COVID is running rampant in China – but herd immunity remains elusive
Jan 24, 2023 05:37 am UTC| Health
After nearly three years of keeping COVID under control, China is experiencing a massive new wave of COVID infections. The official figures reporting 60,000 deaths between December 8 and January 12 are widely seen as...
China property crisis: why the housing market is collapsing – and the risks to the wider economy
Aug 24, 2022 10:57 am UTC| Economy
China has been trimming interest rates recently in contrast to other major economies as it tries to stem the economic effects of its zero-COVID policy and address a growing property crisis. The countrys traditionally...
Silenced in China: the COVID 'truth-tellers' and political dissent
Jul 18, 2021 10:28 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in Wuhan in early 2020, one focus of international reporting has been the Chinese authorities handling of the story. The BBC, CNN, the New York Times, AP, among others, have...
Jul 01, 2021 03:42 am UTC| Politics
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is in full swing to prepare for the 100th anniversary of its founding this week, with an intense publicity push to crow about its achievements. However, the CCP has little to celebrate...
Why politicians should be wary of publicly pursuing the Wuhan lab-leak investigation
Jun 07, 2021 23:43 pm UTC| Politics Law
The theory that SARS-CoV-2 originally leaked out of a laboratory in Wuhan, China, is making a comeback so much so that President Joe Biden has publicly ordered the US intelligence community to redouble its investigations...
Xi Jinping sends message to US on China's rising power in Boao address
Apr 23, 2021 12:11 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Chinese President Xi Jinpings muscular speech to the Boao Forum Asia annual conference was clearly designed to send a signal to the United States that China regarded the change of administration as an opportunity for a...
Chinese firms on investment blacklist encouraged by Xiaomi win, eye lawsuits against US
Mar 17, 2021 09:56 am UTC| Economy
Chinese firms targeted by former President Donald Trumps investment ban are thinking of suing the US government, encouraged by a federal judges suspension of blacklisting for Beijing-based smartphone maker Xiaomi. A...
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