投稿者: Reuters in Beijing
Number of infections rises by 19 as Games organisers warn of more cases in coming daysCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageChina has reported a jump in Covid cases among athletes and team officials at the Beijing Winter Olympics….
Disciplinary body says people to be held accountable for failing in efforts to prevent and control outbreakCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageOfficials in the north-western Chinese city of Xian are facing punishment for “not do…
Tender document details plans for system that can compile files using 3,000 facial recognition camerasSecurity officials in one of China’s largest provinces have commissioned a surveillance system they say they want to use to track journalists and inte…
Man, 41, in Jiangsu, diagnosed on 28 May but risk of avian virus spread is low, says state health agencyA 41-year-old man in China’s eastern province of Jiangsu has been confirmed as the first human case of infection with the H10N3 strain of bird flu, …
Move follows data showing sharp decline in number of births in world’s most populous countryChina has announced that couples will be permitted to have up to three children, in a major policy shift from the existing two-child limit after recent data sho…
Chinese foreign ministry announced sanctions against Mike Pompeo and 27 others as Biden was taking presidential oathChina has said it wants to cooperate with Joe Biden’s new US administration, while announcing sanctions against the “lying and cheating”…
Mainland Chinese social media users call for boycott after franchise urged solidarityInternet users on the Chinese mainland have blacklisted popular bubble tea brands from Taiwan after a Hong Kong franchise urged solidarity with street protesters there…
Politician known abroad for his role in crushing 1989 Tiananmen Square protestsThe former Chinese premier Li Peng, reviled by rights activists and many in the Chinese capital as the “Butcher of Beijing” for his role in the crackdown on the Tiananmen Sq…
US approved sale of tanks and missiles to Taiwan this weekBeijing calls sales ‘a serious violation of international law’China has said it will impose sanctions on US firms involved in a deal to sell $2.2bn worth of tanks, missiles and related equipment…