Although the US government has been coercing global scientists lately and pushing forward the lab leak hypothesis as its intelligence community-led 90-day origins probe deadline looms, more scientists spoke out in rejecting the conspiracy without yielding to mounting political pressure and continuing on their scientific path. The latest...More

While the team of 13 WHO experts are halfway through their highly anticipated field visits to Wuhan, capital of Central China's Hubei Province, a number of predominant Chinese epidemiologists - including those close to the National Health Commission and Chinese CDC, jointly called for similar field studies on...More

WHO's admission that Wuhan may not be the origin of COVID-19 may put to rest conspiracy theories that have put the central Chinese city and China in a bad light over the virus' origin, Chinese epidemiologists said. They urged for more research on transmission channels and virus host...More

China on Tuesday marked a milestone in its efforts to recover from the coronavirus pandemic, as over 100 million tourists flocked to popular attraction sites across the country during the just-concluded May Day holiday and spent billions of dollars, all while averting a much-feared resurgence of COVID-19 cases....More

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo proclaimed that "enormous evidence" shows the COVID-19 outbreak began in a laboratory in Wuhan, raising doubts immediately with his claim as it breaks with common recognition of global scientists. The World Health Organization said there were some 15,000 full genome sequences of...More

As many in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei Province, are gradually returning to work after a lockdown due to the novel coronavirus epidemic, some are facing quite a predicament: They have no jobs to return to. That was on vivid display Monday, as job seekers in the city, undeterred...More

After 76 days in strict lockdown, Wuhan in Central China's Hubei Province, which was the first to bear the brunt of what has become a global pandemic, reopened to the outside world on Wednesday morning. While much work remains to be done to restart the economy and prevent...More

After serving 65 days in the frontline Wuhan, the Beijing medical support team returned, on Tuesday, after accomplishing their mission. Besides, 7,000 other medical workers will also depart from Wuhan for their respective hometowns on Tuesday. This is the largest retraction since the withdrawal of medical support teams...More

Beijing. Medical Teams from Hainan, Jiangsu, Tianjin, Sichuan and Xinjiang wave goodbye on Tuesday before their departure from Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in Central China's Hubei. As the epidemic situation has eased, medical assistance teams in Hubei will leave in batches from March 17. [caption id="attachment_62607"...More

Beijing. Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Wuhan, the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak in the country, on Tuesday for inspecting the epidemic prevention and control work in Central China's Hubei Province and its capital city Wuhan, sending a strong signal to the entire country and the world...More

The inspection tour by Chinese President Xi Jinping to Wuhan, Central China's Hubei Province, has greatly inspired Chinese society. People interpret the visit in their own simple way, and optimism has blended with the atmosphere of spring. The Chinese stock market, contrary to European and US stock markets,...More

With the novel coronavirus outbreak continuing to spread across China and the world, and the number of confirmed cases growing, the world is watching how China handles this public health emergency. This is a chance for China to fairly evaluate itself and the world. After the outbreak, some...More

Since May 2014, when India Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power, there have been 10 meetings between PM Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping. However, the crucial meetings are the two informal summits between the two leaders that set a new tone to the bilateral relationship. The...More

As China spares no effort to combat the outbreak of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), some Western media outlets have launched a fresh round of criticism of China's governance model in dealing with the spread of the pneumonia. The New York Times in late January published an article titled "Coronavirus...More

The city of Wuhan, Central China's Hubei Province, has announced that outbound channels at Wuhan's train stations and airports would be closed starting from 10 am Thursday, and bus, subway and ferry services would also be shut down. The notice also requires that local residents should not leave...More