6 month agoUS Senators and co-authors of recent bipartisan attempt to recognise Uyghur genocide @marcorubio @SenJeffMerkley urge @HouseofCommons to pass the GenocideAmendment
China: Thursday, January 14, 2021, mainland China reported 210 cases of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus: - 144 cases of COVID19 including 135 local transmissions (90 Hebei, 43 Heilongjiang, 1 Guangxi, 1 Shaanxi) - 66 new asymptomatic cases ( 11 "imported")
Federal prosecutors in Boston have charged Gang Chen, a mechanical engineer and nanotechnologist born in China, with defrauding @ENERGY when seeking grants and failing to disclose on a tax return a Chinese bank account
An @mit professor has been arrested on federal charges he failed to disclose links with China when seeking @ENERGY grants, reports @Reuters, citing court papers
The Bureau of Industry and Security of @CommerceGov has added Chinese National Overseas Oil Corporation (CNOOC) to the Entity List and Chinese company Skyrizon to the Military End-User List
Following China's ratification of its extradition agreement with Turkey, human rights organizations and Uyghurs in Turkey are now anxiously waiting to see if the Turkish parliament would ratify the agreement or not
6 month agoThe Chinese combat drone (UCAV) WJ-700 successfully completed its maiden flight, Chinese state media announced
Hong Kong journalist who probed the police response to 2019 mob attacks pleads not guilty to false statement charges
6 month agoChina: "Woman who died of COVID19 in Shijiazhuang first developed symptoms on January 9 and saw her health deteriorate rapidly. She suffered myocardial damage & later suffered liver and kidney damage"
China: Baoding, Hebei Province, imposed a 14-day suspension of operations on 345 internet cafes, 54 cinemas, 244 KTVs and 46 A-level scenic spots due to the COVID19 outbreak in its neighboring town of Shijiazhuang
6 month agoChina: "Almost all residents of 3 villages, or more than 5,400, in Gaocheng High Risk District, Shijiazhuang, have been evacuated to quarantine facilities while large-scale disinfection work takes place
World health organization says all team members had multiple negative PCR and antibody tests for covid19 in their home countries prior to traveling
6 month agoChina: : One person died and seven others injured in the explosion in the Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone. The cause of the incident is under investigation according to local authorities
WSJ: The two WHO delegation members held up in Singapore tested negative for Covid-19 in swab tests, the people briefed on the matter said
WSJ: Chinese officials involved in the screening process blocked the two delegation members from boarding their plane to Wuhan after both tested positive for Covid-19 antibodies in blood-based serology tests during transit in Singapore, the people said
6 month agoChina: Confirmation: A fire broke out at Ginza Shengyang logistics warehouse in Jinan City, Shandong Province on January 14, 2021
The Chinese Foreign Ministry called the statements about forced labor in Xinjiang a fabricated US "lie of the century." The ministry protested against the ban on the import of tomatoes and cotton from the area.
China announces the first death from the Coronavirus on its soil in eight months
6 month agoChina: A fire is reported to have broken out in what is believed to be Ginza Shengyang Logistics' cold store in Lixia District, Jinan City, Shandong Province, around 7:30 a.m. on January 14, 2021
Hong Kong Broadband Network admits it blocked HK Chronicles website under national security law
Reuters: The new wave of infections comes ahead of next month's Lunar New Year holiday. COVID19's resurgence has already prompted some provinces to discourage travel, which could lead to reduced travel and dampen consumption during the long break
6 month agoChina: Hebei is building 3,000 makeshift homes to quarantine COVID19 patients, similar to those seen in Wuhan at the start of the epidemic last year. Hebei reported 81 confirmed cases and its 1st recorded death on Wednesday
6 month agoChina: Hong Kong police arrested 11 people for alleged crimes in assisting a group of 12 pro-democracy activists accused of trying to flee the city by boat to Taiwan last year
6 month agoMembers of RTHK's staff union have gathered outside court where a hearing for freelance producer Bao Choy is set to take place after she was arrested over a police documentary
6 month agoA World Health Organization (WHO) team of 10 international experts that will investigate the origins of COVID19 pandemic, to arrive in China shortly. Visuals from Wuhan airport. (Source: Reuters)
6 month agoExecutive order from @POTUS amending EO 13959 - "The Threat from Securities Investments That Finance Communist Chinese Military Companies
6 month agoChina: At around 1:00 a.m. on the 13th, an explosion reportedly occurred in the boiler room of Bowei Orthopedic Hospital in Qingshan District, Baotou City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. No assessment of the victims, significant damage is reported
6 month agoChina: Jilin reported 7 new cases of asymptomatic COVID19 on Wednesday, 3 of which traveled on the K350 train that runs from a city in Heilongjiang to Beijing on January 5. An urgent search and test of all passengers on this train has been initiated
U.S. announces full and total ban on all cotton and tomato products from Xinjiang (not just XPCC). This bars 20% of the world's cotton from entering the U.S. Note: the U.S. first mulled this ban in September 2020 but then pulled out
Recently declassified US Strategic Framework for the Indo-Pacific published by @WhiteHouse, announces @robertcobrien
