When sports fans hear the name Eileen Gu over the next 12 months — and they will hear it a lot — it will not be by accident. Hard work, laser-focused planning, …
COVID-19: WHO investigators visit 2 hospitals in Wuhan, China
The World Health Organization has visited two hospitals at the center of the initial outbreak in Wuhan, China.
China won’t recognize U.K.’s Hong Kong travel document
China said Friday it will no longer recognize the British National Overseas passport as a valid travel document or form of identification amid a bitter feud with London over a plan to allow millions …
Beijing must recognise its own mistakes in US-China relations
While Biden ponders what went wrong from Washington’s end, Beijing should remember: it takes two to tango Even if Hong Kong, Taiwan, South China Sea are off limits, Beijing should forget the hubris, …
U.S. and China may meet at Singapore’s ‘Davos’, WEF says
United States President Joe Biden’s new administration may hold meetings with Chinese counterparts at a World Economic Forum meeting in Singapore in May, the organisation’s president said on Friday.
Hot money flows into China fund launches sparks asset bubble fears
China’s mutual fund industry assets surged 48 per cent to a record $3.1tn (Rmb20tn) in 2020 but huge demand for new funds is stoking fears that volatile investor inflows could spur a stock market …
China’s first Hualong One nuclear reactor starts commercial operation
China National Nuclear Corp said the first of its Hualong One units, third-generation pressurised water nuclear reactors, began commercial operations on Saturday.
WHO team, on tightly controlled China mission, visits hospital
The World Health Organization-led team investigating the origins of COVID-19 during a mission that has been tightly controlled by its Chinese hosts visited a hospital on Saturday in the central city …
WorldView: Novavax COVID vaccine, China-Taiwan tensions and more
Novavax has announced that its coronavirus vaccine is nearly 90% effective and also works against the more contagious variant discovered in the U.K. And China has warned Taiwan that any move towards …
Brunei considering various Covid-19 vaccine choices
Brunei is mulling various vaccines, including those from the US, Europe and China to be used in the country, Haji Mohd Isham, the sultanate’s Minister of Health said.