WHO investigators BACK Beijing’s claim Covid did NOT leak from a Wuhan lab and call for ‘no further study into that theory’ as China tries to pin blame on imported frozen meat By Chris Pleasance for MailOnline Published: 10:44 GMT, 9 February 2021 | Updated: 10:58 GMT, 9 February 2021 WHO scientists researching the origins … Read more
Russia announces joint naval drill with China and Iran in the Indian Ocean ‘soon’ Russia to hold joint naval drills with Iran and China in Indian Ocean this month Naval exercise will see the countries ‘rehearse search and rescue operations’ Moscow’s ambassador to Tehran Levan Dzhagaryan made the announcement By Bhvishya Patel For Mailonline Published: 20:07 GMT, … Read more
China moves to strip millions of Hong Kongers of legal rights by refusing to recognise British dual citizens in defiance of handover deal UK Foreign Office warned dual nationality is no longer recognised in Hong Kong Move means millions of Hong Kongers who qualify for overseas citizenship may not be entitled to consular assistance if … Read more
China and the US are in a race to Mars – with both nations due to land a rover on the Red Planet this month, and plans for future missions already in development. This new ‘space race’, unlike the battle to the Moon between the US and Soviet Union, is likely to be a much … Read more
Top officials at the World Health Organization (WHO) secretly criticised China for not providing information about the novel coronavirus in the early days of the pandemic, leaked audio files have revealed. The recordings, published by Indian TV channel WION, purportedly showed how WHO executives complained about Beijing’s refusal to release critical data in January last … Read more
Chinese noblemen were using cosmetics made from animal fat and cave ‘milk’ on their faces some 2,700 years ago, a study has reported. Experts from the Chinese Academy of Sciences excavated a nobleman’s tomb — filled with assorted grave goods — at the Liujiawa site in northern China. During the so-called ‘Spring and Autumn’ period (771–476 … Read more
China has threatened sanctions against Britain if it boycotts the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing over the alleged ‘genocide’ of Uighur Muslims. British MPs including Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey have called for a Team GB boycott over Beijing’s alleged ‘ethnic cleansing’ against Uighurs who have been imprisoned and subjected to political ‘re-education’ in Xinjiang. … Read more
Smart CONTACT LENSES can improve your sight while monitoring for conditions including diabetes and strokes by measuring chemicals in tear fluid The new contact lens design comes from researchers from the UK, US and China It features a mesh sensor that measures light, temperature and glucose levels At the same time, the team said, it … Read more
President Joe Biden signaled he is looking to reset U.S.-China policy from the Trump administration, saying the two nations can avoid a conflict, even as he said Chinese President Xi Jinping as lacking a democratic ‘bone in his body.’ Biden said he didn’t mean the line as criticism – but he leveled as his administration … Read more
President Joe Biden signaled he is looking to reset U.S.-China policy from the Trump administration, saying the two nations can avoid a conflict, even as he said Chinese President Xi Jinping as lacking a democratic ‘bone in his body.’ Biden said he didn’t mean the line as criticism – but he leveled as his administration … Read more