A team of scientists from the World Health Organization (WHO) is just getting home from their four-week stay in Wuhan, China, probing the origins of COVID-19. Their work is already attracting … ( read original story …)
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Beijing bans BBC news channel in retaliatory move
The BBC’s World News television channel has been officially China a week after the UK’s media watchdog stripped Beijing’s state broadcaster of its licence in Britain. China’s National Radio and … ( read original story…
Beijing Wants Arctic to Remain Peaceful, Chinese Diplomat Says
China’s top diplomat overseeing Arctic affairs recently stressed that Beijing wants the region to remain peaceful and stable, but recognizes competition – primarily economic for now – is real on … ( read original story…
China bans BBC World News after criticizing pandemic and Xinjiang coverage
Government has criticized BBC reports on pandemic in China and on allegations of forced labor and sexual abuse in Xinjiang … ( read original story …)
Biden warns China is going to ‘eat our lunch’ if U.S. doesn’t get moving on infrastructure
The telephone call between Xi and Biden comes as the new U.S. administration works to mend trade relations with the world’s second-largest economy. ( read original story …)
BBC News banned in China, one week after CGTN’s license withdrawn in UK
In an apparent tit for tat move, BBC World News has been banned from airing in China, according to a statement from China’s National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA) on Thursday. ( read original story…
Who are the Uighurs and what’s happening to them in China?
China carried out a crackdown in its Xinjiang region under the banner of counterterrorism. The harsh campaign to forcibly assimilate the Uighurs has drawn international condemnation. ( read original story …)
Biden administration taking ‘strategic approach’ to China, ‘not in a rush,’ Psaki says
President Biden is taking a “strategic approach” to China, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Thursday, adding that the administration is “not in a rush.” … ( read original story …)
Few Chinese Visit a Tourist Area in Beijing, China
Few Chinese visit a normally crowded tourist shopping area the day before China’s Lunar New Year in Beijing on Thursday, February 11, 2021. Also known as the Spring Festival, celebrations and travel … ( read…
China to pull BBC News off the air, state broadcast regulator says
The announcement, which arrived with the Lunar New Year holiday in China, followed a series of disputes between Chinese officials and BBC News. ( read original story …)
China Bans BBC World Service, Following U.K. Ban Of Chinese Network
The Chinese state news agency said the BBC had “undermined China’s national interests and ethnic solidarity.” Britain stripped the license for CGTN, the Chinese global television network, last week. ( read original story …)
As Huawei Talks Stall, Detention of Two Canadians in China Drags On
Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig, detained in China since 2018 after a Huawei executive was arrested in Vancouver, are at the center of a high-stakes standoff between Canada, the U.S. and … ( read…
BBC World News barred from airing in China: regulator
British television channel BBC World News has been barred from airing in China, the National Radio and Television Administration said on Friday, a week after Britain’s media regulator revoked Chinese … ( read original story…
