China is set to release a new plan this year called “China Standards 2035” with the aim of influencing how the next-generation of technologies will work.
Russia Coronavirus Cases Overtake China as Vladimir Putin Faces Sharp Rise in Infections
Russia now has the ninth highest number of confirmed coronavirus infections in the world, with 794 having died from the pandemic so far.
Coronavirus: Schools start reopening in China’s biggest cities
Older students in China’s biggest cities are starting to return to school following the coronavirus outbreak. Shanghai welcomed back pupils in their final years of middle and high school, while …
China denies spreading coronavirus disinformation following EU report
China’s foreign ministry on Monday denied claims that Beijing is spreading disinformation about the coronavirus following a European Union report that said there was “significant evidence” of covert …
China to Keep Coronavirus Tests Focused, Stops Short of Wider Testing
Students wearing face masks leave a school in Beijing, China as senior high school students in the Chinese capital returned to campus following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, April 27, …
Coronavirus live news: confirmed Russian cases pass China’s total; Afghanistan records biggest one-day rise in cases
Iran reports 96 more deaths; Spain’s death toll shows slight rise; Germany calls for ‘very careful’ easing of lockdown; New Zealand says ‘worst is over’ …
The Forgotten Hong Kong Flu Pandemic of 1968 Has Lessons for Today
Americans were more resilient, less vulnerable to social-media groupthink, and committed to going to work and washing their hands.
Happy Monday for Brunei as govt reports no new Covif-19 cases for one week
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: Brunei reported no new cases of Covid-19 (coronavirus) on Monday morning with the national tally of cases standing at 138, marking the seventh day in a row without new cases since …
U.S. Treasury currency report on trade partners delayed, Taiwan central bank sources say
The U.S. Treasury’s latest semi-annual report on trade practices of its major trading partners which was due this month has been delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic, two sources with direct …
Bhutan sees COVID-19’s silver lining for tourism sector
PARO — The Covid-19 pandemic walloped the tourism sector, but Tourism Council of Bhutan (TCB) is considering it as an opportunity to reboot the industry and give it a new face …