Motorists can take a seat again and watch TV as soon as self-using cars are authorized on British roads but could be banned from the usage of handheld mobile telephones, authorities plans found out Wednesday. The Department for Transport set out changes to The Highway Code to “help ensure the primary wave of self-riding vehicles … Read more
Following criticism of China’s alleged support for Russia’s incursion, Beijing’s defense minister warned his US counterpart not to “use the Ukraine issue to smear, frame, threaten, or pressure China.” Wei Fenghe, China’s defense minister, made his remarks just days after a prominent US senator warned China should pay a higher price for supporting Moscow. China … Read more
China has reacted violently to a Congressional visit to Taiwan by conducting military exercises in adjacent seas. A task force of frigates, bombers, and fighters manoeuvred into Taiwanese waters, according to the People’s Liberation Army, to target the “wrong signals” given by the US in its show of support for Taiwan. Meanwhile, the Chinese J-20 … Read more
BEIJING — Chinese electric car company Nio said over the weekend it’s increasing in rates and dangling production as the last Covid wave added to supply chain challenges. The company’s Hong Kong-listed shares fall around 9% on Monday morning dealing. Nio announced on Sunday the prices would go high for its three SUVs — the ES8, ES6, and EC6 — by … Read more
The Pentagon stated Tuesday that the US government has approved a sale of up to $95 million in training and equipment to bolster Taiwan’s Patriot Air Defense System. The Pentagon’s Defense Security Cooperation Agency stated in a statement that “the planned sale will assist to sustain the recipient’s (Taiwan’s) missile density and assure readiness for … Read more
On Saturday, India and Nepal resumed passenger rail service between them, while China continues to court Kathmandu. Nepal has always played a balancing act between New Delhi and Beijing, but observers fear that Indian influence over Kathmandu is fading as China pours money into the landlocked Himalayan country. Nepalese Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, on … Read more
BEIJING: Beijing and Moscow advanced a vision of a new world order Wednesday as Russia’s foreign minister made his first visit to key ally China since the invasion of Ukraine. Sergei Lavrov landed in the eastern city of Huangshan early Wednesday for a series of meetings about the future of Afghanistan. But Russia’s bloody assault on Ukraine … Read more
HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s top scientists urged the government on Tuesday to transition from China’s zero-Covid strategy before the next outbreak unless the financial hub wants to be a “closed port forever”. Hong Kong used strict travel curbs to keep the virus at bay for two years, leaving the city increasingly isolated, and a deadly … Read more
BEIJING: China on Sunday imposed stay-at-home orders on millions more people in the country’s northeast as it battles its biggest Covid-19 outbreak in two years. The country has largely kept the virus at bay since it brought to heel its initial outbreak in 2020 using targeted lockdowns, mass testing and travel restrictions. But the Omicron strain has … Read more
BEIJING – The Chinese mainland on Wednesday reported 1,226 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, down from 1,860 on Tuesday, the National Health Commission said Thursday. Of the new local infections, 742 were reported in the northeastern province of Jilin, 99 in east China’s Fujian Province, 83 in the southern province of Guangdong, and 62 in northeast … Read more
BEIJING – The Chinese mainland reported 1,860 new locally-transmitted COVID-19 infections over the past day, down from 3,507 on Monday, the National Health Commission said Wednesday. Of the local cases reported Tuesday, 1,456 were in the northeastern province of Jilin, 75 in east China’s Shandong Province, 59 in the southern province of Guangdong, and 51 … Read more
BEIJING: Nearly 30 million people were under lockdown across China on Tuesday, as surging virus cases prompted the return of mass tests and hazmat-suited health officials to city streets on a scale not seen since the start of the pandemic. China reported 5,280 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, more than double the previous day’s tally, … Read more
BEIJING – The Chinese mainland on Monday reported 3,507 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said Tuesday. Of the new local infections, 3,076 were reported in Jilin, 106 in Shandong, 53 in Shaanxi, 51 in Tianjin, 48 in Guangdong, 33 in Fujian, 31 in Zhejiang, 24 in Liaoning, 20 in Jiangsu, 13 in … Read more
BEIJING: China on Monday reported its highest number of coronavirus cases in two years as clusters emerged in more than a dozen cities, posing a fresh challenge to Beijing’s zero-Covid policy. The country’s borders remain mostly closed as policymakers continue to pursue the zero-tolerance approach even as many parts of the world turn to living … Read more
BEIJING: When China’s President Xi Jinping issued his traditional Lunar New Year wishes from the country’s coal heartland in January, the subtext was clear: Beijing is not ready to kick its coal addiction, despite promises to slash emissions. The ink had barely dried on the hard-fought deal struck at last year’s United Nations climate conference … Read more
Taiwan’s government has denounced one of its Olympians after the speed skater was seen in an online video wearing the suit of the Chinese national team, with one lawmaker calling her attire the “uniform of the enemy”. The 33-year-old was the flagbearer for the ‘Chinese Taipei’ team at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games opening … Read more
BEIJING – In regard to Australia’s hype of a Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy vessel pointing a laser at an Australian patrol aircraft, here comes the truth. It was the villain – Australia – sued its victims. An Australian defence plane made dangerous moves toward a Chinese naval vessel, but Australia turned around and … Read more
BEIJING – Beijing reported eight locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases from 11 a.m. Tuesday to 11 a.m. Wednesday, local authorities said Wednesday. The cases are from the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area, Chaoyang District, Tongzhou District, Shunyi District and Xicheng District, according to a press briefing held by the municipal government. Liu Xiaofeng, deputy director of … Read more
BEIJING – The Chinese mainland on Tuesday reported 90 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said on Wednesday. According to the commission’s daily report, Inner Mongolia reported 47 of the new local infections, while Beijing reported 10, Liaoning nine, Guangdong seven, Sichuan six and Hubei five. The provinces of Jiangsu and Yunnan each … Read more
Germany have dominated the sliding sports at the Beijing Olympics. The secret of their success is that they have been using materials “basically similar to Formula One” to build their sledges, revealed one of the men who build them. Going into the final weekend of the Games, the Germans have won 12 of the 24 … Read more
BEIJING – Revisions in China’s updated Cybersecurity Review Measures took effect from Tuesday. One of them stipulates that network platform operators that hold personal information of more than one million users have to go through a cybersecurity review if they plan to list their shares overseas. This is considered to be one of the latest … Read more
Beijing Winter Olympics are once again in the news, but yet again for all the wrong reasons. After much controversy regarding Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai, the diplomatic boycott of the Games by numerous powerful countries and Covid-19-related complexities, the global sporting event is engulfed by a doping controversy. Kamila Valieva, who is competing under … Read more
SINGAPORE: Tech giant Sea, which is backed by China’s Tencent, has apologised to users in India after its popular Free Fire game was reportedly among dozens of apps hit with a ban on national security concerns. It was the latest volley between New Delhi and Beijing, with tensions between the two running high after a deadly … Read more
BEIJING: China will help its coal-fired power plants run at full capacity, the government has announced, raising further alarm about the fate of Beijing’s climate pledges. Swathes of the world’s second-biggest economy were paralysed last year because of power shortages, partly caused by a drop in coal supply as global prices of the fossil fuel … Read more
BEIJING: Facing an increasingly complicated external environment and more uncertainties, China is fully confident in and capable of maintaining sound, healthy and sustainable economic growth, said an official with the country’s top economic planner. China faces the triple pressures of demand contraction, supply shocks, and weakening expectations. But its economic resilience, massive potential, bright prospects, … Read more
Russia’s 15-year-old prodigy Kamila Valieva came to Beijing favourite for figure skating Olympic gold. Now she is at the center of a doping scandal that threatens to torpedo her fledgling career. “When I was three years old I would tell my mother, I want to be an Olympic champion,” she said on Monday after she … Read more
Nathan Chen won a dominant figure skating gold for his first Olympic title as reigning champion Yuzuru Hanyu fell twice on the ice and failed to win a medal in Beijing on Thursday. One of the most eagerly anticipated events of the Games came as the IOC refused to comment on a reported doping case involving another figure … Read more
Johannes Strolz of Austria overcame adversity to win Olympic alpine combined gold on Thursday, following in the footsteps of his father. Strolz, who was fourth after the first downhill, clocked the quickest slalom run to finish first in a combined time of 2min 31.43sec, matching his father Hubert’s performance at the 1988 Calgary Olympics. Aleksander … Read more
