Updated on 12/14/2021 08:57 am Zhejiang province, an economic engine in China, recorded a COVID-19 outbreak on Tuesday that forced authorities to confine half a million people and shut down businesses in several districts. Zhejiang, an industrial and export hub on the east coast, reported 44 of 51 direct contagion COVID-19 cases detected on Tuesday, […]
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China confines half a million people due to COVID outbreak in province that is economic engine
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Updated on 12/14/2021 07:29 am Zhejiang province, an economic engine in China, recorded a COVID-19 outbreak on Tuesday that forced authorities to confine half a million people and shut down businesses in several districts. Zhejiang, an industrial and export hub on the east coast, reported 44 of the 51 cases of COVID-19 by direct contagion […]
Chinese President Xi and Russian President Putin dominate the G7
While the Russian president Vladimir Putin keeps the West in suspense regarding Ukraine, was the might of the Chinese president Xi Jinping the one that captured the long-term strategic attention in the meeting of diplomats of the Group of Seven Richest democracies in the world this weekend. The United States and its other G7 allies […]
US imposes human rights sanctions on China, Myanmar and North Korea
Updated on 12/10/2021 07:22 pm The United States on Friday imposed sweeping human rights-related sanctions on dozens of individuals and entities linked to China, Myanmar, North Korea and Bangladesh and added Chinese artificial intelligence company SenseTime Group to an investment blacklist. Canada and the United Kingdom joined the United States in imposing sanctions related to […]
China raises foreign exchange reserve requirements for banks amid strength of yuan
Updated on 12/10/2021 07:02 am The People’s Bank of China (BPC, central) announced that it will raise the requirement of foreign exchange reserves for the country’s banks from 7% to 9%, something that experts consider a maneuver to try to control the sharp rise that the yuan is coming recording since late summer. The central […]
The United Kingdom displaces China as Peru’s main foreign investor in mining
The Ministry of Energy and Mines (Minem) reported that the United Kingdom is the main foreign investor in Peruvian mining with a participation of US $ 11,584 million; followed by China, with US $ 10,775 million and Canada, with US $ 8,321 million. According to a report from the Portfolio of Mine Construction Projects 2021, […]
China approves emergency use of two coronavirus drugs
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The Chinese drug control body granted emergency use authorization to two drugs based on monoclonal antibodies to treat COVID-19 in adolescents and adults with mild to moderate symptoms, official media reported today. The drugs, called BRII-196 and BRII-198, have been developed by Tsinghua University, Shenzhen (south) People’s Hospital No. 3 and Brii Biosciences, according to […]
The diplomatic boycott of China, a gesture with no real effect at the Winter Olympics
The diplomatic boycott of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics decreed by USA It is a political gesture that will have no effect on the development of the competition, which will be held under the same conditions as always for athletes and their teams. Its only immediate consequence, the absence of representatives of the US government in […]
China’s Sinovac expects to have a new version of its Coronavac omicron vaccine in three months
The Chinese company Sinovac plans to have a new version of its vaccine against COVID-19 (Coronavac) adapted to the omicron variant ready in three months, which has put the world on alert due to its high number of mutations. This was announced by the vice president of Sinovac, Yaling Hu, at a symposium organized by […]
The US warns China that it will do everything possible not to annex Taiwan
The government of USA warned this Tuesday to China that it will take all possible actions, both dissuasive and diplomatic, to ensure that China does not annex Taiwan by force. This was pointed out by the White House national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, in response to a question about whether the United States is prepared […]