Tag Archives: China

• Fresh flooding in central China kills another 21 people 13 August 2021 This post has no comments yet

  Flooding in central China continued to cause havoc in both cities and rural areas, with authorities saying Friday that another 21 people had been killed and another four were missing. ...

• Taiwan, US coast guards meet despite Chinese pressure 12 August 2021 This post has one comment

  Officers from the US and Taiwanese coast guards have met to discuss improving cooperation and communication despite efforts by China to isolate the self-governing island democracy. ...

• Indian, Chinese armies disengage from Gogra in eastern Ladakh 6 August 2021 This post has no comments yet

  After nearly 15 months of face-off, Indian and Chinese armies have completed the disengagement process and restored the pre-standoff ground position in the Gogra friction point in eastern Ladakh. ...

• Delta variant challenges China’s costly lockdown strategy 5 August 2021 | Joe McDonald and Huizhong Wu This post has no comments yet

  The delta variant is challenging China’s costly strategy of isolating cities, prompting warnings that Chinese leaders who were confident they could keep the coronavirus out of the country need a less disruptive approach. ...

• People fleeing Hong Kong crackdown get temporary US haven | Ben Fox This post has no comments yet

  President Joe Biden granted temporary refuge Thursday to people from Hong Kong amid the Chinese government's effort to crush the pro-democracy movement and tighten its control on a city once known for its freedom. ...

• China orders mass testing in Wuhan as COVID outbreak spreads 3 August 2021 This post has no comments yet

  China suspended flights and trains, canceled professional basketball league games and announced mass coronavirus testing in Wuhan on Tuesday as widening outbreaks of the delta variant reached the city where the disease was first detected. ...

• German warship heads for South China Sea amid tension with Beijing 2 August 2021 | Sabine Siebold This post has no comments yet

  Germany on Monday sent a warship to the South China Sea for the first time in almost two decades, joining other Western nations in expanding its military presence in the region amid growing alarm over China's territorial ambitions. ...

• India, China agree to resolve remaining border issues in Ladakh This post has no comments yet

  The Indian and Chinese armies on Monday described as "constructive" the 12th round of military talks on the eastern Ladakh row during which they agreed to resolve the pending issues in an "expeditious" manner. ...

• Coronavirus: China sounds Covid-19 alarm as Delta variant spreads 1 August 2021 This post has no comments yet

  The highly contagious Delta variant of the COVID-19 has raised major concerns in China as it spread to 18 provinces with fresh cases emerging in capital Beijing on Sunday. More than 300 domestic cases were detected in 10 days. ...

• Xi Jinping’s China no different from Hitler’s Germany | NS Venkataraman This post has 2 comments

  Today, the world is certainly fearing China and not so much respecting it, in the same way that Hitler's Germany was looked upon before the Second World War. ...