Bubonic Plague Is Diagnosed in China
A herdsman in Inner Mongolia was confirmed to be infected with bubonic plague, Chinese health officials said, a reminder of how even as the world...
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‘Strategic Empathy’: How Biden’s Informal Diplomacy Shaped Foreign Relations
President Barack Obama had a China problem. His national security team knew the Chinese Communist Party was getting ready to anoint a new leader. But...
China Dominates P.P.E. Manufacturing
BEIJING — Alarmed at China’s stranglehold over supplies of masks, gowns, test kits and other front-line weapons for batting the coronavirus, countries around the world...
Hong Kong Security Law Redraws Lines, Making Some Ideas Dangerous
HONG KONG — A barge draped with enormous red banners celebrating China’s new security law was sailing across Hong Kong’s famed Victoria Harbor only hours...
With Beijing’s Military Nearby, U.S. Sends 2 Aircraft Carriers to South China Sea
WASHINGTON — Two American aircraft carriers sailed to the South China Sea on Saturday for what Navy officials described as a freedom-of-navigation operation while China’s...
DuckDuckGo reinstated in India after being unreachable since July 1st
Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo has been restored in India after being unreachable for many users there since July 1st, Android Police reported. Reports about what...
New Trump Appointee Puts Global Internet Freedom at Risk, Critics Say
WASHINGTON — When Michael Pack, a conservative filmmaker and ally of Stephen K. Bannon, recently fired the heads of four U.S. government-funded news outlets, many...
Reading Orwell for the Fourth of July
This Fourth of July, it’s worth taking stock of the state of freedom — and of our attitudes toward it — at home and around...
Senate Sends Trump a Bill to Punish Chinese Officials Over Hong Kong
WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday unanimously passed legislation to impose sanctions on Chinese officials trying to stamp out political dissent in Hong Kong, sending...
Almost half of Africa’s coronavirus cases have fully recovered
Almost half of Africa’s COVID-19 cases have recovered from the disease, according to the Africa Centre for Disease Control (ACDC). Before now, there were fears...