Lab Leak Most Likely Caused Pandemic, Energy Dept. Says
The conclusion, which was made with “low confidence,” came as America’s intelligence agencies remained divided over the origins of the coronavirus.
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Missing Chinese billionaire banker Bao Fan assisting authorities in investigation, company says
Tech dealmaker reported missing 10 days ago in the latest case of a top Chinese executive going missing during Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption driveThe Chinese billionaire tech banker Bao Fan, who was reported missing 10 days ago, is cooperating with Chin…
Your Monday Briefing: China’s Race to Encourage Births
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Covid-19 likely emerged from laboratory leak, US energy department says
Updated finding a departure from previous studies on how the virus emerged and comes with ‘low confidence’The virus which drove the Covid-19 pandemic most likely emerged from a laboratory leak but not as part of a weapons program, according to an updat…
China Aims To Launch Nearly 13,000 Satellites To Compete Against Elon Musk’s Starlink
Launch of a Long March-2F Y12 rocket in June 2021. SCMP: China aims to launch nearly 13,000 satellites to ‘suppress’ Elon Musk’s Starlink, researchers say * The satellite constellation is likely to be launched quickly to prevent SpaceX fro…
Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 368 of the invasion
Vladimir Putin accuses west of wanting to liquidate Russia; US president Biden says China negotiating peace deal ‘not rational’See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverage Vladimir Putin has said that Russia had no choice but to take into account the nuclea…
China to Welcome Belarusian Leader, Raising Concerns Over Ukraine
A state visit next week by Aleksandr G. Lukashenko of Belarus comes as the U.S. has accused China of preparing to send lethal aid to Russia.
China Is Exporting Its Obsession with Tiny Electric Vehicles
Long-time Slashdot reader destinyland shared this report about the boxy little Wuling:
Priced at around $5,500 and famously outselling Tesla in China, it’s a tiny, comically square car, produced in joint partnership with General Motors and SAIC. The …
China to Welcome Belarusian Leader, Raising Concerns Over Ukraine
A state visit next week by Aleksandr G. Lukashenko of Belarus seems to confirm U.S. fears that China is prepared to send lethal aid to Russia.