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

8:05 pm October 9, 2020

Beijing: China on Friday claimed that the coronavirus broke out in the various parts of the world last year but it was the only one to have reported and acted first, refuting the widely-held view that the deadly contagion originated in Wuhan before turning out to be a pandemic. China, besides denying the US allegations […]

Chinese company says coronavirus vaccine ready by early 2021

9:56 pm September 24, 2020

Beijing: A Chinese pharmaceutical company on Thursday said the coronavirus vaccine it is developing should be ready by early 2021 for distribution worldwide, including the United States. Yin Weidong, the CEO of SinoVac, vowed to apply to the US Food and Drug Administration to sell CoronaVac in the United States if it passes its third […]

China will never seek expansion, has no intention to fight either ‘Cold War’ or ‘hot war’: Xi

11:54 pm September 22, 2020

United Nations: China will never seek hegemony, expansion, or sphere of influence, President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday and said Beijing has no intention to fight either a “Cold War” or a “hot war” with any country. Xi also said that China will continue to narrow the differences and resolve disputes with others through negotiations, in comments that came […]

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China must be held accountable for unleashing plague of ‘China virus’ onto the world: Trump

10:16 pm September 22, 2020

United Nations : US President Donald Trump blasted China on Tuesday for “unleashing”” the plague of the “China virus”” onto the world, demanding that the United Nations must hold Beijing accountable for failing to contain the coronavirus that has killed nearly one million people across the world, including 200,000 Americans. “75 years after the end of World War II and the founding of […]

EU presses China on market access, human rights

11:50 pm September 14, 2020

Brussels: The European Union on Monday urged China to further open its markets up to European companies and prove that it really does want to secure an investment agreement this year with the bloc, its largest trading partner. After a two-hour video conference, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, EU Council President Charles Michel and EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said they also pressed Chinese President Xi Jinping on human rights and […]