A senior US Defense Department official says the Pentagon needs more advanced weapons and stronger alliances to meet the challenges an increasingly powerful Chinese military poses to American interests.
Scientists have hit back at unfounded suggestions that the coronavirus was human-made. Their analysis suggests that the virus evolved in a manner that would have been difficult to reproduce in a lab.
Five Chinese state media outlets operating in the United States are going to be treated more like diplomatic missions from the Chinese state, and less like journalistic organizations.
Parasite became the first foreign-language film to take home the award for Best Picture at the Academy Awards. The victory highlights the divergent paths taken by the Chinese and Korean film industries since the 1980s.
China’s central bank has given Mastercard’s joint venture a green light to establish bank card clearing services in the country. The US government has long pressured Beijing to give American companies greater access to the Chinese market.
The death of a doctor who was warned against telling others about the then-unknown coronavirus has triggered an outpouring of anger against Chinese authorities.
Chinese people angered by the authorities’ attempt to muzzle Wuhan doctor Li Wenliang have expressed their discontent online by quoting from a police letter reprimanding Li for telling others about the coronavirus outbreak.