A bus carrying students to an exam plunged into a reservoir in China on Tuesday after making a sudden swerve across five other lanes of traffic, leaving 21 dead and 16 injured, a video on…
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‘At war time speed’, China leads COVID-19 vaccine race
China is forging ahead in the race to develop a vaccine to help control the COVID-19 pandemic, with Sinovac Biotech’s experimental vaccine set to become the country’s second and the world’s third to … (…
TikTok Maker Seeks to Strike Balance as China, U.S. Step Up Geopolitical Pressure
The Chinese maker of TikTok, the popular short-video platform, said it would pull its app out of Hong Kong amid concerns about a new national-security law, its second market exit in as many weeks ……
CanSino’s COVID-19 Vaccine Was Just Approved for Limited Use in China. Here’s What Investors Should Know.
Despite a worldwide race to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, China’s CanSino Biologics didn’t make huge headlines when it announced last week that its COVID-19 vaccine candidate had be … ( read original story …)
How the U.S. Must Respond to China’s Exploitation of the COVID-19 Pandemic
The cost of submission to Beijing’s geopolitical ambitions is one that we cannot, under any circumstances, afford to pay. ( read original story …)
Breakingviews – China-UK feud could spill over into nuclear power
China and Britain are increasingly at loggerheads. Beijing is unhappy with Britain’s decision to offer up to 3 million Hong Kong citizens the right to live and work in the United Kingdom. Meanwhile, … (…
China Orders Up a ‘Healthy Bull Market,’ and Stocks Oblige
China’s stock market is taking cues from bullish state media again. Last time, that didn’t end well. ( read original story …)
The short-term impacts of COVID-19 lockdown on urban air pollution in China
Urban air quality remained remarkably worse than WHO recommended levels in cities during the first COVID-19 lockdown in China, despite substantial pollution reductions and the high costs of the … ( read original story …)
Beijing reports zero virus cases for first time since new outbreak
Beijing on Tuesday reported zero new coronavirus cases for the first time since the emergence of a cluster in the Chinese capital in June that prompted fears of a domestic second wave. A total of…
Phase-3 Trial of COVID-19 Vaccine Begins in China
Chinese vaccine maker Sinovac has received approval for starting phase-3 clinical trial of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate, CoronaVac, in Brazil. Also Read – Vaccine by August 15: Covaxin Being … ( read original story …)
COVID-19 existed worldwide before emerging in China: Oxford expert
Last week, Spanish virologists announced the discovery of traces of the novel coronavirus in a sample of Barcelona waste water collected in March 2019, nine months before COVID-19 was identified in … ( read original…
China’s economy had severe problems even before Covid-19: Analyst
Independent analyst Fraser Howie says while there’s a bigger short-term draw for investors to move into China, fundamental problems such as unemployment and bad debt may persist for several years. ( read original story …)
Flooding kills 2, disrupts entrance exams in southern China
BEIJING (AP) — Severe flooding and heavy rains have killed at least two people in southern China and disrupted the first day of … as the country’s largest collective event since COVID-19 … ( read…
