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China will improve key technologies and capability to handle emergencies Xi Jinping

China will improve key technologies and capability to handle emergencies

FILE PHOTO: Chinese President Xi jinping speaks during a meeting with Tedros Adhanom, director general of the World Health Organization, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, January 28, 2020. Naohiko Hatta/Pool via REUTERSBEIJING (Reuters) - China will speed up the development of key technologies and improve…
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April 27, 2020
How Trump gets it wrong about the WHO’s response to the coronavirus Xi Jinping

How Trump gets it wrong about the WHO’s response to the coronavirus

President Donald Trump justified his recent announcement that the U.S. would halt further payments to the World Health Organization by claiming that “the WHO failed to adequately obtain, vet and share information in a timely and transparent fashion” about the coronavirus pandemic. This charge has been widely rebutted by global…
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April 22, 2020
China sees drop in imported coronavirus cases but local infections rise Xi Jinping

China sees drop in imported coronavirus cases but local infections rise

BEIJING (Reuters) - China reported fewer new coronavirus cases on Thursday that involved travellers arriving from abroad, but said locally transmitted infections rose, with the capital Beijing seeing new local cases for the first time in more than three weeks.To prevent a rebound of the epidemic as business activity resumes,…
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April 16, 2020
China Demand For ‘Other Unforeseeable Event’ Out In Trade Deal Was Possible Red Flag Xi Jinping

China Demand For ‘Other Unforeseeable Event’ Out In Trade Deal Was Possible Red Flag

WASHINGTON — As negotiators wrapped up the framework of President Donald Trump’s vaunted trade deal in December, China may have provided a missed clue about the coronavirus outbreak already unfolding there: insistence on a provision allowing for an out in case of “a natural disaster or other unforeseeable event.” Such…
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April 15, 2020
China knew the coronavirus would become a pandemic in mid-January, but for 6 days claimed publicly there was ‘no evidence’ it could spread between humans Xi Jinping

China knew the coronavirus would become a pandemic in mid-January, but for 6 days claimed publicly there was ‘no evidence’ it could spread between humans

China knew the novel coronavirus could spread among humans and become a pandemic but didn't tell the world for six days, The Associated Press found.A damning memo of a January 14 call obtained by the AP warned top officials about human-to-human transmission and said to prepare for a pandemic.But in…
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April 15, 2020
China Knew About Human-to-Human Transmission of Coronavirus But Waited 6 Days to Tell the World Xi Jinping

China Knew About Human-to-Human Transmission of Coronavirus But Waited 6 Days to Tell the World

Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. Chinese authorities knew that coronavirus could pass from human to human for at least six days before it told the world, according to internal documents leaked to AP. During those six days, at least 3,000 more people…
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April 15, 2020