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 […]
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 […]
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, but “right now, […]
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 programme would be launched in […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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” allegations […]
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 […]
China has no interest in interfering in the U.S. presidential election, it said on Thursday, following comments by U.S. President Donald Trump that Beijing “will do anything they can” to make him lose his re-election bid in November. Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told reporters during a daily briefing that the election was the […]
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he believes China’s handling of the coronavirus is proof that Beijing “will do anything they can” to make him lose his re-election bid in November. In an interview with Reuters in the Oval Office, Trump talked tough on China and said he was looking at different options in terms […]
China announced it will hold its previously postponed parliamentary session starting on May 22, in a sign of confidence that the coronavirus crisis is under control. The National People’s Congress was supposed to be held starting March 5 but was postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak. The congress’ standing committee on Wednesday approved the timing of […]
The Chinese city of Wuhan, where the coronavirus pandemic began, has discharged all of its coronavirus patients, as the nation reported only three new cases and no new deaths. According to the National Health Commission, as of Sunday the number of new coronavirus patients in Wuhan was at zero. “Thanks to the joint efforts of […]
China’s first inactivated vaccine developed by China National Biotec Group has entered Phase II clinical trials. According to Global Times on Friday, the 96 volunteers who received the vaccine in Phase I trials are in good condition. Senate passes additional $484bn COVID-19 relief package China begun the second phase of clinical trials for a COVID-19 […]
Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank has berated the Federal Government for asking China for COVID-19 loans. Frank, a critic of President Muhammadu Buhari, is reacting to the news of China donating N48m to support Nigeria’s fight against Coronavirus. He criticised the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 for receiving […]
The Chinese military voiced strong opposition on Monday to the statement made by the U.S. Department of Defense about a Vietnamese fishing boat colliding with a Chinese Coast Guard vessel in waters off the Xisha Islands. “The U.S. Department of Defense is making groundless accusations and aims to sow discord and muddy the waters in […]
GERMANY has rattled China after joining the UK, France and the US in a rare attack, after Berlin called out Beijing’s responsibility for the global pandemic and even issued a £130bn invoice. According to https://www.express.co.uk/ Germany has sparked outrage in China after a major newspaper put together a £130bn invoice that Beijing “owes” Berlin following […]
The Covid-19 pandemic has dealt a severe injury to Africa’s development prospects and worsened the conditions of its poor and vulnerable. Although there are calls for voluntary international aid to support the continent during this difficult time, this is far from the best solution. The continent must be accorded damages and liability compensation from China, […]
Shanghai – China’s National Health Commission reported 27 new confirmed coronavirus cases on April 17, up from 26 the day earlier, according to data published on Saturday. Of that figure, 17 cases were imported via individuals arriving overseas, up from 15 the previous day. Newly discovered asymptomatic cases were at 54, down from 66 a […]