Tag: China

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Why China is a bigger threat than the Soviet Union

Tom Rogan · January 30, 2020 11:00 am

A woman wearing a protective mask prays during a Mass at Manila's Chinatown, Philippines on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020.

‘Outsiders forbidden’: Coronavirus kills 38 in biggest single-day jump since outbreak

Spencer Neale · January 30, 2020 10:43 am

‘A terrible blow’: Coronavirus hits China with one of the worst domestic problems of Xi Jinping’s tenure

Joel Gehrke · January 30, 2020 5:00 am

WATCH: American evacuees from Wuhan met by officials in hazmat suits in California

John Gage · January 29, 2020 11:12 pm

Number of coronavirus infections in China now more than SARS

Zach Halaschak · January 29, 2020 10:54 pm

Workers in protective overalls walk past the Hankou railway station on the eve of its resuming outbound traffic in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province on Tuesday, April 7, 2020. Just after midnight Wednesday, the city's 11 million residents will be permitted to leave without special authorization as long as a mandatory smartphone application shows they are healthy and have not been in recent contact with anyone confirmed to have the virus.

‘Get it right’: Pompeo mulls China travel ban over coronavirus outbreak

Joel Gehrke · January 29, 2020 9:15 pm

Beltway Confidential

Trump reinvented tariffs and it worked

Jason Orestes · January 29, 2020 8:45 pm

Workers in protective overalls walk past the Hankou railway station on the eve of its resuming outbound traffic in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province on Tuesday, April 7, 2020. Just after midnight Wednesday, the city's 11 million residents will be permitted to leave without special authorization as long as a mandatory smartphone application shows they are healthy and have not been in recent contact with anyone confirmed to have the virus.

‘They can leave’: CDC won’t quarantine 195 Americans flown home from ‘epicenter’ of coronavirus

Spencer Neale · January 29, 2020 8:20 pm

FILE - In this July 30, 2019, file photo a woman walks by a Huawei retail store in Beijing. The Trump administration has extended for 90 more days a limited reprieve on U.S. technology sales to the Chinese technology giant Huawei. The U.S. government blacklisted Huawei in May, deeming it a national security risk so U.S. firms aren't allow to sell the company technology without government approval. But numerous loopholes have been exploited, including by U.S. semiconductor suppliers. And the administration says itâs preparing to grand some exemptions.

‘There is no safe option’: In London, Pompeo will push UK to reverse Huawei decision

Joel Gehrke · January 29, 2020 6:11 pm

Medical workers wearing personal protective equipment wheel bodies to a refrigerated trailer serving as a makeshift morgue at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, Monday, April 6, 2020, in New York. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.

‘We must decide what needs to be done’: World Health Organization plans Thursday decision on coronavirus emergency declaration

Kimberly Leonard · January 29, 2020 5:40 pm

Germany has evidence Huawei worked with Chinese intelligence

Caitlin Yilek · January 29, 2020 5:12 pm

Pedestrians cross a street as one of them prepares his face mask in western Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. Iran is preparing for the possibility of "tens of thousands" of people getting tested for the new coronavirus as the number of confirmed cases spiked again Saturday, Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said, underscoring the fear both at home and abroad over the outbreak in the Islamic Republic.

Major airlines cut service to China over coronavirus fears

Tim Pearce · January 29, 2020 4:21 pm