Brunei reported no new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday with the national tally of cases standing at 138, marking the sixteenth day in a row without new cases since April 19. According to Brunei’s …
Investors’ No. 1 concern is a US-China political face-off, says economist
The coronavirus pandemic might have peaked, but the political fallout from it is just picking up pace and investors are getting very worried, said an economist on Wednesday.
China says HK will never be calm unless violent protesters removed
China’s Hong Kong affairs office on Wednesday condemned Hong Kong protesters as a “political virus” who seek independence, warning that the city will never be calm unless what it said were violent …
China’s April-May exports growth expected to contract by up to 30%, says economist
China could ramp up stimulus to boost domestic demand to mitigate the impact of the coronavirus crisis on exports and its labor market, Zhiwei Zhang, president and chief economist at Pinpoint Asset …
China plans to complete space station by 2022
China plans to send four crewed space missions and the same number of cargo craft to complete work on its permanent space station within about two years, officials said after …
Young May Day travellers raise hope for China’s tourism
China’s tourism sector showed encouraging signs of recovery over the May Day holiday with 115 million trips made, many by car and by younger people emerging from weeks of coronavirus lockdown, …
The Wuhan lab at the heart of the US-China virus spat
US President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo have both claimed that there is evidence the pathogen came from the lab in Wuhan — the city where the disease was first detected late last …
Students in China’s virus centre Wuhan return to school
Chinese youngsters in the global virus epicentre of Wuhan filed back to class on Wednesday, wearing masks and walking in single file past thermal scanners.
The Latest: Macron criticized for opening schools next week
French President Emmanuel Macron confirmed plans to gradually reopen schools next week amid concerns from mayors, teachers and parents about the timing …
Coronavirus: Can live-streaming save China’s economy?
“I’m a bit nervous,” confessed Li Qiang, the deputy mayor of Wuhan, the Chinese city where the coronavirus was first reported late last year, as he awaited the start of his first-ever TikTok …