The richest person is China is a bottled water tycoon, knocking Alibaba founder Jack Ma from his mantle. Zhong Shanshan founded Nongfu Spring in 1996 in the Zhejiang province on China’s Eastern coast. ( read…
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Night Images Reveal Many New Detention Sites in China’s Xinjiang Region
China said it was winding down its “re-education” camps for Uighurs and other minorities, but researchers found evidence that incarceration is on the rise. ( read original story …)
Timelapse footage shows development of suspected internment camp in Xinjiang, China – video
The camps were identified using survivor accounts, other projects tracking detention centres, and satellite images. ( read original story …)
China’s CNBG to donate 200,000 coronavirus vaccine doses to medics in Wuhan
China National Biotec Group (CNBG) said on Thursday it will donate 200,000 doses of its candidate coronavirus vaccine to the central city of Wuhan, where the virus first emerged late last year. ( read original…
Hong Kong press club criticises police accreditation rules as Beijing accuses it of ‘whitewashing fake journalists’
Beijing’s foreign affairs office in Hong Kong has accused the Foreign Correspondents’ Club (FCC) of “whitewashing fake journalists,” after the club voiced opposition to a controversial amendment in … ( read original story …)
Beijing bans Australian researchers in tit-for-tat
Clive Hamilton and Alex Joske have been banned from entering China after it was revealed Australia had revoked the visas of two Chinese academics. ( read original story …)
Taiwan: China’s military flew planes toward island on 3 days
Taiwan said Thursday that China sent two military surveillance planes toward the island for three straight days and it dispatched patrols in response. Tensions … ( read original story …)
Asia Today: China to let in more foreigners as virus recedes
Foreigners holding certain types of visas and residence permits will be permitted to return to China starting next week as the threat of coronavirus continues to recede. ( read original story …)
China auto show forging ahead under anti-virus controls
The first event for the CEO of Swedish electric car brand Polestar at this month’s Beijing auto show: A two-week quarantine in a hotel. The auto show, the first … ( read original story …)
China’s surprise climate pledge leaves Australia ‘naked in the wind’, analysts say
Beijing now has a more ambitious long-term climate goal than Australia – and there are fears that could have a dire impact on our economy … ( read original story …)
China is building vast new detention centers for Muslims in Xinjiang
Some 60 prisonlike facilities have been built, even as Beijing claims Uighurs have “graduated” from reeducation camps. ( read original story …)
Mainland China reports seven new COVID-19 cases vs. 10 a day earlier
Mainland China reported seven new COVID-19 cases on Sept. 23, down from 10 reported a day earlier, the country’s national health authority said on Thursday. The National Health Commission said in a … ( read…
OMA builds metal and glass campus headquarters for Tencent in Beijing
OMA has housed the Tencent Beijing Headquarters in China within a giant glass building that is punctured by geometric insets and has interiors that mimic a small city. Located at the edge of … (…
