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China under-representing true impact of Covid-19, especially deaths: WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) warned that China is "under-representing the true impact" of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country, especially the exact number of deaths.

US is concerned about China's handling of Covid-19, says Joe Biden

The United States is concerned about China's handling of COVID-19, US President Joe Biden said Wednesday and noted that Beijing is not that forthcoming. "Well, yes, I am, Biden told reporters when asked if he was concerned about the COVID-19 situation in China. The US along with India and several countries have imposed restrictions on travellers from China. "I think we just got to make the protocol we set out: that if you're flying from China, you got to be tested, and so on, he said. China has not been...I know they're very sensitive...when we suggest they haven't been that forthcoming," Biden said in response to a question. State Department spokesperson Ned Price told reporters that when Covid is spreading anywhere, but especially in a country as populous and as large as China, of course there is the potential for variants to emerge. "We have seen variants emerge apparently from other regions of the world that have ultimately reached the United States, he said. "This is a ...

Omicron subvariants BA.5.2, BF.7 responsible for China Covid outbreak: WHO

The organization further said that a few other Omicron sublineages were also detected, albeit in low percentages in China; presently, no new variants of the coronavirus have been found

China pauses massive chip investment to compete with United States

Top officials are discussing ways to move away from costly subsidies that have so far borne little fruit

Urban India leaves rural way behind as vaccinations surge 44% nationwide

This is despite the prevalence of a much larger population in the country's villages and a greater number of vaccination centres in these areas, compared to urban

Taming the dragon

Getting China Wrong is a succinct analysis of US policies towards China, what motivated them and how they failed. Besides discussing the vexed issues, it also prescribes the path forward

India in the GVC diversification strategy: A reality check

For MNCs relocating from China, India needs substantial catching up relative to Vietnam to be considered a significant contender

Three South Korean EV battery maker's global market sinks in 2022

The market portion of LG Energy Solution fell to 12.3 percent from 19.6 percent during the period, with its global ranking dropping to third place from second

Incursions along Indo-Tibet border are by China, says Tibetan Sikyong

President of the Tibetan Government-in-exile Penpa Tsering on Tuesday asserted that all incursions along the Indo-Tibetan border have been one-sided and by China. In an interview to PTI, the President also called Sikyong, said since Tibet had signed the treaty of 1914 which set the border between his homeland and India along the McMohan line, Tawang is an integral part of India. We know all incursions are happening from the Chinese side, Tsering said here. He was speaking in the context of recent clashes at Tawang and at Ladakh between the Indian Army and China's PLA. Till 1959, there was no border between India and China; it was with Tibet We are signatories to the 1914 Simla agreement between British India and Tibet and we stand very firm on the McMohan line as the legitimate border, he said. We fully recognise Tawang to be an integral part of India, Tsering said. In 1959, the Dalai Lama, the then head of the Tibetan government had fled Lhasa for India after an uprising by .

Energy strategies in India, China contest for hegemony on Brahmaputra: Rpt

The interlinkages between the energy transition and the contest for political power are particularly visible in South Asia, especially between India and China, according to EFSAS

China urges 'final victory' over Covid as global concern mounts over spread

China has been particularly critical of decisions by some countries to impose a requirement for a Covid test on its citizens, saying they are unreasonable and lack scientific basis

No reason China should retaliate over Covid travel restrictions: US

China has said it would hit back at nations that impose new rules on its travelers, dismissing the measures as "political goals

Govt starts probe into circuit board dumping by China, Hong Kong

India imported PCBs worth $478 million from China and Hong Kong during the April-October period, constituting 55 per cent of the total

China threatens tit for tat over Covid-19 curbs on its travellers

Up to 70% of Shanghai population infected with coronavirus: Top doctor

Oil dives 3.5%, trade choppy on worries about China, global economy

By Arathy SomasekharOil prices tumbled 3.5% in volatile trade on Tuesday, pressured by weak demand data from China, a gloomy economic outlook and a stronger U.S. dollar

Scaling the great information firewall

The recent incidents along the border with China in Arunachal Pradesh's Tawang region near the Yangtze river have been the subject of much debate in India and amongst western geopolitical observers

EU offers help to counter China's Covid crisis including vaccine donation

The European Union said Tuesday it has offered China help to deal with its COVID-19 crisis, including the donation of vaccines, as the bloc seeks to coordinate how authorities should check incoming passengers from China for any new variants. Several member nations announced individual efforts over the past week. At the same time, the EU's European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control insisted that the situation in China didn't pose an immediate overall threat to health. The variants circulating in China are already circulating in the EU, and as such are not challenging for the immune response of EU citizens, it said in its latest impact study published Tuesday. Yet fearful not to be caught unawares like at the outset of the global pandemic in early 2020, medical experts from EU member states were already preparing potential action to be taken up by an Integrated Political Crisis Response meeting on Wednesday, where measure like EU-wide entry requirements could be ...

Beijing threatens to respond against 'unacceptable' Covid measures

Beijing is blasting testing requirements on passengers from China and threatening countermeasures against countries involved based on reciprocity. We believe that the entry restrictions adopted by some countries targeting China lack scientific basis, and some excessive practices are even more unacceptable," Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said at a daily briefing Tuesday. We are firmly opposed to attempts to manipulate the COVID measures for political purposes and will take countermeasures based on the principle of reciprocity.

Foxconn's Zhengzhou plant back at 90% capacity after Covid turmoil subsides

Foxconn's plant in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou is now operating with roughly 200,000 staff

EU to try again to mold a coordinated approach on China Covid policies

European Union nations will try again on Wednesday to mold a coordinated approach on if and how authorities should check incoming airline passengers from China for any new COVID-19 variants after several member nations announced individual efforts over the past week. Belgium said late Monday it would be checking wastewater from planes coming in from China to see if it yields new clues about any potentially dangerous variants. It said that it would urge visitors from China who do not feel well to take a COVID-19 test. More should be done, but only in a coordinated approach among the 27 member states, said Belgian Health Minister Frank Vandenbroucke. It would be a good signal toward China if all EU nations would say together: 'If you come to Europe you have to be tested first, he told VRT network. Sweden, which holds the rotating EU presidency, said officials from the member states will hold an Integrated Political Crisis Response meeting on Wednesday to see if entry requirements ...