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China trade rebounds despite gloomy global outlook amid coronavirus lockdown

Posted on April 11, 2020April 11, 2020By Editor

The Chinese Ministry of Commerce has reported that the country’s trade improved in March, following a dramatic collapse caused by the Covid-19 pandemic in the first two months of the year. … Read More >China trade rebounds despite gloomy global outlook amid coronavirus lockdown

Wuhan couples BOMBARD marriage application app as coronavirus lockdown is lifted

Posted on April 9, 2020April 9, 2020By Editor

One might think a pandemic-induced lockdown would push most couples to breaking point, but recently-liberated lovers in Wuhan are bucking the trend, almost crashing the Chinese app used for online marriage applications. … Read More >Wuhan couples BOMBARD marriage application app as coronavirus lockdown is lifted

Making a comeback: Wuhan aglow as outbound travel ban lifted & residents flock to train stations (PHOTO, VIDEO)

Posted on April 8, 2020April 8, 2020By Editor

A dazzling light show marked the reopening of Wuhan as a ban on outbound travel – the last standing restriction in the city where the Covid-19 pandemic began – was lifted, seeing scores of residents swarming its railway stations. … Read More >Making a comeback: Wuhan aglow as outbound travel ban lifted & residents flock to train stations (PHOTO, VIDEO)

USA

‘WHO blew it!’ Trump accuses global health watchdog of being CHINA-CENTRIC despite ‘largely US-funded’

Posted on April 8, 2020By Editor

US President Donald Trump slammed the World Health Organization for its “faulty recommendation” that the US – which now has more coronavirus cases than China – should keep its borders open during the early weeks of the epidemic. … Read More >‘WHO blew it!’ Trump accuses global health watchdog of being CHINA-CENTRIC despite ‘largely US-funded’

Trains and automobiles: People start scrambling to leave Wuhan as outbound travel ban is lifted (PHOTO, VIDEO)

Posted on April 7, 2020April 7, 2020By Editor

People are preparing to leave Wuhan following the lifting of a ban on outbound travel, after more than two months, in the Chinese city where the Covid-19 pandemic began. … Read More >Trains and automobiles: People start scrambling to leave Wuhan as outbound travel ban is lifted (PHOTO, VIDEO)

At long last: China reports zero new coronavirus deaths for FIRST TIME as outbreak continues to subside

Posted on April 7, 2020By Editor

Beijing has reported zero new fatalities from Covid-19, the country’s National Health Commission said in a statement, a first for China since it was wracked with a major coronavirus outbreak late last year. … Read More >At long last: China reports zero new coronavirus deaths for FIRST TIME as outbreak continues to subside

Op-ed

NATO’s nemeses Russia & China help its member-states amid Covid-19 pandemic FAR MORE than the alliance itself

Posted on April 6, 2020April 6, 2020By Editor

NATO, struggling to justify its existence, has found a new role for itself — as an indefatigable fighter against the Covid-19 pandemic. But so far, it has contributed significantly less to this fight than its supposed rivals. … Read More >NATO’s nemeses Russia & China help its member-states amid Covid-19 pandemic FAR MORE than the alliance itself

World

Not quite piracy? Berlin senator CORRECTS story of US ‘snatching’ Germany-bound masks

Posted on April 6, 2020April 6, 2020By Editor

A Berlin senator who accused the US of “piracy” by diverting a shipment of protective masks bound for the German capital has backtracked, and now says that no American firm was involved in the mix-up. But the masks remain missing. … Read More >Not quite piracy? Berlin senator CORRECTS story of US ‘snatching’ Germany-bound masks

World

China to Supply Russia With Further 1Mln COVID-19 Protective Suits, 80Mln Masks – Official

Posted on April 5, 2020April 5, 2020By Editor

“A few days ago, Russia reached a new agreement for the supply of 1.05 million Tyvek protective suits and 80 million medical masks from China,” Gruzdev said. … Read More >China to Supply Russia With Further 1Mln COVID-19 Protective Suits, 80Mln Masks – Official

USA

US pushes conspiracy theory on China’s coronavirus death toll to deflect from Trump administration failures

Posted on April 4, 2020April 4, 2020By Editor

A widely disseminated and highly dubious story asserting China concealed tens of thousands of deaths originated from a US government propaganda outlet and a veteran member of a right-wing anti-China cult. … Read More >US pushes conspiracy theory on China’s coronavirus death toll to deflect from Trump administration failures