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 …)
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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…
The Latest: China starts mass testing 3 million in Tianjin
China is starting mass testing on 3 million people in a section of the northern city of Tianjin and has tested 4,015 others in a hospital in Shanghai after the discovery of a pair ……
US and Taiwan sign up for stronger economic ties, rankling Beijing
The United States and Taiwan signed a blueprint for closer economic ties Friday in Washington as the departing Trump administration tries to cement its legacy and Taipei seeks to build on gains made … (…
China’s ‘bat woman’ virologist rules out Covid-19 virus in fresh tests on old cave samples
In an update to an earlier paper that spawned conspiracy theories, Shi Zhengli details how they found a bat virus ‘96 per cent similar’ to the pandemic coronavirus. ( read original story …)
China reports 12 new COVID-19 cases vs 8 a day earlier
Mainland China reported 12 new COVID-19 cases on Nov. 18, up from eight cases a day earlier, the country’s health authority said on Thursday. ( read original story …)
Travel to China during the Corona pandemic
I am on business trip in China, so here is a preliminary report on traveling during the Corona pandemic and some tips for those who plan a visit to China. It is not easy to…
Wish IPO prospectus reveals heavy risks tied to e-retailer’s reliance on China
E-commerce marketplace Wish filed its IPO prospectus Friday, and gave investors who may be concerned about an overreliance on China plenty of reasons to be skeptical. Wish, founded in 2010, is an … ( read…
China to Australia: stop treating us as a threat or we won’t pick up the phone
Beijing ministers won’t speak to counterparts until Canberra discards ‘cold war mentality’, embassy says … ( read original story …)
China’s Shanghai reports two local coronavirus cases
China’s financial hub of Shanghai said on Friday it had confirmed two coronavirus cases in a married couple in the city’s Pudong district, its first locally transmitted COVID-19 infections in 11 days. ( read original…
Coons says hopes for bipartisan U.S. policy to ‘out-compete’ China
U.S. Democratic Senator Chris Coons, who is seen as a contender for secretary of state in the incoming Biden administration, told Reuters on Friday he hoped to see a bipartisan policy on China that ……
