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Trump sued for calling Covid-19 'China virus'
The complaint, filed in a federal court in New York on Thursday by the Chinese Americans Civil Rights Coalition (CACRC), alleged that Trump's use of that phrase and other similar racist slurs is baseless, since the origin of the coronavirus is not yet determined, and that the former President's conduct harmed the community, reorts Xinhua news agency. Trump's "extreme and outrageous conduct was carried out throughout the pandemic with reckless disregard of whether such conduct would cause Chinese Americans to suffer emotional distress", stated the suit.
Lab escape from Wuhan can explain coronavirus more easily
Writing in the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, Wade said, "For the lab escape scenario, a Wuhan origin for the virus is a no-brainer. Wuhan is home to China's leading center of coronavirus research where, as noted above, researchers were genetically engineering bat coronaviruses to attack human cells. They were doing so under the minimal safety conditions of a BSL2 lab. If a virus with the unexpected infectiousness of SARS2 had been generated there, its escape would be no surprise".
Chinese mainland reports 24 new imported Covid cases
All the cases of Covid in China, that were reported on Thursday were imported, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Friday. Of the cases, 11 were reported in Fujian, nine in Shanghai, and one each in Henan, Hunan, Guangdong and Sichuan, Xinhua reported citing the health commission.
China's bid for Indo-Pacific foothold backfires in Samoa
Samoa's new prime minister, Fiame Naomi Mataafa, whose election was upheld by the country's Supreme Court has told Reuters news agency that she intended to shelve a $100 million Beijing-backed port development project.
Xi, Putin witness launch of joint nuke energy project
Xi arrived at the main venue of the Great Hall of the People at around 5 p.m. on Wednesday and waved to Putin, who had joined in from the main venue of the Kremlin, reports Xinhua news agency. He Lifeng, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and head of the National Development and Reform Commission, co-chaired the ceremony with Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak.
Nancy Pelosi calls for 'diplomatic boycott' of China's 2022 Olympics over 'genocide' of Uyghur Muslims
At a joint hearing of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission and the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, Pelosi urged heads of states and global leaders to boycott Beijing’s 2022 Olympic as a protest against the alleged ‘genocide’ of Uyghurs in Northwest China.
China enjoys sweet spot in global trade, calls US confused
Consider this: Even as the war of words between the two countries continued under the newly elected Biden administration, as a legacy from the Trump era, China's trade with the US went up 61.3 per cent with $165 billion in the first quarter of this year. Among all of China's trading partners, this is the highest growth rate, as per China's official data.
6 dead, 218 injured after tornado hits Wuhan
The tornado, packing winds of 23.9 metres per second, ripped through the Caidian District at 8.39 p.m. Friday, toppling some construction site sheds and snapping a large number of trees, reports Xinhua news agency. According to an initial investigation by local authorities on Saturday morning, houses of 27 households have collapsed, and those of 130 households were damaged.
Should China's top researchers face sanctions on suspicion of developing bioweapons?
The daily brought into global spotlight the existence of a Chinese military paper that discusses the potential of bioweapons based on SARS coronaviruses. Covid-19 is also a mutant of SARS coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2. The findings by the Australian have reopened the debate about the origins of Covid-19, driving holes in the theory that a wet market in Wuhan.
China's warning to Bangladesh's Hasina not to join QUAD may backfire
"Bilateral relations with Bangladesh would be substantially damaged if it joins hand with [Quad] initiatives," Radio Free Asia quoted Chinese Ambassador in Bangladesh Li Jiming as saying. Last month, Chinese Defence Minister Gen. Wei Fenghe who called on Bangladesh President Mohammad Abdul Hamid had insisted that the two countries should join hands to form a military alliance in South Asia.
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