Tag: China News

These 3 Skin Conditions Can Be Precursors to Cancer

The skin is the human body’s largest organ. Various changes on the outside, in the skin, can reflect the state of the internal organs and, thus, the body’s overall health. Paying attention to what’s happening on the skin can help us detect more severe conditions lurking beneath its surface. Even cancer can be detected and…


Did Chinese Court Reject Divorce Plea by Mother of Six to Help Boost China’s Birthrate?

A local court in China’s southern Hunan Province refused a divorce request filed in June 2023 by a mother of six daughters. The woman had asserted that she could no longer tolerate the pressure her husband put on her to provide him with a seventh child, which he hoped would be his son and heir. …


Chinese Scientist Who Created Gene-Edited Babies Proposes New Experiment on Embryos

The Chinese scientist who gained widespread criticism in 2018 after claiming that he had created the world’s first gene-edited babies has proposed a new experiment to prevent Alzheimer’s disease using the same method. In an update to his Twitter account on June 29, He Jiankui suggested gene editing mouse embryos and human fertilized egg cells,…


Putin, Xi Speak in First Summit Since Wagner Mercenary Uprising in Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi shared the same stage on Tuesday, speaking at a virtual summit of a Shanghai-headquartered regional security organization in the wake of an aborted Wagner mutiny that had political implications for both nations. Both leaders spoke about the importance of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), a regional power…


UK Hits out After Hong Kong Police Issues Bounty on Exiled Dissidents

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said the UK “will not tolerate” the Chinese regime’s attempts to silence overseas dissidents after Hong Kong national security police put out arrest warrants and bounties against eight pro-democracy activists in exile. The Chinese embassy accused the UK of “sheltering wanted criminals” and interfering with “the rule of law” and China’s…


Two Girls Hospitalized After Accidentally Consuming Cannabis Gummies

Hong Kong—Two young girls were hospitalized in the intensive care unit at Tuen Mun Hospital after suspected consumption of cannabis gummies and fell into a coma. On June 27, their condition was upgraded from critical to stable, and they regained consciousness. The girls’ father has been temporarily charged with “drug possession” and “child neglect or…


Flooding Displaces 10,000 Around China as Beijing Gets a Relative Respite From Sweltering Heat

BEIJING—Heavy flooding has displaced thousands of people around China as the capital had a relative respite from the sweltering heat. Beijing reported 9.8 straight days when the temperature exceeded 35 C (95 F), the National Climate Center said Monday. Such a streak was last recorded in 1961—decades before most Beijing residents had air conditioning or…


China’s Defense Minister and Russia’s Navy Chief Meet for First Military Talks Since Wagner Revolt

BEIJING—China’s defense minister reaffirmed the country’s military relations with Russia during a meeting Monday with the head of Russia’s navy, the first formal military talks between the friendly neighbors since a short-lived mutiny by Russian mercenary group Wagner. Minister of National Defense Li Shangfu told Russian Adm. Nikolai Yevmenov that the Chinese regime hoped for…


Yellen Holds ‘Frank’ Discussion With Chinese Envoy as Beijing Curbs Metal Exports

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen met with China’s ambassador on Monday amid an intensifying chip war between the United States and China as Beijing imposed new restrictions on metal exports. China’s Ministry of Commerce said Monday that items related to gallium and germanium, which are crucial to making semiconductors, will be subject to export controls starting…


Witnesses Recount Large Surge of COVID-19 Deaths in Their Hometowns Across China Last December

Several Chinese immigrants who recently arrived in the United States can now describe what they witnessed last December when a severe wave of the COVID-19 pandemic broke out in China. The sudden lifting of the stringent lockdowns on Dec. 7 is believed to have prompted a nationwide infection of COVID from the end of last…