Coronavirus scare prompts countries to raise entry controls for Chinese nationals

With the number of infected people rising every day and more countries reporting cases of infections of the coronavirus 2019-nCoV, some jurisdictions and travel companies have started to enforce measures

Americans pass health test after being evacuated from China

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A plane evacuating 201 Americans from the Chinese city at the center of the virus outbreak continued Wednesday on to Southern California after everyone aboard passed

Cases of new virus in China top its total for SARS

China, with 5,974 cases of a new virus, has more infections than it did in with SARS, though the death toll is still lower. China had 5,327 cases of

Asian demand for face masks soars on fears of Chinese virus

Panic and pollution drive the market for protective face masks, so business is booming in Asia, where fear of the virus from China is straining supplies and helping make mask-wearing

Countries evaluate evacuation of citizens in virus epicenter

Countries with citizens in the central Chinese city that’s the epicenter of a viral outbreak are planning evacuations as the number of illnesses grow and China takes drastic measures to

Boris Johnson walks Huawei tightrope as UK sets up clash with Trump

It’s the kind of balancing act Britain may have to get used to as the country forges its way in the world after leaving the European Union. Two days before Brexit

‘Birth tourism’ faces new restrictions from US State Department

Trump administration is coming out with new visa restrictions aimed at restricting "birth tourism," in which women travel to the U.S. to give birth so their children can

Student’s jailing for US tweets shows Beijing’s reach

The case of a Chinese student jailed for tweets he sent while studying in America underscores that being overseas is no protection from Beijing’s censors. Luo Daiqing, who

Gov’t expands travel curbs as Singapore reports virus case

Chinese health officials expanded travel restrictions beyond the epicenter of a SARS-like outbreak that’s killed at least 17 people as the virus appeared in the Asian financial hub of

Taiwan urges China to release all information on new virus

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen urged China yesterday to release all information about the outbreak of a new virus and work with Taiwan on curbing its spread. At China’s insistence, Taiwan is

Tour agencies: N. Korea bans foreign tourists over new virus

North Korea has banned foreign tourists to guard against the spread of a new virus from China, tour operators in China said. Foreign travel to North Korea has been temporarily suspended

Huawei’s CEO dismisses looming threat of a US escalation

Huawei Technologies Co. founder Ren Zhengfei shrugged off the threat the U.S. will impose even stricter sanctions against his company, saying he was confident China’s largest tech company can survive

Wife: Ex-Interpol boss jailed for reformist views

In her first comments about her husband’s jail sentence, the wife of the former Interpol president imprisoned in China has dismissed his bribery conviction as “a lie, a fake case”

China sentences ex-boss of Interpol to 13 years for bribes

China has sentenced the former president of Interpol, Meng Hongwei, to 13 years and six months in prison on charges of accepting more than $2 million in bribes. Meng

Huawei CFO’s lawyers say US fraud charges are a ‘facade’

Huawei Technologies Co. Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou shouldn’t be dispatched to the U.S. because her alleged crimes don’t meet Canada’s legal tests for extradition, her

Huawei exec’s extradition hearing begins in Canada

The first stage of an extradition hearing for a senior executive of Chinese telecom giant Huawei began yesterday in a Vancouver courtroom, a case that has infuriated Beijing, caused a

Xi Jinping’s wider fight with US is only just beginning after trade deal

  In a letter read out during last week’s trade deal signing at the White House, Chinese leader Xi Jinping asked U.S. President Donald Trump to take steps to “enhance mutual

The odds of Huawei’s CFO avoiding extradition are just one in 100

Huawei Technologies Co. Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou has joined Carlos Ghosn in the 1% legal club. Those are the odds that the Chinese executive will win her bid to avoid

US, China sign phase one of trade deal

The U.S. and China signed what they billed as the first phase of a broader trade pact yesterday amid persistent questions over whether President Donald Trump’s efforts to rewrite

Patient in Japan confirmed as having new virus from China

Japan’s government said yesterday a man treated for pneumonia after returning from China has tested positive for the new coronavirus identified as a possible cause of an outbreak in the

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