China declined Monday to congratulate Joe Biden as the winner of the US presidential election, saying the outcome of the vote was still to be determined. While incumbent Donald Trump has yet to concede and has launched several legal challenges, many world leaders congratulated Biden and running mate Kamala Harris after the Democrats were declared […]
By Temitope Adebayo The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has revealed that a total of 31.41 percent or N1.26 trillion of goods imported into Nigeria in the second quarter of 2020 are from China, Daily Times gathered. The NBS in its latest report on ‘Foreign trade in goods statistics’ for the second quarter of 2020, […]
The United States and China, on Tuesday, engaged in war of words over the COVID-19 pandemic at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). President Donald Trump, in his pre-recorded video message, referred to coronavirus as “China virus” Trump maintained that China and the World Health Organisation (WHO) deliberately lied to the rest of the world […]
Over 1,000 Chinese nationals have had their visas revoked by the United States since June, under a program aimed at graduate students and researchers believed to have ties to the Chinese military. The US State Department said in a statement Wednesday, September 9, said that “high-risk graduate students and research scholars” had been expelled. Daily […]
Experts list funding options for Nigeria’s infrastructure devt Financial experts have identified other finance options Nigeria could utilise to develop critical infrastructure across the country without resorting to borrowing. The experts said the dwindling revenue orchestrated by the COVID-19 pandemic, falling crude oil prices and reduced Diaspora remittances had made it imperative for Nigeria to […]
A further 118 Chinese mobile apps have been banned by India, as tensions between the two countries continue to rise. Those on the list include several of Tencent’s products including the hit video game PUBG Mobile and WeChat Work. Previously the government had banned 59 of the most popular apps including TikTok over national security […]
Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has disclosed that Chinese government will build the US$50million University of Transportation, Daura, free. READ ALSO: Breaking: Min. Rotimi Ameachi Kicks off duty with inspection The Minister who stated this at the weekend in Daura, Katsina State, during his maiden inspection tour of the ongoing project, also informed that Technics […]
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday night drew the curtains on the Republican National Convention with blistering attacks on his Democratic challenger in the Nov. 3 presidential election, Mr. Joe Biden. In a speech that lasted a little over an hour, Trump dismissed Biden as a puppet of China, repeating his claim that China would own […]
The President of Nigerians in Diaspora Organization (east China), Elijah Odji on Monday revealed that FG has begun evacuation of Nigerians trapped in China. READ ALSO: Evacuation: 317 stranded Nigerians depart London Daily Times understands that Mr Elijah Odji who sent a statement from the Nigerian Embassy in Beijing, China entitled, ‘Evacuation of Nigerians from […]
China’s first patent for a COVID-19 vaccine has been granted by the country’s National Intellectual Property Administration. READ ALSO: WHO, China begin plans to trace coronavirus origin The Daily Times Nigeria learnt that the patent was jointly applied for by a research team with the Academy of Military Sciences and CanSino Biologics Inc., a Chinese […]
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 on Wednesday on a surface sample taken from a […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 virus […]
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. […]
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 high-profile activists Joshua Wong and Lester Shum. The government […]
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 […]
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 […]