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If one thing is for certain, it is that things change all the time. In nature, when ecosystems change permanently, species that adapt best not only survive, but actually thrive. Those who try to resist the change disappear, especially when the change is significant and abrupt.
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China tells US it wants more cooperation as it marks 50th anniversary of ‘ping pong diplomacy’ American and Chinese players train together in 1971. Photo: AFP
The Chinese ambassador to the US Cui Tiankui has celebrated the 50th anniversary of the unlikely sports exchange known as ping-pong diplomacy by urging the two countries to revive the spirit of the occasion.
In 1971, at the world table tennis world championships in Japan, the Chinese team surprised the American athletes with an invitation to play in China.
The two countries had had no diplomatic or economic relations for more than two decades since the establishment of the People s Republic and the outbreak of the Korean war.
Delaying or denying the delivery of Covid-19 vaccines to poor countries may end up causing millions to die needlessly while prolonging the global pandemic. At the current rate, a new study in the New England Journal of Medicine estimates it will take 4.6 years to gain worldwide herd immunity. "Vaccine nationalism perpetuates the long history of powerful countries securing vaccines and therapeutics at the expense of less-wealthy countries; it is.
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‘Vaccine hesitancy’ stopping Hongkongers from getting jabs, but experts warn it will delay easing of Covid-19 restrictions Experts warn Hongkongers’ reluctance to get vaccinated could delay the easing of social-distancing restrictions. Photo: K. Y. Cheng
Security guard Mona Tsang was distraught when her first grandchild was born in January and she could not be present for the birth.
Her elder son and daughter-in-law live in Guangdong, and the Covid-19 pandemic stopped her from going to be with them.
Eager to see her baby granddaughter, Tsang got herself vaccinated as soon as she could, receiving her shot of the Chinese-made Sinovac on March 30.