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How China brought the world to a standstill
www.asiatimes.com | 23 March 2020 | Read Original News Here It is a warning from history. How did a local, viral outbreak at a wet market in the Chinese city of Wuhan turn into a global pandemic in less than … Continued The post How China brought the world to read more →
China is legally responsible for COVID-19 damage and claims could be in the Trillions
James Kraska, War on the Rocks. March 23, 2020. Read the original article here. As the novel coronavirus incubated in Wuhan from mid-December to mid-January, the Chinese state made evidently intentional misrepresentations to its people concerning the outbreak, providing false assurances to … Continued The post China is legally responsible for COVID-19 read more →
Harsh Steps Are Needed to Stop the Coronavirus, Experts Say
By Donald G. McNeil Jr| New York Times| March 22, 2020| Read original news here Terrifying though the coronavirus may be, it can be turned back. China, South Korea, Singapore and Taiwan have demonstrated that, with furious efforts, the contagion can be … Continued The post Harsh Steps Are Needed to Stop read more →
Mapping the Coronavirus Outbreak
Get daily updates on the epidemic and learn how it is affecting countries around the world. BY FP STAFF| Foreign Policy| UPDATED MARCH 17, 2020| Read original report here The novel coronavirus that started in Wuhan, China, is spreading with wildfire speed. … Continued The post Mapping the Coronavirus Outbreak appeared first read more →
China: Reverse Ban on American Journalists
Human Rights Watch. March 18, 2020. Read the original article here. (New York) – The Chinese government should immediately reverse its decision to expel reporters from three major US media outlets, Human Rights Watch said today. On March 18, 2020, the Chinese … Continued The post China: Reverse Ban on American Journalists read more →
How Dictatorships Make Pandemics Worse
For one, they aren’t big fans of the public disclosures that can minimize risk early on. Danielle Pletka| The Dispatch| March 2020| Read original article here Dictatorships make you sick. Not spiritually, not morally (though both may apply), but actually … Continued The post How Dictatorships Make Pandemics Worse appeared read more →
Nobel Prize winner blames Coronavirus pandemic on China’s dictatorship
Daily Mail| 16 March 2020| Read original news here China has lashed out at a Nobel Prize winner after he blamed the coronavirus pandemic on Beijing’s political system. Mario Vargas Llosa, who has won the Nobel Prize in Literature, claimed that the coronavirus … Continued The post Nobel Prize winner blames Coronavirus pandemic read more →
Coronavirus Could End China’s Decades-Long Economic Growth Streak
By Keith Bradsher| New York Time| March 16, 2020| Read original news here SHANGHAI — China’s growth streak has lasted for decades, surviving the crackdown at Tiananmen Square, the global financial crisis and the trade war with the United States. But it … Continued The post Coronavirus Could End China’s Decades-Long Economic read more →
As China Cracks Down on Coronavirus Coverage, Journalists Fight Back
By Javier C. Hernández| New York Times| March 14, 2020| Read original news here When Jacob Wang saw reports circulating online recently suggesting that life was getting better in Wuhan, the center of the coronavirus outbreak, he was irate. Mr. Wang, a … Continued The post As China Cracks Down on Coronavirus read more →
What Taiwan can teach the world on fighting the coronavirus
By Cindy Sui| NBC| March 10, 2020| Read Original News Here TAIPEI, Taiwan — As countries around the world grapple with the coronavirus, Taiwan may offer valuable lessons on how to curb its spread. The island is just 81 miles and a short flight … Continued The post What Taiwan can teach the world read more →
WHO Director-General’s opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19 – 11 March 2020
World Health Organisation| 11 March 2020| Read the statement here Good afternoon. In the past two weeks, the number of cases of COVID-19 outside China has increased 13-fold, and the number of affected countries has tripled. There are now more … Continued The post WHO Director-General’s opening remarks at the read more →
Tibetan President-In-Exile Urges UN Official to Visit Tibet
The Associated Press. March 10, 2020. Read the original news here. DHARAMSALA, India — Tibetan President-in-exile Lobsang Sangay urged the United Nations human rights chief on Tuesday to visit Tibet to examine rights violations and press for unrestricted access to the … Continued The post Tibetan President-In-Exile Urges UN Official to read more →
Tibetan Uprising Day brings Congressional statements, protests
International Campaign for Tibet| 10 MarCH 2020| Read Original Article Here US and Tibetan leaders called for further action to support Tibetans as Tibetan Americans and Tibet supporters paid a visit to the Chinese Embassy to honor the brave Tibetans … Continued The post Tibetan Uprising Day brings Congressional statements, read more →
China, US emerging as adversaries over Tibet
www.tribuneindia.com | 10 March 2020 | Read Original News Here Threatening to upset China’s plans is the Tibet Policy and Support Act passed by the US House of Representatives on January 28, amending the Act of 2002. The Act is … Continued The post China, US emerging as adversaries over read more →
China Calls Tibet’s Stability Into Question With ‘Show of Force’ in Lhasa
rfa.org | 9 March 2020 | Read Original News Here A military drill held on March 6 in Tibet’s regional capital Lhasa to demonstrate China’s control of the formerly independent country has instead revealed Beijing’s anxieties over the stability of … Continued The post China Calls Tibet’s Stability Into Question read more →