Apr 11 Official: Chinese vaccines' effectiveness low By Joe McDonald, Huizhong Wu, Associated Press In a rare admission of the weakness of Chinese coronavirus vaccines, the country’s top disease control official says their effectiveness is low and the government is considering mixing them to get a boost. Continue reading
Apr 07 China warns Washington not to boycott Winter Olympics By Associated Press China's government warned Washington on Wednesday not to boycott next year’s Winter Olympics in Beijing after the Biden administration said it was talking with allies about a joint approach to complaints of human rights abuses. Continue reading
Apr 01 Watch 5:30 News Wrap: Southern California shooter that killed 4 identified In our news wrap Thursday, police in Southern California identified the man who allegedly shot and killed four people, including a 9-year-old boy, on Wednesday. The White House said a problem with Johnson and Johnson's supply of COVID-19 vaccines will… Continue watching
Apr 01 Watch 5:56 Hong Kong's pro-democracy leaders say it's an 'honor' to be jailed over fight for freedom In another blow to the city’s democracy, seven of Hong Kong’s most prominent pro-democracy leaders were convicted of unlawful assembly on Thursday and could face up to five years in jail. Nick Schifrin focuses on three of those convicted and… Continue watching
Mar 29 Watch 7:22 WHO report says COVID originated in bats, but critics claim the study was biased By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn, Layla Quran The PBS NewsHour has obtained a study by a group of independent researchers convened by the WHO to find the origins of COVID-19 in China. As Nick Schifrin reports, the virus that caused the worst pandemic in a century most… Continue watching
Mar 29 AP Exclusive: WHO report says animals likely source of COVID-19 A joint WHO-China study on the origins of COVID-19 says that transmission of the virus from bats to humans through another animal is the most likely scenario and that a lab leak is “extremely unlikely.”… Continue reading
Mar 26 Watch 6:29 News Wrap: More than 200 ships blocked as efforts to clear Suez Canal fail In our news wrap Friday, congestion outside the suez canal grew to over 200 ships as officials failed to move a giant container ship that has been wedged in the waterway since Tuesday. Then, fresh appeals for the U.S. to… Continue watching
Mar 22 Watch 7:52 Chinese officials stifle, expel foreign journalists for doing their job By Patrick Fok In the last year, Chinese officials have singled out foreign journalists and denied them access to carry out their work — in some cases even pressured them to leave the country, according to a new report. The Chinese government has… Continue watching
Mar 22 European Union slaps sanctions on 4 Chinese officials over Uyghur abuses By Associated Press The sanctions move, agreed by EU foreign ministers, was part of a raft of measures targeting alleged human rights offenders around the world, including in North Korea, Libya and Sudan. Continue reading
Mar 20 U.S. ties with Russia, China sink as Biden toes tough lines By Matthew Lee, Associated Press U.S. relations with its two biggest geo-political rivals are facing severe tests as President Joe Biden tries to assert America's place in the world and distinguish himself from his predecessor. Airing myriad complaints, the Biden administration took an extraordinarily tough… Continue reading