Earlier this week, AstraZeneca PLC and the University of Oxford said their vaccine candidate was 62% to 90% effective, joining two other Western vaccine rivals in providing data. The results could allow the US and other countries to grant regulatory clearance and prepare distribution plans for widespread vaccination. Chinese vaccine …
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A major Chinese vaccine developer has applied for authorization to bring its Covid-19 vaccine to market, seeking to get ahead of its Western rivals as the race for a working shot against the pandemic enters the home stretch. China National Biotec Group Co. has submitted a request to Chinese regulators, …
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China on Wednesday opposed India’s decision to ban an additional 43 mobile phone apps of Chinese origin for security reasons, saying the move violated World Trade Organization (WTO) rules. On Tuesday, India imposed a new ban on Chinese-sourced apps, the fourth time it has done so since the border standoff …
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On Monday, Nature released a report showing that we are slowly but surely finding out the origin of the Sars-CoV-2 virus that causes the coronavirus disease (Covid-19). The report deals with two related findings about the virus that came, not from the field, but from the freezer. There have been …
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Blinken made the remarks during a community outreach program with American Indians organized by the Biden campaign on the occasion of India’s Independence Day on August 15. It alleged that US President Donald Trump has helped China advance key strategic goals by weakening American alliances, leaving a void in the …
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The Center on Tuesday banned 43 more mobile apps, mostly Chinese-owned, including those of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY), the governing authority, issued an order under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act blocking access to the 43 mobile apps on the grounds …
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Some of the banned apps are popular in India (Representational) New Delhi: The Center has blocked 43 mobile apps for “engaging in activities that are detrimental to the sovereignty and integrity of India, the defense of India, state security and public order.” Several apps owned by Chinese companies are among …
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A Chinese government adviser has said the country must abandon its illusion that China-US relations will automatically improve under President-elect Joe Biden and that Beijing should prepare for a tough stance from Washington. Zheng Yongnian, dean of China Advanced Institute for Global and Contemporary Studies, a Shenzhen-based think tank, has …
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While the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) propaganda machine reported that Indian troops were fried with futuristic energy weapons on August 29 in eastern Ladakh, the Indian military has investigated Chinese war manuals and deployed ” tunnel defenses “to prevent further offenses from the adversary. On August 29 and 30, Indian …
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When Convent’s 700 workers found they were out of work, their counterparts across the Pacific were powering up a new unit at Rongsheng Petrochemical’s giant Zhejiang complex in northeast China. It is just one of at least four ongoing projects in the country, with a total of 1.2 million barrels …
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