Database reveals secrets of China’s loans to developing nations, says study

By Reuters,

The terms of China’s loan deals with developing countries are unusually secretive and require borrowers to prioritise repayment of Chinese state-own...

china , debt , loan

How a kiss with a pilot in an elevator changed this man’s life and could help fight LGBTQ discrimination in China

By CNN,

Former flight attendant Chai Cheng still has nightmares about the moment of passion that cost him everything. In October 2019, footage was leaked o...

China Southern , Flight attendant , LGBTQ , Xi Jinping

Museveni sues newspaper over claims he was vaccinated weeks before COVID-19 vaccine arrived

By VOA,

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni is suing a media group for reporting a claim that he and his inner circle were vaccinated against COVID-19 weeks bef...

coronavirus , Museveni , uganda

Top U.S., Chinese diplomats clash at start of first talks of Biden presidency

By Reuters,

The first high-level U.S.-China talks of the Biden administration got off to a fiery start on Thursday, with both sides leveling sharp rebukes of the ...

china , US

Putin likely directed 2020 U.S. election meddling, U.S. intelligence finds

By Reuters,

Russian President Vladimir Putin likely directed efforts to try to swing the 2020 U.S. presidential election to Donald Trump, according to an American...

Joe Biden , President Donald Trump , President Vladimir Putin , U.S elections

China’s fleet now larger than US Navy

By CNN,

In 2018, Chinese President Xi Jinping donned military fatigues and boarded a People's Liberation Army Navy destroyer in the South China Sea. Spread...

china

Pangolins in the dock: Is the mammal really guilty as charged?

By Dorcas Wangira,

The pangolin is the world’s most trafficked mammal. No one truly knows its conservation status in Kenya. When COVID-19 broke out in early 2020, some...

coronavirus , pangolin

China denies giving Covid-19 anal swabs to US diplomatic staff after complaints

By CNN,

US officials in China have asked local authorities to refrain from subjecting US staff in the country to Covid-19 anal swabs, according to a US diplom...

china , COVID-19

Chinese court orders man to pay ex-wife Ksh.845K for five years of housework

By Reuters,

A Chinese court has ordered a man to pay his former wife 50,000 yuan ($7,700, Ksh.845,383) as compensation for housework she did during their five-yea...

Beijing , china , housework , marriage

Uyghur activists seek international community support to build pressure on China

By Guest Writer,

By Juan Carlos Global pop icons and celebrities are increasingly voicing support for human right violations, pro-democracy protests in Honk Kong, f...

China aims fire at BBC as dispute with Britain intensifies

By Reuters,

The BBC came under fire from Chinese official and social media on Friday in an escalating diplomatic dispute, a day after Britain’s media regulator ...

CGTN , china

U.S. ‘deeply disturbed’ by reports of systematic rape of Muslims in China camps

By Reuters,

The United States is “deeply disturbed” by reports of systematic rape and sexual abuse against women in internment camps for ethnic Uighurs and ot...

china , Muslims , sexual abuse , systematic rape

WHO team probing coronavirus origins in China’s Wuhan leaves quarantine

By Reuters,

A World Health Organization-led team investigating the origins of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic left a quarantine hotel in Wuhan on Thursday to begin f...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , wuhan

11 trapped miners rescued in China after 14 days underground

By Reuters,

Chinese rescuers pulled 11 gold miners to safety on Sunday with most of them in good condition after 14 days trapped underground after an explosion, b...

china , chinese , Miners

Chinese celebrity accused of abandoning two babies in the US

By Tonny Ndungu,

At first, it seemed like a classic celebrity romance. Zheng Shuang, 29, was one of China's most popular actresses after shooting to fame a decade a...

CAF, StarTimes announce CHAN broadcast deal

By Agencies,

The Confederation Africaine de Football (CAF) and the digital television operator StarTimes on Monday announced the signing of an agreement which will...

CAF , Cameroon , CHAN matches , StarTimes

China promised Africa coronavirus vaccines were a priority. But where are they?

By CNN,

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi concludes his tour of Africa this weekend without making a single concrete vaccine commitment to a continent hoping a...

china , coronavirus , vaccine

Jack Ma was almost bigger than China, that’s what got him into trouble

By CNN,

Billionaire Jack Ma is a rare figure in China: a charismatic entrepreneur who speaks his mind and pushes boundaries. That free-wheeling attitude ...

Alibaba , Ant Group , Chinese Communist Party , Jack Ma , President Xi Jinping

WHO team blocked from entering China to study origins of coronavirus

By CNN,

The World Health Organization said that China has blocked the arrival of a team investigating the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, in a rare rebuk...

china , coronavirus , COVID-19 , who

Trump bars U.S. transactions with eight Chinese apps including Alipay

By Reuters,

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order banning transactions with eight Chinese software applications, including Ant Group’...

Donald Trump