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 advises this age group against inoculation … ( read original story …)
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Beijing using Covid-19 to obstruct foreign journalists: media group
China is using the Covid-19 pandemic as “yet another way to control journalists”, a press group said Monday, warning that Beijing has introduced extra surveillance and restrictions for health reasons … ( read original story…
‘Inferior’ women: China counters Uighur criticism with explicit PR attacks
China, under growing global pressure over its treatment of a Muslim minority in its far west, is mounting an unprecedented and aggressive campaign to push back, including explicit attacks on women who … ( read…
China could target economic growth of above 6% this year, says economist
Larry Hu of Macquarie Group shares the three things he’s watching for in China’s annual “Two Sessions” political meetings taking place in March. ( read original story …)
Suning Hits Limit Up as Shenzhen Gov’t-Backed Firms Invest USD2.3 Billion to Prop Up Ailing Retailer
(Yicai Global) March 1 — Shares in Suning.com shot up by the exchange-imposed daily limit today after it was announced that two investment firms backed by the Shenzhen government will pay CNY14.8 … ( read…
Beijing’s crackdown: Hong Kongers sign up for new UK visa
Just a fortnight after the scheme opened, a large number of Hongkongers have already applied for the UK’s visa route, media reports said. ( read original story …)
Taiwan has right to interact with other countries, MOFA tells Beijing
Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) on Tuesday stated that the country is an independent nation and China has no rights to dictate its exchanges with other nations. ( read original story …)
Spring semester starts in Beijing as planned on March 1
Students from middle and primary schools and kindergartens in Beijing ushered in the new semester as planned on March 1. In principle, middle and primary school students need to return to Beijing 14 … (…
China said to speed up move to more survivable nuclear force
China appears to be moving faster toward a capability to launch its newer nuclear missiles from underground silos, possibly to improve its ability to respond promptly to … ( read original story …)
China’s Heilongjiang clears all COVID-19 cases
Northeast China’s Heilongjiang province on Sunday saw its last COVID-19 patients discharged from hospitals, local health authorities said on Monday. The Health Commission of Heilongjiang Province said … ( read original story …)
Duque thanks China for ‘kindness, generosity’ in donating Covid-19 vaccines
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III on Monday thanked the government of China for its kindness and generosity in donating 600,000 doses of Sinovac vaccine sent to the … ( read original story …)
XJTLU Expert: Lessons learned from China’s war on poverty
China officially pledged that by the end of 2020, it would raise its remaining 832 counties out of extreme poverty – a target reached last November. Last Thursday, China’s President Xi Jinping hailed … (…
Live COVID-19 updates: Philippines starts rollout of China’s Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine
The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. – – – – MANILA — The Philippines launched its coronavirus vaccinatio … ( read original story …)
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