World Jan 11 Uyghurs detained in Thailand for more than a decade say they may be deported to China A group of Uyghur men who were detained in Thailand over a decade ago say that the Thai government is preparing to deport them to China, alarming activists and family members who say the men are at risk of abuse…
Politics Oct 09 Thousands of Trump Bibles were printed in China as he campaigned against trade practices Thousands of copies of Donald Trump’s “God Bless the USA” Bible were printed in China, a country that the former president has repeatedly accused of stealing American jobs and engaging in unfair trade practices.
World Apr 30 Chinese scientist who first published COVID sequence stages protest after being locked out of lab When Zhang tried to go to the lab over the weekend, guards barred him from entering. In protest, he sat outside on flattened cardboard in drizzling rain, pictures from the scene posted online show.
World Mar 04 China seeks ways to revive slowing economy and salvage housing market as annual congress convenes China's efforts to restore confidence and rev up the economy will top the agenda during this month’s meeting of the ceremonial national legislature.
World Feb 21 Leaked hacking files show Chinese spying on citizens and foreigners alike Among the apparent targets of tools provided by the impacted company, I-Soon, are ethnicities and dissidents in parts of China that have seen significant anti-government protests like Hong Kong or Xinjiang.
Science Mar 17 New COVID origins study links pandemic’s beginning to animals, not a lab International scientists have examined previously unavailable genetic data from samples collected at a market in China close to where the first human cases of COVID-19 were detected.
World Dec 24 COVID-19 wave rolls through China, overwhelming hospitals outside Beijing As China grapples with its first-ever national COVID-19 wave, emergency wards in small cities and towns southwest of Beijing are overwhelmed.
World Dec 23 After abrupt reopening, China faces COVID-19 spiral Nearly three years after the coronavirus was first identified in China and an unyielding "zero-COVID" approach, it is now spreading through the country after an abrupt reopening on Dec. 7 caught the nation under-vaccinated and short on hospital capacity. Experts…
World Dec 21 China narrows criteria for COVID-19 deaths included in official count A Chinese health official says the country only counts deaths from pneumonia or respiratory failure in its official COVID-19 death toll, a narrow definition that limits the numbers of deaths being reported as the virus surges following the easing of…
World Dec 20 Some Chinese authorities encourage people with mild COVID to go back to work Several local governments in China have encouraged people with mild cases of COVID-19 to go to work this week.