Chinese billionaire Jack Ma is not missing, and is just laying low, sources have said, after he vanished following a speech about economic reform in the country. Ma founded Alibaba, Asia’s version of Amazon, with sources inside the company telling Fox Business that he is currently in hiding but is ‘not missing or detained’. One … Read more
Chinese billionaire Jack Ma is not missing, and is just laying low, sources have said, after he vanished following a speech about economic reform in the country. Ma founded Alibaba, Asia’s version of Amazon, with sources inside the company telling Fox Business that he is currently in hiding but is ‘not missing or detained’. One … Read more
China will permit foreign astronomers to use its 1,600-foot radio telescope for the first time this summer. The Five-hundred meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) is the world’s largest single-disc radio observatory, used for spotting cosmic phenomena and searching for extraterrestrial life. It’s one of the only ‘Sky Eyes’ remaining after the decommissioning and collapse … Read more
It is a year since the world learned of a deadly new respiratory disease stalking the central Chinese city of Wuhan. Yet we still know little about how and why the virus spread with such devastating consequences. It can almost certainly be traced to bats. But we do not know how this pathogen – having … Read more
Charles Tyrwhitt is scaling back shirt-making in China after customers complained about the government in Beijing Founder Nick Wheeler said firm is ‘reacting to what the customer wants’ Company is also ending contracts with cotton suppliers in Xinjiang province Mr Wheeler also cited wider human rights issues for the move By Harriet Dennys, City Correspondent … Read more
One of America’s most senior government officials says the most ‘credible’ theory about the origin of coronavirus is that it escaped from a laboratory in China. Matthew Pottinger, who is President Donald Trump‘s respected Deputy National Security Adviser, told politicians from around the world that even China’s leaders now openly admit their previous claims that … Read more
Chinese teacher repeatedly slaps a student’s face in front of his classmate to punish him for arriving late WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT Footage shows the teacher savagely hitting her student at a school in Xinjiang The educator is seen grabbing the boy’s hair while smacking his face repeatedly She was punishing the 15-year-old after he arrived … Read more
Row-bots: Two androids ‘bicker like a couple’ at a Chinese library because they are ‘annoyed by each other’s temper’ Talking robots Tutu and Wangbao are high-tech guides at a library in China Funny footage appears to show them arguing at work in the building’s lobby One accused the other of having a bad temper, igniting … Read more
China has confirmed its first case of a new coronavirus variant that was recently detected in Britain, health officials said. The first patient in China with the new COVID variant is a 23-year-old woman who flew into Shanghai from Britain on December 14, the Chinese Centre for Disease Control said in a research note published … Read more
In the final part of our spine-tingling new series by top espionage writer Ben Macintyre, we reveal how the net of the security services began to close around Soviet superspy Agent Sonya. However, thanks to the efforts of a comically inept MI5 surveillance chief, she was able to evade detention and prepared to flee back … Read more