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China today has sent two coast guard vessels into Japan’s territorial waters amid rising tensions between the two countries over the disputed islands in the East China Sea. The Chinese ships, including one equipped with what appeared to be an cannon, intruded into the waters near the Japan-administered Senkaku Islands on Tuesday morning, reported Japanese media. … Read more
China today has sent two coast guard vessels to Japan’s territorial waters amid rising tensions between the two countries over the disputed islands in the East China Sea. The Chinese ships, including one equipped with what appeared to be an autocannon, intruded into the contiguous zone near the Japan-administered Senkaku Islands on Tuesday morning, reported … Read more
Burberry repays Bank of England loan after a sales bounce-back in China By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 14 February 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 14 February 2021 Boost: Burberry’s online sales in China grew by a ‘triple digit’ percentage in the third quarter Burberry has repaid its Bank of England loan … Read more
David Beckham has shared a video speaking Mandarin – China’s official language, to mark the start of Lunar New Year. The former footballer, 45, posted the video on his Instagram for his 65.3million followers on Friday. He donned a red jumper to mark the occasion as he shot a goal into the net at the … Read more
Today is Chinese New Year and those celebrating will welcome in the Year of the Ox, which symbolises strength and determination. These traits wouldn’t go amiss after events of the last 12 months which has seen the coronavirus pandemic engulf the world. But China, despite being the likely origin of the deadly virus, has been … Read more
Cambridge University ‘received “generous gift” from Chinese software giant with links to country’s spy agency’ to fund engineering fellowship Cambridge University has followed Oxford in being linked with China’s Tencent Software firm with links to China’s communist regime gave ‘gift’ to the university The ‘generous gift’ helped Cambridge to fund research into quantum computers By … Read more
More than 80 ‘high risk’ Chinese academics at Oxford are working in sensitive fields with potential military applications, think-tank claims More than 80 ‘high risk’ Chinese students in sensitive fields at Oxford last year 669 Chinese nationals who attended army-linked universities now work in UK The students pursue subjects that have potential military applications Now … Read more
The pandemic didn’t begin in a Chinese laboratory. Nor did it start in Wuhan. Nor indeed, in all probability, did it start in China at all. If the Chinese were hoping to be exonerated from blame over the origins of the coronavirus that has caused nearly 2.5 million deaths worldwide, they could not have wished … Read more
A Japanese submarine crashed into a Chinese tanker while it was surfacing after the crew failed to spot the giant ship through their periscope, officials have said. The crew of the Japanese navy’s 275-foot vessel then had to report the incident by mobile phone because the submarine’s radio was destroyed in the crash. Three of … Read more
Chinese noblemen were using cosmetics made from animal fat and cave ‘milk’ on their faces some 2,700 years ago, a study has reported. Experts from the Chinese Academy of Sciences excavated a nobleman’s tomb — filled with assorted grave goods — at the Liujiawa site in northern China. During the so-called ‘Spring and Autumn’ period (771–476 … Read more