Tag: China
Coronavirus declared global health emergency by WHO
The new coronavirus has been declared a global emergency by the World Health Organization, as the outbreak continues to spread outside China. "The main reason...
CDC tells travelers to avoid China in expanded travel warning as...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is telling Americans to avoid all non-essential travel to China, expanding its travel warning from the city of Wuhan to...
Nine jailed in landmark joint US – China fentanyl smuggling investigation
Nine people have been jailed in China for smuggling fentanyl into the US, after a landmark joint investigation by American and Chinese officers. In August,...
Divided in Vancouver: Duelling Hong Kong protests
Pro-Hong Kong and pro-Beijing protesters faced off against each other for the second day in a row in Vancouver, a sign of tensions in...
Hong Kong police fire tear gas, rubber bullets in clash over...
HONG KONG - Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at demonstrators hurling rocks in a rural Hong Kong town on Saturday as several...
Former PM’s involvement in China dispute not helpful, but predictable
Former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien made headlines this week when he suggested Canada should ease tensions with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) by...
Fugitive linked to B.C. men charged in China and Thailand
Two B.C. men now in prisons in China and Thailand on serious drug charges were allegedly working for an international fugitive wanted in both...
Canadian Robert Schellenberg sentenced to death in China for drug smuggling
A Chinese court has sentenced a Canadian man to death on accusations of drug trafficking, a move that could escalate tensions between the nations...
China’s detention of 2 Canadians ‘unacceptable’: US Secretary of State
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday that China should free two Canadian citizens who were detained this week after authorities in...
China confirms detention of two Canadians
Two Canadian men have been detained in China on suspicion of "endangering national security," China's Foreign Ministry said Thursday. Spokesperson Lu Kang confirmed that entrepreneur Michael Spavor...
