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Coronavirus: India cancels order for ‘faulty’ China rapid test kits
BBC| 28 April 2020| Read original news on BBC here India has cancelled orders for around half a million rapid testing kits from China after they were found “faulty” in field conditions. Delhi has also withdrawn the kits that were … Continued The post Coronavirus: India cancels order for ‘faulty’ read more →
China ‘concerned’ as India decides to stop use of Chinese Covid-19 test kits
Rezaul H Laskar for Hindustan Times. Read the original article here. China on Tuesday expressed concern about an Indian medical body’s decision to stop using rapid antibody testing kits made by two Chinese firms, saying their products meet quality standards … Continued The post China ‘concerned’ as India decides to read more →
The Chinese Health Organization?
BRAHMA CHELLANEY| Project Syndicate| 22 April 2020| Read original article here If the World Health Organization is to spearhead international health policy and respond to disease outbreaks effectively, it must pursue deep reforms aimed at broadening its jurisdiction and authority. … Continued The post The Chinese Health Organization? appeared first read more →
China Is Working Overtime to Suppress Research About Coronavirus Origin
Jarret Stepman for Daily Signal. Read the original article here. The lesson of history for tyrannical regimes is that the truth is dangerous. Clearly, the Chinese Communist Party knows this full well, which is why it’s working overtime to bury … Continued The post China Is Working Overtime to Suppress read more →
China put pressure on EU to soften coronavirus disinformation report
One EU official said the Chinese mission to the EU had protested about the report through several diplomatic channels. By SIMON VAN DORPE, MARK SCOTT and LAURENS CERULUS| POLITICO| 04/25/2020| Read original article here| An EU report about Chinese and Russian disinformation on coronavirus was watered … Continued The post China put pressure on EU to read more →
Coronavirus: Tory MPs to examine ‘rise of China’
Reported by BBC. Read the original article here. Britain needs a better understanding of China’s economic ambitions and global role when the coronavirus crisis ends, a new group of Tory MPs says. The group – headed by Tom Tugendhat, a … Continued The post Coronavirus: Tory MPs to examine ‘rise read more →
Tibetan Monk Dies After Living Two Years With Torture Injuries Sustained in Custody
Reported by Pema Ngodup for RFA’s Tibetan Service. Translated by Dorjee Damdul. Written in English by Eugene Whong. Read the original article here. A Tibetan monk who ran afoul of Chinese authorities in 2017 for sharing messages from the exiled … Continued The post Tibetan Monk Dies After Living Two read more →
Canada: One million respirators acquired from China unfit for coronavirus fight
By ANDY BLATCHFORD| Politico| 23 April 2020| Read original news here OTTAWA — Canada’s public health authority says around one million KN95 respirators acquired from China have failed to meet federal Covid-19 standards for use by frontline health professionals. As a … Continued The post Canada: One million respirators acquired from read more →
Nomads Appeal Plan to Make Tibetan Schools in Ngaba Teach in Chinese
Reported by Lobe, Takha Gyal, and Sonam Lhamo for RFA’s Tibetan Service. Translated by Dorjee Damdul. Written in English by Eugene Whong. Read the original article here. Tibetan nomads in China’s western Sichuan province have appealed to the Chinese government … Continued The post Nomads Appeal Plan to Make Tibetan read more →
China must not shape the future of human rights at the UN
Kyle Matthews, Margaret McCuaig-Johnston, The Conversation CA. April 23, 2020. Read original news here. While most of the world is occupied trying to manage the spread of the coronavirus, another frightening development is taking place at the United Nations Human … Continued The post China must not shape the future read more →
China’s Coronavirus Information Offensive
Laura Rosenberger for Foreign Affairs. Read the original article here. Beijing Is Using New Methods to Spin the Pandemic to Its Advantage From the first days of COVID-19’s appearance in the city of Wuhan, China’s leaders focused on control—not only … Continued The post China’s Coronavirus Information Offensive appeared first read more →
China’s Hidden Crackdown in Tibet
Kate Saunders for The Diplomat. Read the original article here. On April 1, government officials arrived at a remote rural monastery in Markham, Tibet, where local people were completing the construction of a small building in the temple compound to … Continued The post China’s Hidden Crackdown in Tibet appeared read more →
Coronavirus is both a crisis and an opportunity for China’s aggressive new diplomacy
James Griffiths for CNN. Read the original article here. Hong Kong (CNN)Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, China has struggled to control the narrative around its role in the crisis. Is Beijing a noble victim, ably controlling an unforeseeable … Continued The post Coronavirus is both a crisis and read more →
How a small Indian state flattened the coronavirus curve
Oommen C Kurian| The Guardian| 21 Apr 2020| Read the original news here Medical staff test people for coronavirus in kiosks at Ernakulam medical college in Kerala. Photograph: Arun Chandrabose/AFP via Getty Images In early March the alarm bells hadn’t started … Continued The post How a small Indian state flattened read more →
China Goes on a Global Diet
BY DAVID BARBOZA AND SHEN LU| Wire China| APRIL 19, 2020| Read the original article here China’s effort to acquire resources and technology from abroad has been hampered by its economic slowdown at home and growing hostility to the country’s investments in other parts … Continued The post China Goes on a Global Diet read more →