Between 3 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday, Beijing recorded 94 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, according to Liu Xiaofeng, deputy head of the Beijing municipal disease prevention and control centre, at a press briefing Sunday. Seventy-seven instances were discovered among those under closed-off management, while 17 were discovered through community-wide screening. According to Liu, … Read more
The UN rights chief came beneath hearth Friday for pronouncing a go to next week to China’s Xinjiang, with America announcing she was failing to rise up for the area’s Uyghur network. After years of soliciting for “significant and unfettered” get right of entry a long way-western Xinjiang, Michelle Bachelet will ultimately lead a six-day … Read more
The United States’ top trade representative met with her Taiwanese counterpart on Friday to discuss measures to strengthen trade and investment links between the two nations. Prior to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) ministerial conference, US Trade Representative Katherine Tai met with Taiwan’s top trade negotiator John Deng in Bangkok. According to a statement from … Read more
Some of the Trump-generation price lists imposed on China seem to harm consumers and organizations extra than address actual problems posed via the Asian large, US treasury secretary Janet Yellen said Wednesday because the Biden management mulls lifting the punitive duties. American tariffs on masses of billions of greenbacks of Chinese imports are due to … Read more
Japan’s foreign minister urged Beijing to “play a responsible role” in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, In his first talks with his Chinese counterpart in six months, Japan has joined its Western allies in imposing severe sanctions on Russia in response to the Ukraine crisis, while Beijing has refused to criticize Moscow’s invasion. … Read more
China’s Premier asked for more “urgency” in implementing measures to help the country’s virus-ravaged economy, State media said Wednesday that days after statistics revealed the devastating impact of Covid-19 limits. China, the only major global economy to adhere to a rigorous zero-Covid policy, is experiencing an economic downturn as a result of protracted viral lockdowns … Read more
North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong Un, says a Covid outbreak is causing “great upheaval” in the country, which announced 21 new “fever” deaths on Saturday. Two days after confirming the first Covid-19 cases, the government announced that more than 500,000 people had become ill across the country. Despite activating its “maximum emergency quarantine system” to … Read more
According to local officials, Beijing intends to perform antigen testing in select crucial locations and industries in order to find virus carriers as early as feasible. According to a press briefing on COVID-19 control, the antigen testing will include persons in locations under closed management and control, as well as employees in businesses like as … Read more
BEIJING: Millions of residents in Beijing stayed at home on Monday as the Chinese city battled a Covid-19 outbreak with tightening travel restrictions. Beijing citizens are concerned that they will soon be subjected to the same severe rules that have kept the majority of Shanghai’s 25 million residents at home for several weeks. Officials say … Read more
BEIJING: Five people were killed in a rockslide in Rongxian County in southwest China’s Sichuan Province, according to local media citing authorities. According to Xinhua, the incident occurred at about 2:30 p.m. (local time) on Monday in a village in Rongxian, leaving five people missing. According to the report, local authorities were also dispatched to … Read more
China’s two largest cities strengthened Covid-19 restrictions on their inhabitants on Monday, causing fresh frustration and even raising issues about the legitimacy of the country’s unrelenting fight against the virus. As China grapples with its biggest Covid outbreak since the outbreak began, officials in Shanghai, the country’s most populated city, have initiated a fresh drive … Read more
The appointment of a former security chief as Hong Kong’s new leader, according to the European Union’s foreign policy chief, violated democratic norms. A small committee of Beijing loyalists appointed John Lee, 64, who oversaw the crackdown on Hong Kong’s democracy movement, as Hong Kong leader on Sunday. “The European Union regrets this violation of … Read more
Prime Minister Scott Morrison promised Sunday during a heated debate before the May 21 elections that Australia would cooperate with its friends to prevent China from establishing a military facility in the Solomon Islands. China’s growing clout in the Pacific has become a hot political issue in Australia ahead of the polls, following Beijing’s announcement last month … Read more
SHANGHAI: A disease control official in Beijing said 39 new domestically transmitted COVID-19 illnesses were detected in the 24 hours ending at 3 p.m. (0700 GMT) on Sunday. Since April 22, the city has had a total of 727 COVID infections, according to Pang Xinghuo, deputy head of the Beijing Municipal Health Commission. People familiar … Read more
CIA Director Bill Burns said that China is closely monitoring Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and is likely altering its long-term plans for obtaining control of Taiwan based on the lessons learned.. “Clearly the Chinese leadership is trying to look carefully at what lessons they should draw from Ukraine about their own ambitions and Taiwan,” Burns … Read more
Chinese web users are utilizing inventive techniques to avoid censorship and voice unhappiness with Covid restrictions, ranging from repeating the national anthem to invoking Hollywood blockbusters and George Orwell’s dystopian classic “1984”. China maintains a tight grip over the internet, with legions of censors scrubbing out posts that cast the Communist Party’s policies in a … Read more
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the Communist Youth League of China, an exhibition on the history of the Chinese youth movement has opened in Beijing (CYLC). According to the CYLC Central Committee, the unique exhibition, which is being presented at the Central School of the Communist Youth League of China, provides … Read more
The streets of Beijing’s commercial area were desolate on Thursday as the authorities urged workers to return to work remotely, with hundreds of metro stations closed following a national holiday marred by coronavirus curtailments. Chinese officials have maintained its zero-COVID policy of lockdowns and widespread testing as they confront the worst epidemic since the pandemic’s … Read more
Countryside road excursions became popular during the five-day May Day holiday, which concluded Wednesday, as the Chinese capital city tightened restrictions against COVID-19 to prevent cross-infection. Beijingers’ holiday travel options include visiting urban parks, cycling, camping, and touring countryside scenic sites and rural bed and breakfasts (B&B), with the three suburb districts of Yanqing, Pinggu, … Read more
The European Union has requested a “proper answer” from Chinese authorities in the case of an eight-month detention of a local employee at its Beijing mission. The EU Delegation in China staffer was detained by police in September 2021, the bloc confirmed in an emailed statement. “Despite multiple requests on our side to the Chinese … Read more
Beijing’s security address the Solomon Islands has transformed Australia’s closely-fought election marketing campaign right into a foreign coverage war over Canberra’s complicated courting with the Pacific. Australia’s Liberal authorities lobbied difficult towards the Solomons signing the pact, along with best friend America, however, neither become a success in dissuading Honiara. The final text is not public but … Read more
Beijing will tighten its Covid-19 restrictions with extra testing measures, officials stated on Saturday, as the start of the Labor Day vacation was hampered by the capital’s lingering illnesses. The five-day holiday is usually one of China’s busiest travel times, but the country’s worst Covid recurrence since the pandemic’s early stages is expected to keep … Read more
Hong Kong judge enhanced a university student’s prison sentence to five years for messages on Telegram advocating for Hong Kong’s independence from China and demands to resist communist authority, On Friday. Lui Sai-yu, a 25-year-old engineering student, pled guilty to “incitement to secession,” a criminal under Beijing’s national security law, enacted in 2020 to suppress … Read more
BEIJING/SHANGHAI – Beijing closed some public places and tightened security in others on Thursday, as the majority of the Chinese capital’s 22 million people turned out for further COVID-19 testing in an attempt to avoid a Shanghai-style lockdown. The majority of people in the business hub had been living in tense home isolation for a … Read more
Double Olympic skiing champion Chloe Kim said she will sit down out the 2022-23 season to attention to her mental health after a “draining” year. The American became the youngest woman to say an Olympic gold in snowboarding whilst she received the halfpipe at the 2018 Winter Games as a 17-year-vintage and defended her title … Read more
Human Rights Watch govt director Kenneth Roth said Tuesday he was stepping down after three a long time wherein the New York-based NGO has become a thorn inside the aspect of authoritarian regimes and rights abuses globally. Roth, who has led the organization considering the fact that 1993, will depart at the end of August, … Read more
People in Beijing have stocked up on food and other supplies as the city’s largest district began mass testing people amid a fresh coronavirus epidemic. After multiple positive COVID-19 instances in China’s capital in recent days, the testing system has sparked worries of a lockdown akin to the one in Shanghai. Chaoyang has a population … Read more
Shanghai mentioned 39 Covid deaths Sunday, its highest each day toll despite weeks of lockdowns, whilst China’s capital Beijing warned of a “grim” state of affairs with rising infections. The international’s second-biggest economic system has been suffering to stamp out its worst outbreak in years with a playbook of harsh lockdowns and mass testing because it sticks … Read more
