Tag: China

Friday, February 14th 2020 - 08:22 UTC
US criticizes lack of transparency from China over the coronavirus outbreak

The United States feels let down by a lack of transparency from China over the coronavirus crisis, a senior White House official said on Thursday. “We are a little disappointed that we haven't been invited in and we're a little disappointed in the lack of transparency coming from the Chinese,” Larry Kudlow, the director of President Donald Trump's Economic Council, told reporters.
Wednesday, February 12th 2020 - 08:40 UTC
Chinese company confident it will start its US$ 2,1 billion iron ore project in Brazil

Chinese mining company Sul Americana de Metais (SAM), a unit of China’s Honbridge Holdings, is confident it will receive the necessary permits to start up its US$ 2.1 billion iron ore project in Minas Gerais, its chief executive said.
Tuesday, February 11th 2020 - 08:01 UTC
Trump plans to slash foreign aid and invest funds to counter threats from China and Russia

President Donald Trump will propose cutting billions of dollars in U.S. foreign aid in his fiscal 2021 budget while seeking an increase in funds to counter developing economic threats from China and Russia, senior administration officials revealed.
Monday, February 10th 2020 - 08:20 UTC
WHO warns coronavirus outside of China could be “the tip of the iceberg”

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that confirmed cases of coronavirus being transmitted by people who have never travelled to China could be the “tip of the iceberg”.
Monday, February 10th 2020 - 08:03 UTC
Chinese group takes control of major lithium project in Argentina

China’s Ganfeng Lithium Co said it will take control of an Argentina lithium project it has been developing with Lithium Americas Corp, cementing its control over a key source of the white metal for electric vehicle batteries.
Friday, February 7th 2020 - 18:54 UTC
Chinese coronavirus toll climbs on Friday to 636 and over 30.000 infections

The official Chinese death toll from the coronavirus outbreak rose on Friday to 636, with the government saying total infections had climbed past 30,000. The toll was raised by 73 new deaths from the epidemic, the National Health Commission said in its daily update.
Friday, February 7th 2020 - 09:46 UTC
China halves punitive tariffs on US$ 75 billion of US imports next week

China said on Thursday it will halve punitive tariffs on US$75 billion in US imports from Feb 14, a month after Beijing and Washington signed a truce in their long-running trade war.
Friday, February 7th 2020 - 09:37 UTC
Brazil approves quarantine rules for nationals returning from China

Brazil's lower house of Congress late approved a bill laying out rules for the quarantine of Brazilian nationals returning from China who may be infected with coronavirus, as well as other measures to combat the disease. The measures will be in force as long as the public health emergency declared by the World Health Organization is in place.
Friday, February 7th 2020 - 08:54 UTC
Chinese doctor who warned about coronavirus and reprimanded for “spreading rumors” has died of the infection

A Chinese doctor who was among the first to warn publicly about the new coronavirus outbreak - and was reprimanded by authorities for “spreading rumours” - died of the infection early on Friday, his hospital announced.
Thursday, February 6th 2020 - 09:09 UTC
Coronavirus deaths keep climbing; China increasingly isolated by air and sea

The death toll from a new coronavirus in mainland China jumped by 73 to 563 on Thursday, its third consecutive record daily rise, as experts intensified efforts to find a vaccine for a disease that has shut down Chinese cities and forced thousands more into quarantine around the world.