By Biodun Busari China has expelled Canada’s consul in Shanghai in a retaliatory move against Ottawa sending home a Chinese diplomat accused of trying to intimidate a Canadian Member of Parliament. Canada, on Monday, had declared China’s diplomat Zhao Wei “persona non grata” and ordered her ...
READ MORE +After three years of pandemic border restrictions, China is fully reopening to foreign visitors – including tourists. In a Chinese-language statement posted on its website Monday, China’s Embassy in the United States said the country would resume issuing all categories of visas for foreigners ...
READ MORE +The downing of a huge Chinese balloon off the US coast, followed by the shootdowns of three smaller objects over Alaska, Canada and Lake Huron on the US-Canada border has raised concerns about North American security and further strained relations with China. Here is what we know so far: – ...
READ MORE +China reported nearly 13,000 Covid-related deaths in hospitals between January 13 and 19, after a top health official said the vast majority of the population has already been infected by the virus. China a week earlier said nearly 60,000 people had died with Covid in hospitals as of January 12, ...
READ MORE +In 2022, China's population shrank for the first time in six decades, a historic reversal that is expected to usher in a long period of decline in the country's population with profound consequences for its economy and the world, Reuters reported. China's population has fallen by about 850,000 ...
READ MORE +By Deborah Tolu-Kolawole Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, on Sunday, called on the Federal Government to check passengers from China of their COVID-19 status. Falana made this known in a statement made available to our correspondent on Sunday in Abuja. In ...
READ MORE +By Gregory Austin Nwakunor, Deputy Editor • How America lost Africa to China • This is Africa’s golden era in international diplomacy, says Emewu • Quality leadership is what Africa needs, declares Otaigbe On Sunday, August 14, 2022, U.S. Secretary of State, Antony J. Blinken, began a ...
READ MORE +The show of force against the self-ruling island came after Beijing expressed anger at Taiwan-related provisions in the annual U.S. defense spending bill. By The Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan — China’s military sent 71 planes and seven ships toward Taiwan in a 24-hour display of force ...
READ MORE +Chongqing (China) (AFP) – "Deceased, deceased," a staffer in full protective gear shouted as she handed a nurse a death certificate, their hospital in central China overflowing with Covid patients. China is battling a wave of infections that has hit the elderly hard, but has ...
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