Tag: China
WHO asks China for more details on unexplained pneumonia outbreak | Health News
Reports that children’s hospitals in Beijing, Liaoning and other cities are ‘overwhelmed with sick children’. The World Health Organization (WHO) has asked ...Taiwan takes security lessons from Hamas, Ukraine surprise attacks | Conflict News
Taichung, Taiwan – On October 7, the Palestinian armed group Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel, firing thousands of rockets that ...Car rams into Chinese consulate in San Francisco; police shoot driver dead | Politics News
Chinese consulate said incident was ‘serious threat’, but details about what happened remain sketchy. Police in San Francisco have shot dead the ...What is panda diplomacy, and why are the bears going back to China? | Wildlife ...
EXPLAINER Since the Tang Dynasty (618–907), China has given or lent pandas to other countries, but now many are headed back home. ...US to open embassies in the Cook Islands, Niue | Politics News
Announcement comes as US President Joe Biden prepares to host a second summit with Pacific Island leaders in Washington DC. Joe Biden, ...China reiterates ceasefire, peace talks ‘only way’ to end Ukraine war | Politics News
Vice President Han Zheng, a second-tier official, repeats familiar talking points in speech to 78th UNGA. China has reiterated its position that ...China sees ‘Cold War mentality’ in US-Vietnam pact, Vietnamese disagree | Politics News
Hanoi, Vietnam – When Vietnam’s Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and United States President Joe Biden upgraded diplomatic relations to their ...North Korea’s Kim marks founding day with parade, promises to China, Russia | Kim Jong ...
Paramilitary group the Worker-Peasant Red Guards – with 5.7 million members – featured prominently in the parade. Kim Jong Un has marked ...Can a divided G20 still set the global agenda? | Business and Economy
New Delhi, India – As some of the most powerful heads of government descend on the Indian capital later this week to ...IMF chief hails ‘productive’ talks as she wraps up China visit | Business and Economy
IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva hails ‘substantive’ talks with Chinese officials, including Premier Li Qiang. The head of the International Monetary Fund ...