Tag: China
China criticizes Western brands’ toys, clothes as unsafe
BEIJING — The Chinese government has accused H&M, Nike, Zara and other brands of importing unsafe or poor quality children's clothes and other goods,...
Bahrain offers Pfizer booster for some who got Chinese shots
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Bahrain has begun offering a booster shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for some people six months after they...
‘Tracked for life’: China relentless in erasing Tiananmen
BEIJING — The ruling Communist Party’s deadly 1989 crackdown on the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests never ended for Fan Baolin, who served 17 years...
China defends Cambodia relations after US expresses concern
BEIJING — China said Thursday its relationship with Cambodia has made positive contributions to regional peace and stability, after the U.S. expressed concerns about...
Huawei to roll out its own operating system to smartphones
HONG KONG — Huawei is launching its own HarmonyOS mobile operating system on its handsets as it adapts to losing access to Google mobile...
Budapest to rename streets to protest Chinese university
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Budapest city officials are planning to rename streets in an area where a Chinese university loyal to China's Communist Party is...
China’s central bank tries to stop surge in currency’s value
BEIJING — China’s central bank is trying to restrain the surging exchange rate of its currency, temporarily backtracking in efforts to make the tightly...
China faces strains as population ages, birth rate falls
BEIJING — Yue Yan is glad to have two daughters but sees why, even with the ruling Communist Party urging them to have more...
Asian World Cup qualifiers to be moved from China to UAE
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — China’s COVID-19 travel restrictions have forced World Cup qualifying matches scheduled for the eastern city of Suzhou to be relocated...
China reports human case of H10N3 bird flu, a possible first
BEIJING — A man in eastern China has contracted what might be the world’s first human case of the H10N3 strain of bird flu,...
