This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years oldLawmakers from EU parliament and eight other countries create new bodyLast modified on Fri 2 Apr 2021 10.46 EDTInternational cooperation is needed to protect democratic values from an increasingly assertive communist , a new group made up of lawmakers from eight countries and the EU parliament has said.The legislators, representing parties across the political spectrum, have formed a global alliance, the , to push their governments to take a stronger stance on relations with the country.In Britain, the group will...…This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years oldLawmakers from EU parliament and eight other countries create new bodyLast modified on Fri 2 Apr 2021 10.46 EDTInternational cooperation is needed to protect democratic values from an increasingly assertive communist , a new group made up of lawmakers from eight countries and the EU parliament has said.The legislators, representing parties across the political spectrum, have formed a global alliance, the , to push their governments to take a stronger stance on relations with the country.In Britain, the group will...WW…

This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years oldSisi’s initiative includes peace talks in Geneva and is backed by rebel general Khalifa HaftarLast modified on Mon 8 Jun 2020 04.58 EDTEgypt’s president has announced an initiative to end nearly a decade of civil war in Libya, backed by the main commander in the oil-rich country’s east, whose siege of the capital, Tripoli collapsed this week.President said a ceasefire will start on Monday and is meant to pave the way for elections. He called for peace talks in Geneva and the exit of all foreign fighters from...…This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years oldSisi’s initiative includes peace talks in Geneva and is backed by rebel general Khalifa HaftarLast modified on Mon 8 Jun 2020 04.58 EDTEgypt’s president has announced an initiative to end nearly a decade of civil war in Libya, backed by the main commander in the oil-rich country’s east, whose siege of the capital, Tripoli collapsed this week.President said a ceasefire will start on Monday and is meant to pave the way for elections. He called for peace talks in Geneva and the exit of all foreign fighters from...WW…

This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years old‘Serious representations’ made after worries offer could trigger brain drain from regionLast modified on Wed 3 Jun 2020 15.20 EDTChina’s foreign ministry has accused Britain of “gross interference” in the country’s affairs after Boris Johnson said he would offer millions of Hong Kong residents if Beijing pushed ahead with a controversial security law for the city.The ministry’s spokesman Zhao Lijian told Britain to “step back … otherwise there will be consequences” and said had made “serious representations”...…This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years old‘Serious representations’ made after worries offer could trigger brain drain from regionLast modified on Wed 3 Jun 2020 15.20 EDTChina’s foreign ministry has accused Britain of “gross interference” in the country’s affairs after Boris Johnson said he would offer millions of Hong Kong residents if Beijing pushed ahead with a controversial security law for the city.The ministry’s spokesman Zhao Lijian told Britain to “step back … otherwise there will be consequences” and said had made “serious representations”...WW…

To stay coronavirus free, countries face unsustainable social and economic lossesFirst published on Tue 16 Jun 2020 14.22 EDTBeijing and had both declared themselves Covid-19-free by mid-June, life returning to an enviable normality of schools and shops, work and human contact. It didn’t last long.Last week, parts of the Chinese capital went back on a after a cluster of cases emerged linked to the city’s biggest wholesale food market. Movement restrictions are back and residents have already been Schools are closed.In New Zealand, two women who had flown in from Britain to see a dying...…To stay coronavirus free, countries face unsustainable social and economic lossesFirst published on Tue 16 Jun 2020 14.22 EDTBeijing and had both declared themselves Covid-19-free by mid-June, life returning to an enviable normality of schools and shops, work and human contact. It didn’t last long.Last week, parts of the Chinese capital went back on a after a cluster of cases emerged linked to the city’s biggest wholesale food market. Movement restrictions are back and residents have already been Schools are closed.In New Zealand, two women who had flown in from Britain to see a dying...WW…

This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years oldThe brutal ambush in the Himalayas is the latest aggressive move from Beijing by a nation battling crises on several fronts Last modified on Tue 23 Jun 2020 12.30 EDTThe for an Indian patrol was medieval. In the high-altitude Himalayan no man’s land claimed by both countries, their forces have agreed not to carry guns, to diminish the chance of the long-running territorial dispute flaring into open war.So the People’s Liberation Army had dammed up mountain streams, which they unblocked as the Indian troops approached....…This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years oldThe brutal ambush in the Himalayas is the latest aggressive move from Beijing by a nation battling crises on several fronts Last modified on Tue 23 Jun 2020 12.30 EDTThe for an Indian patrol was medieval. In the high-altitude Himalayan no man’s land claimed by both countries, their forces have agreed not to carry guns, to diminish the chance of the long-running territorial dispute flaring into open war.So the People’s Liberation Army had dammed up mountain streams, which they unblocked as the Indian troops approached....WW…

This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years oldDissidents urge united stand against Chinese and look to eastern bloc tactics for inspirationSun 2 Aug 2020 03.01 EDTProminent democracy activists have responded to China’s crackdown on opposition politicians, student campaigners and tenured academics by considering tactics that would have seemed exaggerated in the open city a few months ago.The student leader Nathan Law, who was placed on a just weeks after flying into exile in the UK, said he would cut off all contact with relatives living in his home city, in an...…This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years oldDissidents urge united stand against Chinese and look to eastern bloc tactics for inspirationSun 2 Aug 2020 03.01 EDTProminent democracy activists have responded to China’s crackdown on opposition politicians, student campaigners and tenured academics by considering tactics that would have seemed exaggerated in the open city a few months ago.The student leader Nathan Law, who was placed on a just weeks after flying into exile in the UK, said he would cut off all contact with relatives living in his home city, in an...WW…

This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldBurberry and H&M among brands targeted over stance on region at centre of Uighur abuses allegationsFirst published on Fri 26 Mar 2021 02.27 EDT Chinese celebrities and politicians are racing to distance themselves from western brands as Beijing steps up a campaign to penalise those making , including fashion companies that boycott the region’s cotton.Burberry was one high-profile target, as the award-winning actor Zhou Dongyu ended her “brand ambassador” role, the company’s hallmark tartan was scrubbed from a...…This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldBurberry and H&M among brands targeted over stance on region at centre of Uighur abuses allegationsFirst published on Fri 26 Mar 2021 02.27 EDT Chinese celebrities and politicians are racing to distance themselves from western brands as Beijing steps up a campaign to penalise those making , including fashion companies that boycott the region’s cotton.Burberry was one high-profile target, as the award-winning actor Zhou Dongyu ended her “brand ambassador” role, the company’s hallmark tartan was scrubbed from a...WW…

This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldMission is politically charged as China seeks to avoid blame for alleged missteps in outbreak responseFirst published on Thu 28 Jan 2021 02.57 ESTAn international team of experts has emerged from quarantine in the Chinese city of Wuhan, to begin much-delayed fieldwork into the origins of the Sars-CoV-2 virus that caused the Covid-19 pandemic.The fact-finding has been beset by controversy after the WHO accused China of over arrangements. The team arrived more than a year after doctors in the city first raised the alarm...…This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldMission is politically charged as China seeks to avoid blame for alleged missteps in outbreak responseFirst published on Thu 28 Jan 2021 02.57 ESTAn international team of experts has emerged from quarantine in the Chinese city of Wuhan, to begin much-delayed fieldwork into the origins of the Sars-CoV-2 virus that caused the Covid-19 pandemic.The fact-finding has been beset by controversy after the WHO accused China of over arrangements. The team arrived more than a year after doctors in the city first raised the alarm...WW…

This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldAuthorities thank public for helping to reach milestone as cases surge in many countriesFirst published on Thu 29 Oct 2020 05.24 EDTTaiwan has reached a record 200 days without any domestically transmitted cases of Covid-19, underlining its success in keeping the virus under control as cases rise across much of the world.Taiwanese authorities acted early to halt the spread of the disease, brought in strict control measures, including two weeks of quarantine for anyone flying into the island, and poured resources into...…This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldAuthorities thank public for helping to reach milestone as cases surge in many countriesFirst published on Thu 29 Oct 2020 05.24 EDTTaiwan has reached a record 200 days without any domestically transmitted cases of Covid-19, underlining its success in keeping the virus under control as cases rise across much of the world.Taiwanese authorities acted early to halt the spread of the disease, brought in strict control measures, including two weeks of quarantine for anyone flying into the island, and poured resources into...WW…

This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years oldDozens of domestically transmitted cases at city’s largest wholesale food market prompt moveLast modified on Wed 1 Jul 2020 12.18 EDTParts of Beijing have reimposed lockdown measures after a cluster of locally transmitted coronavirus cases emerged nearly two months after the Chinese capital appeared to have stamped out the virus.The outbreak, linked to a major wholesale food market, raised serious questions about the challenges of keeping the disease at bay, even in countries such as where authoritarian rule allows...…This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years oldDozens of domestically transmitted cases at city’s largest wholesale food market prompt moveLast modified on Wed 1 Jul 2020 12.18 EDTParts of Beijing have reimposed lockdown measures after a cluster of locally transmitted coronavirus cases emerged nearly two months after the Chinese capital appeared to have stamped out the virus.The outbreak, linked to a major wholesale food market, raised serious questions about the challenges of keeping the disease at bay, even in countries such as where authoritarian rule allows...WW…