China to train young Nigerians on cultural tourism economy
Young Nigerians will undergo critical cultural tourism training in China, which is strategically billed to reduce unemployment and crime, and also mobilise the youths to drive the Nigerian creative cultural tourism economy.
China sentences Australian to death for drug trafficking
An Australian national has been sentenced to death in China for drug trafficking, in a ruling that could further inflame tensions between Beijing and Canberra. Australian foreign ministry said it was “deeply saddened” by China’s verdict and reiterated the country’s opposition to capital punishment. The man, named in Chinese pinyin as “Kamu Jielaisibi” and identified […]
Three dead, seven wounded in China supermarket stabbing
Three people were killed and seven wounded in a stabbing spree at a supermarket in China, police said Friday. The suspected attacker, a 35-year-old man, was arrested shortly after the incident late Thursday in Fujian province, they said in a statement, without specifying the kind of weapon used. The injured in the stabbing which happened […]
Just in: U.S. to bar Chinese passenger airlines from June 16
Chinese passenger planes will be suspended from flying to the U.S. as of June 16, according to an order issued by the Trump administration, in the latest sign of rising tensions between the world’s two largest economies.
Wuhan lab had three live strains of bat coronavirus ―Chinese state media
The Chinese virology institute at the centre of US allegations it may have been the source of the COVID-19 pandemic has three live strains of bat coronavirus on-site, but none match the new global contagion, its director has said. Scientists think COVID-19 — which first emerged in the central Chinese city of Wuhan and has killed […]
US to sanction eight Chinese companies, one institute for rights violations
The United States Department of Commerce said Friday it would sanction a Chinese government institute and eight companies for human rights abuses against Uighurs and other minorities in China’s western Xinjiang region. “These nine parties are complicit in human rights violations and abuses committed in China’s campaign of repression, mass arbitrary detention, forced labor and […]
