Hong Kong police today made their first arrest under a landmark new security law giving Beijing draconian powers to punish dissent in the city. A man with a ‘Hong Kong Independence’ flag was arrested in Causeway Bay hours after the law came into force and 23 years to the day since Britain returned the former … Read more
A tiny 13,300-year-old bone carving of bird unearthed at a rubbish tip has been hailed as ‘China’s oldest work of art’ by an international team of scientists. The small bird carving, recovered from Lingjing, in Henan, China, is the oldest instance of East Asian three-dimensional art ever discovered. The ‘exceptionally preserved’ statuette, made of bone … Read more
‘Genghis Khan’s Wall’ in Mongolia was built to control the movements of nomadic populations, contrary to common belief, a new study claims. Archaeologists have conducted the first systematic survey of ‘The Northern Line’ – part of The Great Wall that’s located outside China. It has long been believed that this particular section of the Great … Read more
‘Genghis Khan’s Wall’ in Mongolia was built to control the movements of nomadic populations, contrary to common belief, a new study claims. Archaeologists have conducted the first systematic survey of ‘The Northern Line’ – part of The Great Wall that’s located outside China. It has long been believed that this particular section of the Great … Read more
Beijing’s leading medical advisor has claimed that China’s first COVID-19 vaccines could be ready to use as early as autumn. Dr Zhong Nanshan, who was appointed to lead the country’s fight against COVID-19, said on Saturday that the coronavirus pandemic should be tackled with mass vaccination, not herd immunity. The epidemiologist slammed the latter – a … Read more
Did China’s ambassador let slip that Beijing ALREADY has a vaccine? London embassy alters transcript of bombshell remarks China ambassador to London claimed his country had a ready-to-use vaccine Liu Xiaoming made the remarks to astonished drugs companies in ‘webinar’ But Chinese diplomats sent The Mail on Sunday a link to an altered transcript Beijing … Read more
HSBC sides with China over Hong Kong: Bank publicly supports the controversial new national security law By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 3 June 2020 | Updated: 22:41 BST, 3 June 2020 HSBC has publicly supported the controversial new national security law which China is imposing on Hong Kong – putting … Read more
A Chinese virologist famous for her work on researching coronavirus in bats has said in an interview on Chinese state television that new viruses being discovered are ‘just the tip of the iceberg’. She also called for greater international cooperation in the fight against epidemics, such as we are seeing now with Covid-19, despite accusations … Read more
A top White House official on Sunday likened China’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak to the Soviet Union’s cover-up of the meltdown at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in 1986. National security adviser Robert O’Brien said Beijing knew what was happening with the virus, which originated in Wuhan, from November but lied to the World … Read more
Peng Liyuan is listed on the World Health Organisation’s website alongside former Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker as one of nine ‘goodwill ambassadors’. When she was appointed, the then-head of the WHO hailed the Chinese folk singer’s ‘world famous voice and her compassionate heart’, saying she was ‘a big bright … Read more