You have probably never heard of Zhou Qiang but he is one of the key Communist Party leaders in China and president, since 2013, of the Supreme People’s Court. This body oversees ‘justice’ in a country that jails dissidents and harvests body parts from criminals. As a loyal apparatchik, he has argued that China’s courts … Read more
China’s ‘bat woman’ reveals new tests which suggest coronavirus did NOT originate at her Wuhan lab Shi Zhengli retested blood samples taken in 2012 from miners who became ill Four men caught respiratory disease after clearing bat faeces from copper mine Virologist found none of them were infected with Covid-19 when they were sick By … Read more
Towering more than 1,000 feet up the cliff face that inspired the landscape of the blockbuster film ‘Avatar’, the world’s highest outdoor lift whisks brave tourists to breath-taking views. The three double-decker elevators in central China’s Zhangjiajie Forest Park zip up the cliff in just 88 seconds, a speedy attraction as domestic tourism slowly recovers … Read more
Former New Zealand PM who is investigating China’s response to the Covid outbreak is in row over her links to Meghan Markle’s TV anchor friend Helen Clark is to co-chair investigation into China’s response to Covid outbreak Now calls for the former New Zealand PM to resign over her close ties to Beijing Human rights … Read more
A Chinese submersible carrying three men has touched down on the bottom of the Mariana Trench – the deepest part of the ocean – after diving 10,909 metres (35,790 feet), according to Chinese state media. The Fendouzhe, or Striver, broke the country’s record for the deepest crewed dive yesterday after spending nearly four hours descending … Read more
Inside China’s iPhone factory: Fascinating footage shows Apple components being made in a fully automated plant manned by robots The manufacturer in southern China’s Shenzhen is entirely staffed by robots Fascinating footage shows an self-driving vehicle moving in the dark room The automated plant is dubbed ‘lights-out’ factory with AI-powered machines It can save costs … Read more
China’s richest man loses £2bn in one day after Ant Group float is blocked by Beijing By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 4 November 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 4 November 2020 China’s richest man Jack Ma had more than £2billion wiped off his fortune in one day after Beijing blocked … Read more
China has screened an entire region in Xinjiang for the coronavirus after authorities found a single new case in a local outbreak. Health authorities reported the first infection on Saturday, a 17-year-old female garment factory worker in Xinjiang’s north-western region Kashgar, home to ethnic Uighurs and other Turkic Muslims. Another 137 symptomless patients were found yesterday after the local … Read more
How galling it is to see China bouncing back from the global pandemic that it unleashed. While the rest of the world wrestles with fear, mistrust, unemployment, recession, stagnation, non-Covid health catastrophes, countless blighted lives and a ‘second wave’ of the virus, China is set to enter 2021 stronger than it was in January 2020. … Read more
China’s super-wealthy have earned a record $1.5trillion during the last year despite the global economic collapse caused by the pandemic that began in Wuhan. One analyst said that ‘the world has never seen this much wealth created in just one year’ after China added 257 members to its billionaires’ club and online shopping firms saw … Read more