Beijing’s skies turn orange and brown as sand and dust combine to form ‘severe’ pollution

Beijing’s skies turn orange and brown as sand and dust combine to form ‘severe’ pollution that has left people struggling to breathe The skies above Beijing turned orange as air pollution soared to severe levels & air quality index rose to 324 It worsened in the evening, exceeding 1,300 in some parts of the city, according … Read more

Boris Johnson pledges to create G7 rival to Beijing’s Belt and Road global economic expansionism

Boris Johnson pledges to create G7 rival to Beijing’s Belt and Road global economic expansionism Prime Minister addressed five MPs and Lords hit by sanctions from China Said world needed to be given a choice between the Chinese system ‘and ours’ US diplomat Henry Kissinger has said US will have to reach an understanding with … Read more

WHO investigators BACK Beijing’s claim Covid did not leak from a Wuhan lab

WHO investigators BACK Beijing’s claim Covid did NOT leak from a Wuhan lab and call for ‘no further study into that theory’ as China tries to pin blame on imported frozen meat By Chris Pleasance for MailOnline Published: 10:44 GMT, 9 February 2021 | Updated: 10:58 GMT, 9 February 2021 WHO scientists researching the origins … Read more

WHO backs Beijing’s claim there’s ‘no evidence’ of Covid in China before December

WHO investigators BACK Beijing’s claim there’s ‘no evidence’ Covid was transmitted ‘before December in Wuhan or elsewhere’ as China tries to pin the blame on imported frozen meats By Chris Pleasance for MailOnline Published: 10:44 GMT, 9 February 2021 | Updated: 10:45 GMT, 9 February 2021 WHO scientists researching the origins of Covid in China … Read more

Boris Johnson launches new drive against Beijing’s ‘expansionism’ among poorer countries

Boris Johnson has ordered diplomats to launch a new drive against Chinese ‘expansionism’ after Beijing was accused of placing pressure on Barbados to remove the Queen as its head of state. The island is one of dozens of countries which form part of China’s ‘Belt and Road Initiative’, under which Beijing lends money to poorer … Read more

China will not carry out mass vaccinations on its population, Beijing’s health chief says 

China will not carry out mass vaccinations on its population because Covid-19 has largely been wiped out in the country, Beijing’s health chief says Sweeping vaccines not needed unless there is a major outbreak, Dr Gao said Head of China’s CDC didn’t rule out need for nationwide vaccines in the future However he said priority … Read more

EDWARD LUCAS on harrowing evidence of Beijing’s concentration camps aimed at ‘re-educating’ Muslims 

Dawn breaks in the crowded prison cell. Not everyone is asleep — conditions are so cramped in the 70-square-yard space that 15 of the 60 inmates have to stand to give others their turn to lie down. The lack of privacy is absolute. Toilet breaks are rationed — two minutes at a time — and … Read more

ED LUCAS on the harrowing evidence of Beijing’s concentration camps aimed at ‘re-educating’ Muslims 

Dawn breaks in the crowded prison cell. Not everyone is asleep — conditions are so cramped in the 70-square-yard space that 15 of the 60 inmates have to stand to give others their turn to lie down. The lack of privacy is absolute. Toilet breaks are rationed — two minutes at a time — and … Read more

Beijing’s troops remove structures from contested Himalayan valley

Chinese troops have started removing tents and other structures from a contested Himalayan valley where they fought a deadly battle with Indian soldiers last month. 20 Indian soldiers were killed in brutal hand-to-hand fighting on June 15 in the Galwan Valley in Ladakh, sending tensions soaring between the nuclear-armed neighbours. China has acknowledged it suffered … Read more

Beijing’s state anchor tells the Arabic world that coronavirus pandemic started in the US

A Chinese state media presenter has claimed that the coronavirus originated from the US instead of China in an Arabic programme. The anchor, who calls herself ‘Ms V’, referred to several conspiracy theories in an opinion show to prove ‘it is clear that the virus in China was transmitted from abroad’. The Arabic-speaking reporter hinted … Read more