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U.S. Military Seeks More Funding for Pacific Region After Pandemic (Published 2020)
A report delivered to Congress last week called for $20.1 billion in equipment, exercises and defense investments to counter China in 2021 and beyond.
Market for Chinese-made masks is a madhouse, says broker
Manufacturers making huge profits supplying to whoever can pay the most and pay fastest
Virus News: FDA Says China Not Creating Drug Shortages in U.S.
FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn said there’s no evidence that any drug is in short supply because China or another country is blocking critical ingredients from flowing into the U.S. market.
Chinese mountains swamped with visitors as lockdown eases
Pictures of packed trails over the weekend highlight difficulties in maintaining social distancing while trying to get back to normal.
Kept at Home by the Coronavirus, Many Chinese Fall Behind on Their Debts
China is edging toward what could be its first credit downturn in decades, as the situation could snowball into higher defaults in the coming months.
Chinese-Americans, Facing Abuse, Unite to Aid Hospitals in Coronavirus Battle (Published 2020)
Although many have weathered racist remarks and some physical attacks over the virus, Chinese-Americans are tapping their deep social networks to procure medical supplies.
Taiwan offers masks and medical aid to foreign countries, angering Beijing
Self-ruled island has been frozen out of the World Health Organisation but its strong response to Covid-19 has helped raise its profile.
130 riot police in Hong Kong ordered into Covid-19 quarantine
Nearly all of West Kowloon’s elite Police Tactical Unit taken off front line after two colleagues infected with coronavirus.
Wuhan lockdown ‘led to dramatic cut in global spread of coronavirus’
Other countries had a marked increase in imported cases from other parts of mainland China in the weeks after the travel limits went into effect, study says.
China-style makeshift hospitals ‘could help coronavirus-hit countries’
Advocate of the facilities in Wuhan suggests that home isolation of mild cases puts families at risk.
Chinese man jailed for breaking quarantine rules and lying about travel
The man from Henan province had visited Italy and France at the start of March and then went back to work.
China advises foreign diplomats to stay away from Beijing until May 15
Envoys may have diplomatic immunity, but they are not immune to Covid-19, foreign ministry says.
Can China’s economy handle an unemployment crisis?
With coronavirus, China is facing its biggest jobless crisis since the Communist Party recognised that ‘unemployment’ existed in the 1990s.
China Frees Up $56 Billion for Lending to Coronavirus-Hit Businesses
China’s central bank said for the second time in less than a month that it would lower the amount of cash that banks must set aside as reserves, as Beijing moved to stimulate a cooling economy hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic.
‘We’re Hardly Heroic’
Dr. Li, a heart specialist at Wuhan No. 4 Hospital, spent the third week of March preparing for the reopening of the hospital’s general clinics, which closed on January 22, when No. 4 became a key
Opinion | Of the Virus and God, Orange Peels and the Party (Published 2020)
A mother and daughter write through distance and disease, searching for the other’s love.
GM's first-quarter China car sales drop 43% as coronavirus cuts demand
General Motors Co's vehicle sales in China fell 43.3% in the first three months of 2020 compared with the same period last year, the company said on Friday, as the coronavirus pandemic reduced demand in the world's biggest auto market.
Why China’s wildlife ban is not enough to stop another virus outbreak
China's multibillion-dollar wildlife industry is driven by corporate interests and traditional Chinese medicine companies whose animal-based remedies are prescribed as treatment for the coronavirus.
Trump administration ended pandemic early-warning program to detect coronaviruses
The program had worked with labs in Wuhan, China, and around the world to detect deadly viruses that could jump from animals to humans.
China’s car part industry stalls as virus causes global shutdown
Across China, car part manufacturers are haemorrhaging money as car factories around the world close their doors due to coronavirus.
