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Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 13, 2020
Police warn of scammers claiming Chinese officials seized COVID-19 ‘contraband medicine’
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SINGAPORE: Police on Monday (Apr 13) issued an advisory alerting the public to a scam in which callers pretending to be Ministry of Health (MOH) staff would claim that Chinese officials had seized COVID-19 contraband medicine registered under the victims’ names. Since March, at least five reports of such scams have been made, with victims losing
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 8, 2020
US denies hijacking Chinese medical supplies meant for Brazil
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BRASILIA: The US ambassador to Brazil on Tuesday (Apr 7) denied reports that the US government took over Chinese supplies of medical equipment that were ordered by Brazil to fight the coronavirus pandemic. Brazilian Health Minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta said last week China had ditched some Brazilian equipment orders when the US government sent more than 20 cargo
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 1, 2020
From zero to hero: Italy’s Chinese help beat coronavirus
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FLORENCE: In the storm of infection and death sweeping Italy, one big community stands out to health officials as remarkably unscathed – the 50,000 ethnic Chinese who live in the town of Prato. Two months ago, the country’s Chinese residents were the target of what Amnesty International described as shameful discrimination, the butt of insults
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 30, 2020
COVID-19: Malaysia’s Chinese community urged to observe Qing Ming festival at home amid movement control order
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s Chinese community has been urged by the government, as well as religious and grassroots associations, to observe this year’s Qing Ming festival at home amid an extended movement control order (MCO). In a Facebook post on Sunday (Mar 29), Transport Minister Wee Ka Siong said the Chinese tradition of performing rituals and paying
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 20, 2020
‘Is that it?’: Chinese report into death of doctor who raised COVID-19 alarm underwhelms
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SHANGHAI: A Chinese report into the coronavirus death of a young doctor reprimanded by police for “spreading rumours” when he tried to raise the alarm about the disease drew quick criticism online after it merely suggested the reprimand be withdrawn. The investigative team also denounced the “anti-establishment” labels of “hero” and “awakener” that some had
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 19, 2020
COVID-19 whistleblower doctor punished ‘inappropriately’: Chinese probe
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BEIJING: Police in China’s virus epicentre Wuhan acted “inappropriately” by punishing a doctor who blew the whistle on the outbreak that has now killed more than 9,000 worldwide, a Chinese government investigation found on Thursday (Mar 19). Li Wenliang, one of a group of doctors in Wuhan who shared posts on social media warning of a
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 18, 2020
Chinese students flock home as COVID-19 shuts Western campuses
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BEIJING: Packed onto a plane full of fellow Chinese students heading home from the United States, 20-year-old Harvard University undergraduate Roger Zhang wore goggles to ward off the coronavirus for hours until they became just too uncomfortable. Zhang is among tens of thousands of overseas Chinese students making the journey back to China, where the
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 16, 2020
After fleeing abroad, Chinese football teams rush home again to avoid COVID-19
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SHANGHAI: Most Chinese Super League (CSL) clubs fled abroad when the deadly coronavirus hit the country but they are now rushing back again as it takes hold elsewhere. The national side is still training in Dubai – where many CSL teams also went in recent weeks – but they too are now making hasty arrangements to get
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 13, 2020
Chinese official claims US may have brought COVID-19 to China
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BEIJING: A Chinese official has suggested that the US army may have brought the deadly coronavirus into China, without providing any evidence for his eyebrow-raising claim. Zhao Lijian, a foreign ministry spokesman, made the assertion on Twitter late Thursday (Mar 12), echoing similar conspiracy theories proliferating on Chinese social media that blame the US for
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 13, 2020
Chinese official claims US may have brought virus to China
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BEIJING: A Chinese official has suggested that the US army may have brought the deadly coronavirus into China, without providing any evidence for his eyebrow-raising claim. Zhao Lijian, a foreign ministry spokesman, made the assertion on Twitter late Thursday (Mar 12), echoing similar conspiracy theories proliferating on Chinese social media that blame the US for
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