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Tianjin began providing novel coronavirus vaccines on Thursday for foreigners aged 18 and above in the city.     The appointments for voluntary vaccination are open to foreigners who work, study or live in Tianjin. Inactivated vaccines will be used, and two doses are required within two to four weeks. The vaccine may vary according to market supply, the authorities said.   Those who have joined Chinas social medical insurance can get the vaccination free of charge by presenting an insurance ...

  Senior diplomats of China and its Southeast Asian neighbors are engaged in a slew of intensive talks, and fresh consensuses and outcomes are being reached regarding their joint fight against COVID-19, keeping their economies afloat and ensuring there is no interference in other nations internal affairs.   State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi is in eastern Chinas Fujian province hosting visiting foreign ministers of Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines for a series of o...

In public, the advocates of neo-interventionism pretend to be noble; in private, they are anything but. They effuse improving human rights, yet have produced a string of human rights disasters in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria and several other places across the world.   Driven by neo-interventionism and under the pretense of promoting so-called human rights and democracy, the United States and its Western allies have created in Syria one of the worlds largest humanitarian tragedies.   Since...

Chinese President Xi Jinping said Tuesday that China stands ready to work with Trinidad and Tobago to lift their comprehensive cooperative partnership to new levels.   In a telephone conversation with Prime Minister Keith Rowley of Trinidad and Tobago, Xi added that China is willing to make joint efforts with the Caribbean country to deepen their traditional friendship, consolidate cooperation in such traditional areas as energy, telecommunications and infrastructure, and actively explore coll...

China supports early COVID-19 vaccination for UN peacekeepers and will work with the UN Secretariat to make vaccines donated by China available to the UN peacekeepers at an early date, a foreign ministry spokesperson said here Tuesday.   Spokesperson Zhao Lijians remarks came after Chinas permanent representative to the United Nations Zhang Jun on Monday notified UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres of Chinas intention to donate 300,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines to UN peacekeepers, with prio...

A new report showed that women reported hate incidents 2.3 times more than men while Chinese are the largest ethnic group (42.2 percent) that report experiencing hate, followed by Koreans (14.8 percent) and Vietnamese (8.5 percent).   Asian Americans in the United States reported nearly 3,800 hate-related incidents in less than a year during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report released Tuesday by a coalition of Asian American groups.   The report was issued by the Stop Asian American...

Chinas national observatory on Tuesday renewed a blue alert for sandstorms in the northern, central and eastern parts of the country.   The warning was downgraded from the yellow alert issued on Monday, when sandstorms blew across the northern parts of the country.   "The sandstorm weather was the most intense in a decade," said Zhang Bihui, an official with the China Meteorological Administration.   The dust originated from Mongolia and traveled southward with a cyclone, hitting most parts ...

-- As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread across Europe and vaccination campaigns remain underway, the idea of issuing a vaccine passport has been under consideration among EU countries, and with differing views.   -- With yet no end in sight for the pandemic, European countries heavily dependent on tourism and services are eager to ease travel restrictions so as to sustain their struggling economies.   -- Some EU countries like Germany, France and Belgium are worried about the feasibil...

  Citizens are expressing satisfaction on social media, leaving positive reviews about the successful administration of China-made Sinopharm vaccine across Pakistan.   Following earlier reports of vaccination among the public and the healthcare workers, there has been recent increase in positive responses with more citizens queuing up outside the vaccination centers to get the jab.     Zoraiz Riaz, founder of “Corona recovered warriors”, the largest online social media group on Covid-19...

  Recently, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Dr. Sania Nishtar expressed her satisfaction over successful efforts of the government to help the poor cope with Covid-19 difficulties. The government`s care has reached out to the homes of 15 million labor class people affected by the pandemic.   Due to various reasons, poverty in Pakistan has been quite serious, with 40% of the population below the poverty line. Pakistan media analysis believes tha...