COVID-19 Updates
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Domestic workers helped Hong Kong battle coronavirus crisis: their efforts should not go unrewarded
Over the past several weeks, we have become used to a new normal: working from home, kids home-schooled, social and active life altered. Self-care for well-being and job security are…
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Why Covid-19 success has nothing to do with democracy
Democracy is associated with many desirable qualities: accountability, openness, freedom and justice, to name just a few. Many claims have also been made about democratic regimes: that they do not…
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Kim Jong-un sends Xi Jinping ‘warm greetings’ over China’s coronavirus success
North Korea’s Kim Jong-un has sent a “verbal message” to Chinese leader Xi Jinping, state media KCNA reported on Friday, after weeks of speculation about his health.The news agency did…
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Why enhancing Hong Kong’s Basic Law education is easier said than done
The recent contentious debate over whether the central government’s liaison office and the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office (HKMAO) are circumscribed by Article 22 of the Basic Law has…
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US regulator pulls approval for dozens of companies making respirators in China
A US regulator on Thursday pulled approval for dozens of companies making industry-standard masks in China, citing substandard performance, and warned health care providers to reconsider using any of the…
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From China to Middle East, drones are increasingly used to attack, spy and kill
The use of drones, whether on Italian shores hunting for sunbathers escaping the lockdown or delivery of medicine in remote African areas, is growing more widespread, and is at the…
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Change Chinese embassy’s US address to honour coronavirus whistle-blower doctor Li Wenliang, Republicans say
Congressional Republicans continued their assault on Beijing on Thursday, launching a campaign to change the address of its embassy in Washington in honour of the late coronavirus whistle-blower doctor Li…
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The coronavirus crisis may be helping China and Xi Jinping solve the Donald Trump problem
After the National People’s Congress removed presidential term limits in 2018, there was much speculation that Xi Jinping would remain in power past the end of his second term in…
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As coronavirus victims overwhelm New York funeral homes, traditions are delayed and denied
These days, as Wilson Mak drifts off to sleep after another 14-hour day at a New York funeral home, images of Covid-19 victims flash through his mind.“When I close my…
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Sperm containing coronavirus raises possibility of sexually transmitted Covid-19, Chinese study shows
Chinese researchers have found Covid-19 in the sperm of a small number of men, raising the possibility that the virus could be spread via sex.The study by physicians at China’s…