Beijing has brought its recent COVID-19 outbreak “under control,” China’s chief epidemiologist, Wu Zunyou, said at a regular news conference on June 18. A day before the press briefing, the Chinese capital confirmed 21 new infections, which brought the total number of cases discovered during the latest outbreak to 158.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his most direct Chinese counterpart, Yáng Jiéchí 杨洁篪 — who holds two equally important titles, Politburo member, and director of the Office of Foreign Affairs of the Communist Party of China — met yesterday in Hawaii. It was the first high-level diplomatic meeting between the U.S. and China in months, but don’t mistake that for a sign of détente.
China and India's border troubles force politicians in both countries to make hard choices.
The latest China-India border standoff has taken an unexpected violent turn, days after a deescalation was apparent, and midway through a 10-day period of ground-level military talks.
Children in the Chinese capital were supposed to return to school today, but after a handful of COVID-19 cases were found on June 11 and 12, those plans were canceled. The China Project reported last week on all the ways the city went back into lockdown after nearly two coronavirus-free months, as soon as just three people were diagnosed with COVID-19.
Twitter tamps down on apparent increase in Chinese state disinformation campaigns related to Hong Kong civil unrest
Beijing threatens to use outbound Chinese tourism and tuition payments to Australian universities as leverage amid escalating diplomatic tensions between the two countries.
After multiple meetings between Chinese and Indian diplomats and military commanders, a deescalation is apparent, though the crux of the two countries’ border disagreements remains unresolved.
Thousands in Hong Kong attended the city’s annual vigil marking 31 years since the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown last Thursday. Police had earlier announced a ban on public gatherings due to COVID-19, but in the end they did not enforce that ban.