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Beijing reports three import-related COVID-19 cases
A customs officer answers questions for inbound passengers on a flight at the Capital International Airport in Beijing, capital of China, March 18, 2020. (Xinhua/Chen Zhonghao) All three new confirmed … ( read original story…
Pentagon Chief Addresses Reports That Coronavirus Was Engineered in China
Though inconclusive, the defense secretary says a majority of assessments point to a natural origin of COVID-19, not artificial engineering. ( read original story …)
Shenzhen Stock Exchange partners with Malaysian bourse
Shenzhen Stock Exchange and Bursa Malaysia, the Malaysian stock exchange, sign a memorandum of understanding through a video conference on Wednesday. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Shenzhen … ( read original story …)
Takeaways from internal documents on China’s virus response
Top Chinese officials secretly determined they were likely facing an epidemic from a new coronavirus in mid-January, ordering preparations even as they downplayed it in public … ( read original story …)
China Post-Coronavirus: Signs of Life, Censorship and Paranoia
Hefei, an industrial city, offers tales of hope for a world battling the outbreak. The police tried to make sure they weren’t heard. ( read original story …)
West must do more to stop China buying up technology: former UK spy chief
The West needs to do more to stop China buying up strategic technology including companies such as British semiconductor chip designer Imagination Technologies, the former head of Britain’s MI6 … ( read original story …)
China Hawks in Congress Want Beijing to Pay Compensation For Coronavirus Pandemic
Lawmakers have put forward bills and resolutions that would enable Americans to seek damages from the Chinese government. ( read original story …)
Kicked Out of China
As the coronavirus escalated to a worldwide crisis, China expelled our journalists — and surveilled our correspondents to thwart their reporting before they left. Hosted by Michael Barbaro, produced … ( read original story …)
China Dismisses U.S. Suggestion It Is Conducting Secret Nuclear Tests, Calls Report ‘Irresponsible’
The State Department report detailed activity at China’s Lop Nur site where preparations announced possible secret underground tests. ( read original story …)
Ford’s first-quarter China vehicle sales down 35% as coronavirus hits demand
Ford Motor Co (F.N) said on Thursday that its China vehicle sales in the first three months this year fell 34.9% from a year earlier to 88,770 units, as the novel coronavirus epidemic hit demand…
AP report claims China knew of pandemic danger in Wuhan even as officials downplayed risk of virus
New questions are being raised over just when China understood the potential severity of the novel coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, and how long the country’s leaders sat on critical information that … ( read original…
As Coronavirus Fades in China, Nationalism and Xenophobia Flare
Now that the pandemic is raging outside China’s borders, foreigners are being shunned, barred from public spaces and even evicted. By Vivian Wang and Amy Qin HONG KONG — After 16 years in China, a…