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Why Extrajudicial Detentions Couldn’t Solve China’s Prostitution Problem
By targeting the underprivileged and offering only threadbare support, the country’s custody and education system was never able to make a meaningful dent in the sex trade.
Researchers identify two coronavirus strains as China cases dwindle
Scientists in China studying the outbreak of disease caused by the new coronavirus say they have found that two main strains of the virus are circulating in humans and causing infections.
Hongkongers sell their homes at huge losses to flee from economic gloom
Homeowners are dumping their properties in Hong Kong for as much as HK$11.6 million in losses to pack up their bags and escape the city’s social and economic gloom.
Are temperature checks effective in stopping the spread of the coronavirus?
Use of ‘temperature guns’ is increasingly common as authorities and companies screen people entering buildings.
Coronavirus outbreak fans flames of US-China decoupling debate
Previously an idea on the fringes of the Trump administration, US-China decoupling is back on the agenda, bolstered by the coronavirus epidemic.
Schools Order Children, Teachers, Parents to Take Chinese Herbal Medicine
Authorities in the southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan intervene after schools issue prescriptions, demand to see evidence medicine is being taken.
Satellite Pollution Data Shows China Is Getting Back to Work
Nitrogen dioxide concentrations are rising again after a sharp decline linked to coronavirus.
‘No Way Out’: In China, Coronavirus Takes Toll on Other Patients (Published 2020)
The outbreak is straining a health care system that was already overburdened, and many patients with other illnesses are now falling through the cracks.
Hubei Struggles to Handle a Mountain of Medical Waste
The COVID-19 epidemic is forcing cities to enlist incinerators, industrial furnaces, and cement kilns to destroy tons of used medical equipment.
Shen Yun was all about being authentically Chinese. Now that’s a big problem
As misinformation about the coronavirus spreads, the ubiquitous dance troop now wants you to know that it actually has nothing to do with China.
Global Property Deals Stall as Virus Keeps China Money Home
Eric Marrus, a real estate broker at Compass in New York, walked through a $7.5 million townhouse in Manhattan’s Lenox Hill neighborhood last week, pointing his phone into every corner of the property.
Chinese military puts joint drills on hold to fight coronavirus battle
Annual exercise in Inner Mongolia disrupted as crisis in Wuhan makes it too risky to transport troops.
Battered by coronavirus and swine fever, is China ready for locusts?
Beijing puts out alert on threat from most voracious of insects.
Coronavirus: China embassy U-turns on claim Russian police singled out Chinese
Allegations that Moscow police detained Chinese people for no reason had come from social media, and those held had broken epidemic rules, embassy now says.
Critically ill coronavirus patient saved by stem cells, study says
65-year-old Chinese woman in Kunming hospital intensive care unit showed no adverse effects to her first shot and after two was up and walking again, researchers say.
China Takes Charge of HNA, Paving Way for Faster Asset Sales
China began assuming control of debt-laden HNA Group Co., paving the way for a hastened selloff of the once-sprawling conglomerate’s remaining assets after it became one of the biggest corporate casualties of the coronavirus outbreak. HNA-related shares rose.
Japan Sees Silver Lining to Coronavirus as Flu Cases Drop
Japanese clinics and hospitals have seen far fewer influenza cases this season than in a typical year, a drop some doctors attribute to better public hygiene as people take measures against the novel coronavirus.
UN intellectual property agency the latest battleground for China and US
Chinese officials have accused US of pressuring other member states not to vote for its nominee Wang Binying, while Washington has reportedly sought to promote Singaporean candidate.
Death sentence for fatal stabbings at coronavirus roadblock in China
Man kills two officials with a pocket knife as they try to stop him for trying to bypass checkpoint in Yunnan province.
‘They’re chasing me’: the journalist who wouldn’t stay quiet on Covid-19
Li Zehua is missing, presumed detained. He’s one of many for whom the coronavirus crisis has led to a political awakening and a demand for free speech
