China’s economic recovery is weakening. This has to do with, among other things, outbreaks of the Delta variant of the coronavirus, for example, which forced ports to close and new lockdowns were imposed. China also suffered from flooding, which put pressure on economic activity. Production in China’s sizeable manufacturing […]
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No Forced Labour in the Production of Raw Materials for Solar Panels in China
Forced labour is not used in China’s Xinjiang province to produce raw materials and materials for solar panels. That says the Chinese solar panel industry association after the United States imposed restrictions on imports of those raw materials last week because of suspicions of forced labour. Many of those […]
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Diamond League in China Cancelled Due to Corona
The two Diamond League athletics events scheduled for August in China have been cancelled. Due to the corona pandemic, there are still too many travel and quarantine restrictions for the participating athletes, according to the organization. The first game was scheduled for August 14 in Shanghai, shortly after […]
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Beijing: NATO Exaggerates Chinese Threat
Beijing accuses NATO of exaggerating the Chinese threat and “creating a confrontation”. The country is responding to the promise of Western allies to work together to meet the challenges of China’s policy. NATO leaders said Monday that they join forces against the “systemic challenges” posed by Chinese policy. In […]
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Facebook Blocks Chinese From Hacking Uyghurs
Facebook has blocked Chinese hackers from attacking members of the Uyghur minority abroad. The group of hackers in China abused the social platform to spy on Uyghurs elsewhere. It involved hundreds of Uyghur activists, dissidents and journalists in the United States, Australia, Canada and other countries. But others would […]
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WHO Research Team Visits Wuhan Virological Lab
A team of researchers from the World Health Organization (WHO) visited the leading virology laboratory in that city on Wednesday in Wuhan, China. The visit is part of the enquiry into the origin of the coronavirus, which first emerged in Wuhan at the end of 2019. The team led […]
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Chinese Economy Increased By 2.3 Percent in the Corona Year 2020
The Chinese economy grew by 2.3 percent last year, the national statistics office in Beijing reports. This makes it the only large country to leave the corona year without shrinking. China’s gross domestic product increased by 6.5 percent in the fourth quarter of 2020 compared to the same period […]
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New Coronavirus Outbreak in China: Nine Million Residents of Qingdao are Tested
China has started a large-scale testing program in the eastern city of Qingdao after 12 coronavirus infections have been identified there. Previously, all eleven million residents of the city of Wuhan, the origin of the epidemic, had also been tested. According to the loyal government newspaper The Global Times, […]
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Trump, Putin and Xi Speak at UN General Assembly
The plenary debate of the 75th United Nations General Assembly will begin in New York on Tuesday. For the first time in history, the meeting will take place virtually due to the coronavirus. On the program, Tuesday is the speeches by, among others, US President Donald Trump, Russian President […]
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Europeans Will Soon Also Get Their Tesla From China
Europeans will have to wait less long for their Teslas ordered from the end of this year. The automaker will export cars from its mega factory in Shanghai too, among other places, Europe, where this market is still entirely dependent on deliveries from the United States. The China-built Tesla […]