Hong Kong holiday camps become quarantine zones as virus fears spike
Hong Kong has turned two holiday camps, including a former military barracks, into quarantine zones for people who may have come into contact with carriers of the Wuhan virus, officials announced Thursday. The international financial hub has been on high alert for the virus, which ...
China shuts down three cities home to more than 18 million in bid to contain deadly virus
Normally bustling streets, shopping malls, restaurants and other public spaces in Wuhan were eerily quiet.
Olympic soccer qualifiers in China moved to Nanjing due to outbreak of deadly virus
A four-nation Asian qualifying group for the women's Olympic soccer tournament on Wednesday was switched from Wuhan, China, to Nanjing due to the outbreak of a deadly viral illness. The decisions followed Chinese health authorities telling people in Wuhan to avoid crowds and public gatherings. The ...
China failed to meet U.N. deadline for repatriating North Koreans, U.S. says
China failed to send home North Korean workers by a December deadline in violation of United Nations sanctions, a senior U.S. official said Wednesday, adding that this was why Washington had blacklisted two entities involved in Pyongyang's labor exports. A 2017 U.N. Security Council resolution, ...
Japan logs trade deficit for second year amid weak demand from China
Across Asia, Japan netted a surplus of ¥3.93 trillion, but its black ink shrank for a second year.
Japanese professor submits petition seeking return of missing Chinese colleague
A group led by a Japanese professor on Thursday submitted a petition to the Chinese Consulate General in Sapporo, asking it to help secure the return of a prominent Chinese scholar whose whereabouts have been unknown for more than six months. Yuan Keqin, a professor ...
In Wuhan, the central Chinese city that's ground zero of the deadly new virus spreading through the country, a sense of fear is rapidly taking hold. On Thursday morning, the city's some 11 million residents woke to learn it's now on lockdown, with public transport ...
Olympic women's soccer qualifiers moved out of Chinese city due to coronavirus concerns
Women's soccer qualifiers for the Tokyo Olympic Games will be moved from the Chinese city at the center of a virus outbreak to another location in the country, the Asian Football Confederation said Wednesday. Wuhan was supposed to host China, Taiwan, Thailand and Australia for ...
As deadly virus reminds the world of SARS, China seeks to stop scare from becoming political crisis
A deadly new virus reminiscent of one of China's biggest public health debacles has the country's leaders rushing to keep another outbreak from becoming a political crisis. After three weeks of revelations about a mysterious strain of coronavirus first detected in central China, President Xi ...
The death toll from a new flu-like coronavirus in China rose to nine on Wednesday with 440 confirmed cases, Chinese health officials said as authorities stepped up efforts to control the outbreak by discouraging public gatherings in Hubei province. As China vowed to tighten containment ...
Taiwan, excluded from WHO, calls on China to share 'correct' virus information
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen called on China on Wednesday to share "correct" information about a new coronavirus and for the World Health Organization (WHO) not to exclude Taiwan from collaboration on the outbreak for political reasons. Authorities have confirmed more than 400 cases of the ...
Firms in Japan struggle to prepare for coronavirus as Chinese New Year holiday looms
As Japan readies to welcome a rush of Chinese visitors during the Lunar New Year holidays, hotels and other commercial facilities consider measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
