Beijing’s skies turn orange and brown as sand and dust combine to form ‘severe’ pollution

Beijing’s skies turn orange and brown as sand and dust combine to form ‘severe’ pollution that has left people struggling to breathe The skies above Beijing turned orange as air pollution soared to severe levels & air quality index rose to 324 It worsened in the evening, exceeding 1,300 in some parts of the city, according … Read more

Boris Johnson pledges to create G7 rival to Beijing’s Belt and Road global economic expansionism

Boris Johnson pledges to create G7 rival to Beijing’s Belt and Road global economic expansionism Prime Minister addressed five MPs and Lords hit by sanctions from China Said world needed to be given a choice between the Chinese system ‘and ours’ US diplomat Henry Kissinger has said US will have to reach an understanding with … Read more

Boris Johnson and Joe Biden condemn Beijing’s travel ban on UK MPs

Boris Johnson and Joe Biden last night condemned China after it sanctioned British MPs for exposing what the Prime Minister called ‘gross human rights violations’. Mr Johnson and the US President spoke on the phone to ‘express their concerns’ over Beijing’s move, which came after Britain and the United States imposed sanctions on China. The Prime … Read more

WHO investigators BACK Beijing’s claim Covid did not leak from a Wuhan lab

WHO investigators BACK Beijing’s claim Covid did NOT leak from a Wuhan lab and call for ‘no further study into that theory’ as China tries to pin blame on imported frozen meat By Chris Pleasance for MailOnline Published: 10:44 GMT, 9 February 2021 | Updated: 10:58 GMT, 9 February 2021 WHO scientists researching the origins … Read more

WHO backs Beijing’s claim there’s ‘no evidence’ of Covid in China before December

WHO investigators BACK Beijing’s claim there’s ‘no evidence’ Covid was transmitted ‘before December in Wuhan or elsewhere’ as China tries to pin the blame on imported frozen meats By Chris Pleasance for MailOnline Published: 10:44 GMT, 9 February 2021 | Updated: 10:45 GMT, 9 February 2021 WHO scientists researching the origins of Covid in China … Read more

China’s drive for military supremacy: Beijing’s armoury of weapons

HYPERSONICS China is spending huge sums to create hypersonic missiles that will go so fast (up to twenty times the speed of sound) that military chiefs believe they will be invulnerable to any form of defence. Indeed, some analysts fear that human capability to respond to such lethal weapons will be inadequate and that the … Read more

China’s drive for military supremacy: Beijing’s armoury of weapons

HYPERSONICS China is spending huge sums to create hypersonic missiles that will go so fast (up to twenty times the speed of sound) that military chiefs believe they will be invulnerable to any form of defence. Indeed, some analysts fear that human capability to respond to such lethal weapons will be inadequate and that the … Read more

China threatens ‘counterstrike’ after Australia condemns Beijing’s assault on Hong Kong democracy

China has threatened a ‘counterstrike’ against Australia after Canberra condemned Beijing’s mass arrest of 55 politicians and activists in Hong Kong. Foreign Ministry spokesman Lijian Zhao, who has a fake image of an Australian soldier holding a bloody knife to a child’s throat pinned to the top of his Twitter account, said anyone who gets … Read more

Boris Johnson launches new drive against Beijing’s ‘expansionism’ among poorer countries

Boris Johnson has ordered diplomats to launch a new drive against Chinese ‘expansionism’ after Beijing was accused of placing pressure on Barbados to remove the Queen as its head of state. The island is one of dozens of countries which form part of China’s ‘Belt and Road Initiative’, under which Beijing lends money to poorer … Read more

China will not carry out mass vaccinations on its population, Beijing’s health chief says 

China will not carry out mass vaccinations on its population because Covid-19 has largely been wiped out in the country, Beijing’s health chief says Sweeping vaccines not needed unless there is a major outbreak, Dr Gao said Head of China’s CDC didn’t rule out need for nationwide vaccines in the future However he said priority … Read more