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China is to establish "herd immunity" to the COVID-19 through an active immunization program

China is to establish "herd immunity" to the COVID-19 through an active immunization program
Source: Global Times | 2020/12/19 10:32:54

Chang'e-5 moon samples transferred to research teams

Moon samples collected by China's Chang'e-5 probe have been transferred to the Chinese research teams Saturday morning.
Source: Xinhua | 2020/12/19 10:14:08

China ready to further cooperate with WHO for global origin-tracing of COVID-19: FM spokesperson

China stands ready to continue to strengthen cooperation with the World Health Organization (WHO) to advance the global origin-tracing of COVID-19, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin told a daily press briefing Friday.
Source: Xinhua | 2020/12/19 9:24:34

China roadmaps ambitious space projects, starting with 11 launches in next two years

Closely following the complete success of Chang'e-5 lunar sample return mission on Thursday, China's National Space Administration (CNSA) disclosed plans for a slew of ambitious space projects that include a new three-step plan for the country's future moon and deeper space exploration missions, which Wu Yanhua, the CNSA deputy head, referred to as "surveying, constructing, and exploiting," as opposed to the already conquered goals of "orbiting, landing and returning" to the Earth's natural satellite.
Source: Global Times | 2020/12/18 18:28:48

Taiwan airlines to ban travelers' use of 'Wuhan pneumonia' in nucleic acid testing certificates

Two Taiwan-based airline companies have confirmed that all Taiwan passengers to the Chinese mainland should use the right name for the pandemic in the nucleic acid testing certificate - COVID-19 rather than "Wuhan pneumonia," a hostile expression that is used by some pro-secession media outlets in Taiwan.
Source: Global Times | 2020/12/18 23:50:18

Beijing tightens quarantine rules for overseas travelers after reporting 4 new cases this week

Travelers from overseas have to undergo a 14-day quarantine and health monitoring for another seven days after they arrive in Beijing, the Beijing government said on Friday, after the capital reported four confirmed COVID-19 cases and one new asymptomatic case this week.
Source: Global Times | 2020/12/18 19:58:40

'My China Story' short video competition awards ceremony held in Shandong

The awards ceremony of the 2020 "My China Story" International Short Video Competition was held Friday in Yantai, East China's Shandong Province, with one Jury Prize and 32 Excellence Awards handed out.
Source: Global Times | 2020/12/18 18:16:39

Chinese embassy rejects Le Figaro reports based on guessing of Wuhan Military Games, unverified SCMP report

The Chinese embassy in France on Thursday refuted two reports by Le Figaro which contained contents inconsistent to the fact of China's anti-epidemic fight and were misleading to readers.
Source: Global Times | 2020/12/18 14:05:46

First reconstruction project of high-speed railway junction station in China completes

Reconstruction of Shenzhen North Railway Station in South China's Guangdong Province has completed on Friday, marking the first project of its kind in China and showing the country's high-speed railway boasts not only robust and industry-leading technology but also mature operational and management capacity.
Source: Global Times | 2020/12/18 12:33:45

Irradiation technology could be used in killing coronavirus on cold chain food packaging: China National Nuclear Corporation

China National Nuclear Corporation and other institutions are researching irradiation technology to kill the coronavirus.
Source: Global Times | 2020/12/17 23:45:25

Sichuan to vaccinate all high-risk groups by Feb 5

A total of 118,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have arrived in Southwest China's Sichuan Province and the province plans to vaccinate all high-risk groups by February 5, local health officials said Thursday.
Source: Global Times | 2020/12/17 22:08:39

Chang'e-5 completes lunar trip, more space missions planned

On the freezing grassland in Siziwang Banner, North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, a Chinese national flag was placed right next to the re-entry capsule of Chang'e-5 lunar probe, whose epic predawn landing on Thursday provided the perfect climax to China's latest moon missions—an epic moon sample return mission.
Source: Global Times | 2020/12/17 20:48:58

WHO intl team studying coronavirus origin to visit China in Jan, may also visit other countries: team member

Wuhan may not be the location where the coronavirus made the zoonotic jump from animals to humans, with the transmission chain in the city potentially originating from humans, Chinese analysts said regarding the World Health Organization (WHO) international team's scheduled visit to Wuhan, noting that the team needs to investigate visitors, both Chinese and foreign, who came to Wuhan before the outbreak began, including foreign athletes attending the Military World Games held in Wuhan in October 2019. Chinese analysts believe the WHO team probably will not discover that the virus' zoonosis began in Wuhan.
Source: Global Times | 2020/12/17 21:53:38

GT investigates: Review of 40-day response

December 27, 2019 marks the starting point for China's battle against the novel coronavirus. It was on that day that Zhang Jixian, a doctor at the Hubei Provincial Hospital of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, first reported cases of what was then called a “pneumonia of unknown origin.” One year has passed, with the wounds the lethal virus inflicted on Wuhan gradually healing, although some Western countries are still leveling blame against China for its initial anti-virus response. It is meaningful and necessary to review the first 40 days following December 27, 2019, to see how the medical staff in Wuhan strived to save patients' lives, what the residents experienced and how the enormous nation-wide aid to the city helped restore order.
Source: Global Times | 2020/12/16 23:53:40

Chinese vaccines gain global momentum as Brazil includes Sinovac in its immunization plan

Chinese vaccines are gaining momentum as more countries order China-produced COVID-19 vaccines, with Brazil being the latest to put China's Sinovac Biotech vaccines into its national immunization plan.
Source: Global Times | 2020/12/17 21:01:28

Last but not least: a county in mountains catches up by finding its way of development

It seemed the development of Dadiba village had no solution, but the past years proves another story.
Source: Global Times | 2020/12/17 20:33:39

Revolutionary base leads the poverty-reduction work with 'Red Army' spirit

Every year, tens of thousands of people visit the county-level city, a sacred place in China's history of revolution in modern history, to trace and worship the Jinggangshan spirit - "overcoming difficulties with hard work and relying on the masses for victory."
Source: Global Times | 2020/12/17 20:08:39

Moon soil to head for Chairman Mao's hometown

With Chang'e-5 probe making a perfect conclusion to its 23-day journey to the moon, bringing back soil from Earth's celestial neighbor, Central China's Hunan Province, the hometown of the late Chinese leader Mao Zedong, will be one of the sites where the moon samples are stored, to commemorate the leader and his passion for space exploration, China National Space Administration (CNSA) said on Thursday.
Source: Global Times | 2020/12/17 20:02:58