While about 37% of Americans are fully vaccinated, many nations struggle to get vaccines and have turned to other world powers like China and Russia to secure doses. President Biden on Monday …
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China’s Taiwan raises alert level as coronavirus cases rise
China’s Taiwan region reported 267 new locally transmitted cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday. It’s been recording more than 100 daily cases for five days in a row. Officials have raised the island’s …
Bitcoin tumbles after Beijing bans banks from cryptocurrencies
Bitcoin has tumbled to a three-month low after China gave fuel to a recent sell-off by imposing fresh curbs on cryptocurrencies.In a co-ordinated overnight move, China’s three main financial watchdogs …
Engineers inspect Chinese skyscraper in Shenzhen after shaking triggers panic
Engineers inspected a skyscraper in southern China on Wednesday, a day after it triggered widespread panic when it suddenly began shaking, as people asked online if shoddy construction may have been …
Dead puppies and kittens in crates reveal the dark side of China’s mystery box craze
On May 3, Chinese animal rights group Love Home found 156 boxes of months’ old puppies and kittens, some of whom were dead. The animals had become victims of a shopping craze sweeping China called…
China reports 12 new mainland COVID-19 cases vs 14 a day earlier
China reported 12 new mainland COVID-19 cases on May 19, down from 14 cases a day earlier, the country’s national health authority said on Thursday. The National Health Commission said in a statement …
Samoa to shelve China-backed port project under new leader
Samoa’s expected new prime minister has pledged to shelve a $100 million Beijing-backed port development, calling the project excessive for the small Pacific island that is already heavily indebted to …
NASA chief, citing China gains, calls for Congressional support
Holding up a photo taken by China’s new Mars lander, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson warned Congress on Wednesday that his agency faces increasingly stiff competition on the high frontier and that …
Nancy Pelosi calls for diplomatic boycott of 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics – video
Pelosi says leaders who attend Beijing games could love moral authority over China’s human rights abuses …
China’s Mars rover has beamed back its first images of the red planet
China landed its Zhurong rover on Mars Saturday. After taking photos, the rover will start scanning the planet’s volcanic-rock fields for water ice.
People run from shaking skyscraper in Shenzhen
An eyewitness told Reuters the 72-storey skyscraper began shaking around 1:50 p.m. (0550GMT)She added that she believed everyone had been evacuated from the building, with firefighters and police …
China Releases Rover’s First Photos After Mars Landing
Four days after landing a spacecraft on Mars, China’s space agency released its first photographs from the red planet on Wednesday, announcing that the mission was going as planned. The four-day wait …
What Can and Can’t Be Learned From a Doctor in China Who Pioneered Masks
Dr. Wu Lien-Teh helped change the course of a plague epidemic in the early 20th century and promoted the use of masks as a public health tool.
