AutoX announced today that their fully driverless robotaxi pilot program is open to the public in Shenzhen, China. ( read original story …)
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China Is Now Sending Twitter Users to Prison for Posts Most Chinese Can’t See
More than 50 people have been jailed in the past three years in an escalation of the Communist Party’s assault on use of foreign social media. ( read original story …)
Australian military to continue patrolling South China Sea as Beijing warns Taiwan independence ‘means war’
Australia ‘monitoring developments as Taiwan reports an increase in Chinese aircraft in its defence zone … ( read original story …)
Washington can send a strong message to Beijing with support for India’s territorial integrity
India and China once again have clashed in the remote fastness of the High Himalayas. The two powers fought a major war in 1962 in the same region that resulted in humiliating reverses for India’s…
Beijing, Hong Kong won’t recognise BN(O) passports in move seen as symbolic but also a signal of tougher action to come
Beijing will stop recognising British National (Overseas) passports as travel and identification documents from Sunday, and may retaliate further against Britain’s offer of a pathway to citizenship … ( read original story …)
China sent masks, gloves and gowns to many U.S. states. Here’s who benefited.
China — the world’s largest exporter of medical equipment — was a key source for face masks, ventilators and other equipment. China also donated an estimated $12 million in medical supplies to the … (…
China Escalates War Rhetoric Over Taiwan: Do Not Test Our Determination
New threats against ‘Fortress Taiwan’ follow a broader recognition that Beijing believes Biden is adopting Trump’s same belligerent approach to China. ( read original story …)
As WHO mission into Covid origin begins in China, bereaved son seeks answers
“If the science is allowed to speak, it will help heal this wound and help us move on,” scientist Peter Daszak told NBC News. ( read original story …)
Xi says China should make contingency plans for “black swan” and “grey rhino” events
President Xi Jinping has said China should foresee various risks and challenges, and make contingency plans for “black swan” and “gray rhino” events, the state news agency Xinhua reported on Friday. ( read original story…
China’s plan for anal swabs to test for COVID-19 is ‘not nice but it’s the obvious thing to do,’ says a microbiology professor
Anal swabs could be a useful coronavirus test, because there’s virus in faeces, a microbiology professor said. Faecal testing is preferable because it’s less invasive. ( read original story …)
China offers lessons for debunking COVID-19 misinformation
Conspiracy theories about COVID-19 have accompanied the pandemic from the start. Crucial to managing the pandemic is mitigating the effects of misinformation, which the World Health Organization … ( read original story …)
China to stop recognizing special U.K. passports for Hong Kongers as Britain opens door
China on Friday accused Britain of turning Hong Kong residents into “second-rate” citizens as the country prepares to welcome tens of thousands of people fleeing Beijing’s crackdown in the Asian … ( read original story…
Sen. Jim Inhofe’s Big Idea: ‘Make China play by the same rules as everyone else’
Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe this week rolled out legislation that would make China “play by the same rules as everyone else,” and would protect the United States from intellectual property theft. ( read original story…
