China's National Health Commission reported on Thursday said at least 114 new deaths from the coronavirus outbreak as of the end of Wednesday, bringing to at least 2,118 the number of fatalities nationwide. The national health commission also reported 394 new confirmed cases, significantly lower than the 1,749 cases reported nationwide the previous day, bringing…
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China expels foreign journalists as coronavirus deaths climb
Beijing, China - China has ordered the expulsion of three Wall Street Journal reporters as criticism mounts over the country's handling of the coronavirus outbreak, which has so far killed more than 2,000 people and infected close to 75,000 others. The order, which escalates Beijing's fraught relations with foreign media, came late on Wednesday after the Ministry…
Read More »China writes off 108 deaths in Hubei, citing double-counting error in province
The view of the Wuhan Keting in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province. Wuhan in central China's Hubei Province started converting three existing venues, including a gymnasium and an exhibition center, into hospitals to receive patients infected with the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), the headquarters for the epidemic control said late Monday.Getty ImagesBEIJING — China's health commission…
Read More »How Pragmatism Drove China’s Economic Transformation
By SALIEM FAKIR Decline can happen rapidly and all before one’s eyes. Sometimes the response to it can be slow and even result in total neglect. In the case of China’s economic transformation, pragmatism a primary role. First, there’s generally denial or the inability to speak up. Then there’s some acceptance …
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