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sweeping China’s central city of Wuhan. But little did Zhang know that that box would also unleash a vicious squall of blame and geopolitical acrimony worthy of Pandora herself. Now, he is seeking to set the record straight.Zhang and his team set to work, analyzing the samples using the latest high-throughput sequencing technology for RNA,…

Environment 3 August 2020 By Adam Vaughan Conservation efforts in China are geared towards helping pandas, leaving leopards in declineBen McRae / Alamy China’s conservation efforts to save giant pandas have paid off for the bears but miserably failed the leopards and other carnivores that share their home. Researchers say the findings are a warning…

Two Chinese nationals have been indicted for seeking to steal Covid-19 vaccine research and intellectual property from hundreds of companies in the United States and other countries, the US Justice Department said on Tuesday.Li Xiaoyu, 34, and Dong Jiazhi, 33, also targeted human rights activists in the United States, China and Hong Kong, Assistant Attorney…

Sao Paulo (AFP) - Brazil will begin advanced clinical testing of a Chinese-made vaccine against the new coronavirus Tuesday, issuing the first doses to around 900 volunteers, officials said.The coronavirus vaccine, developed by private Chinese pharmaceutical firm Sinovac, is the third in the world to enter Phase 3 trials, or large-scale testing on humans --…

A city in northern China on Sunday sounded an alert after a suspected case of bubonic plague was reported, according to official media here.Bayannur, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, announced a level III warning of plague prevention and control, state-run People’s Daily Online reported.The suspected bubonic plague case was reported on Saturday by a hospital in…