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An estimated 1 million people or more have been confined in camps in Xinjiang. Photo / AP Human rights groups and Western nations led by the United States, Britain and Germany have accused China of massive crimes against its Uighur minority and demanded unimpeded access for UN experts at a…

On May 10, Kantar and Google released their 2021 BrandZ Top 50 Global Brands in China report. Xiaomi was ranked No. 4, along with Alibaba, ByteDance, and Huawei in the top four on the list. Another smartphone-maker, OPPO, was ranked 6th and was selected as the Outstanding Globalizing Chinese Global…

(Source: Youibot) Last week’s China VC news: Shenzhen-based robotic automation startup Youibot raised 100 million yuan, crypto services provided Babel Finance bagged a $40 million Series A and insurtech firm Yuanbao capitalized on competitor Waterdrop’s IPO by raising a 1 billion yuan Series C round. Robotics startup Youibot bags 100…

Taiwan Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Joanne Ou speaks at a news conference in Taipei, Taiwan, February 11, 2020. REUTERS/Ben Blanchard Taiwan's foreign minister criticised what he called China's "shameless lies" on Tuesday in an escalating dispute about Beijing blocking the island from the World Health Organization (WHO), saying China clearly did…

Conspiracy theories are now a regular fixture on “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” it seems. During Monday’s episode, he talked at length about a debunked, fringe conspiracy theory that Dr. Anthony Fauci funded a Chinese lab that created the coronavirus and then purposefully released it to the public. And citing this false…

published : 10 May 2021 at 16:49 FILE PHOTO: An aerial view of the newly constructed beach-ramp at Philippine-held Pag-Asa island, also known as Thitu island, in the Spratly archipelagos during a visit of Philippine Secretary of National Defense Delfin Lorenzana, on June 9, 2020. (Photo by Department of National…

The Department of Health will apply for an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the BBIPB-CorVac vaccine of Chinese drugmaker Sinopharm (China National Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd.) which was given an emergency use listing by the World Health Organization over the weekend. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that Health Secretary…

The debris from a Chinese rocket could hit Abuja this weekend. Experts say a piece of a rocket launched by China in late April is expected to re-enter the earth’s atmosphere between late Saturday and early Sunday, according to the American news platform, NBC. “It’s 10-stories tall and twice as…

SHENZHEN, China, May 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Growatt's ARK battery achieves outstanding performance in TÜV Rheinland's PVE Test Program and wins All Quality Matters Award at Solar Congress 2021. SHENZHEN, China, May 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Growatt's ARK battery achieves outstanding performance in TÜV Rheinland's PVE Test Program and wins…

The World Health Organization on Friday gave its first endorsement for a Chinese-made Covid-19 vaccine, clearing a shot from the state-owned firm Sinopharm for global use. The decision, announced by the international health body after weeks of deliberation, is expected to help alleviate a severe shortage of doses in the…