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Zojirushi ties up with China's Galanz to develop home appliances
TOKYO, NNA - Zojirushi Corp., a Japanese maker of cooking and other home appliances, will develop products jointly with Chinese consumer-electronics maker Guangdong Galanz Enterprise Co. to meet diversified needs amid the novel coronavirus pandemic with more people teleworking. The two companies, which have little overlap in their product lineup, sealed a joint development contract last Friday that will enable them to effectively develop and manufacture value-added products, they said the same day in a press release. Zojirushi sees the contract as a foothold for its medium-term management plan...
NNA Business News
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China to US: Taiwan is 'red line that should not be crossed'
China's understanding of its relationship to self-ruled Taiwan, known as the "One China" policy, is a "red line that should not be crossed" by the United States, Beijing's top diplomat said on Sunday. The Chinese government has "no room for compromise or concession" when it comes to Taiwan, which Beijing sees as a breakaway Chinese province, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said during a press conference on the sidelines of the National People's Congress, China's annual parliamentary session. Wang's comments came after the US last year had the highest-level exchanges in decades with Taiwan and sold th...
DPA
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China to US: Taiwan is 'red line that should not be crossed'
China's understanding of its relationship to self-ruled Taiwan, known as the "One China" policy, is a "red line that should not be crossed" by the United States, Beijing's top diplomat said on Sunday. The Chinese government has "no room for compromise or concession" when it comes to Taiwan, which Beijing sees as a breakaway Chinese province, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said during a press conference on the sidelines of the National People's Congress, China's annual parliamentary session. Wang's comments came after the US last year had the highest-level exchanges in decades with Taiwan and sold th...
DPA
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Chinese cyber-espionage unit on US hacking spree: report
San Francisco (AFP) - At least 30,000 US organizations including local governments have been hacked in recent days by an "unusually aggressive" Chinese cyber-espionage campaign, according to a computer security specialist. The campaign has exploited recently discovered flaws in Microsoft Exchange software, stealing email and infecting computer servers with tools that let attackers take control remotely, Brian Krebs said in a post at his cyber security news website. "This is an active threat," White House spokeswoman Jennifer Psaki said when asked about the situation during a press briefing. "E...
AFP
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Remains identified of US Army chaplain lauded by Vatican
Washington (AFP) - The Pentagon announced on Friday that it has identified the remains of a US Army chaplain who died in a prison camp during the Korean War and is being considered for canonization by the Vatican. Captain Emil Kapaun, of Pilsen, Kansas, was captured by Chinese forces near Unsan, North Korea, in November 1950 and held with other American soldiers at a prison on the south bank of the Yalu River. The Pentagon said Kapaun ministered to other prisoners of war while in captivity and died of exhaustion and possible heart failure induced by pleurisy on May 23, 1951. He was 35. The Def...
AFP
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New Chinese-led port project faces backlash from local residents and environmentalists in Peru
Protest against the port in 2019. Photo by Miriam Arce, used with permission. Peruvian civil organizations are warning of the serious impact on human health and the environment that could result from the construction of the Chancay Multipurpose Port Terminal, a project led by Chinese company COSCO and by a Peruvian extractive company, Volcan CompañíaMinera. COSCO aims to make the Chancay port a “key hub of South America and a gateway to the Pacific,” as the port is located 58 kilometers north of Lima, Peru’s political and business capital. Chancay Port authorities stated that the project will ...
Global Voices
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'They want to see us go extinct': Uighurs in Turkey fear China's sway
Ihsan Abdulbasit thought he would never see his wife and 2-year-old daughter again when anti-terrorism police raided his Istanbul apartment in November 2020 and sent him to a deportation centre. After a month, the Binkilic Repatriation Center in Istanbul's Catalca district decided to free Ihsan. He still does not know what exactly the authorities accuse him of. Witnesses and lawyers have told dpa that Turkey has, for months, been rounding up several Uighurs at high-security deportation centres on alleged terrorism charges but without a trial. Rights groups say these people face the risk of dep...
DPA
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“China edged-out by India in vaccine diplomacy”
How does one report a pandemic from ground zero, especially when its a tough place like China? Tariq Hashmat of Health Analytics Asia spoke with Beijing-based media professional Suvam Pal. Amidst the multiple tectonic shifts during this pandemic, the country where SARS-CoV-2 was first reported, seems to have emerged from the ruins relatively unscathed. As a point of comparison, China’s case count (89,943 as on March 4, 2021) is less than a tenth of Netherlands’, a country with nearly a tenth of China’s population. Reporting a pandemic is challenging, even more so when ground zero is China. Ove...
Health Analytics
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Blinken calls China biggest 'test,' vows US strength
Washington (AFP) - Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that the United States was ready to confront China wherever necessary, calling Washington's ties with the Asian power the "biggest geopolitical test" of the century. In his first major speech, Blinken promised that President Joe Biden's administration will prioritize diplomacy over military action and build cooperation with the world on global challenges such as climate change and Covid-19. "We will manage the biggest geopolitical test of the 21st century: our relationship with China," Blinken said at the State Department. He ...
AFP
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Gina Raimondo Confirmed As Secretary Of Commerce
Former Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo (D) was confirmed as the secretary of commerce by the Senate on Tuesday. The final vote on Raimondo’s confirmation was 84 to 15. Hours after the Senate confirmed her, Raimondo stepped down from her role as Rhode Island governor. Governorship was inherited by Rhode Island Lt. Gov. Daniel J. McKee (D), who has already been sworn in as her replacement. As secretary of commerce, Raimondo will play a key part in implementing several of President Joe Biden‘s policies. Raimondo’s department will oversee the expansion of broadband Internet to rural communities, r...
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