News|HealthWHO reassures: Number of colds within normal rangeAccording to a World Health Organisation official, the rise in respiratory diseases in China is not as high as before the pandemic.Von Newsdesk
News|Foreign TradeBan on beef and sheep meat imports from Belgium and the NetherlandsDue to the rapid spread of bluetongue disease in the affected countries, China has banned the import of beef, goat and sheep meat from Belgium and the Netherlands. The import ban also applies to whole animals and milk.Von Newsdesk
NewsEnd of the mandatory Covid testing on arrivalAs of Wednesday, China will no longer require a negative Covid test when entering the People's Republic. A foreign ministry spokesman made the announcement in Beijing on Monday.Von Newsdesk
NewsVice-Premier Liu warns of epidemicsChina's Vice Premier Liu Guozhong visited the northeastern province of Heilongjiang to assess the situation personally. Heilongjiang has experienced severe flooding in recent days, with thousands of hectares of farmland submerged.Von Newsdesk
NewsQin Gang misses summit due to health reasonChinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang will not attend the foreign ministers' meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Indonesia this week due to his "physical condition." China's top diplomat Wang Yi will represent him there, Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin announced at a regular press conference on Tuesday. The spokesman declined to give further details of Qin's health.Von Newsdesk
NewsChina struggles with weather extremesChina currently experiences days of weather extremes: Especially the capital Beijing experiences scorching heat with temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius, while central China struggles with the consequences of heavy rainfalls and floods. At the start of the week, large parts of the country continued to suffer from extreme heat: Temperatures of more than 40 degrees were forecast for the capital Beijing.Von Newsdesk
NewsUSA sues Chinese fentanyl manufacturersThe US Department of Justice has filed criminal charges against four Chinese chemical companies and eight individuals. They are accused of illegally trafficking the chemicals used to manufacture fentanyl.Von Newsdesk
NewsVirologist Gao does not rule out lab theoryThe former head of the Chinese Center for Disease Control (CDC), George Gao, does not rule out the possibility that the Covid virus could have escaped from a laboratory. The scientist told a BBC News podcast.Von Newsdesk
NewsChief virologist expects Covid peak in JuneChina's second Covid wave could peak in June when it could reach 65 million infections per week. That's what Zhong Nanshan, director of the National Respiratory Disease Research Center, said Monday at a forum in southern China.Von Newsdesk
NewsPeople of Hong Kong hardly want to donate organs anymoreHong Kong is experiencing a drastic decline in the willingness to donate organs. An unusually large number of the city's registered organ donors have requested to have their data removed from the central register in recent months.Von Newsdesk
To the languageDouble eyelidsSaddle bags, flabby bellies, hooked noses – when it comes to our own appearance, we're hard on ourselves. In our self-confidence body screening, every pore is closely analyzed.Von Verena Menzel
