
U.N. health agency lauded Beijing’s information sharing but left out frustration over expediency, because it needed further cooperation. ( read original story …)
UK tells China: step back from the brink on Hong Kong
The United Kingdom on Tuesday called on China to step back from the brink over a national security law in Hong Kong that it said was a breach of Beijing’s international commitments to the “one…
Coronavirus live news: Iran records over 3,000 new cases; Wuhan doctor is China’s first Covid-19 fatality in weeks
Wuhan doctor who worked with whistlebower dies; Abu Dhabi closes borders; Dr Fauci says he hasn’t spoken to Trump in two weeks … ( read original story …)
Leaked documents reveal China withheld crucial information about the coronavirus at the start of the outbreak
China didn’t publish the coronavirus genome until over a week after its scientists decoded it, according to a new investigation. ( read original story …)
China delayed releasing coronavirus data, frustrating WHO
Throughout January, the World Health Organization publicly praised China for what it called a speedy response to the new coronavirus. It repeatedly … ( read original story …)
Trump’s G7 invitation to South Korea, Australia draws response from China
China warned against excluding Beijing from major world organizations, following reports U.S. President Donald Trump could be seeking to expand the Group of Seven summit to include South Korea, … ( read original story …)
China’s President Xi says need to improve monitoring for diseases of unknown causes
China needs to improve its monitoring for diseases of unknown causes and unusual public health incidents, said President Xi Jinping according to state television. At a roundtable with experts and … ( read original story…
Out of Favor With Australia’s Central Government, China Targets States
The leader of one of Australia’s biggest states has touted an infrastructure deal with Beijing as a way to create jobs in a coronavirus-afflicted economy. But others worry Chinese money may end up … (…
UK Warns China: Do Not Cross the Rubicon on Hong Kong
“It can cross the Rubicon and violate the autonomy and the rights of the people of Hong Kong or it can step back, understand the widespread concern of the international community … ( read original…
China withheld data on coronavirus from WHO, recordings reveal
Complaints by officials at odds with body’s public praise of Beijing’s response to outbreak … ( read original story …)