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China has officially reported its first human case of H10N3 bird flu. On Tuesday, the National Health Commission (NHC) confirmed a 41-year-old man in China’s eastern province of Jiangsu as the first case of infection of the H10N3 strain of bird flu, Reuters reports. The man lives in Zhenjiang, and …

China is firing back at President Joe Biden for his renewed probe into the origins of COVID-19. On Thursday, China dismissed the speculation that the virus was created and leaked from a laboratory in Wuhan. Chinese officials accused the United States of politicizing the devastating pandemic. China also claimed that …

President Joe Biden is ordering more intel investigation into the origin of COVID-19. On Wednesday, Biden ordered U.S. intelligence officials to strengthen their efforts to investigate where the virus originated, including any possibility that COVID-19 may have been manufactured inside a Chinese laboratory. The Biden administration is joining worldwide scrutiny …

The price of Bitcoin continued to plummet after China cracked down on cryptocurrencies. On Wednesday, the price fell below $34,000 (£24,030) for the first time in three months. The drop occurred after Beijing banned banks and payment firms from providing crypto-currency transactions. This fall follows the Bitcoin plunge of more …

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Right-wing alleged terrorist group Proud Boys has reportedly received an immense amount of support from some the Chinese diaspora who don’t support Antifa, and the Black Lives Matter movement. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The New York Post and USA Today reports that more than 80 percent of the donations given to the Proud Boys came from people with …

In what is thought to be one of Hong Kong’s largest phone scams, a 90-year-old woman was defrauded of $32.8 million dollars. The scam started in August 2020, when the unnamed nonagenarian got a phone call from people posing as Chinese officials. According to reports, the scammers informed the woman …

Chinese regulators slapped online retailer Alibaba with an 18.2 billion yuan ($2.8 billion) fine for behaving like a monopoly.  An antitrust investigation was launched in December into Alibaba’s “exclusive dealing agreements.” The agreements kept merchants from selling products on other e-commerce platforms, a practice known as “choosing one from two,” according to …

President Joe Biden is expediting the eligibility date for the COVID-19 vaccine. The President announced on Tuesday that the vaccine would be available to all adults on April 19. “Let me be deadly earnest with you: We aren’t at the finish line. We still have a lot of work to do. …

A Texas congressional candidate is catching heat after saying she does not want Chinese immigrants in the United States. According to Yahoo! News, a former employee of Donald Trump‘s administration and Texas congressional candidate Sery Kim faces backlash after she made racist remarks about the Chinese community coming into the …

H&M stores have been removed from Apple Maps for human rights violations in China. Burberry’s signature plaid design was removed from a video game in China. According to Reuters, Zhou Dongyu, an ambassador for the brand, terminated her contract after the luxury brand failed to state its stance on cotton …

A surrogate mother is stuck caring for the child she carried nearly a year after giving birth due to COVID-19 travel restrictions. Emily Chrislip of Idaho served as a surrogate mother for a couple from China. The original plan was for the couple to travel to Boise on May 18th, …

McDonald’s China is always introducing bizarre foods. If you’re into messy burgers, you will love their new menu addition — the Big Meatball Burger. McDonald’s China’s new Big Meatball Burger features meatballs drenched in tomato meat sauce, cheese, lettuce,  mayonnaise, with a sesame seed bun. The burger is available at …

China wants to create masculinity courses for boys in response to changing gender roles. In January, China’s Education Ministry published plans to “cultivate masculinity” in boys from kindergarten through high school. The initiative involves hiring and training more gym teachers, testing students more comprehensively in physical education, making health education …

The World Health Organization says it is unlikely that the coronavirus originated inside a Chinese laboratory. The announcement came on Tuesday following the WHO investigation into where the virus initially came from. Scientists have been working the past four weeks in the county where the first case was found, Wuhan, …

In China, authorities have begun carrying out COVID-19 anal swab exams, which they claim would help identify cases in people at high risk. Bloomberg notes that CCTV, the state-run station, said that anal swabs are being used for high-risk cases for now because they can identify the virus more effectively …

Apple is working on two foldable phone concepts. According to Economic Daily News, the phones have passed tests at the Foxconn factory, the world’s largest electronics provider. One of the phones is described as a vertical-folding phone and the other as a dual-screen phone connected by a hinge. It is …

China’s first COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by state-owned Sinopharm has earned market approval from China’s medical products agency. The conglomerate claims its vaccine has an efficacy rate of 79%, surpassing the generally recognized 50% efficacy standard. The approval is conditional and requires that Sinopharm continue to collect vaccine data and its …

China has decided to lower the age of criminal responsibility for some serious crimes. An Amended law has reduced the age from 14 to 12. The plan is to reduce juvenile crime committed by children, ABC News reports. Children between the ages of 12-14 will be held criminally liable for …

The law finally caught up with a Chinese woman who allegedly murdered seven people and spent 20 years on the run. On Monday, 46-year-old Lao Rongzhi expressed remorse during her court appearance at the Nanchang Intermediate People’s Court in Jiangxi. Though she apologized to the victims’ families, she expressed that …

China’s “bat woman” is using her research to try to prove coronavirus did not come from a lab – her lab, specifically.  Shi Zhengli, deputy director of the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), told the BBC that she is open to “any kind of visit” that would rule out any concern …