Official statistics suggest the unemployment rate has barely ticked up since the start of the pandemic, but the data fail to account for large parts of the population. ( read original story …)
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Scott: China trying to sabotage, slow COVID-19 vaccine development
Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) accused China of trying to sabotage the development of a coronavirus vaccine on Sunday without providing details to back up his claims. ( read original story …)
Despite accusations from Senator Rick Scott of sabotaging US efforts, China vows to share its vaccine as a ‘global public good’
US senator Rick Scott claimed “communist China won’t share” its coronavirus vaccine. China’s minister of science and technology just said otherwise. ( read original story …)
China hails coronavirus response as global death toll tops 400,000
Beijing denies cover-up or delay, while countries easing lockdowns face spike in cases … ( read original story …)
China Hails Its Virus Triumphs, and Glosses Over Its Mistakes
Trying to win a propaganda tug-of-war, Beijing staunchly defended its actions, saying it didn’t hide the emergence of the outbreak. ( read original story …)
China and India Move to Defuse Tensions After Clashes in the Himalayas
The confrontations between troops along their shared border led to injuries and the most serious tensions between the two Asian powers in years. ( read original story …)
Row between US and China grows as senator accuses Beijing of trying to sabotage Covid-19 vaccine attempts
The row between the US and China has grown after a senator accused Beijing of trying to sabotage efforts to find a coronavirus vaccine in the West. Republican Senator Rick Scott appeared on BBC’s ……
China’s foreign exports drop off as global slowdown hits economy
Foreign demand for Chinese goods cooled off in May, a sign that the coronavirus-driven global slowdown is weighing on the world’s second-largest economy even as it reports stronger business activity … ( read original story…
Coronavirus: US-China virus row flares with senator’s comments
The row between the US and China over the coronavirus outbreak has flared again with a US senator accusing Beijing of trying to block the development of a vaccine in the West. Rick Scott said…
China Defends Its Coronavirus Response
A New York Times analysis shows why some areas of the United States see reopening as long overdue. The daily death toll in New York falls again. ( read original story …)
China Vowed to Keep Wildlife Off the Menu, a Tough Promise to Keep
By Steven Lee Myers Bamboo rats lifted Mao Zuqin out of poverty. Now, because of the coronavirus pandemic, poverty threatens again. Mr. Mao has over the past five years built a viable farm in southern…
China defends its coronavirus response in new report
Senior Chinese officials released a lengthy report Sunday on the nation’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, defending their government’s actions and saying that China had provided information in a … ( read original story …)
China Denies Cover-up, Rejects ‘Politicization’ of Coronavirus
China lambasted suggestions that it hid information about the coronavirus outbreak, saying in a newly published white paper that it has acted transparently and informed the world of developments in a … ( read original…