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Flood-hit Chinese city starts mass Covid-19 tests after spike in cases
The city, which was hit by devastating floods last month, reported 32 cases on Saturday.
China reports 75 new COVID-19 cases as Delta cluster expands
China reported 75 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday as cities began introducing strict curbs to halt an increasingly severe outbreak of the Delta variant of the coronavirus.
Zimbabwean Vice President’s Visit to China Raises Questions About Covid-19 Protocols
Hundreds of people were removed from a luxury hotel in central Beijing and quarantined after a member of a group staying there with Zimbabwe’s vice president tested positive.
Covid-19 reaches flood-hit Chinese city of Zhengzhou
The Delta variant continues to advance across the country, with 30 local cases and 25 imported ones reported on Saturday.
Those Virus Sequences That Were Suddenly Deleted? They’re Back
Chinese researchers have uploaded genetic sequences of coronaviruses to a scientific database more than a year after they took them offline.
China tracks thousands of theatregoers in bid to stop Covid-19 spread
Staff at the theatre in the Wulingyuan World Heritage Site in Hunan are collecting the details of 70,000 people after four positive cases attended a show.
Less Than Eden: China’s Rural Returnees Face an Uncertain Future
Lost amid the fantasies of a rural utopia is the reality — and diversity — of life on the ground in the countryside.
Samoa's new leader confirms scrapping of China-funded port
The new prime minister of Samoa has confirmed she will cancel a China-backed port project, but hasn't closed the door to China as she navigates a path for the Pacific nation against a backdrop of intensifying regional competition between Beijing and Washington.
Watching the Watchers
Chinese artist Ge Yulu has found a devious way to defy the country’s growing network of surveillance cameras: Staring back.
Recent COVID outbreak in China's Nanjing linked to flight from Russia-official
China's eastern city of Nanjing reported 13 new domestically transmitted COVID-19 patients for July 29, bringing the total to 184 since July 20, as the country's latest major outbreak caused by the more contagious Delta variant persists.
Team China Aims to Conquer an Unfamiliar New Sport: Skateboarding
Skateboarding has long been associated with freewheeling self-expression. But China is approaching the new Olympic event with severe, military-like discipline.
Blinken meets WHO chief, supports new virus origins probe in China
The session with Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in Kuwait had not been on the top US diplomat’s published schedule.
As Slowly Receding Floodwaters Pose Risks, Henan City Evacuates
Typhoon In-fa brought further rain to the region over the past couple of days.
How Yunnan Became China’s Immigration Frontline
The foreign population of the southwestern Yunnan province has multiplied over the past decade, thanks in part to strong demand for laborers from nearby Southeast Asian countries.
China's regulatory crackdown a drag on HK's IPO pipeline -bankers
Hong Kong's buzzing IPO pipeline is likely to taper off in the second half of 2021, as Chinese firms temper their expectations for valuations amid a drastic regulatory crackdown in the mainland, dealmakers said.
Peter Hessler’s Last Class
He Yujia, a freelance translator and Hessler’s friend, reflects on the author’s years in China.
How China’s Pick-Up Artists Fell Victim to Their Own Mind Games
For members of the much-criticized subculture, wealth isn’t enough anymore. You need to have class.
Poorly Prepared for Floods, Rural Henan Faces Slow Recovery
Usually parched northern China is ill-equipped to face extreme downpours.
Flood Defense in Ancient Times
How the 2,000-year-old Dujiangyan irrigation system solved flooding in Sichuan
U.S. Defense Secretary says committed to stable, constructive relationship with China
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Tuesday he was committed to having a constructive relationship with China and working on common challenges as he laid out his vision for ties with Beijing, which have sunk to their lowest point in decades.
‘This attack comes from Taiwan’ — WHO chief
A cartoon depicting World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Source: All over the internet. The BBC reports: A row has erupted after the chief…
China and COVID-19: Global menace or benefactor?
The China Project illustration by Derek Zheng Alongside the global battle against COVID-19, there is also a war of competing narratives about the origin of…
Donating personal protective equipment to NYC hospitals
U.S. hospitals are running dangerously low on face masks and personal protective equipment for frontline workers in the battle against COVID-19.
Editor’s note for Friday, April 3, 2020
Dear Access member, On both sides of the Pacific, Chinese and American scholars and foreign policy types are calling for a cessation of verbal hostilities: The…
Today in COVID-19 propaganda from Beijing
The Party’s newest man on Twitter: Hú Zhàomíng 胡兆明, director of the CPC’s Bureau of Public Information and Communication, International Department. There is no let-up…
Three Americans get heat for cutting in a COVID-19 testing line in Qingdao; local government apologizes on their behalf
An altercation between three Americans and some locals outside of a COVID-19 testing site in Qingdao, Shandong Province, shows the rising tensions between Chinese people and foreigners as China fears a fresh coronavirus outbreak driven by imported infections.
