Authorities are conducting mass testing and shutting down schools after China reported three new domestically transmitted cases in the past 24 hours _ two in northern Inner Mongolia province and one … ( read original…
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China to Launch Moon Probe, Seeking First Lunar Rock Retrieval Since 1970s
China plans to launch an unmanned spacecraft to the moon this week to bring back lunar rocks in the first attempt by any nation to retrieve samples from Earth’s natural satellite since the 1970s. The…
Do China Tech Giants Pose A Risk For European Banks?
China’s Ant group may have been dealt a setback with the shelving of its IPO but European banks remain wary that Chinese tech giants may soon be their main competitors. The European finance sector has…
China aims to ‘fix’ minds as well as feed stomachs in battle to bring Tibet into line
The ancient heart of Lhasa is dominated by the Potala Palace, winter home for centuries of Tibet’s Dalai Lamas, spiritual leaders of the devoutly Buddhist territory.But the Chinese Communist Party … ( read original story…
New Zealand’s top diplomat vows to speak truth to China
Twenty-four years ago, at the age of 26, she became the youngest Maori woman to win a seat in New Zealand’s parliament. This month she surprised the political establishment again when she was … (…
Block us and Britain will suffer, warns China
Britain will lose billions of pounds of investment and thousands of jobs unless it reverses its hostility to China, an influential lobby group for Chinese businesses has warned.In the most stark … ( read original…
China’s Xi Jinping pledged to work with other countries to accelerate COVID-19 vaccinations
President Xi Jinping said China is “willing to strengthen coordination” internationally for vaccine “research and development, production, and distribution.” … ( read original story …)
China takes aim at Hong Kong’s teachers to snuff out the fire in their students
Teaching never used to be a dangerous profession in Hong Kong. But now, as what one schoolmaster describes as a new “White Terror” sweeps through the education system, school corridors are haunted by … (…
Xi says China ready to boost global COVID-19 vaccine cooperation
President Xi Jinping said on Saturday that China is ready to step up global COVID-19 vaccine cooperation, and called for better international coordination on policies to facilitate movement of people. ( read original story …)
China Targets Muslim Scholars And Writers With Increasingly Harsh Restrictions
The intellectual heart of China’s Muslim community is under threat as scholars, writers, religious leaders and their families are under constant state surveillance. ( read original story …)
Coronavirus: China suspends US$2.1 billion in debt service for poor nations
Beijing says official bilateral lender and a commercial creditor offer relief to help debtors weather the pandemic. ( read original story …)
The acid test: Western diplomats ponder the problem of dealing with a more aggressive China
International affairs experts are fond of saying that China’s weakness as a superpower is that it lacks friends. But for China’s geopolitical foes and rivals, alliances are only as strong as the … ( read…
Mainland China reports 16 new COVID-19 cases vs 17 a day earlier
Mainland China reported 16 new COVID-19 cases on Nov. 20, down from 17 the previous day, with seven cases of local transmission and nine cases originating overseas, the country’s health authority said … ( read…
