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Covid-19: China raises alarm, says imported Frozen chickens test positive

Ihesiulo Grace 13 August 2020 0

The Chinese government has called on the attention of the World Health Organization on how a sample of frozen chicken wings imported from Brazil tested positive for Covid-19. The frozen chicken was tested in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, authorities said. The coronavirus was detected

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China eases Travel Restrictions for 36 European Nations

Ihesiulo Grace 12 August 2020 0

China has eased entry restrictions for nationals from 36 European countries, months after thousands were left stranded when the country closed its borders and slashed flights to slow the spread of the coronavirus. READ ALSO: China threatens to impose fresh Visa restrictions on US Daily Times reports almost all foreign nationals were forbidden from entering […]

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Lawyers express divergent views on China Loan ‘Sovereignty Clause’

Ihesiulo Grace 11 August 2020 0

By Andrew Orolua, Abuja Two Senior Advocates of Nigeria, Chief Mike Ozekhome and Norrison Quarkers have said that the ‘China loan Sovereignty Clause’ is very dangerous and toxic and could mortgage the country to its lenders. Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN) and his counterpart in the Transportation ministry, […]

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China in anger as Trump finally bans TikTok, Wechat

Ihesiulo Grace 7 August 2020 0

The Chinese government has reacted angrily to the United States’ ban on the use of social media giants, TikTok and WeChat in the US country. READ ALSO: China refuses US ‘theft’ of TikTok , has… Daily Times reports that US President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to block all U.S. transactions with […]

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Another Tick-borne virus on rage surfaces in China

Ihesiulo Grace 7 August 2020 0

China is now facing a new health threat from another virus, that is tick-borne. China, where the coronavirus was detected last December. READ ALSO: New swine flu with pandemic potential found in China The virus causes a disease called “Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome (SFTS). According to reports reaching Dailytimes, it has already killed seven […]

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WHO, China begin plans to trace coronavirus origin

Ihesiulo Grace 4 August 2020 0

China and the World Health Organization have started discussing plans to trace the origin of the coronavirus outbreak following a visit to the country by two experts from the UN agency. China’s foreign ministry spokesperson, Wang Wenbins told reporters on Tuesday, August 4, that the experts conducted “preparatory consultations on scientific research cooperation on

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China refuses US ‘theft’ of TikTok , has ways to retaliate

Ihesiulo Grace 4 August 2020 0

China says it will not accept the U.S.’ “theft” of a Chinese technology company, state media reported on Tuesday. The Trump administration’s pressuring of ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company in China, to sell its U.S. operations to Microsoft or risk closure amounts to a “smash and grab,” the state-run China Daily newspaper wrote in an editorial. […]

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Tension in Hong Kong: Authorities disqualify 12 pro-democracy candidates

Ihesiulo Grace 30 July 2020 0

Hong Kong authorities have disqualified 12 pro-democracy candidates from upcoming elections, deepening political tensions in the Chinese territory. Opposition legislators had hoped to obtain a majority in the Legislative Council (LegCo) in September’s poll after Beijing’s imposition of a highly controversial national security law. Among those barred are

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China threatens to impose fresh Visa restrictions on US

Ihesiulo Grace 29 June 2020 0

China on Monday said it would impose visa restrictions on U.S. citizens as tensions rise over Hong Kong’s autonomy. The state media reported that a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Beijing would impose visa restrictions against Americans with egregious conduct. This is in response to Washington’s earlier announcement on visa curbs on Chinese officials believed

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Pompeo warns China over interference with U.S. journalists in Hong Kong

Ihesiulo Grace 18 May 2020 0

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday he believed China had threatened to interfere with the work of U.S. journalists in Hong Kong, and warned Beijing that any decision impinging on Hong Kong’s autonomy could affect the U.S. assessment of Hong Kong’s status. “These journalists are members of a free press, not propaganda […]

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Chinese leaders to claim victory over virus at parliament meeting

Ihesiulo Grace 16 May 2020 0

Thousands of delegates are set to convene next week at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People for the annual parliamentary session, where political elites will defend their tackling of the coronavirus crisis and announce ways to aid the struggling economy. The coronavirus outbreak, which started in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in December before […]

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We need cooperation to end pandemic, do not cut ties – China to Trump

Ihesiulo Grace 15 May 2020 0

China and the U.S. are better off cooperating to end the pandemic for the sake of reviving economy and rebooting industrial production, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Friday. Zhao said this at a media briefing while commenting on U.S. President Donald Trump’s warning that bilateral ties might be halted over Beijing’s alleged […]

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Trump says he doesn’t want to talk to Xi, mulls cutting US-China ties

Ihesiulo Grace 15 May 2020 0

US President Donald Trump on Thursday said he does not want to talk to his Chinese counterpart, and mused about ending the world’s largest trading relationship, amid rising tensions about the coronavirus pandemic. Speaking in an interview with Fox Business Network, Trump said he had a “very good relationship” with Chinese President Xi Jinping,

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Breaking: School Feeding: FG inaugurates Take-Home Kits for pupils in FCT

Ihesiulo Grace 14 May 2020 0

The Federal Government has inaugurated the Take-Home Kits for the National Home Grown Feeding Programme in Kuje, Federal Capital Territory. COVID-19: NAFDAC committed to supporting treatment initiatives–DG Presenting the kits to beneficiaries on Thursday, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, said the

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Where Bats are still selling after China’s closure of wildlife markets

Ihesiulo Grace 13 May 2020 0

Indonesia’s wildlife markets are “like a cafeteria for animal pathogens,” but they have resisted efforts to close even as China has shut its own markets over coronavirus fears. Six days a week, the butchers of Tomohon gather at Indonesia’s most notorious market and cut up bats, rats, snakes and lizards that were taken from the […]

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China says it is not yet the time to relax coronavirus measures

Ihesiulo Grace 12 May 2020 0

China’s health authority said on Tuesday that the reappearance of local clusters of coronavirus cases in recent days suggests that counter-epidemic measures cannot be relaxed yet. While prevention and control efforts have normalised, that does not mean measures can be eased, Mi Feng, spokesman at the National Health Commission, said at a media briefing. Read […]

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Trump ‘not interested’ in reopening talks on trade deal with China

Ihesiulo Grace 12 May 2020 0

US President Donald Trump said Monday he was “not interested” in reopening talks on a trade deal with China before he sees how the first phase is being implemented by Beijing. “Let’s see if they live up to the deal that they signed, okay?” Trump said during a press conference in the Rose Garden outside the […]

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New coronavirus outbreaks spark unease in China

Ihesiulo Grace 11 May 2020 0

A new case of Coronavirus disease has been reported in Wuhan, China, the city where the outbreak first started in December last year, in over a month. China’s National Health Commission also reported the first double-digit increase in countrywide cases in nearly 10 days, saying 14 new infections had been confirmed. Two of the cases […]

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China defends virus records, accuses U.S of “groundless allegations”

Ihesiulo Grace 4 May 2020 0

Chinese state media hit back at the U.S. on Monday, accusing President Donald Trump’s administration of trying to divert attention from its own “incompetence” with allegations about the spread of the novel coronavirus. The commentary in the Global Times newspaper, published under the auspices of the Chinese Communist Party’s People’s Daily, dismissed as “groundless”

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‘Once Upon a Virus’: China mocks U.S. coronavirus response in Lego-like animation

Ihesiulo Grace 2 May 2020 0

China has published a short animation titled “Once Upon a Virus” mocking the U.S. response to the new coronavirus using Lego-like figures to represent the two countries. Washington and Beijing are locked in a war of words over the origins of the disease, which emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan and has grown into […]