The World Health Organization (WHO) overnight released its report into the origins of the coronavirus, a report I contributed to as a member of the recent mission to Wuhan, China. The report …
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Database reveals secrets of China’s loans to developing nations, says study
DAKAR (Reuters) – The terms of China’s loan deals with developing countries are unusually secretive and require borrowers to prioritise repayment of Chinese state-owned banks ahead of other creditors, …
Sanctions spat has forced EU to reassess its China strategy
It is too early to say whether the investment agreement the EU struck with China at the end of December is dead, although it is clearly badly wounded. Beijing last week hit European lawmakers from…
Sen. Kennedy rips WHO Director-General: ‘He is a fawning, obsequious suck up to the Communist party of China’
SEN. JOHN KENNEDY: Well, let me talk about China first, the Director-General of the World Health Organization, which is part of the UN (United Nations), is Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. No one would …
Coronavirus: More work needed to rule out China lab leak theory says WHO
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) says further investigation is needed to conclusively rule out a theory that Covid-19 emerged from a laboratory in China. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said …
Climate change: China absent from key UK meeting
A critical meeting on climate change, organised by the UK, appears to be the latest victim of an ongoing row with China. Ministers from around 35 countries are due to participate in today’s summit on…
China wants to challenge U.S. as leader of the global stage
China is looking to lead a new world order that better aligns with its political views and interests. The nation’s foreign minister recently took several trips to countries that identify as American …
Stephen Lynch sounds alarm over buying coronavirus PPE from ‘adversary’ China
U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch is sounding the alarm over groups using federal money to buy life-saving personal protective equipment from companies in “adversary” China.
The cost of speaking up against China
Rights groups say the attacks are typical of an aggressive campaign by China to silence those who speak up. Qelbinur Sedik was making breakfast when the video call came, and the sight of her sister’s…
GOP House member tells Blinken ‘China must pay’ for its COVID-19 cover-up
A top House Republican is calling on Secretary of State Antony Blinken to impose real costs on China for its cover-up of the COVID-19 outbreak in the early stages of the pandemic, arguing the Biden…
China-Australia relations: more than 11,000 litres of wine detained in Shenzhen as ban continues
Some 8,640 litres from Paspaley’s Bunnamagoo Estate winery and 2,646 litres of red wine from Australian private label supplier Lindsdale were stopped in Shenzhen for poor labelling and excessive use …
As tensions with China grow, Biden administration formalizes genocide declaration against Beijing
In unveiling annual report, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said human rights were going in the “wrong direction” in “every region of the world.” …
China cuts number of elected legislators in Hong Kong, delays election
A TV screen broadcasts Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam during a news conference Tuesday in Hong Kong. (Vincent Yu/AP) SEOUL — China has sharply reduced the number of directly elected legislators …
