There is scant comfort for Britain and other Western democracies in seeing China – the source of the deadly Covid-19 virus – emerging so rapidly and strongly from the crisis. The Chinese economy is already up and running again even as the US, the UK and other nations are battling to hold back the tide … Read more
China’s official news agency has released a coronavirus timeline to hit back at accusations that Beijing tried to cover up the full scale of the outbreak. State-run Xinhua said that the timeline, published on Monday, proved how the country ‘has shared information and advanced international cooperation’ in the fight against the killer bug. The 37-page … Read more
China ‘forces Italy to BUY masks and coronavirus supplies it had donated to Beijing just weeks earlier’ China sent a plane-load of masks and ventilators to Italy last month But later reports suggested that Beijing was selling the kit rather than donating it However, a Trump administration source says China is making Italy buy back … Read more
The Great Hall of the People has held many historic events since it was built six decades ago as a symbol of Communist Party power, ranging from the pomp of state funerals to a giant banquet during Richard Nixon’s famous 1973 visit. So as deaths started to spiral in China from coronavirus and fear grew … Read more