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China vows improvements for Africans after virus discrimination claims
World
April 13, 2020
China vows improvements for Africans after virus discrimination claims
Under strong international pressure, China on Sunday vowed to improve the treatment of Africans in the southern city of Guangzhou…
Chinese ambassador to Cairo slams calls for Chinese compensation over coronavirus
Egypt
April 11, 2020
Chinese ambassador to Cairo slams calls for Chinese compensation over coronavirus
The Chinese ambassador to Cairo Liao Liqiang on Friday slammed calls for China to bear the responsibility of the coronavirus…
African community targeted in China virus crackdown
World
April 11, 2020
African community targeted in China virus crackdown
Africans in southern China’s largest city say they have become targets of suspicion and subjected to forced evictions, arbitrary quarantines…
Joy, relief as exodus from Wuhan begins
World
April 8, 2020
Joy, relief as exodus from Wuhan begins
Voicing joy and excitement from behind face masks, tens of thousands of people fled Wuhan on Wednesday after a 76-day…
Virus sparks boom for local farmers in import-dependent Hong Kong
World
April 6, 2020
Virus sparks boom for local farmers in import-dependent Hong Kong
After a coronavirus-fuelled wave of panic-buying briefly left Hong Kong’s supermarket shelves bare, residents are turning to local producers for…
China pauses in memory of virus victims and ‘martyrs’
World
April 4, 2020
China pauses in memory of virus victims and ‘martyrs’
China came to a standstill on Saturday to mourn patients and medical staff killed by the coronavirus, as the world’s…
Global virus cases top a million, deaths surpass 50,000
World
April 3, 2020
Global virus cases top a million, deaths surpass 50,000
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases around the world has soared past one million and fatalities have topped 50,000 as…
Activists slam China’s use of bear bile in virus treatment
Environment
April 2, 2020
Activists slam China’s use of bear bile in virus treatment
China has approved the use of bear bile to treat coronavirus patients, angering activists and raising fears it could undermine…
As world battles virus, governments under fire
World
April 2, 2020
As world battles virus, governments under fire
As the world battles the coronavirus pandemic, the main question for most is simply: “When will it end?”. But other,…
Masks are everywhere in Asia, but have they helped?
World
April 2, 2020
Masks are everywhere in Asia, but have they helped?
The use of face masks in Asia during the coronavirus outbreak has been far more widespread than in the West,…