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Some Helpful Tips From a South African Expat in China Who’s Been Social Distancing For the Past Two Months
Now that most of us are working from home and being encouraged to keep a 2-meter or 6-foot social distance from other people, we're having to learn entirely new routines. While this may be difficult to get used to for those outside of China, countless Chinese and ...
Eager to Resume Trade With China, Kenya Announces New Plan to Disinfect Imports
The Kenyan government announced new measures to ensure that imports from China and other countries will be disinfected to avoid infection from the COVID-19. Although scientists do not believe the virus can survive the duration and temperatures related to container shipping, the government's new strategy appears designed ...
U.S. Conservatives Don’t Like China’s Close Relationship With the World Health Organization
There's growing anger among U.S. conservatives over the World Health Organization's handling of the burgeoning COVID-19 and the international body's close ties with the Chinese government. Additionally, these U.S. critics contend that the WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has the backing of Beijing in part because of his ...
Conservative U.S. Media Outlets Focus Their Ire on China’s Ambassador to South Africa
China's ambassador to South Africa, Lin Songtian, tweeted for the first time just six months ago. If the outspoken envoy planned from the beginning to use his new social media presence to provoke the United States, well, mission accomplished! Ambassador Lin ...
African Governments Now Have to Worry About Becoming Collateral Damage in the Rapidly Escalating U.S.-China Feud Over COVID-19
Just as every African government is now contending with the terrifying prospect of a deadly viral outbreak while scrambling to deal with deteriorating economic conditions at home, policymakers also have to confront the possibility of being dragged into a rapidly escalating dispute between the United States and ...
In the Diplomatic Optics Game, China Shows That it Can Get Things Done to Help Fortify Africa Against COVID-19
Now that the COVID-19 crisis in China is receding, Chinese officials are stepping up their efforts to help other countries in their fight against the deadly virus. Although in many instances the amount of aid, measured in dollars, is far less than what the United States and ...
Chinese Twitter Accounts Aim to Sow Doubt About COVID-19 Origins
One of the hallmarks of the Chinese campaign against the notion that COVID-19 originated from one of Wuhan's live animal food markets is to promote the idea that scientists are investigating the virus' origins. They don't provide any proof or other documentation to ...
Chinese Social Media Accounts in Africa Weigh in on the Escalating Dispute Over COVID-19’s Origins
China's outspoken Ambassador to South Africa, Lin Songtian, is emerging as one of Beijing's leading spokespeople to rebut the well-documented assertion that the COVID-19 outbreak originated at an outdoor food market, known commonly as "wet markets," in Wuhan. The conflict has ...
China’s Ambassador to South Africa Really Seems Like He’s Trolling the United States Government
China's outspoken ambassador to South Africa, Lin Songtian, tweeted an offer for assistance to the United States in their fight against COVID-19, a gesture many in Washington probably view as disingenuous. Ambassador Lin has emerged as one of the most ...
U.S. vs. China in the Battle of Perceptions
Providing global "public goods" in health, security and other areas has long been a responsibility taken on by the United States. Now, though, as the United States struggles to contain the COVID-19 outbreak at home and with its "America First" foreign policy doctrine, Washington is less inclined ...
From Ship to Rail to Air, Kenya’s Trade With China Slowing to a Halt
Chinese port activity increased in March in what many see as the first good news to come out of China's hobbled economy since the COVID-19 outbreak effectively shut down the economy last month. The container throughput at the eight of China's ...
Evacuees From Wuhan Thrilled to Finally be Home But South Africans Divided Over Whether it Was Worth the Risk
At least 114 evacuees, some reports say as many as 122, returned home from Wuhan, China on Saturday when they landed at the Polokwane International Airport in the northern province of Limpopo. They were immediately transported to the Ranch Hotel and Resort where they will be ...