Wednesday, August 19, 2020

Coronavirus News (212)

 “Woke-Washing” Your Company Won’t Cut It

Airships Are No Longer a Relic of the Past; You Could Ride in One by 2023

Construction of the World’s Biggest Nuclear Fusion Plant Just Started in France

The Global Work Crisis: Automation, the Case Against Jobs, and What to Do About It

BILL GATES CALLED MOST US CORONAVIRUS TESTS “GARBAGE” "THE MAJORITY OF ALL U.S. TESTS ARE COMPLETELY GARBAGE, WASTED."

MACHINE DETECTS COVID-19 IN 90 MINUTES HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE ALREADY ORDERING THOUSANDS.

Does the US-led Five Eyes have wider sights on China? A group of Renmin University international relations specialists says the alliance has become another part of Washington’s efforts to contain Beijing Japan is interested in becoming a ‘sixth eye’ but China should not respond by ramping up tensions, observer says

China, Pakistan push ahead with US$6.8 billion rail project in region disputed with India Beijing also announces the opening of a 118km stretch of the ‘Friendship Highway’ that will run from Islamabad to Kashgar Strengthening of ties comes a year after New Delhi revoked constitutional rights giving Kashmir greater independence

Japan could be on the brink of a second wave. Will Shinzo Abe act?

Forty percent of people with coronavirus infections have no symptoms. Might they be the key to ending the pandemic? New research suggests that some of us may be partially protected due to past encounters with common cold coronaviruses

SCIENTISTS THINK THEY FOUND THE CORONAVIRUS’ WEAK SPOT CRITICAL HIT!

‘No world peace without changing China’: Hong Kong’s Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai calls for American support The media mogul, who was arrested over alleged collusion with foreign forces before being released on bail, sought US support in Hong Kong’s fight for freedoms He also warned Hong Kong people against radicalism and urged them to steel themselves for a long fight to resist the encroachment on the city’s autonomy

Taiwan unveils record defence budget as Beijing stands firm on claim to island Tsai Ing-wen says Taipei will seek a ‘constructive security relationship’ with the US and strengthen its military Mainland military stages drills in Taiwan Strait in ‘warning to independence supporters’

US ‘follows China’s path’ in Africa by funding Mozambique liquefied natural gas project Exim Bank approves US$4.7 billion loan, the US’ largest ever to an African country, but American lending to the continent trails that of China The loan mirrors Chinese investments in Africa in the 2000s, aimed at gaining access to energy resources

Advice from a woman who survived covid-19, the 1918 flu — and cancer

Fauci amplifies Birx’s warning about ‘new phase’ of coronavirus spread in U.S.

Donald Trump says TikTok will be ‘out of business’ in US unless sold by September 15 In addition to Microsoft, at least two other interested buyers in the tech industry are in talks with ByteDance to acquire the video-sharing app, source says Trump also says the US should get money from the sale, though he did not say how that would be accomplished

Coronavirus: China positions itself for ‘vaccine diplomacy’ push to fight Covid-19 Beijing is offering loans and priority access to developing countries for vaccinations as they move to large-scale trials As richer nations scramble for early doses manufacturing constraints likely to cause shortages for years

China is home to four of the world’s five largest unicorns, led by Alibaba’s Ant Group Ant Group, the digital financial services arm of Alibaba, had a US$150 billion valuation to top the rankings of this year’s Hurun Global Unicorn Index The total value of all known unicorns in the world is US$1.9 trillion, equivalent to the GDP of Italy

Shenzhen should be elevated to same administrative status as Beijing, academics say Hong Kong’s neighbour and other cities should become centrally administered municipalities, updating regional structure drawn up in 1960s, article argues Change would bring greater resources and clout – but the proposal, floated before, is not official policy

China’s migrant workers facing end of an era as the world’s factory winds down amid coronavirus, US-China trade war China’s 290 million migrant workers have been the hardest hit by the coronavirus having already been under pressure from the US-China trade war One worker, Rao Dequn, has worked for 25 years in Chinese factories making goods for overseas markets, but will lose her job in less than a month

Dongguan Dingyi Shoes Company is set to close at the start of September. Photo: Huifeng He

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