China, Mainland, Hong Kong, Taiwan
By Zachary Stieber The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) has ended a subgrant to the laboratory in China located where the first COVID-19 cases were identified in 2019. U.S.-based EcoHealth Alliance was…
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By Reuters CHONGQING, China—As the tinder-dry countryside along China’s Yangtze river basin withers under a heat wave that has lasted more than two months, veteran farmer Chen Xiaohua recalled the last severe…
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By Reuters Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend November’s Group of Twenty (G-20) summit on the resort island of Bali, a longtime adviser to the Indonesian president said…
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Wife of Disappeared Chinese Rights Lawyer Vows to Continue Searching for Him, 5 Years On
by EditorTBy Mary Hong Gao Zhisheng, “China’s conscience,” was forcibly disappeared while under house arrest in 2017. It’s been five years and his wife, Geng He, continues her search for the brave…
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By Reuters Russia held its spot as China’s top oil supplier for a third month in July, data showed on Saturday, as independent refiners stepped up purchases of discounted supplies while cutting shipments from rival…
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‘What My Family Has Been Through Is Just the Tip of the Iceberg’: A Young Woman’s Journey Through Fear
by EditorTBy Kelly Song Hongyu Zhang will never forget the day in 2014 when she escaped China leaving her father behind, alone. Just 6 months prior, she lost her mother who died…
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US and Taiwan Brace for Continued Chinese Military Threats as More International Leaders Visit Taiwan
by EditorTBy Nathan Su As Japan, Canada, and Germany all announced delegations would soon visit Taiwan, the societies and officials in the United States and Taiwan criticized China’s continuously provocative behavior. The waters around Taiwan have recently been…
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China to Activate Experimental Nuclear Molten Salt Reactor, Hopes to Obtain Full Intellectual Rights
by EditorTBy Katie Spence In China’s remote northwest Gansu province, Chinese scientists successfully designed, and built, an experimental thorium-powered molten salt reactor—and they’re about to power it up. Initially, 2024 was the…
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First reported Hong Kong case of temporary blindness linked to long COVID By Eva Zhao Hong Kong is currently experiencing its fifth wave of a COVID-19 outbreak. About 150,000 children and…
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By Reuters SHANGHAI—The Chinese regime has issued its first national drought alert of the year. The national “yellow alert,” issued late on Thursday, comes after regions from Sichuan in the southwest…