Steelworker kills himself by jumping into furnace at Chinese factory after losing £6,000 in a day on the stock market Wang Long, 34, was captured throwing himself into furnace in Inner Mongolia Haunting last image shows him silhouetted against the fiery well of molten steel Police believe he killed himself due to large debts and … Read more
Chinese spy on British visitors: Officials are routinely checked up on when they travel to the country on business, leaked documents suggest Information recorded includes dates of birth and passport numbers Those on database include Margaret Johnson OBE and an Army officer List also includes 7,600 Uighur Muslims in Shanghai, marked as ‘terrorists’ By Daily … Read more
Chinese propaganda artist mocks Western criticism of human rights abuses against Uighur Muslims with illustration of ‘BBC News journalist’ in white hood, cotton-picking slaves and kneeling police officer Digital image shows western journalists in KKK hoods interviewing a scarecrow The scarecrow is propped up on a cross by a kneeling, hooded police officer Western governments and … Read more
Burberry hit by Chinese backlash over accusations that Muslim Uighurs have been subjected to forced labour By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:55 GMT, 26 March 2021 | Updated: 22:15 GMT, 26 March 2021 Burberry is facing a growing backlash in China as it became the latest brand to be knocked by rising … Read more
Laser capable of ‘seeing’ hidden objects from a mile away by calculating how long photons take to travel back and forth could be help self-driving cars identify pedestrians Researchers in Shanghai hid a mannequin in an apartment near campus Firing a laser, they calculated how long photons took to hit different parts of the room … Read more
Britain joined the US, EU and Canada in slapping sanctions on senior Chinese officials today over Beijing’s ‘highly disturbing programme of repression’ against Uighur Muslims. Dominic Raab said the UK would join a travel ban and asset freeze affecting four senior figures accused of gross human rights abuses in Xinjiang Province. The Foreign Secretary lashed out … Read more
A university student leader died in a road crash while fleeing police, hours after ‘feeling pressured’ into drinking at a meal with diplomats from China, an inquest heard. PhD student Shiqiang Zhou reached speeds of up to 100mph in a VW Golf as he tried to evade pursing traffic officers in Bolton, Greater Manchester. But … Read more
HISTORY THE EMPEROR’S FEAST by Jonathan Clements (Hodder £25, 320 pp) British cuisine may have its fair share of strange foods — faggots, jellied eels and haggis, to name a few — but when it comes to stomach-churning dishes, the Chinese are in a league of their own. Those of a squeamish disposition will need … Read more
Donald Trump‘s tweet in March 2020 that referred to coronavirus as the ‘Chinese virus’ led to a rise of anti-Asian hashtags on Twitter, a new study reveals. US researchers examined nearly 700,000 tweets containing nearly 1.3 million hashtags, the week before and after the president’s tweet on March 16, 2020. They wanted to see whether his … Read more
China says it will allow visitors into the country – but only if they have had the CHINESE Covid-19 vaccine Embassies in countries including the US and India said restrictions will ease Borders will open for those visiting for business or ‘humanitarian needs’ China has not approved any foreign-made jabs and produced four of its … Read more