Tag: China

Wuhan, April 16 (Reuters) - Peng Jing stifles a laugh as she looks into the eyes of her tuxedo-clad fiancee, Yao Bin, who is in turn trying not to step on the long train of her white wedding dress. “Smile!”, shouts the photographer as he snaps away. Weddings, birthdays and celebrations have been cancelled around the world because of the ...

Colombo, April 13 (newsin.asia) - Hours after the official Twitter accout of the Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka was suspended by Twitter, an official from the Embassy told newsin.asia that they were attempting to unlock their account as no reason had been given by Twitter. "Twitter didn't give any reason to the Embassy for the suspension of its official account. ...

Beijing, April 9 (Reuters) - China’s first test of travel demand after its coronavirus outbreak was the Qingming festival last weekend, but rather than hopping on a plane or train, Shan Mingyu and five of her family drove to a resort town close to her eastern home of Yixing. “We did not want to travel too far away and we ...

Shenzhen, March 31 (Reuters) - Huawei warned on Tuesday that 2020 would be its most difficult year yet due to American trade restrictions which dealt a blow to its overseas sales in 2019, and predicted the Chinese government would retaliate against the United States. The world’s largest maker of telecoms equipment issued the warning as it reported its weakest annual ...

Beijing, March 30 (Reuters) - Mainland China reported 31 new coronavirus cases on Sunday (March 29), including one locally transmitted infection, the country's National Health Commission said, dropping from 45 cases a day earlier. The commission said in a statement on Monday that four new deaths were reported, putting the cumulative death toll from the coronavirus outbreak in the mainland at 3,304 ...

March 21 (The Indian Express) - The number of positive cases in India rose to 271 Saturday, from 236 a day earlier, according to the Indian Council of Medical research. With 63 cases reported on Friday itself, the government decided to change testing criteria for COVID-19 to include all pneumonia cases, regardless of travel or contact history. Earlier, testing was ...

March 20, (IndianExpress) - A 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck China’s remote Himalayan region of Tibet close to Nepal on Friday, authorities said. The epicentre of the quake was located 28.63 degrees north latitude and 87.42 degrees east longitude, with a depth of 10 km, according to the China Earthquake Networks Centre. Tremors were felt in Tingri County of Xigaze city in ...

Beijing, March 19 (CNN) - Mainland China on Thursday reported no new locally transmitted coronavirus cases for the first time since the the pandemic began, marking a major turning point in the global battle to contain Covid-19. The country reported 34 new cases of coronavirus yesterday -- all imported from overseas. The milestone represents a turnaround for the Chinese government. Just ...

Shanghai, March 17 (Reuters) - The rest of the world should learn from China and follow the principles of early detection, early quarantine and early treatment in order to halt the global spread of the coronavirus, the official China Daily said in an editorial on Tuesday. Though the coronavirus was first discovered last year in the city of Wuhan, where ...

March 12 (Al Jazeera) - With the rapid spread of the coronavirus beyond China, the president of the United States is hoping that spring temperatures will halt the contagion in its tracks the same way that common cold strains abate by summer. "You know, in theory when it gets a little warmer, it miraculously goes away, that's true," US President Donald Trump said ...