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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 →
UK to trial coronavirus treatments using blood from survivors
Ian Sample Science editor| The Guardian| 20 Apr 2020| Read original news here Health officials have prioritised two clinical trials that will be supplied with blood from recovered Covid-19 patients in the hope that transfusions can help save the lives of people hospitalised … Continued The post UK to trial coronavirus treatments using read more →
Coronavirus update: Covid-19 cases in India surge to 17,656, death toll at 559. State-wise numbers
By Aparna Banerjea| Live Mint| 20 April 2020| Read original news here| The total number of novel coronavirus cases in India today surged to 17,656, after 1,540 fresh cases were reported in the last 24 hours, according to the latest data of Ministry … Continued The post Coronavirus update: Covid-19 cases in India read more →
Why China is losing the coronavirus narrative
Jamil Anderlini for Financial Times. Read the original article here. When Roger Roth received an email from the Chinese government asking him to sponsor a bill in the Wisconsin state legislature praising China’s response to coronavirus, he thought it must … Continued The post Why China is losing the coronavirus read more →
Trump warns China over Covid-19 outbreak as Europe approaches 100,000 deaths
Alison Rourke and agencies| The Guardian| 19 Apr 2020| Read original news here, Donald Trump has warned that China should face consequences if it was “knowingly responsible” for the coronavirus pandemic, as deaths in Europe from Covid-19 approached 100,000. “It could have … Continued The post Trump warns China over Covid-19 outbreak read more →
Two Tibetan monasteries in Lhokha closed as part of coronavirus prevention
By International Campaign for Tibet|April 17, 2020| Read original news here Even while China claims a gradual return to normalcy from the coronavirus pandemic and reports zero new cases in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), two monasteries in the region have … Continued The post Two Tibetan monasteries in Lhokha closed read more →
China’s Aggressive Diplomacy Weakens Xi Jinping’s Global Standing
Steven Lee Myers for The New York Times. Read the original article here. In the past week officials in France, Britain and nearly two dozen African nations have rebuked actions or statements by the Chinese government. China’s top leader, Xi … Continued The post China’s Aggressive Diplomacy Weakens Xi Jinping’s read more →
China Raises Coronavirus Death Toll by 50% in Wuhan
By Amy Qin| New York Times| April 17, 2020| Read original news here. Officials facing skepticism about their credibility also bumped up their tally of infections in the city where the pandemic emerged. China on Friday raised its coronavirus death toll by … Continued The post China Raises Coronavirus Death Toll by read more →
Mekong river groups urge China to show transparency after dam report
Reuters| 15 April 2020| Read original news here BANGKOK (Reuters) – Groups working to protect the Mekong River have called for greater transparency and cooperation from China after a report that Chinese dams held back water during a damaging drought … Continued The post Mekong river groups urge China to read more →
Tibetan schoolchildren lose fluency in native language as schools switch to Mandarin
Reported by Lobsang Gelek for RFA’s Tibetan Service. Translated by Dorjee Damdul. Written in English by Eugene Whong. Read original news here. Children in the Tibetan Autonomous Region are losing fluency in the Tibetan language as schools in the region … Continued The post Tibetan schoolchildren lose fluency in native read more →
President of Taiwan: How My Country Prevented a Major Outbreak of COVID-19
BY TSAI ING-WEN| Times Magazine| APRIL 16, 2020| Read the original article here Taiwan is an island of resilience. Centuries of hardship have compelled our society to cope, adapt, and survive trying circumstances. We have found ways to persevere through difficult times … Continued The post President of Taiwan: How My Country read more →
Xi fears Japan-led manufacturing exodus from China
By KATSUJI NAKAZAWA| Nikkei senior staff writer| APRIL 16, 2020| Read the original article here TOKYO — Amid the coronavirus pandemic, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has proposed building an economy that is less dependent on one country, China, so that … Continued The post Xi fears Japan-led manufacturing exodus from read more →
Land to be confiscated from Tibetans as part of railway project construction
Land confiscation has been met with protests by Tibetans in the past. Free Tibet. 16 April 2020. Read the original news here. Tibetans could be forced off their land as part of a railway construction project running through eastern Tibet. … Continued The post Land to be confiscated from Tibetans read more →
US explores possibility that coronavirus started in Chinese lab, not a market
Josh 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 →