US explores possibility that coronavirus started in Chinese lab, not a market
April 17, 2020Josh Campbell, Kylie Atwood and Evan Perez for CNN. Read the original article here. (CNN)–US intelligence and national security officials say the United States government is looking into the possibility that the novel coronavirus originated in a Chinese laboratory rather than a … Continued The post US explores possibility that coronavirus started read more →
Op-Ed: In Tibet, it’s a crime to even talk about the value of mother-tongue education
April 17, 2020A boy waits in dance class in 2009 at a primary school in Lhasa, the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region in China. (Greg Baker / Los Angeles Times) By SOPHIE RICHARDSON| Los Angeles Times| APRIL 15, 2020| Read original news … Continued The post Op-Ed: In Tibet, it’s a crime read more →
Daily Telegraph stops publishing section paid for by China
April 16, 2020Content from China Watch, written by state journalists, has also been wiped from website Jim Waterson and Dean Sterling Jones| The Guardian| Last modified on Wed 15 Apr 2020| Read original article here The long-running China Watch section appeared in print supplements … Continued The post Daily Telegraph stops publishing section paid read more →
‘Prayer Is Not Enough.’ The Dalai Lama on Why We Need to Fight Coronavirus With Compassion
April 16, 2020BY DALAI LAMA for Time Magazine| APRIL 14, 2020| Read the article here The Dalai Lama is the spiritual leader of Tibet’s government-in-exile based in Dharamsala, India Sometimes friends ask me to help with some problem in the world, using some “magical … Continued The post ‘Prayer Is Not Enough.’ The Dalai read more →
We Can Make the Post-Coronavirus World a Much Less Violent Place
April 15, 2020We Can Make the Post-Coronavirus World a Much Less Violent Place The pandemic has decreased some kinds of crime and increased others. But the world is much safer than it used to be, and we know how to make it … Continued The post We Can Make the Post-Coronavirus World read more →
PM Modi’s address to the nation live updates | Lockdown extended till May 3
April 15, 2020The Hindu. Read the original article here.here. Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, the last day of the 21-day lockdown. He announced that the lockdown has been extended till May 3 and will be … Continued The post PM Modi’s address to the nation read more →
China Limited the Mekong’s Flow. Other Countries Suffered a Drought.
April 15, 2020By Hannah Beech| New York Times| April 13, 2020| Read original article here BANGKOK — As China was stricken by the coronavirus in late February, its foreign minister addressed a concerned crowd in Laos, where farmers and fishers across the Mekong River region were … Continued The post China Limited the Mekong’s Flow. Other read more →
How China is losing the world’s trust following its cover-up of the coronavirus crisis
April 15, 2020Chi Wang| South China Morning Post| 12 April 2020| Read original article here The lacklustre response of the Trump administration to the coronavirus pandemic and its failure to live up to the traditional US role during a global crisis has … Continued The post How China is losing the world’s read more →
China’s new coronavirus cases rise to near six-week high
April 14, 2020Reuters. Read the original article here. BEIJING — China reported the highest number of new daily coronavirus cases in nearly six weeks, driven by a rise in infected travelers arriving from overseas and underscoring challenges Beijing faces in preventing a … Continued The post China’s new coronavirus cases rise to read more →
Beijing tightens grip over coronavirus research, amid US-China row on virus origin
April 14, 2020Nectar Gan, Caitlin Hu and Ivan Watson for CNN. Read the original article here. China has imposed restrictions on the publication of academic research on the origins of the novel coronavirus, according to a central government directive and online notices published by two … Continued The post Beijing tightens grip over coronavirus research, read more →