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Nipah virus outbreak in India sparks worry in China before Lunar New Year
South China Morning Post, Published on 29/01/2026
» An outbreak of the highly fatal Nipah virus in India's eastern state of West Bengal has sparked widespread attention and public concern in China ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday when millions will travel.
Chinese Covid whistleblower sentenced to 4 more years in jail
Reuters, Published on 21/09/2025
» A Chinese journalist jailed for four years after documenting the early phases of the Covid-19 outbreak from the pandemic's epicentre was sentenced on Friday to four more years in prison, Reporters Without Borders said.
US bans staff in China from romantic ties with citizens
Bloomberg News, Published on 03/04/2025
» WASHINGTON — The United States has banned government personnel based in China from having romantic or sexual relationships with Chinese citizens, the Associated Press (AP) reported citing people familiar with the matter.
Lab leak ‘more likely’: CIA shifts view on Covid-19 origin
Bloomberg, Published on 26/01/2025
» The Central Intelligence Agency said the Covid-19 pandemic “more likely” originated from a lab leak than a natural source, shifting its stance after previously saying both scenarios were possible.
China's Wuhan keen to shake off pandemic label 5 years on
AFP, Published on 19/01/2025
» WUHAN (CHINA) - Built in just days as Covid-19 cases spiked in Wuhan in early 2020, the Huoshenshan Hospital was once celebrated as a symbol of the Chinese city's fight against the virus that first emerged there.
Five years on, WHO urges China to share Covid origins data
AFP, Published on 31/12/2024
» GENEVA - The World Health Organization on Monday implored China to share data and access to help understand how Covid-19 began, five years on from the start of the pandemic that upended the planet.
Universities in China change course to meet government's need for hi-tech workforce
South China Morning Post, Published on 23/08/2024
» HONG KONG: More than a dozen Chinese universities are overhauling their engineering and technology majors in favour of hi-tech areas such as AI and big data to answer a government call for more talent.
US and UK accuse China of large-scale hacking
Reuters, Published on 26/03/2024
» WASHINGTON - US and British officials have filed charges, imposed sanctions and accused Beijing of a sweeping cyberespionage campaign that hit millions of people including lawmakers, academics and journalists, and companies including defence contractors.
WHO says no novel pathogen behind respiratory illness surge in China
Reuters, Published on 24/11/2023
» SHANGHAI: China called for vigilance on Friday as a surge of respiratory illness hit schools and hospitals and the World Health Organization, which has asked the government for disease data, said no unusual or novel pathogens had been detected.
WHO asks China for more data on respiratory illness
AFP, Published on 23/11/2023
» BEIJING: The World Health Organization has asked China for more data on a respiratory illness spreading in the north of the country, urging people to take steps to reduce the risk of infection.