China dethroned the U.S. to become Europe’s top trading partner for the first time last year, data from the European statistics office has shown. ( read original story …)
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Fears of China Are Disrupting American Science
In what is becoming a familiar scene in American higher education, a Chinese-born scientist at a high-profile university was recently arrested for his ties to the Chinese government. About a month ago … ( read…
Coronavirus: China arrests leader of £2m fake Covid-19 vaccine scam
The suspect, Kong, was arrested in China after making a profit of 18 million yuan (£2 million) by passing off saline solution or mineral water as counterfeit coronavirus vaccines since August. ( read original story …)
UPI POY 2008 – The Beijing Olympics.
Women in traditional Chinese dress perform during a dress rehearsal of the Opening Ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics at the National Stadium, called the Bird’s Nest, in Beijing on August 5, 2008. ( read…
Opening Ceremonies of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
The German team marches into the National Stadium, called the Bird’s Nest, during the Opening Ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing on August 8, 2008. The Summer Games will run through … (…
Tokyo lodges protest with Beijing over Chinese ships’ entry into Japanese coastal waters
Tokyo/Sputnik: Tokyo on Tuesday lodged a protest with Beijing after four Chinese ships entered the Japanese coastal waters near the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, Japanese Chief … ( read original story…
Squeezed out of the race for Western vaccines, developing countries turn to China
The Sinopharm and Sinovac vaccines are less effective than their Western counterparts, which probably will delay recovery in the developing world. ( read original story …)
China arrested a scammer whose gang made $3 million from selling water as COVID-19 vaccine shots
Kong Mou is accused of selling 58,000 syringes filled with salt water, which he said were coronavirus vaccines, Chinese state media reported. ( read original story …)
First Shipment Of Chinese Vaccine Departs Beijing For Hungary
The first shipment of Sinopharm’s COVID-19 vaccine developed in China left Beijing for Budapest on Tuesday.Hungary is the first country in the European Union to approve the Chinese jab. ( read original story …)
Hong Kong activists flash protest salutes in court as Beijing puts them on trial for organising huge pro-democracy protests
Protest salutes were flashed outside West Kowloon Magistrates Court, Hong Kong, as nine activists went on trial, accused of organising an unauthorised assembly on August 18, 2019. ( read original story …)
China’s box office is doing even better than it was before Covid, data from Lunar New Year shows
Chinese cinemas are back, and busting even pre-pandemic levels, according to data tracking the first few days of the Lunar New Year. ( read original story …)
A Bored China Propels Box Office Sales to a Record
Detective Chinatown 3” received tepid reviews, but Covid-19 travel restrictions drove many to the movies when they might have been journeying to their hometowns instead. ( read original story …)
Anger is falling on China admist growing tensions in Myanmar
CNN’s Nic Robertson decodes the relationship between China and Myanmar as the Southeast Asian country is gripped by continuing protests following a military takeover in February 2021. ( read original story …)
