Margaret Keenan, who turns 91 next week, is the first person in the U.K. to get Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine, “the best early birthday present.” … ( read original story …)
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About half of Hongkongers say city and Shenzhen more likely to compete than cooperate, poll finds
About half of the Hongkongers polled in a survey believed the city and neighbouring Shenzhen were more likely to compete than cooperate, even though Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor has said … ( read…
China Threatens U.S. With ‘Stern’ Retaliation Over Hong Kong Sanctions
The State Department imposed the sanctions on 14 Chinese lawmakers over the clampdown on freedoms in Hong Kong. ( read original story …)
Uyghurs Wait Nervously for Biden China Policy As ‘Genocide’ Continues
China’s oppression of minority groups in Xinjiang is but one issue Biden will have to address in revising American ties with Beijing. ( read original story …)
China condemns U.S. sanctions against 14 Chinese officials
China warned of retaliation after the United States imposed sanctions on 14 Chinese officials in connection to the crackdown on political dissidents in Hong Kong. ( read original story …)
Top Australian defence official says it’s ‘very legitimate’ to worry about China’s assertiveness
Defence department secretary Greg Moriarty is ‘particularly concerned about the militarisation of features in the South China Sea’ … ( read original story …)
Nine Entertainment newspapers quit carrying China Watch supplement
The eight-page Communist party newspaper has been distributed in the Sydney Morning Herald, the Age and the Australian Financial Review … ( read original story …)
China Pushes Alternative Theories About Origin of Covid-19
As the WHO prepares to probe the pandemics’ origins, Chinese state media are promoting studies that show the coronavirus spreading outside China earlier than first assumed. ( read original story …)
Everest Gets A Growth Spurt As China, Nepal Revise Official Elevation Upward
After years of surveys and calculations, the countries said Tuesday that the world’s highest peak now stands about 29,032 feet above sea level — more than 2 feet taller than the previous consensus. ( read…
Coronavirus: Singapore and China pledge health partnership for future pandemics
The annual forum followed visits to Singapore this year by China’s number one diplomat, State Councillor Yang Jiechi, and Foreign Minister Wang Yi. Smart masks from Singapore can help monitor patients … ( read original…
China Sticks With Tough Line on Hong Kong After U.S. Bolsters Sanctions
Hours after the U.S. announced sanctions against more than half of China’s 25-member top legislative body, Hong Kong police arrested activists in dawn raids across the city, … ( read original story …)
‘V-Day’: A year after COVID-19 pandemic began in China, UK first to start Pfizer-BioNTech vaccinations
The U.K. is the first western country to start vaccinating its population against a virus that has killed more than 1.5 million people worldwide. Margaret Keenan, who turns 91 next week, was given the ……
Mount Everest just got a smidge taller after China and Nepal finally agree on height
China and Nepal for years had different heights for Mount Everest. Now both agree on how tall the world’s tallest peak really is. ( read original story …)
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