Someone who is infected with the Wuhan coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, researchers say.At least 213 individuals with the virus are now validated to have passed away and more than 9,800 have actually been contaminated in a minimum of 21 countries and regions.>>>
CHANGSHA, CHINA (REUTERS) – Walking through the drizzle outside the railway station in the city of Changsha on Chinese New Year, local residents said it was only a matter of time before they became part of a lockdown aimed at containing China’s most lethal new contagious disease since 2003. Changsha,>>>
SHANGHAI (AFP) – The food market where China’s deadly virus surfaced was a smorgasbord of exotic wildlife ranging from wolf pups to species linked to previous pandemics such as civets, according to vendor information and a Chinese media report. The Huanan Seafood Market in the central city of Wuhan came>>>
Scores of Americans are in an uproar since Food Safety News revealed the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will soon allow U.S. chickens to be sent to China for processing before being shipped back to the states for human consumption. Bureau of Labor Statistics data estimates that American>>>
BEIJING (NYTIMES) – For days, Li Bin had what felt like a cold, with a high fever of between 102 and 105, and he could not understand why he wasn’t getting better. After four days, he went to a hospital, and a doctor told him he had a form>>>
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s Hyundai Motor (005380.KS) and affiliate Kia Motors (000270.KS) turned in their lowest sales in seven years in 2019 as business in China slumped, missing their target for a fifth straight time, but forecast better numbers for 2020. Chung Eui-sun, executive vice-chairman of Hyundai Motor Co,>>>
China has its last significant hurdle to spaceflight. The Chinese have successfully launched their much-anticipated Long March V heavy-lift rocket. China can now place the modules to construct the Tianhe-1 space station (meant to rival the International Space Station) in orbit and, more importantly, Beijing can attempt its first interplanetary mission to>>>
China launched a Long March 5 rocket from the island province of Hainan on Friday, a key step in its ambitions to reach Mars and cement its place as a major power in space exploration. The country’s largest carrier rocket, with a diameter of 5 meters (16 feet), blasted off>>>
SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) – An art exhibit exploring the impact of facial acknowledgment innovation has opened in China, providing a rare public area for reflection on progressively prevalent monitoring by tech companies and the federal government. Hosted jointly by the southern mainland city of Shenzhen and its next-door neighbor Hong>>>
Exclusive: Malware broker behind U.S. hacks is now teaching computer skills in China – Reuters Yu Pingan, who invested 18 months in a San Diego federal detention center, had pleaded guilty to conspiracy to dedicate computer system hacking. Yu specializes in computer network security and shows, according to court records.>>>