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How China’s expanding footprint puts it on a collision course with Trump’s America, raising the spectre of a new cold war
Beijing has, in recent weeks, been increasingly supplying hundreds of millions of masks and other medical equipment and resources – including Chinese doctors and nurses – worldwide, promoting China’s post-coronavirus…
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Chinese agency world’s biggest funder of coronavirus research, Oxford study finds
The largest funder of coronavirus research in the world is a Chinese government agency, according to an Oxford study. The National Natural Science Foundation of China, affiliated with the State…
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Coronavirus: US secures 300 million doses of Oxford vaccine with US$1.2 billion pledge
The United States has secured almost a third of the first one billion doses planned for AstraZeneca’s experimental Covid-19 vaccine by pledging up to US$1.2 billion, as world powers scramble…
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Coronavirus latest: US could have saved 36,000 lives by acting a week earlier, researchers say
More than 35,000 lives would have been saved in the US if social distancing measures had begun just a week earlier than they actually did in mid-March, according to a…
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If the US seeks ‘to contain China’, the country will firmly defend its interests, top Chinese legislature official says
A top official of China’s legislature said the country will firmly defend its interests if the US seeks to contain it, and hinted it will not reduce military spending in…
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Why investor optimism about the post-lockdown economic recovery is premature
Nothing lifts the spirits of coronavirus-rattled investors more than news that an experimental vaccine against Covid-19 has produced positive results in a human trial. On Monday, the benchmark S&P 500…
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China could buy up strategic US assets devalued by coronavirus pandemic, senators warn Steven Mnuchin
Seven US senators have urged Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to limit Chinese companies from taking advantage of stock prices depressed by the coronavirus pandemic to buy strategic US assets.In the…
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UK economy in ‘unprecedented downturn’ as activity keeps falling – business live
America has just passed a grim milestone in its unemployment crisis. Glassdoor senior economist Daniel Zhao has spotted that more jobs have been lost in the last nine weeks than…
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Coronavirus live news: Apple launches contact tracing in latest update; Wuhan bans eating of wild animals
Hello everyone, this is Jessica Murray, taking over the blog briefly while Damien takes a short break. Researchers in the Netherlands have signed up 1,500 people who have recovered from…
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‘The fashion system must change’: BFC and CFDA call for an industry reset
The fashion community is urging the industry to use the hiatus brought about by the global pandemic as a time to rethink and reset, with the Council of Fashion Designers…