Chinese authorities said they would step up loan subsidies for the country’s virus-hit small-business owners, as Beijing moves to revive the world’s second-largest economy.
In Vietnam, There Have Been Fewer Than 300 COVID-19 Cases And No Deaths. Here’s Why
Vietnam shares a border with China, yet it has reported no deaths from COVID-19 and just 268 confirmed cases, when other Southeast Asian nations are reporting thousands. Experts say experience dealing …
China sends aid to African nations amid racism charges
April 16 (UPI) –China is sending dozens of medical experts to Burkina Faso and Ethiopia amid accusations of racial discrimination against African residents in the southern city of Guangzhou.
Fact check: Black people being targeted in Guangzhou, China, over COVID-19 fears
Discrimination against blacks in the Chinese city of Guangzhou, including an incident at McDonald’s, has sparked outrage.
Congress Seeks to Confront China With $6 Billion in New Defense Spending
Congress Seeks to Confront China With $6 Bil… Amid rising U.S.-China tensions over the coronavirus pandemic, a bill introduced in Congress on Thursday would seek to create for the first time a …
G7 leaders call for ‘thorough review’ of besieged WHO amid questions about coronavirus, pro-China bias
The leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) countries are calling for a “thorough review and reform process” for the World Health Organization (WHO), the White House said Thursday — days after President …
China will have to answer hard questions on coronavirus outbreak: UK foreign minister
China will have to answer hard questions on how the coronavirus outbreak happened and on whether it could have been prevented, British foreign secretary Dominic Raab said on Thursday. “There …
Claim That Coronavirus Came from a Lab in China Completely Unfounded, Scientists Say
Adam Lauring of University of Michigan Medical School told Newsweek: “This claim is a conspiracy theory and it is not supported at all by the available data.” …
Asia Today: Japan expands emergency; China denies allegation
Japan’s prime minister is planning to expand a state of emergency to the entire country from just Tokyo and other urban areas as the coronavirus continues to spread …
Kicked Out of China
As the coronavirus escalated to a worldwide crisis, China expelled our journalists — and surveilled our correspondents to thwart their reporting before they left. Hosted by Michael Barbaro, produced …