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China 05/12/22, 02:14

Weibo removed a post from the World Health Organization (WHO) chief on May 11. The deleted post cited WHO chief's comments, saying China's zero-tolerance COVID-19 policy was not sustainable. As Reuters reported, in the meantime, WeChat also disabled the sharing function of the United Nations' similar post. Speaking at a media briefing ...

China 05/12/22, 02:07

According to Reuters, China Eastern Airlines is expected to raise up to 15 billion yuan (2.23 billion dollars) in a share sale to expand its aircraft fleet and fund working capital. The airline will use 10.5 billion yuan (1.56 billion dollars) from the share sale to buy 38 airplanes. These planes ...

Economy 05/12/22, 02:06

Covid-19 is breaking out again in many parts of China. Big cities like Beijing, Hangzhou, Shanghai, and others have begun to require mass testing. People would need a negative test to enter buses, subways, and shopping malls. But how much fees will China have to cover for the mass testing? The first-tier ...

China 05/12/22, 02:03

Recently, it has been revealed that there are a large number of false-positive results in the nucleic acid testing conducted by Shanghai ZhongKe Runda Laboratory (Zhongke Lab). The two most affected streets in Huangpu District, BanSongYuan and Wuliqiao were tested by this company. According to Sina, a letter of appeal from ...

Tech 05/12/22, 02:01

According to the Information, the United States is considering a ban on the export of advanced equipment to Chinese chipmakers by American suppliers. China's technical self-sufficiency would be jeopardized by this decision.Besides Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC), the potential ban will also affect state-owned Hua Hong Semiconductor, ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT), ...

Human Rights 05/12/22, 01:58

There’s nothing new about the frustration among Shanghai residents when there is no end in sight to the lockdown. This time, hazmat suits are protesting. At the entrance of the China Construction Second Bureau Hospital, they were filmed holding banners that read, “Don’t let the anti-pandemic heroes cry,” and “want to ...

Human Rights 05/12/22, 01:52

People in China are disturbed as more outrageous scenarios unfold amidst Covid's hard lockdown. Jiangsu Province people expressed their fears after COVID-19 workers in hazmat suits broke into their houses to disinfect. Every day, social media is filled with content shared by unhappy people. For example, on May 9, a short clip ...

China 05/12/22, 01:49

Gong Jianhua, former deputy director of the Jiangxi Provincial Congress's Committee, was expelled from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). He was also removed from his current position on May 10. Gong is the fourth provincial-ministerial official of Jiangxi Province dismissed since the 19th National Congress. According to China's anti-graft body's report, Gong ...

China 05/12/22, 01:45

China has been experiencing hard times this year, and the current situation is not much better. In Shanghai, the Beijing authorities not only implemented but also strengthened the most strict epidemic preventive and clearance methods. On May 10, the Shanghai Metro shut down all lines and stations, thus turning the ...

China 05/12/22, 01:44

A chemical engineer will be serving 14 years in prison and pay a 200,000 dollars fine for economic espionage and trade secrets theft for China. Prosecutors say 59-year-old Xiaorong You, aka Shannon You, from Michigan, stole trade secrets about materials used in cans for soda and other drinks to benefit the ...

China 05/12/22, 01:27

Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense said that a Chinese military WZ-10 attack helicopter entered the air defense identification zone (ADIZ) around the island on May 10. It also crossed the median line- an informal line that divides the Taiwan Straits into the mainland side and Taiwan island side. This is ...

In-depth Reports 05/12/22, 01:20

According to Bloomberg, a Dutch investment firm has developed a screening tool that blacklists several assets from China. With 118 billion dollars under management, Van Lanschot Kempen NV said that the tool would filter environmental, social, and governance (ESG) risks. Nikesh Patel, the firm's senior executive at the company, said that this ...

News 05/12/22, 01:11

Recently, a video of a Shanghai citizen using mainland law to talk to the police and epidemic prevention staff was widely circulated on the Internet. The video shows residents downstairs in a residential area gathered to protest against the officials about the hard quarantine on May 9. The man in red made ...

China 05/12/22, 01:08

The Shanghai Health Commission’s Weibo reported 1,259 new local cases on May 10, bringing the total number to above 600,000. In addition, there were 11 new deaths. The oldest is 90 years old, while the youngest is 65. Since April 17, there have been 547 deaths in Shanghai. Wanli street was ...

China 05/12/22, 01:06

After five years in China’s jail, Taiwanese NGO activist Lee Ming-Che was freed in April. He and his wife revealed the stories behind his arrest in a press conference on May 10. In May 2017, Lee disappeared on Chinese soil. He called it a kidnap. The Chinese court sentenced him to ...

China 05/12/22, 00:49

Senior intelligence officials, on May 10, said that China would like to take Taiwan peacefully. However, it would still prepare for military action in case the U.S. interferes. As Reuters reported, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines told the Senate Armed Services Committee, “It's our view that they (the Chinese) are ...

Australia & Oceania 05/12/22, 00:43

Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS) director-general Paul Symon on May 10 said that dissatisfied Chinese officials are becoming informants for Australian intelligence. As ABC Australia reported, he said, “In China, we have an ancient culture but [now] there's an enforced monoculture. We don't yet know exactly how that will play out ...

Tech 05/12/22, 00:28

Chinese Tianzhou arrived at its expected destination - Tianhe, the core module of China's under-construction Tiangong space station, on May 9, about 6.5 hours after launch. The robotic spacecraft mission is the opening battle for the space station's construction phase. It is also vital to reach full-scale construction and achieve the ...

In-depth Reports 05/11/22, 03:13

Nature has always been one of the most revered cosmic aspects in classical Chinese culture. It is the scenario of the interaction of the forces that govern the relationship between Heaven and Earth, and human beings. And it is also the source of sustenance and social stability. In this sense, Chinese ...

Insights 05/11/22, 02:46

Under the pressure of CCP senior officials, the extreme epidemic prevention and control work/execution has escalated again, the strange epidemic prevention and control phenomena have continuously appeared, and the people's dissatisfaction has grown stronger. On May 7, a fierce clash between the police and the people occurred in Shanghai. The Standing ...