The government-produced coronavirus tracing app is unreachable to a majority of Indians and has stirred privacy fears. ( read original story ...)
India eases lockdown even as virus cases jump in capital
With shopping malls, places of worship, restaurants and state borders reopening Monday, some of the last vestiges of India's 10-week-long coronavirus lockdown disappeared even as the country reported ... ( read original story ...)
India re-opens despite record virus infections
Malls and temples opened across India on Monday after a 10-week lockdown, despite a record daily rise in new cases and predictions that the epidemic will worsen for weeks to come. The government has r ... ( read original story ...)
China’s coast guard to be given wartime power, report says
China is pursuing an amendment to the law that would allow its coast guard to receive instructions from Beijing's military during wartime, according to a Japanese press report. ( read original story ...)
Trump plans to sign bill pressuring China over Uighur Muslim crackdown: source
U.S. President Donald Trump plans to sign legislation calling for sanctions on Chinese officials responsible for oppression of Uighur Muslims, a source familiar with the matter said on Monday without ... ( read original story ...)
China Roundup: Mega trade fair goes online, anti-China sentiment hobbles developers
Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch’s China Roundup, a digest of recent events shaping the Chinese tech landscape and what those events mean to people in the rest of the world. This week, we are ... ( read original story ...)
China Warns U.S. Not to Start Nuclear Testing Again After Trump Administration Reportedly Debates Defying 30-Year Ban
While neither the United States nor China has ratified a 1996 nuclear test ban, neither has detonated such weapons of mass destruction. ( read original story ...)
China Drops Shanghai as a First Port of Entry for Beijing-Bound Flights
China on Monday dropped Shanghai as one of the first ports of entry for international flights bound for the capital, Beijing, while four new cities were added to the list and Wuhan, where the ... ( read original story ...)
China Just Added Two New Nuclear Missile Submarines to Its Fleet
The Chinese have just added two new nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarines to their Navy, bringing the total number of so-called SSBNs in the force up to six. While the U.S. operates twice as many ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Activist Investor David Webb to Step Back for Health Reasons
Hong Kong activist investor David Webb has said he will step back from posting his widely read critiques of companies and the city's government after being diagnosed with prostate cancer. Webb, a ... ( read original story ...)