Beijing is facing growing resistance over a flagship project intended to improve governance, after city residents balked at backing its preferred candidates in local elections. Authorities want to … ( read original story …)
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Beijing’s 2008 Olympics were a soft power victory for China, but 2022 may be another story
As the sound of fireworks rang out over Beijing to mark the close of the 2008 Summer Olympics, China’s leaders could have been forgiven for breathing a sigh of relief. ( read original story …)
Chinese diplomat blames former Trump administration for U.S.-China difficulties
The actions of the administration of former U.S. President Donald Trump to suppress and contain China were the root cause of the difficulties in their bilateral relations, senior Chinese diplomat Wang … ( read original…
Britain to challenge China at U.N. over access to Xinjiang
Britain will on Monday call for the United Nations to be given “urgent and unfettered” access to Xinjiang to investigate reports of abuses in the Chinese region. British Foreign Secretary Dominic … ( read original…
Jake Sullivan criticizes China’s transparency on COVID-19 origin, but declines to stand by US intelligence on it
Biden national security adviser Jake Sullivan criticized China for blocking data on the origins of COVID-19, but declined to stand by declassified U.S. intelligence released at the end of the Trump … ( read original…
UK to call for UN probe of Uighur camps in China’s Xinjiang province
The UK foreign secretary wants UN investigators to be given urgent access to Uighur camps in Xinjiang as he warned that human rights abuses in the Chinese province are taking place on an “industrial ……
Scientists slam China’s ‘implausibly’ slow investigation of Covid-19 as WHO panel ‘has to recommend contact tracing of patient zero and wet market suppliers’
A to-be-published World Health Organisation report will recommend contact tracing Wuhan’s ‘patient zero’ as well as wet market’s supply chain to search for the origins of Covid-19 in China. ( read original story …)
Why Beijing Loves Biden and Paris
The U.S. rejoins a climate pact that gives China a free carbon ride. ( read original story …)
Boris Johnson’s warm words on China likely to infuriate backbenchers
PM declares he is a ‘fervent Sinophile’ as he seeks to strengthen UK trade ties with Beijing … ( read original story …)
India and China pull back from disputed lake
India and China have completed the pull-back of troops from part of their disputed Himalayan border, a joint statement issued by the Indian defence ministry says. Soldiers completed their withdrawal … ( read original story…
Man Smokes Next to Political Banner in Beijing, China
A Chinese man smokes a cigarette next to a government banner extolling the virtues of “Socialist Core Values” of equal justice, rule by law, being patriotic and dedicated to being friendly at a … (…
Men Wear Costumes in Beijing, China
Three young Chinese men, wearing warrior costumes, walk through a trendy shopping area in downtown Beijing on Sunday, February 21, 2021. A notice from China’s education ministry has caused some … ( read original story…
China has not shared ‘sufficient’ data for WHO coronavirus origin report: National Security Advisor
Biden National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan cast doubt on the World Health Organization’s forthcoming report about the origins of the coronavirus pandemic. ( read original story …)
