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Beijing shuts roads, playgrounds amid heavy smog after coal spike

Highways and school playgrounds in Beijing were closed Friday due to heavy pollution, as China ramps up coal production and faces scrutiny of its environmental record at make-or-break international climate talks. World leaders have gathered in Scotland this week for COP26 negotiations billed as one of the last chances to avert catastrophic climate change, though Chinese President Xi Jinping made a written address instead of attending in person. China - […]

6 November 2021

International News

The competition for Egypt: China, the West, and megaprojects

China is joining the race with international competitors to participate in a boom of megaprojects and infrastructure developments currently under way in Egypt as President Abdel Fatah el-Sisi seeks to modernise and transform the Middle East’s most populous country. “Egypt has always loved megaprojects,” Mohamed el-Dahshan, a fellow at Chatham House and founder of international development company OXCAN, told Al Jazeera. Speaking about the rush of projects, he added: “The […]

16 March 2021

International News

US-China ties fray as Beijing’s Houston consulate shuts down

A group of men has forced open a door at the Chinese consulate in the city of Houston and entered the diplomatic mission shortly after staff there vacated the building on the orders of the United States government. The closure of China's Houston consulate on Friday marks a sharp deterioration in relations between the world's two biggest economies, with China retaliating by ordering the shutdown of the US mission in […]

25 July 2020

International News

UN health agency goes to China as mainland deaths rise above 900

An advance team of international experts led by the World Health Organization (WHO) has left for Beijing to help investigate China's coronavirus epidemic, which authorities said on Monday had now claimed 908 lives on the mainland. The outbreak has caused huge disruptions in China with usually busy cities becoming virtual ghost towns over the past two weeks as Communist Party rulers ordered communities sealed off, cancelled flights, closed factories and […]

10 February 2020

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SA teacher in Beijing says Saffas are calm, but situation still ‘scary’

With the World Health Organisation (WHO) expected to decide on Thursday whether the coronavirus crisis should be declared an international health emergency, a South African who has been working in Beijing in China has described the current situation as “calm”. Since the outbreak of the coronavirus, approximately 7,911 cases have been confirmed. The first confirmed death from the coronavirus infection occurred on 9th January 2020 and since then 170 deaths […]

30 January 2020

International News

Beijing holds surprise South China Sea drills after US patrol

China’s navy is gearing up for drills near the disputed islands in the South China Sea, less than a week after a US guided-missile destroyer sailed through the waters where Beijing asserted sovereignty in what US called a ‘freedom of navigation’ patrol. The announcement of an exercise to be held in parts of the South China Sea was posted on China’s Maritime Safety Administration website. Without disclosing the details of […]

27 October 2016

Beijing

Beijing shuts roads, playgrounds amid heavy smog after coal spike

The competition for Egypt: China, the West, and megaprojects

US-China ties fray as Beijing’s Houston consulate shuts down

UN health agency goes to China as mainland deaths rise above 900

SA teacher in Beijing says Saffas are calm, but situation still ‘scary’

Beijing holds surprise South China Sea drills after US patrol

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