Before Monday’s coup in Myanmar, the country’s relations with China already were complicated by Chinese investments in its infrastructure and the Myanmar military’s campaigns along their shared border. The coup deposed
World Health Organization investigators yesterday visited a research center in the Chinese city of Wuhan that has been the subject of speculation about the origins of the coronavirus, with one
China yesterday announced a plan to provide 10 million coronavirus vaccine doses to developing nations through the global COVAX initiative as part of its ambitious diplomatic and business efforts to
Chinese police have arrested more than 80 suspected members of a criminal group that was manufacturing and selling fake Covid-19 vaccines, including to other countries. Police in Beijing and in Jiangsu
World Health Organization experts visited an animal disease center in the Chinese city of Wuhan yesterday as part of their investigation into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic. Team member Peter
A second Chinese lawyer who represented a Hong Kong pro-democracy activist was stripped of his license yesterday as Beijing attempts to crush opposition to its tighter control over the territory. Ren
In China’s popular online-streaming industry, virtual gift-giving is big. You can send your favorite live performer anything from a rose for 5 yuan (80 cents) to a space rocket for
A World Health Organization team investigating the origins of the coronavirus pandemic visited two disease control centers yesterday that had an early hand in managing the outbreak in the central
Prominent Hong Kong democracy advocate and newspaper founder Jimmy Lai returned to court yesterday to contest an attempt by the government to keep him in jail while facing charges under
Cindy had a comfortable lifestyle in Hong Kong: she owned several properties with her husband, they had a good business going. But last year she made up her mind to
A World Health Organization team looking into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic yesterday visited a market known to be the food distribution center for the Chinese city of Wuhan
An official indicator of China’s manufacturing activity weakened for a second consecutive month in January, following outbreaks of domestic COVID-19 cases that affected the operations of some industries. The purchasing managers’
What happens to a global financial center when hundreds of thousands of residents head for the door? The jury is still out on London after its Brexit- and pandemic-inspired Money is
A World Health Organization team emerged from quarantine in the Chinese city of Wuhan yesterday to start field work in a fact-finding mission on the origins of the virus that
China’s government called on Indonesia yesterday to treat a group of detained Chinese sailors fairly but gave no indication what their oil tanker was doing when it was found at
The U.S.-Chinese trade war isn’t going away under President Joe Biden. Biden won’t confront Beijing right away, economists say, because he wants to focus on the coronavirus and the economy. But
As officials in Vietnam’s Communist Party jockey for position during a twice-a-decade meeting to refresh the leadership ranks, they largely agree on one thing: Closer ties with the U.S. are
Countries must cooperate more closely in fighting the challenges of the pandemic and climate change and in supporting a sustainable global economic recovery, Chinese President Xi Jinping said this week
Chinese state media have played up questions about Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine and whether it could be lethal to the very old. A government spokesperson suggests the coronavirus could have emerged
One year after lockdown, Wuhan has long since sprung back to life — but Zhu Tao remains bunkered in his 14th-floor apartment, spending his days doomscrolling through news, playing virtual
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