Australian study finds China is the biggest generator of plastic waste
May 25, 2021, at 07:57 pm
Melbourne: An Australian study has unveiled that China is the biggest generator of plastic waste.
Earthquakes jolt parts of China, three die
May 22, 2021, at 03:25 pm
Kunming: At least three people died as a series of earthquakes jolted Yangbi Yi Autonomous County in Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province on Saturday, media reports said.
Scientist slams WHO report on origin of COVID-19 virus, demand investigation
May 21, 2021, at 06:28 pm
London: Conservative peer and scientist Lord Ridley has called the World Health Organisation's investigation into the origins of coronavirus in China "farcical", raising yet another doubt on Beijing and its role in the spread of the virus.
Sierra Leone sells rainforest for Chinese harbour, human rights group slams move
May 20, 2021, at 04:18 am
Rights groups and conservationists have criticized a $55m deal struck by the government of Sierra Leone with China to build an industrial fishing harbour on 100 hectares (250 acres) of beach and protected rainforest.
May 18, 2021, at 06:45 pm
Locals are rushing to get their COVID-19 vaccine jabs as two provinces reported the country’s first cases of community transmission in over three weeks, media reports said on Monday.
China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine safe and efficacious: WHO official
May 12, 2021, at 06:28 pm
Geneva/UNI: China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines, very much used globally, have been considered both safe and efficacious, according to Mariangela Simao, World Health Organization (WHO) assistant director general for access to health products.
Second stage of China’s long March 5B rocket might fall into Pacific Ocean on Sunday
May 08, 2021, at 07:45 pm
Washington/UNI: The second stage of China's Long March 5B heavy-lift carrier rocket launched with the main module for the country's orbital station last month is expected to fall in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday, according to the latest predictions from the US Air Force.
China's Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine gets WHO's nod for emergency use
May 08, 2021, at 04:50 am
Geneva/IBNS: The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday gave emergency use approval for a coronavirus vaccine made by China's state-owned drug manufacturer Sinopharm, said a Reuters report.
China is facing new challenge as its coastal areas witness rising sea levels
May 07, 2021, at 02:35 am
Beijing: China, which has earned criticisms globally for spreading coronavirus worldwide, is now facing another trouble as coastal areas are witnessing increasing risks from rising sea level, media reports said.
With India's supply uncertain, Bangladesh to join China’s Covid vaccine storage facility
Apr 24, 2021, at 12:33 am
In the wake of uncertainty over getting purchased doses from India, Bangladesh has decided to join China’s COVID-19 vaccine storage facility for South Asia, bdnews24 reported.
Chinese mainland reports 19 new COVID-19 cases, all imported
Apr 23, 2021, at 02:54 pm
Beijing/Xinhua: The Chinese mainland on Thursday reported 19 new COVID-19 cases, all of which were imported, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Friday.
US, China agree to work together to tackle climate crisis: Joint Statement
Apr 18, 2021, at 02:43 pm
Washington/UNI: China and the United States have agreed to cooperate on the issue of climate change, US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry and China Special Envoy for Climate Change Xie Zhenhua said in a joint statement after their Shanghai talks.
Apr 09, 2021, at 02:03 am
San Francisco/IBNS: While the United States and European Union are reducing their coal plant development to lower the use of this carbon-intensive natural resource and one of the chief reasons behind adverse climate change, China is increasing its coal capacity, according to a report by the Global Energy Monitor (GEM).
Effectiveness of Chinese COVID-19 vaccines creating doubt
Mar 22, 2021, at 12:29 am
Effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccine prepared by China is triggering doubts across the globe.
China: Research group finds 24 previously unknown bat coronaviruses
Mar 17, 2021, at 09:18 pm
Beijing: A group of researchers have found 24 previously unknown bat coronaviruses – four of them related to the strain which causes Covid-19 – all within a radius of less than 4 km in southwestern China, media reports said.
WHO says experts will likely present report on COVID-19 origins next week
Mar 17, 2021, at 12:07 am
Geneva/Sputnik: Independent experts of the World Health Organization (WHO) who have recently been on a mission in China will most likely present their report about the origins of the coronavirus next week, WHO spokesman Christian Lindmeier said.
Vietnam fights COVID-19: People overlooking Chinese vaccine, opting for AstraZeneca
Mar 13, 2021, at 04:52 pm
Hanoi: People in Vietnam, the country where vaccination drive against COVID-19 started recently, are overlooking Chinese made vaccines and are opting for the vaccine developed by British-Swedish pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca instead, media reports said.
China's CoronaVac may be ineffective against Brazil COVID-19 variant: Study
Mar 13, 2021, at 04:34 pm
Sao Paulo: China’s CoronaVac might not be effective against the Brazilian COVID-19 strain, a study said.
China's biggest river is slowly drying up, warns experts
Mar 03, 2021, at 05:31 pm
Beijing: After Covid19, China might soon be facing another challenge as the biggest river of the country is slowly drying up, media reports said.
Matt Pottinger says China attempted to cover up the coronavirus in the early days
Feb 26, 2021, at 04:57 pm
Beijing: Former US deputy national security adviser Matt Pottinger has said China had attempted to cover up the coronavirus in the early days of the crisis.
Studies find high anaemia rate in China’s Xinjiang region, points to malnutrition in young people
Feb 26, 2021, at 03:05 am
Beijing: Two separate studies conducted by Chinese researchers have found that malnutrition has been rising in China’s far western region of Xinjiang, media reports said.
Coronavirus origin: WHO Wuhan mission now finds possible signs of wider original outbreak in 2019
Feb 16, 2021, at 01:26 am
Wuhan:Investigators from the World Health Organization (WHO), who are trying to find the possible origin of the COVID-19 virus outbreak in China, have discovered signs the outbreak was much wider in Wuhan in December 2019 than previously thought, reports CNN.
China dismisses Washington's concerns about credibility of WHO report on COVID-19
Feb 14, 2021, at 11:05 pm
Washington/Sputnik: China rejects Washington's statement questioning the report by the World Health Organization (WHO) on the origins of the coronavirus and its credibility due to alleged intervention by Beijing, the Chinese Embassy in the US said on Sunday.
Huanan market may not be 1st place where COVID-19 outbreak started in Wuhan: Expert
Feb 09, 2021, at 11:13 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: The Huanan seafood market may not be the first place where the coronavirus outbreak started in China's Wuhan, as the earliest case in China is not indeed associated with this market, Liang Wannian, a Chinese expert from Tsinghua University, said on Tuesday.
WHO: Japan backs Taiwan’s quest for observer status
Feb 08, 2021, at 04:00 pm
Taipei: Japan seems to be backing Taiwan's fight to join World Health Organization (WHO) as the nation said the region should not continue to be excluded from the organization at this time of COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19 Situation: China suspends entry of foreigners travelling from Canada temporarily
Jan 31, 2021, at 10:18 pm
Ottawa/UNI: China has temporarily barred foreign nationals travelling from Canada, the Consulate General of The People's Republic of China in Toronto said.
Jan 22, 2021, at 02:42 am
Islamabad: The Pakistan government and its alliance with China continues as PM Imran Khan and the drug authority recently authorised emergency use of Chinese firm Sinopharm's anti-coronavirus vaccine, which a Chinese doctor has dubbed the ‘most unsafe in the world’ claiming that it has 73 side effects..
Brazil results show Chinese vaccine 50.4% effective against COVID-19
Jan 15, 2021, at 03:55 pm
Brazilian clinical trials have unveiled that a COVID-19 vaccine developed by China's Sinovac has been found to be 50.4% effective, media reports said.
China's Hebei quarantines over 20,000 residents in 15 villages amid new COVID-19 outbreak
Jan 12, 2021, at 10:32 pm
Beijing/Sputnik: Local authorities in central China's Hebei province have sent over 20,000 residents from 15 villages to centralized quarantine centers, as part of their efforts to curb the recent local COVID-19 outbreak, a top provincial official said on Tuesday.
Chinese expert says Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine is 'most unsafe in world' with 73 side effects
Jan 10, 2021, at 05:08 am
Beijing: A Chinese vaccine expert has claimed that the COVID-19 vaccine which has been rolled out by the nation as the 'most unsafe vaccine in the world'.