Tag: China

• Wednesday, April 29th 2020 - 07:49 UTC

  Bolsonaro confirms appointment of a close family friend as Brazil's top cop

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday named a family friend to head the federal police, days after his justice minister quit, and accused the president of meddling in law enforcement for political motives.

• Wednesday, April 29th 2020 - 07:41 UTC

  China's imports of Brazilian soybeans drop 24.8% during March over a year ago

  

  Brazilian soybeans imports to China during the month of March dropped 24.8%, over the same month last year. The data was released by the Chinese General Customs Administration last Sunday, April 26, and shows soy imports from Brazil reached 2.1 million tons in March, compared to 2.79 million tons in the same period last year.

• Thursday, April 23rd 2020 - 10:55 UTC

  China pork imports expected to reach 2.8 million tons this year

  

  China expects to import more soy and pork this year to supply domestic demand, after the coronavirus pandemic and the impacts of swine fever decimated its pig herds. Meanwhile, soy imports are estimated to reach 92.48 million tons this year.

• Thursday, April 23rd 2020 - 09:06 UTC

  Pompeo pressing China to allow inspections of sensitive laboratories

  

  United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday pressed China to allow inspectors into sensitive laboratories, voicing concern about their security amid the global COVID-19 pandemic.

• Wednesday, April 22nd 2020 - 08:48 UTC

  WHO insists with bats; claims no evidence to suggest coronavirus was manipulated in Chinese lab

  

  The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that all available evidence suggests that the novel coronavirus originated in bats in China late last year and it was not manipulated or constructed in a lab.

• Wednesday, April 22nd 2020 - 07:17 UTC

  Missouri state sues China's leadership over COVID-19 seeking billions in compensation

  

  The US state of Missouri on Tuesday Apr 21 sued China's leadership over COVID-19, seeking damages over what it described as deliberate deception and insufficient action to stop the pandemic.

• Tuesday, April 21st 2020 - 09:49 UTC

  Germany urges China more transparency on the coronavirus outbreak and crisis management

  

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday urged China to be as transparent as possible about the coronavirus outbreak, as Beijing faces mounting pressure over its management of the crisis.

• Saturday, April 18th 2020 - 08:41 UTC

  Raab says China has some “hard questions” to answer about the coronavirus epidemic

  

  British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab says China will have some “hard questions” to answer about how the coronavirus pandemic started.

• Friday, April 17th 2020 - 09:42 UTC

  China's economy contracts 6,8% in Jan/March quarter, first time since 1992

  

  China’s economy shrank for the first time since at least 1992 in the first quarter, as the coronavirus outbreak paralyzed production and spending, raising pressure on authorities to do more to stop mounting job losses.

• Thursday, April 16th 2020 - 11:32 UTC

  US trying to determine if COVID-19 emanated from a lab in Wuhan

  

  US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that his government is trying to determine whether the coronavirus emanated from a lab in Wuhan, China, and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Beijing “needs to come clean” what they know.