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China tops list of foreigners with Ghana card
Add a CommentThe National Identification Authority (NIA) says China is the country with the highest number of foreigners issued with non-citizen national identity cards (Ghana cards). Professor Kenneth Agyemang Attafuah, Executive Secretary, NIA, said this at a press briefing in Accra on … Read more →
US bans Tech firms from building factories or investing in China for 10 years
Add a CommentThe US government has banned its tech companies that receive federal funding from building “advanced technology” facilities in China for 10 years, the Biden administration has said. The guidelines were unveiled as part of a $50bn (£43bn) plan aimed at … Read more →
China: Concerns grow as Delta outbreak spreads
Add a CommentA fresh Covid outbreak in China has spread to more locations, raising concerns in local media over the country’s vulnerability to the highly contagious Delta variant. More than 300 cases have been detected within a span of 10 days. Local … Read more →
China interest in Afghanistan could be ‘positive’ – US Blinken
Add a CommentUS Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said China’s possible involvement in Afghanistan could be “a positive thing”. He said this was if China was looking towards a “peaceful resolution of the conflict” and a “truly representative and inclusive” government. … Read more →
BBC banned in China
Add a CommentIn an apparent tit-for-tat move, BBC World News has been banned from airing in China, according to a statement from China’s National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA) on Thursday. The announcement comes one week after Ofcom, the British media regulator, … Read more →
China blocks WHO team from entering country to study coronavirus origin
Add a CommentThe head of the World Health Organisation has said he is “very disappointed” China has denied its experts access to investigating the origins of coronavirus. A ten-strong team of international scientists and virologists had been due to set off in … Read more →
COVID-19: China tests entire city of Kashgar in Xinjiang
Add a CommentChina is once again mass testing an entire city for the coronavirus amid a regional outbreak in Xinjiang province. Around 4.7m people in Kashgar are being tested, with 138 asymptomatic cases found so far. China has been largely successful in … Read more →
China orders closure of US consulate in Chengdu
Add a CommentChina has ordered the United States to close its consulate in the southwestern city of Chengdu, retaliating against Washington’s move earlier this week to shut down the Chinese consulate in the city of Houston. The Chinese foreign ministry said on … Read more →
FBI Director: China is ‘greatest threat’ to US
Add a CommentThe director of the FBI has said that acts of espionage and theft by China’s government pose the “greatest long-term threat” to the future of the US. Speaking to the Hudson Institute in Washington, Christopher Wray described a multi-pronged disruption … Read more →
Coronavirus: Death toll climbs to 106 as China tightens measures
Add a CommentThe death toll from the new coronavirus now stands at 106, with the number of infections almost doubling in a day. The number of total cases confirmed by China rose to 4,515 as of 27 January, up from 2,835 a … Read more →
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