The head of the BBC has criticised China for blocking its news coverage after the broadcaster’s World News service was banned in China and Hong Kong. The director general, Tim Davie, said the BBC ……
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Beijing Smog Casts Gloom Over China’s Lunar New Year Holiday
Beijing was once again shrouded in smog on Saturday after several days of heavy pollution which have plagued China’s capital during the Lunar New Year national holiday. Visibility across Beijing was … ( read original…
BBC World News Barred in Mainland China, Radio Dropped by HK Public Broadcaster
BBC World News has been barred from airing in China, the Chinese state media CGTN said early on Friday, citing the National Radio and Television Administration. ( read original story …)
EU calls on China to reverse ban on BBC World News channel: AP News
The European Union called on China to reverse its ban on the BBC World News television, the Associated Press reported on Saturday. ( read original story …)
EU calls on China to reverse ban on BBC World News channel
The European Union on Saturday called on China to reverse its ban on the BBC World News television channel imposed in apparent retaliation for Britain’s pulling of the license … ( read original story …)
China is committing a genocide against Uighurs. Biden’s words are nice, but we need more.
The world must accept that if the cost of stopping the destruction of an entire people is short-term prosperity, it is a sacrifice that must be made. ( read original story …)
China Refused to Provide WHO Team With Raw Data on Early COVID Cases, Team Member Says
China refused to give raw data on early COVID-19 cases to a World Health Organization-led team probing the origins of the pandemic, one of the team’s investigators said, potentially complicating … ( read original story…
Senegal pays $3.7 million for 200,000 doses of China’s Sinopharm vaccine
Senegal has paid a little over 2 billion CFA francs ($3.72 million) for 200,000 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine – nearly $19 per shot – developed by China’s Sinopharm, a finance ministry spokesman said on…
China holiday train travel down nearly 70% amid restrictions
Railway journeys in China during the usually frenetic Lunar New Year holiday travel rush are down by almost 70% amid calls for people to stay where they are to avoid a new … ( read…
New Covid-19 outbreaks in China reopen pet owners’ wounds, but public pressure eases some lockdown restrictions
New Covid-19 outbreaks in China have reopened old wounds for pet-owners forced to abandon their pets under quarantine, but some districts have updated their policies to be more humane. ( read original story …)
On W.H.O. Trip, China Refused to Hand Over Important Data
The information could be key to determining how and when the outbreak started, and to learning how to prevent future pandemics. ( read original story …)
2022 Beijing Olympic Games Loom as Test for Corporate Sponsors
Big companies that stay silent on human-rights issues risk alienating U.S. consumers; those speaking up could earn the host nation’s ire. ( read original story …)
Beijing’s hand behind Myanmar military coup?
Yet part of Myanmar’s original sin, and this includes the once sainted Suu Kyi, has been to run a hypernationalist Buddhist state at the expense of the country’s other ethnic and religious groups; … (…
