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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 →
Passengers entering Ghana from China to be screened for Coronavirus
Add a CommentThe Ministry of Health (MoH) has announced measures to prevent and control the Coronavirus which has killed nine persons in China. As part of the measures, the Ministry says passengers who come into Ghana from China would undergo enhanced screening … Read more →
Ghana and China sign $42.62m grant agreement
Add a CommentGhana and China have signed a grant agreement for $42.62 million for the implementation of economic and technical projects to be agreed on by the two sides for their mutual benefit. Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, the Minister of Finance and Mr … Read more →
US wary of China’s growing power — Rawlings to Chinese Ambassador to Ghana
Add a CommentFormer President Jerry John Rawlings has, in a meeting with the Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, Shi Ting Wang, stated that the United States is wary of the growing economic power of China hence the heightened trade war with the Asian … Read more →
China ready for Kumasi-Bechem railway project
Add a CommentCHINA CIVIL Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) has expressed its readiness to commence the Kumasi-Bechem railway project. This came to light when the Minister of Railways Development, Joe Ghartey, led a Ghanaian government delegation to China recently to meet officials of … Read more →
China hands over 300 community satellite TVs to Ghana
Add a CommentThe Chinese Embassy in Ghana, together with project implementers StarTimes Group, have handed over the ‘Access to Satellite TV for 10,000 African Villages’ project to the Ghanaian government after enabling 300 communities in rural Ghana have access to local and … Read more →
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