Chinese government

UK public tribunal to probe Uighur 'genocide' claims

China forces birth control on Uighurs to suppress population

2:13 pm June 29, 2020

Beijing: The Chinese government is taking draconian measures to slash birth rates among Uighurs and other minorities as part of a sweeping campaign to curb its Muslim population, even as it encourages some of the country’s Han majority to have more children. While individual women have spoken out before about forced birth control, the practice […]

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US says Chinese hackers might be targeting virus researchers

1:20 am May 14, 2020

Washington: Organizations conducting research into COVID-19 may be targeted by computer hackers linked to the Chinese government, according to the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security. Neither agency cited any specific examples Wednesday, but they warned that institutions and companies involved in work on vaccines, treatments and testing for the novel coronavirus should take […]

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China claims coronavirus broke out in world’s various parts last year; it only reported first

China could have had 2.32 lakh coronavirus cases by mid-February: Study

11:57 pm April 23, 2020

Beijing: China could have reported over 2.32 lakh COVID-19 cases by mid-February — more than four times of what was officially announced — if it had followed a broader criterion to count the total number of infections, a study has said. “We estimated that there were at least 2,32,000 infections in the first epidemic wave […]

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India drops plasma therapy from COVID-19 management guidelines

Finland discovers masks bought from China not hospital-safe

2:46 am April 9, 2020

Helsinki: Two million protective masks purchased by Finland from China have turned out to be unsuitable for use in hospitals, the Finnish government admitted on Wednesday. On Tuesday Finland’s Health minister Aino-Kaisa Pekonen had tweeted a picture of the first shipment of two million surgical masks and 230,000 respirator masks being unloaded at Helsinki airport […]

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Trump slams media for 'blocking' alleged graft cases against Biden

US has moved forward at an unimaginable pace: Trump

1:44 pm February 5, 2020

Washington: Headed into the election year, President Donald Trump told lawmakers that in three years of his presidency, the US has moved forward at a pace that was unimaginable just a short time ago. Making a strong pitch for his re-election and confident of his acquittal from impeachment, Trump, in his joint address to the […]

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