Shenzhen’s free COVID-19 vaccinations, starting this week for high-risk groups, are warmly welcomed by locals. Workers related to frontline epidemic control, healthcare service, public transport and … ( read original story …)
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Bullish China Vows Continued Push for Taiwan ‘Unification’ in 2021
Beijing will continue to actively push for Taiwan’s “unification” with China in 2021 despite a year of “unprecedented conflict,” its Taiwan Affairs Office said Wednesday. Hinting at the United States … ( read original story…
Special Report-Nuns arrested as Beijing turns up heat on Church in Hong Kong
By Greg Torode HONG KONG (Reuters) – In a high-walled Art Deco villa in the Hong Kong suburbs of Kowloon, the Vatican operates an unofficial diplomatic mission, its only political outpost of any … (…
Europe strikes major investment deal with China despite US concerns
Europe has finalized an investment agreement with China that is designed to rebalance trade with the world’s second largest economy, despite US concerns that the deal could be counterproductive. ( read original story …)
China Military Assets ‘Fully Deployed’ on Disputed Border, India Air Chief Says
Indian and Chinese forces have been locked in a stalemate along the 2,100-mile Line of Actual Control since deadly skirmishes claimed the lives of at least 20 soldiers in the summer. ( read original story…
China and E.U. Leaders Strike Investment Deal, but Political Hurdles Await
The agreement, which would roll back restrictions on investment, faces some opposition in Europe and objections from the Biden camp. ( read original story …)
Nuns arrested as Beijing turns up heat on Church in Hong Kong
Clerics see arrests as a sign China wants to shut Hong Kong’s unofficial Vatican mission, where nuns work. The diocese has also moved to curb activist voices. ( read original story …)
China-EU investment deal: Beijing relents on human rights but will it shift on trade unions?
China will pursue the ratification of key global human rights conventions starting next year as a compromise on a forced labour controversy that once stalled investment deal talks with the European … ( read original…
Amid virus fears, China urges workers to skip holiday travel
China is encouraging tens of millions of migrant workers not to travel home during next February’s Lunar New Year holiday to prevent further spread of the coronavirus … ( read original story …)
China’s COVID Whistleblower Doctor First Reported Patients One Year Ago
Ophthalmologist Li Wenliang was given an official reprimand for “spreading false rumors.” The Chinese government exonerated him after his death. ( read original story …)
Ukraine signs up for China’s Sinovac vaccine, with doses expected soon
Ukraine has signed contract to buy 1.8 million doses of China’s Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine, the presidential office said on Wednesday, with the shots expected in “the shortest possible time”.”We … ( read original story …)
Hong Kong boat activists: China jails group for up to three years
Ten Hong Kong activists arrested at sea as they tried to flee to Taiwan by speedboat have been jailed by China for between seven months and three years. Two minors in the group have been…
Diplomats Weigh In On the Path Forward for Canada-China Relations
Once the fate of one Chinese and two Canadian detainees has been resolved, Ottawa will need a more pragmatic policy toward Beijing, two ex-diplomats say. ( read original story …)
