China officials’ call to save Xi Jinping’s projects angers flood victims

China officials’ call to save Xi Jinping’s projects angers flood victims

BEIJING: Residents of areas hit hard by recent flooding in northern China have taken aim at a key Communist Party official, saying he sacrificed their safety to protect President Xi Jinping’s flagship projects. A hashtag playing off a comment by Ni Yuefeng, the Communist Party boss of Hebei province, had more than 80 million views … Read more

In Covid-hit Beijing, funeral homes with sick workers struggle to keep up

In Covid-hit Beijing, funeral homes with sick workers struggle to keep up

BEIJING/SHANGHAI: Funeral homes across China’s Covid -hit capital Beijing, a city of 22 million, scrambled on Saturday to keep up with calls for funeral and cremation services as workers and drivers testing positive for the novel coronavirus called in sick. After declaring that the Omicron strain has weakened, and unprecedented public protests against a zero-Covid … Read more

Coronavirus: China extends lockdowns as Covid outbreak worsens

Coronavirus: China extends lockdowns as Covid outbreak worsens

BEJING: China’s daily local Covid infection rate soared to its highest level since early May, with lockdowns sweeping across the nation. There were 3,800 new cases reported for Thursday, a 22% jump from the day before and the highest since the country emerged from its biggest outbreak in the spring, according to the National Health … Read more

Xi Jinping re-elected as general secretary of Communist Party of China for record third five-year term

Xi Jinping re-elected as general secretary of Communist Party of China for record third five-year term

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping was on Sunday re-elected as the General Secretary of the ruling Communist Party of China for a record third five-year term, a privilege only accorded to party founder Mao Zedong. Xi, 69, was elected to the powerful Central Committee a day earlier by a once-in-a-five-year Congress despite crossing the official … Read more

Biden says US forces would defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion

Biden says US forces would defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion

[ad_1] WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden said US forces would defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion, his most explicit statement so far on the issue, something sure to anger Beijing. Asked in a CBS 60 Minutes interview broadcast on Sunday whether US forces would defend the self-ruled island claimed by China, he … Read more