Venezuela has approved the use of China’s Sinopharm vaccine against the novel coronavirus, the South American country’s health ministry said on Monday, after it began administering Russia’s Sputnik V … ( read original story …)
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Coronavirus: US and China should join forces to find the animal host, top Chinese scientists say
China and the United States should work together to find the animal host of the coronavirus that causes Covid-19, two top Chinese scientists said on Monday. Speaking at a webinar held by the Brookings ……
China Harassing, Intimidating Journalists With Surveillance Built to Curb COVID-19
Chinese officials used contact tracing forms and cellphone “health apps” to harass and intimidate journalists last year, says a new report from the Foreign Correspondents’ Club in China. ( read original story …)
China Task Force Begins Work; DOD Makes Progress on COVID-19
The China Task Force is engaged in a sprint to identify priorities for the Defense Department with regards to the near-peer, Asian competitor, the Pentagon press secretary said. ( read original story …)
COVID-19 lockdown highlights ozone chemistry in China
In early 2020, daily life in Northern China slammed to a halt as the region entered a strict period of lockdown to slow the spread of COVID-19. Emissions from transportation and industry plummeted. ( read…
Australian senator calls to recognise China’s treatment of Uighurs as genocide
Independent Rex Patrick moves after similar parliamentary motions passed in Canada and the Netherlands … ( read original story …)
Japan bummed out by China’s use of anal coronavirus tests on visitors
Japan says its people don’t want to bend over for one of China‘s potentially humiliating COVID-19 tests, which involves sticking a cotton swab into the patient’s rectum to check for the coronavirus. ( read original…
China using Covid-19 to obstruct foreign journalists: media group
China has used extra surveillance and restrictions ostensibly imposed because of the Covid-19 pandemic to block the work of foreign reporters already struggling with threats of detention and punitive … ( read original story …)
Copying China’s Online Blockade
How other countries’ efforts to control the internet compare with China’s Great Firewall. This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays. China’s … ( read…
Biden urged to back AI weapons to counter China
The US and its allies should reject calls for a global ban on AI-powered autonomous weapons systems, according to an official report commissioned for President Biden and Congress.It says that … ( read original story…
China’s STAR market had a great year in 2020 despite COVID-19
Over 200 of China’s most promising tech companies listed on China’s Science and Technology Innovation Board (STAR), often regarded as China’s version of the NASDAQ, saw major growth in net profits in … ( read…
China lags behind vaccination goal, but says it aims to have 40pct inoculated by June
China is lagging in its coronavirus vaccination rollout because it has the disease largely under control, but plans to inoculate 40 percent of its … ( read original story …)
UPDATE 1-Some Beijing communities giving COVID-19 shots to the elderly
Some local communities in Beijing have started giving COVID-19 vaccine doses to people older than 60, even as the city’s disease-control authorities publicly advise this age group against inoculation. ( read original story …)
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