A British expat who stayed in China during the coronavirus pandemic has documented how ordinary people coped with the country’s draconian lockdown and high-tech surveillance. Yu Kung, a former London advertising executive, used his camera to record his neighbours dealing with unprecedented life changes after the killer infection erupted in the Far East. One of … Read more
MARKET REPORT: China’s decision to abandon a key economic target and rising tensions with US casts pall over stock markets as week draws to a close By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 22:06 BST, 22 May 2020 | Updated: 22:06 BST, 22 May 2020 China’s decision to abandon a key economic target and … Read more
Chinese state media has claimed the US coerced Australia into calling for an inquiry into the origins and spread of coronavirus. An article in the Global Times, a state-controlled tabloid newspaper, said Australia is America’s ‘lapdog’ and serving as a US ‘pawn to create trouble for China‘. It suggested President Donald Trump told Prime … Read more
Fears of a possible new outbreak in a Chinese region of over 100 million residents have escalated after two cities from the area went under Wuhan-style lockdown. Officials from Jilin province of north-eastern China appointed two hospitals today as designated coronavirus facilities to deal with the overwhelming spike of suspected COVID-19 patients. Chinese officials have … Read more
People in China must keep wearing face masks ‘for at least another year’ to fend off the killer bug, Beijing’s top coronavirus expert has warned. Zhang Boli, a medical specialist who was appointed by Beijing to supervise the country’s coronavirus response, asserted that wearing face coverings should become a norm for Chinese citizens even when … Read more
Life goes on almost as normal in Taiwan. The schools are full of children, the streets thronged with shoppers, the bars busy. Even the national sport of baseball has resumed – albeit with no more than 1,000 fans in the stadium. This makes the island nation of 23million people almost unique among locked down developed … Read more
Giant 18-tonne piece of a Chinese rocket crash-lands in the Atlantic after successfully lifting a prototype spacecraft into orbit in the ‘largest uncontrolled reentry in decades’ The debris that crashed was from the core of the Chinese Long March 5B rocket This was used to launch a prototype crew spaceship and a cargo ship into … Read more
International hackers have targeted coronavirus research labs in the US and UK, cybersecurity agencies have warned. The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre say the criminals have been discovered targeting healthcare bodies, particularly those involved in coronavirus response. The news comes as countries worldwide remain engaged in a tense … Read more
Doctors in the UK have shared their fears over 250 ventilators purchased from China and called for their ‘withdrawal and replacement’. Medical experts from the Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust warned that the Shangrila 510 model, made by Chinese firm Beijing Aeonmed Co. Ltd., caused ‘significant patient harm including death’ if used in a … Read more
China’s anti-coronavirus cars: Buttons and consoles with anti-viral coating and powerful air filters with UV light to sterilize the air are among new features being developed by automakers to protect motorists Chinese auto company Geely has announced its new ‘Healthy Car Project’ The company will offer new filtration systems to screen out viruses and bacteria … Read more