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Sun, 17 Jan 2021 11:11:31 +0800
Beijing tightens security around late PM's cemetary
Security was exceptionally tight at a cemetery in Beijing on the sixteenth anniversary of the death of the late reformist leader Zhao Ziyang. Police and plain-clothed officers blocked the entrance to the burial ground on Sunday, and banned everyone...

Sat, 16 Jan 2021 16:22:22 +0800
China says latest outbreaks from travellers, imports
China's recent Covid-19 outbreaks in the northeast have come from travellers entering the country or contaminated frozen food imports, the National Health Commission (NHC) said on Saturday. NHC Minister Ma Xiaowei made the comments at a government m...

Sat, 16 Jan 2021 10:13:59 +0800
Mainland reports 130 new Covid-19 cases
The mainland reported 130 new coronavirus cases for Friday, official data showed on Saturday, as authorities continued to battle a severe outbreak in the Northeast that has put more than 28 million people under lockdown. That figure was down from 13...

Sat, 16 Jan 2021 00:29:26 +0800
Lawyer who handled detainees' case loses licence
A human rights lawyer who handled the case of Hong Kong pro-democracy activists detained on the mainland had his licence revoked on Friday, a move he said was triggered by the sensitivity of the case for Beijing. Lu Siwei – together with another r...

Fri, 15 Jan 2021 11:41:15 +0800
Migrant workers urged to avoid CNY trips home
Fearing Covid cases, lost profits and possible lockdowns, local governments and humming factories on the mainland are offering a slew of incentives to persuade workers not to go home for the Chinese New Year holiday in February. This period usually ...

Fri, 15 Jan 2021 01:19:38 +0800
US adds China's CNOOC to economic blacklist
The Trump administration added China's CNOOC to a US economic blacklist on Thursday, accusing the oil giant of helping Beijing intimidate neighbours in the South China Sea and ratcheting up tension days before US President-elect Joe Biden takes offic...

Thu, 14 Jan 2021 22:15:26 +0800
Detained rights lawyer allowed video chat with wife
The wife of jailed mainland human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng has been allowed to see him for the first time since his arrest in 2018 – via videochat. Yu was arrested after he circulated a letter calling for reforms to the constitution, and was subs...

Thu, 14 Jan 2021 09:30:56 +0800
WHO team arrives in Wuhan to begin Covid probe
An international team of scientists led by the World Health Organisation arrived on Thursday in China's central city of Wuhan to investigate the origins of the novel coronavirus that sparked the pandemic, state television said. The team arrived late...

Thu, 14 Jan 2021 09:18:53 +0800
Mainland sees largest Covid jump in over 10 months
China reported its biggest daily jump in new Covid-19 cases in more than 10 months as infections in northeastern Heilongjiang province nearly tripled, underscoring the growing threat ahead of a major national holiday. The National Health Commission ...

Thu, 14 Jan 2021 02:52:41 +0800
US bans cotton, tomatoes from Xinjiang
The United States is imposing a region-wide ban on all cotton and tomato products from western China's Xinjiang region over allegations that they are made with forced labour from detained Uighur Muslims, US Customs and Border Protection said on Wedne...

Thu, 14 Jan 2021 02:16:17 +0800
UK PM warns against 'unthinking sinophobia'
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday warned against anti-Chinese sentiment, despite renewing strong criticism about Beijing's actions and policies. "I don't want this country or this government to lurch into a position of unthinking s...

Wed, 13 Jan 2021 12:28:28 +0800
US cancels envoy's visit to Taiwan
The US State Department has cancelled the planned Taiwan visit by its UN ambassador that has drawn strong opposition and a warning from China. The department announced it was cancelling all senior-level overseas travels, including Secretary of State...

Wed, 13 Jan 2021 11:52:09 +0800
China sees biggest Covid-19 spike in over 5 months
The mainland has recorded the biggest daily jump in Covid cases in more than five months, despite four cities in lockdown, increased testing and other measures aimed at preventing another wave of infections in the world's second biggest economy. Mos...

Wed, 13 Jan 2021 11:42:22 +0800
HK detainees' lawyer forcibly dragged into hearing
A mainland lawyer hired by family members of the 12 Hongkongers captured in mainland waters by the Guangdong coast guard last year was forcibly dragged into a hearing on Wednesday to decide whether he should be stripped of his licence. Lu Siwei is a...

Wed, 13 Jan 2021 09:49:29 +0800
Brazil trial shows CoronaVac 50 percent effective
Brazilian authorities say the mainland-made CoronaVac vaccine has a 50 percent efficacy rate in late-stage trials. While it reaches the minimum target set by the World Health Organisation, it's well behind other vaccines produced by Moderna, at 94 ...

Wed, 13 Jan 2021 03:34:51 +0800
China blasts Britain at UN over Xinjiang criticism
China's ambassador to the UN warned Britain on Tuesday not to interfere in its affairs, after a British minister criticised Beijing's treatment of its Uighur minority during a Security Council meeting. Zhang Jun slammed what he termed a baseless "po...

Tue, 12 Jan 2021 22:18:48 +0800
Mainland lawyer who helped HKers 'harassed'
One of the mainland lawyers hired by family members of the 12 Hongkongers captured in mainland waters by the Guangdong coast guard last year has complained he was harassed by officials on Tuesday – a day before he faces a hearing that could see him...

Tue, 12 Jan 2021 21:50:04 +0800
UK introduces new rules to halt Xinjiang goods
Britain will introduce new rules for companies to try to prevent goods from China's Xinjiang region entering the supply chain, foreign minister Dominic Raab said on Tuesday, toughening London's response to allegations of forced labour. Addressing pa...

Tue, 12 Jan 2021 18:41:55 +0800
WHO team to visit Wuhan in Covid probe
A World Health Organisation (WHO) team of international experts investigating the origin of the novel coronavirus will arrive in the Chinese city of Wuhan from Singapore on Thursday, a Chinese official said. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has ...

Tue, 12 Jan 2021 12:12:40 +0800
Covid lockdowns in Hebei expanded
Lockdowns have been expanded and a major political conference postponed in a province next to Beijing that is the scene of China’s most serious recent Covid-19 outbreak. Residents of the city of Gu’an just south of Beijing have been ordered to s...



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