(Bloomberg) Japan is considering offering some of its supply of the AstraZeneca Plc vaccine to neighboring Taiwan, which has struggled to secure its own shots, the Sankei newspaper said Friday, citing government sources.
2021/05/14 17:46 Taiwan s Presidential Office. Taiwan s Presidential Office. (Wikimedia Commons photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) A staff member of Taiwan s Office of the President has been listed as the contact of an individual linked to the Lions Club International coronavirus cluster infection. The Presidential Office on Friday (May 14) said the employee informed superiors that two of his family members had dined with case No. 1,203, a former Lions Club president at the heart of a large cluster infection. The employee said the Lions Club president dined with his family members. Presidential Spokesperson Xavier Chang (張惇涵) explained the situation at a 5 p.m. news conference. Chang said the employee had reported two family members had dined with case No. 1203 on May 6 and May 9, with the former date being a large banquet.
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By the time video scenes of a brutal prison riot in Ecuador earlier this year reached Asia, the video’s caption had been changed and read, “American Blacks and Whites in California Killing Chinese,” and the clip went viral.
Disinformation like that video, doctored to promote anti-U.S. hatred, is now growing in Thailand, say media researchers.
Chinese narratives, whether fake news or state-sponsored propaganda, are gradually seeping into Thai media, academia, and political and business circles, and people from different sectors in Thailand are expressing concern over the phenomenon, experts say.
In the violent video, an Asian man is seen lying on the ground covered in blood and with his face wrenched in pain. Dozens of Spanish-speaking men attack him with bats and sticks, beating him in broad daylight.
China condemns G7 statement censuring Beijing, supporting Taiwan
05/06/2021 7:59
BEIJING (Reuters) -China condemned on Thursday a joint statement by G7 foreign ministers that expressed support for Chinese-claimed Taiwan and cast Beijing as a bully, saying it was a gross interference in China s internal affairs.
G7 foreign ministers said in a communique after a London summit that China was guilty of human rights abuses and of using its economic influence to bully others.
In an unusual step, the G7 also said they supported Taiwan s participation in World Health Organization forums and the World Health Assembly - and expressed concern about any unilateral actions that could escalate tensions in the Taiwan Strait.