China called for vigilance on Friday as a surge of respiratory illness hit schools and hospitals and the World Health Organization, which has asked the government for disease data, said no unusual or novel pathogens had been detected. Issued on: 24/11/2023 – 09:56 2 min China is grappling with a spike in respiratory illnesses as …
Russia clashed with the International Olympic Committee on the floor of the United Nations before 118 member states voted to adopt a traditional truce around the 2024 Paris Summer Games. Two years ago, Russia voted for the previous Olympic Truce resolution then flagrantly breached it by invading Ukraine four days after the 2022 Winter Games …
Former Premier Li Keqiang, China’s top economic official for a decade, died Friday of a heart attack. He was 68. Li was China’s No. 2 leader from 2013-23 and an advocate for private business but was left with little authority after President Xi Jinping made himself the most powerful Chinese leader in decades and tightened …
A worker installs gas pineline at a village in Anping township of Xianghe county, Hebei province, Nov 2, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua] The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank announced on Monday a $250 million loan for a natural gas project in Beijing, the bank”s first such investment in China, to help cut coal use and improve air quality …
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Taiwan will not be afraid nor back down in the face of authoritarian threats, the island’s vice president told supporters on a US visit that Beijing has condemned, while reiterating a willingness to talk to China. Issued on: 14/08/2023 – 04:48 2 min William Lai, also frontrunner to be Taiwan’s next president at January elections, …