The president of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silvadecided to postpone his planned trip on Sunday to Chinato recover from mild pneumonia, the government reported this Saturday. Lula, 77 years old, “He decided to postpone his trip to China. The postponement was communicated to the Chinese authorities”, reported the Secretary of Social Communication in a […]
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Firms from Russia, China and the US tested direct lithium extraction in Bolivia
A Russian, another American and two Chinese companies successfully tested their direct lithium extraction (EDL) technologies in the Bolivian salt flats, the Bolivian government reported this Friday. The Russian firm Uranium One Group, the American Lilac Solutions and the Chinese Citic Guoan and Tbea Group were able to verify that their EDL technologies can be […]
Blinken: TikTok is a threat that must end one way or another
The Secretary of State for USAAntony Blinken, opined this Thursday that the Chinese application TikTok is a “threat” to the national security of his country that “It must end one way or another.” The leader of American diplomacy made these statements before a committee of the House of Representatives the same day that the CEO […]
China’s capital sees first population decline since 2003
The death rate of the capital of China surpassed the birth rate in 2022, according to official data released Tuesday, putting natural population growth in negative territory for the first time since 2003. The mortality rate in the city of 21.84 million inhabitants, one of the most populated urban centers in the country, amounted to […]
US to China: If you want to be “constructive” pressure Russia to withdraw
The United States Government considered this Tuesday that if China wants to have a role “constructive” in the conflict in Ukraine should put pressure on Russia to withdraw its troops from Ukrainian territory. In this way, one of the spokesmen for the White House National Security Council, John Kirby, reacted at a press conference to […]
The US wants to prevent China from benefiting from US $ 52,000 million for chips
The US Commerce Department released proposed rules on Tuesday to prevent China and other countries considered worrisome from using $52 billion of funds earmarked for semiconductor research and manufacturing. The proposal limits recipients of U.S. funds from investing in the expansion of semiconductor manufacturing in countries considered to be of concern, such as China and […]
Chinese president says relations with Russia are a ‘priority’
President Xi Jinping said Tuesday that China I was going to givepriority” to relations with Russiatwo “neighboring great powers”hours before meeting in Moscow with his partner Vladimir Putin to address the conflict Ukraine. On the second day of his state visit to Russia, Xi viewed his trip as a response to a “historical logic”given that […]
WHO, advisers urge China to release all COVID data after new investigation
The advisors of the World Health Organization urged on Saturday China to make public all the information related to the origin of the pandemic COVID-19 after new findings were briefly shared in an international database used to track pathogens. Earlier this year, Chinese scientists briefly uploaded new SARS-CoV-2 virus sequences to the GISAID database, as […]
Twist in history? COVID-19 would have originated in animals and not in a laboratory
International scientists examining hitherto inaccessible genetic data from samples collected at a market in Chinanear where the first human cases of COVID-19reported that they found indications that the pandemic originated in animals, not in a laboratory. Other experts have not yet verified the analysis, which has also not appeared in peer-reviewed publications so far. It […]
European Union promotes green technologies to respond to the US and China
The European Union (EU) announced this Thursday its plans to put pressure on companies in the bloc to produce more clean technology, as a way to face competition supported by state aid, particularly in USA and Chinese. The European Commission, the executive arm of the EU, assured industries that produce green technologies, such as solar […]