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China adopts the most comprehensive, strict and thorough measures for COVID-19 prevention and control: Wang Yi

China adopts the most comprehensive, strict and thorough measures for COVID-19 prevention and control: Wang Yi
Source: Global Times | 2020/12/4 9:56:39

Opening Remarks by Ambassador Cui Tiankai At the Annual Conference of the Institute of China-US Studies

The year 2020 is about to end. This has been a very unusual year, probably a turning point in history.
Source: Chinese Embassy in US | 2020/12/4 8:42:16

UN session outlines roadmap to vaccination

What could the world expect from a special UN session, the first ever special session to address the COVID-19 pandemic, which is more than just a global health crisis and has been deeply reshaping the socio-economic landscape? Will coronavirus vaccines become a "Christmas miracle" and put an end to this dark winter as many countries see worst spikes in new infections with the holiday seasons approaching? These appear to be some of the questions the world is anxiously waiting the upcoming UN General Assembly session to answer.
Source: Global Times | 2020/12/4 0:08:40

Chinese vaccines progress steadily as more nations mull mass inoculation

As more countries, including the UK, Japan and Russia, are eager to roll out massive vaccination programs to combat the deadly coronavirus, China stressed a scientific and diversified pathway to mass vaccination that can satisfy global criteria.
Source: Global Times | 2020/12/3 22:08:40

Morrison's WeChat message removed, fails to woo Chinese audience

Amid the ongoing brawl with China over a cartoon in a tweet, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has turned to WeChat to win support from the Chinese-speaking audience. But his attempt to justify Australian soldiers' atrocity has, according to observers, “shot itself in the foot,” as his message, which praised Australian soldiers, sparked aversion and complaints from Chinese readers that eventually led to its removal from the platform.
Source: Global Times | 2020/12/3 22:16:06

China has right to develop Yarlung Zangbo River, to stay in touch with India, Bangladesh: Chinese FM

It is China's legitimate right to develop the hydropower of Yarlung Zangbo River, Chinese foreign ministry said on Thursday, noting that China will stay in touch with India, Bangladesh through existing channels.
Source: Global Times | 2020/12/3 22:12:48

Aussie foreign relations bill could further worsen China ties

Australia's parliament on Thursday passed legislation empowering its federal government to veto any agreement struck with foreign states, a move likely to further worsen China-Australia ties which are already extremely tense, as Chinese experts warned that Canberra should be careful and avoid any escalation to cause non-repairable damage.
Source: Global Times | 2020/12/3 22:03:40

Aussies in China ashamed, disappointed at Morrison's accusation against diplomat

Amid an escalating war of words around a cartoon depicting atrocities committed by Australian soldiers against Afghan civilians, an Australian who has lived in China for 10 years has something to say: "Today, as an Australian, I feel ashamed. The Australia I left 10 years ago compared to the Australia of today is entirely different."
Source: Global Times | 2020/12/3 21:08:40

US accused of creating 'forced unemployment' in Xinjiang by sanctioning cotton enterprise

Helping people get a job and "forced labor" are two different concepts. Does the US want to create "forced unemployment" and "forced poverty" in China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region by cracking down on local enterprises through sanctions?
Source: Global Times | 2020/12/3 21:02:27

Antagonistic policies of Morrison administration harm people-to-people exchanges between China, Australia

Amid a vortex of worsening bilateral ties between Australia and China and tightened immigration policies, complicated by the ravages of pandemic, many Chinese in Australia feel anxious and disappointed in Prime Minister Scott Morrison's administration.
Source: Global Times | 2020/12/3 21:02:27

US should not treat everyone as a spy; 'presumption of guilt' absurd: Chinese FM

The US should abandon its narrow, extreme mentality and stop treating everyone as a spy. China hopes the US will adopt a rational and objective attitude, correct its mistakes and create favorable conditions for normal personnel exchanges between the two countries, China's Foreign Ministry said at Thursday's media briefing.
Source: Global Times | 2020/12/3 20:52:29

Chinese FM calls on US to end its hatred toward CPC

US' latest move of limiting travel visas for Communist Party of China (CPC) members and their family members is an escalation of political repression against China by some extreme anti-China forces in the US out of ideological bias, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Thursday, while calling on the US to abandon their hatred toward the CPC.
Source: Global Times | 2020/12/3 16:58:42

Chinese company begins construction to expand Colombo Port terminal

China Harbor Engineering Company (CHEC) has begun construction for the expansion of the Jaya Container Terminal (JCT) in the Port of Colombo in Sri Lanka.
Source: Xinhua | 2020/12/3 10:09:10

China ready to share development opportunities with Russia: Chinese premier

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Wednesday expressed to Russia China's willingness to share development opportunities, expand two-way opening-up, and enhance mutually beneficial cooperation to strive for more achievements in various aspects of bilateral cooperation.
Source: Xinhua | 2020/12/3 10:03:23

Expat living in China says he feels ashamed as an Australian

Amidst an escalating war of words centered on a cartoon showing the atrocities committed by Australian soldiers against Afghan children, an Australian who has lived in China for 10 years has something to say: "Today, as an Australian, I feel ashamed. The Australia I left 10 years ago compared to the Australia of today is entirely different."
Source: Global Times | 2020/12/3 2:36:18

More Aussie troops' atrocities exposed as cartoon row lingers

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison could not have imagined how many messages embedded with a new satirical cartoon to Morrison flooded his Twitter account on Wednesday. With his latest spat with China over a twitter post regarding Australian soldiers' atrocities in Afghanistan continuing, more shocking details about Australia's war crimes in Afghanistan - the subject of the illustration - came into public view, triggering tide of criticism and an online backlash on the hypocrisy and double standards of Canberra.
Source: Global Times | 2020/12/2 22:48:40

'Victim complex' drives NATO to view China as a rival

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) foreign ministers will hold a virtual session on Wednesday, with the attendance of non-NATO colleagues, to address a rising China that has become a "full-spectrum systemic rival," for which analysts warned China to get prepared for possible coercion from the organization and its non-member partners although NATO's influence and relevance have been declining.
Source: Global Times | 2020/12/2 21:07:07

COVID-19 likely in US before Wuhan; world should not turn a blind eye to similar cases: experts

China does not seek to alter the virus origin story as some Western media claimed; it is a fact that China may have been the whistleblower of the pandemic, as mounting academic and official evidence have shown the early existence of the novel coronavirus in multiple places around the world, experts noted, after acknowledging the possible early existence of the virus in Italy, Spain and the US. But China is calling for an open mind toward the complicated scientific question.
Source: Global Times | 2020/12/2 20:14:38