Covid-19 | WHO team visits animal disease center in Wuhan

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

Ren Quanniu | Beijing strips license from second lawyer for HK activists

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

Kuaishou | Ex-Googler turns virtual gifts into a $61 billion business

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

Covid-19 | WHO team in Wuhan visits disease control centers

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

Hong Kong | Government critic Jimmy Lai returns to court

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

Hong Kong | Thousands flee for UK, fearing China crackdown

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

Covid-19 | WHO teams visit Wuhan food market in search of virus clues

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

PMI | Manufacturing, services sectors weaken in January

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’

Hong Kong | The brutal truth for bankers is they’re expendable

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

WHO team in Wuhan departs quarantine for Covid origins study

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

Gov’t asks Indonesia to treat detained sailors fairly

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

Trade war | Under Biden, Beijing faces renewed pressure

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

Vietnam’s Communists look to Biden to offset growing Chinese power

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

Davos | Xi calls for unity in fighting virus, climate change

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

Gov’t pushes fringe theories on pandemic origins, virus

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

Year after lockdown, Wuhan dissident more isolated than ever

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

US reaffirms Taiwan support after China sends warplanes

The U.S. has reaffirmed support for Taiwan following China’s dispatch of warplanes near the island in an apparent attempt to intimidate its democratic government and test American resolve. The State Department

Analysis | Biden faces a more confident China after US chaos

As a new U.S. president takes office, he faces a determined Chinese leadership that could be further emboldened by America’s troubles at home. The disarray in America, from the rampant COVID-19

Gov’t labels Pompeo ‘doomsday clown’ over genocide claims

China’s Foreign Ministry described outgoing U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo yesterday as a “doomsday clown” and said his designation of China as a perpetrator of genocide and crimes against

Covid-19 | Beijing records new cases, defends response

Beijing, recorded seven more coronavirus cases yesterday amid a lingering outbreak in the country’s north. Another 46 were recorded in Jilin province, 16 in Heilongjiang on the border with Russia, and

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