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Chinese Scientists One Step Closer to ‘Universal Blood Cells’
Researchers have developed a hydrogel material that can coat blood cells and mask their antigens, potentially paving the way for people with rare blood types to receive non-matching blood.
March 20, 2020 Source: Sixth Tone
China gets a glimpse of life on the other side of coronavirus
Restrictions are being eased across China as the number of new infections recorded drops sharply
March 20, 2020 Source: the Guardian
Chinese inquiry exonerates coronavirus whistleblower doctor
Report on Li Wenliang’s death says he did not disrupt public order, but fought bravely
March 20, 2020 Source: the Guardian
When Will More Masks Arrive? Medical Supplies Are Stuck in China
Michael Einhorn’s Chinese suppliers of masks and surgical gowns have finally restarted production. His challenge now is to find cargo space to get them to his U.S. customers fast enough.
March 20, 2020 Source: Bloomberg
China will ship more smart speakers in 2020 despite coronavirus disruption
Alibaba, Baidu and Xiaomi lead China’s rapidly growing smart speaker market
March 20, 2020 Source: Abacus
Li & Fung Gets $930 Million Privatization Offer From Consortium
The family that founded the world’s largest supplier of consumer goods, Li & Fung Ltd, is trying to take the company private in a HK$7.22 billion ($930 million) deal amid the double whammy of the U.S.-China trade war and the widening coronavirus pandemic.
March 20, 2020 Source: Bloomberg
Shanghai set to endorse Gong Zheng as its new mayor
March 19, 2020 Source: South China Morning Post
Companies Retool Operations to Assist in Coronavirus Fight
As the pandemic puts nations on wartime footing, distillers concoct hand sanitizer, a car maker offers to assemble ventilators, a jeans factory switches to face masks. “It’s all hands to the pumps.”
March 19, 2020 Source: WSJ
Coronavirus infects faster, lasts longer than Sars, raising containment fears
Researchers found that on average, infected people expel virus particles from their bodies for a relatively long period of 20 days, spreading it even before symptoms appear.
March 19, 2020 Source: South China Morning Post
Coronavirus Death Rate in Wuhan Is Lower than Previously Thought, Study Finds (Published 2020)
Researchers calculated a 1.4 percent likelihood of dying in the city where the pandemic began. Earlier estimates ranged from 2 percent to 3.4 percent.
March 19, 2020 Source: The New York Times
Bolsonaro’s son enrages Beijing by blaming China for coronavirus crisis
Row after Eduardo Bolsonaro claims ‘it’s China’s fault’, drawing a ferocious rebuke from senior Chinese diplomats
March 19, 2020 Source: the Guardian
Meet China’s Ace Ventura, Pet Detective Sun Jinrong
Since 2013, the former factory worker has helped over 1,000 pet owners track down missing cats and dogs.
March 19, 2020 Source: Sixth Tone
False beliefs of the Inevitable Chinese Rise - SettimanaNews
The limits that invalidate both the Chinese strategic vision and the attempts to make it geopolitically effective appear very serious today.
March 19, 2020 Source: SettimanaNews
Trump Scorns Calls for Tariff Relief in Escalating Global Crisis
Hardly a day goes by right now without business groups calling on the White House to suspend tariffs on Chinese goods in an effort to help them stem the growing challenges faced by the coronavirus outbreak.
March 18, 2020 Source: Bloomberg
There Aren’t Enough Containers to Keep World Trade Flowing
A shipping container shortage that’s left everything from Thai curry to Canadian peas idling in ports may be about to get a whole lot worse as China steps up its coronavirus precautions on incoming vessels.
March 18, 2020 Source: Bloomberg
Trump Spurns Business Plea to Ease Tariffs Amid Coronavirus
The Trump administration is brushing aside calls to put broad import tariffs on hold, despite pleas from the business community that it could stimulate the increasingly rocky U.S. economy.
March 18, 2020 Source: WSJ
Russian media ‘spreading Covid-19 disinformation’
Leaked EU report says pro-Kremlin outlets seeking to aggravate public health crisis
March 18, 2020 Source: the Guardian
China steps up support for Europeans hardest hit by Covid-19
President Xi Jinping has spoken to the leaders of the two worst affected European countries, Italy and Spain, and promised medical supplies.
March 18, 2020 Source: South China Morning Post
China sends masks, gloves to help France fight virus - French minister
China is sending 1 million surgical masks and gloves to France to help it fight the coronavirus, the French foreign minister said on Wednesday.
March 18, 2020 Source: U.S.
99% of Those Who Died From Virus Had Other Illness, Italy Says
More than 99% of Italy’s coronavirus fatalities were people who suffered from previous medical conditions, according to a study by the country’s national health authority.
March 18, 2020 Source: Bloomberg