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2021-11-18 - Peng Shuai: Doubt cast on email from Chinese tennis star - BBC News Peng Shuai has not been heard from since she made sexual assault allegations against a top Chinese official.
2021-11-18 - Where is she?' Chinese tennis player who accused politician of rape seems to have disappeared | National Post Former world No.1 women's doubles tennis player Peng Shuai has not made any public statements since her accusation
2021-11-17 - Furor Over Peng Shuai's #Metoo Accusation Challenges China - The New York Times The tennis world is outraged over the latest twist in a star player's complaint of assault and abrupt disappearance from public life.
2021-11-17 - Fears grow for missing Chinese tennis star who accused ex-official of sexual assault - ABC News Concerns are growing for the Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai, who has not been seen since she accused an ex-official of sexual assault.
2021-11-17 - Peng Shuai: Concerns over welfare of Chinese tennis player after supposed letter | The Independent Peng has not been heard from since making allegations of sexual assault against a senior Chinese official
2021-11-17 - Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai accuses former top leader of sexual assault | NPR In a social media post Tuesday night, Peng Shuai described her assault years earlier at the hands of Zhang Gaoli. It's the first public accusation of sexual assault against a senior Party officer.
2021-11-17 - Statement attributed to Chinese tennis player raises concerns about her safety, pro tour CEO says | CBC Sports The head of the women's professional tennis tour questioned the legitimacy of what Chinese state media said was a retraction by a Grand Slam doubles champion who has accused a former top government official of sexual assault.
2021-11-17 - Osaka raises concerns over 'missing' China tennis star Peng Shuai | Tennis News | Al Jazeera Osaka says informed of a fellow tennis player who went missing shortly after revealing she was sexually abused.
2021-11-16 - Tennis Star Vanishes After Accusing China Official of Sexual Assault | Insider Peng Shuai, a 35-year-old former US Open semifinalist, said in a Nov. 2 social media post that Zhang Gaoli sexually assaulted her in 2017.
2021-11-16 - Tennis Player Peng Shuai Accuses Chinese Official of Sexual Assault | PEOPLE.com Peng Shuai, 35, has reportedly not been seen in public or heard from directly since alleging that former vice premier Zhang Gaoli coerced her into sex several years ago.
2021-11-15 - Concerns grow for Chinese tennis star who accused ex-vice-premier of assault | China | The Guardian Peng Shuai has not been publicly heard from since she made accusation online on 2 November
News Links - China and Coronavirus
2021-04-05 - China reports highest daily Covid-19 cases in over 2 months The number of new asymptomatic cases, which China does not classify as confirmed cases, stood at 18.The total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in mainland China now stands at 90,305
2021-04-04 - China reports biggest daily COVID-19 case jump in over 2 months | Reuters China reported its biggest daily jump in new COVID-19 cases in more than two months, as a city on the border with Myanmar in southwestern Yunnan province accounted for all new local cases.
2021-04-04 - China Coronavirus Cases In depth view into China Coronavirus Cases including historical data from 2020, charts and stats.
2021-04-03 - Coronavirus: Week of March 28 to April 3, China reports more cases near Myanmar - Nikkei Asia Nikkei Asia is tracking the spread of the coronavirus that was first detected in the central Chinese city of Wuhan.Cumulative global cases have reache
2021-04-01 - China Travel Restrictions 2021, Entry & Quatantine Policy, Travel Advisory Up-to-date China travel restrictions 2021: when will China open its borders, can I travel to China now, what documents to prepare before boarding, how to quatantine in China...
2021-03-29 - Greater China: coronavirus cases, recoveries, and deaths | Statista More than 102,000 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Greater China. Around 95 percent of patients have recovered from the disease.
2021-03-29 - Coronavirus Origins Remain Unclear in W.H.O.-China Inquiry - The New York Times Far more work is needed to understand how the pandemic began, the report says, but it is not clear that Beijing will cooperate. We may never find the true origins, an expert said.
2020-11-11 - China Coronavirus Updates: Latest Developments and Business Advisory Our daily updates on the coronavirus outbreak in China, together with ongoing advisory on how best to manage your China business exposure during COVID-19.
2020-11-07 - As Covid-19 runs riot across the world, China controls the pandemic China, where the coronavirus first emerged, has all but declared victory over Covid-19 after it initiated a strict testing regime and heavy lockdown measures.
2020-10-29 - China has injected hundreds of thousands with COVID-19 vaccines - Los Angeles Times China has already injected hundreds of thousands of people with COVID-19 vaccines. Vaccines that have not yet completed clinical trials.
2020-10-25 - China: new coronavirus outbreak detected in Xinjiang city of Kashgar | China | The Guardian Authorities test 2.84 million people after 137 asymptomatic cases found - the first local infections in China since 14 October
2020-10-19 - How China returned to normal while coronavirus pummels US, Europe - Business Insider China stamped out COVID-19 within months and has responded to small outbreaks by testing entire cities in days.
2020-10-06 - Unfavorable Views of China Reach Historic Highs in Many Countries | Pew Research Center Across 14 advanced nations, a median of 61% say China has done a bad job in handling the coronavirus outbreak. And at least seven-in-ten in each of these countries have little or no confidence in President Xi Jinping.
2020-09-08 - Xi Jinping defends China's coronavirus response amid global flak | China | Al Jazeera Chinese president says Beijing taking steps to save millions amid pandemic as deaths rise worldwide and economies sink.
2020-09-08 - Xi Jinping defends China's coronavirus response amid global flak | China | Al Jazeera Chinese president says Beijing taking steps to save millions amid pandemic as deaths rise worldwide and economies sink.
2020-08-28 - WHO team to probe coronavirus origin in China's Wuhan: Live news | News | Al Jazeera WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreysus says team of experts to travel to epicentre of the virus to study its origins.
2020-08-10 - How China Controlled the Coronavirus | The New Yorker Teaching and learning in Sichuan during the pandemic.
2020-07-22 - US accuses China of hacking coronavirus researchers, others | China | Al Jazeera Two alleged Chinese hackers stole 'terabytes' of data globally, court filings say; Beijing rejects allegations.
2020-07-06 - China arrests law professor who criticised Xi over coronavirus | China | Al Jazeera Xu Zhangrun, who wrote articles critical of the government, taken from Beijing home by policemen, his friends say.
2020-03-16 - China shows COVID-19 Coronavirus can be stopped in its tracks | UN News China's experience in containing the spread of the new coronavirus could serve as a lesson for other countries now facing the COVID-19 pandemic, a senior official with the World Health Organization (WHO) has told UN News in an in-depth interview.
2020-02-24 - China coronavirus outbreak: All the latest updates | China | Al Jazeera Viral infection has now spread to nine Middle Eastern countries, with more than 79,000 cases worldwide.
2020-02-20 - China expels foreign journalists as coronavirus deaths climb | China | Al Jazeera Critics call expulsion of Wall Street Journal reporters counterproductive as country grapples with a deadly outbreak.
2020-02-15 - China coronavirus outbreak: All the latest updates | China | Al Jazeera Foreign Ministry criticises countries that have introduced trade and travel restrictions on China.
2020-02-13 - China officials fired as coronavirus deaths surge past 1,300 | China | Al Jazeera Hubei province communist party chief among top officials relieved of their duties as infections nears 60,000.
2020-02-11 - Coronavirus brings China's surveillance state out of the shadows - Reuters - When the man from Hangzhou returned home from a business trip, the local police got in touch. They had tracked his car by his license plate in nearby Wenzhou, which has had a spate of coronavirus cases despite being far from the epicenter of the outbreak. Stay indoors for two weeks, they requested.
Remember the book, 1984? Another case of the China surveillance state
2020-01-28 - Could China's coronavirus outbreak become a global epidemic? | Asia Pacific | Al Jazeera WHO chief 'confident' of Beijing's response as Singapore expert says number of cases abroad better gauge of contagion.
China - Notable People in the Coronavirus Saga
- Xie Linka - Xie Linka, a doctor at the Cancer Center of Wuhan Union Medical College Hospital, posted a WeChat message to an online group of doctors. “Many people have unexplained pneumonia (similar to SARS). Today, our hospital admitted many cases of pneumonia from the Huanan Seafood Market. Everyone should pay attention to wearing masks and ventilation.”
- Li Wenliang
- Liu Wen
- Fang Fang, author of Wuhan Diary: Dispatches from a Quarantined City
- Chen Qiushi
- Xu Zhangrun
- Ma Xiaowei, leader of the National Health Commission.
- Zhao Lijian, (Twitter @zlj517) official spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, deputy director general of the Foreign Ministry information department. Zhao questioned when the first American patient to contract the disease was detected and how many people were infected. “What are the names of the hospitals? It might be U.S. army who brought the epidemic to Wuhan,” he wrote, without offering any evidence.
- Wuhan Institute of Virology
