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Researchers at private Beijing-based company Sinovac Biotech have developed an experimental COVID-19 vaccine that protected macaques from infection.

Chinese COVID-19 Vaccine Effective in Monkeys

By Victor Tangermann

China has taken the lead with mobile technology that relies on scanning QR codes and a mobile app that is attempting to curb the spread of the coronavirus.

In China, This Coronavirus App Pretty Much Controls Your Life

By Victor Tangermann

A top Pentagon general said during a Tuesday briefing that the "weight of evidence" points towards the coronavirus having "natural" origins.

US Military: Unlikely COVID-19 Was Created in Lab as Bioweapon

By Victor Tangermann

The Chinese government recently imposed new restrictions on coronavirua research, and now must approve all studies on the outbreak's origin.

China Is Censoring Research Into the Origin of the Coronavirus

By Dan Robitzski

A Baseball Team Is Filling Its Stadium With 500 Robot Spectators

A Baseball Team Is Filling Its Stadium With 500 Robot Spectators

By Victor Tangermann

Anonymous intelligence officials say that there's evidence China systematically downplayed the size and severity of its coronavirus outbreak.

Secret U.S. Intelligence Report: China Hid The Size of the Pandemic

By Dan Robitzski

Chinese authorities have announced they will be lifting the lockdown on Wuhan, epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, on April 8.

China Is Lifting Lockdown on Coronavirus Epicenter City of Wuhan

By Victor Tangermann

To give massively overworked healthcare workers a much-needed break, China tried something new: by staffing an entire field hospital with robots.

China Opened an Entire Hospital Staffed by Robots

By Victor Tangermann

The New York Times reports that China reported not a single new local coronavirus case in the country for the time since the outbreak began.

China Reported Zero New Local Coronavirus Cases Yesterday

By Jon Christian

According to Japanese media, Chinese medical authorities have found that a drug called "favipiravir" has shown promise in treating COVID-19 patients.

China Says This Drug Is “Clearly Effective” Against Coronavirus

By Victor Tangermann

All American journalists working for The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and the Washington Post have been expelled from China.

China Bans Journalists From Major US Newspapers

By Victor Tangermann

TikTok told its moderators to suppress videos created by "ugly," poor, or disabled people to be posted on the platform's "For You" section.

TikTok Tried to Suppress Videos by Users It Deemed Ugly, Poor

By Victor Tangermann

Even in spite of the coronavirus pandemic, China has remained on track to launch its planned mission to Mars later this year.

Science & Energy

China Powers Through the Coronavirus to Launch a Mars Mission

By Dan Robitzski

Driverless delivery vehicle startup Neolix is raking in new customers as cities in China are under full lockdown due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Adorable Self-Driving Vans Are Disinfecting Roads in China

By Victor Tangermann

The United States Navy claims that a Chinese warship fired a laser weapon at one of its surveillance aircraft last week, prompting diplomatic action.

Robots and Machines

US Claims China Fired Laser Weapon at Navy Spy Plane

By Jon Christian

A mysterious video that claimed China would be sending 100,000 ducks to Pakistan to help deal with a locust invasion went viral on Chinese social media.

Science & Energy

Expert: China is Not Deploying Duck Army to Devour Locusts

By Victor Tangermann

The NYT reports that COVID-19 is tearing through China's prison system — a hint that even in the epidemic's epicenter, we don't understand its toll.

The Deadly Coronavirus Is Tearing Through Chinese Prisons

By Jon Christian

Chinese authorities arrested Xu Zhiyong, a legal scholar and activist who called on President Xi Jinping to resign for mishandling the COVID-19 outbreak.

China Locks Up Activist Who Criticized State’s COVID-19 Response

By Dan Robitzski

Experts predict Disney could lose out on substantial earnings in China for its "Mulan" remake due to the recent outbreak of the coronavirus.

Disney’s Live-Action “Mulan” Could Flop in China Due to Virus Outbreak

By Victor Tangermann

Officials at The Health Commission of Hubei Province in China have announced a nearly tenfold increase in COVID-19 cases on Thursday morning.

China Announces Spike in Deadly Virus Infections, Deaths

By Victor Tangermann

Gabriel Leung, public health expert, told The Guardian that 60% of the world's population could get infected by the coronavirus, if left unchecked.

Expert: Deadly Viral Outbreak Could Infect 60% of World Population

By Victor Tangermann

A San Diego hospital accidentally released a patient carrying the deadly coronavirus that's caused a global outbreak this month.

CA Hospital Accidentally Releases Patient With Deadly Virus

By Victor Tangermann

Chinese state-owned newspaper the People's Daily uploaded a video of disinfection work in Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak.

China Is Spraying Entire City Blocks to Contain Outbreak

By Victor Tangermann

The government of China has ordered officials in Wuhan to round up and quarantine any sick residents in makeshift shelter camps.

China to Round up Infected in “Mass Quarantine Camps”

By Dan Robitzski

In the parts of China where medical face masks are mandatory, some find that the facial recognition systems they use to unlock their phones don't work.

Medical Face Masks Thwart China’s Omniscient Facial Recognition

By Dan Robitzski

Chinese authorities are using high-tech tools to track and limit the 2019-nCoV coronavirus outbreak such as lasers that can spot people with fevers.

China Deploys Infrared Sensors to Detect Infected Citizens in Public

By Dan Robitzski

Li Wenliang, a doctor in Wuhan, China, was censored after he warned med school classmates about the coronavirus. Now he's sick in the hospital.

After China Censored This Wuhan Doctor, He Caught the Coronavirus

By Dan Robitzski

A bizarre video shows how Chinese police have started using drones to scream at people who go outside without a safety mask about the coronavirus.

In China, Drones Are Yelling at People About Coronavirus [UPDATED]

By Dan Robitzski

Earlier this month, China announced a new five-year plan to eventually ban single-use plastic waste in the entire country.

Science & Energy

China Announces Plan to Ban Single-Use Plastics

By Victor Tangermann

The CDC announced Friday that a second case of 2019-nCoV, also known as coronavirus, currently wreaking havoc in China was discovered in the US.

CDC Confirms Second Chinese Virus Case in the US

By Victor Tangermann

As the Wuhan coronavirus continues to spread, a prominent virologist predicts that it will be at least ten times worse than the 2003 SARS outbreak.

Virologist: China Virus Will Be At Least 10x Worse Than SARS

By Dan Robitzski

The city of Wuhan, China, wants to build an entire 1,000 bed hospital on a 25,000 square meter plot in just six days to treat coronavirus epidemic patients.

China Is Building a 1,000-Bed Hospital Specifically to Treat Mystery Epidemic

By Victor Tangermann

According to a news bulletin, all travel out of Wuhan, China has been suspended in an attempt to contain the spreading 2019-nCoV virus.

China Quarantines Entire City Where Mystery Virus Outbreak Began

By Dan Robitzski

In the face of a worsening public health crisis, the Chinese government is censoring social media and articles about the Wuhan virus.

China Censored Info About Growing Pandemic on Social Media

By Dan Robitzski

The mysterious Chinese pneumonia-like coronavirus that originated from Wuhan, China, has officially reached the US, with one confirmed case in Washington.

Mysterious, Deadly Chinese Virus Officially Reaches the US

By Dan Robitzski

In an attempt to limit the spread of the pneumonia-like virus 2019-nCoV, the government in China is screening passengers on departing flights.

In China, Hazmat Teams Are Searching Flights For Deadly Outbreak

By Dan Robitzski

Chinese officials confirmed that the pneumonia-like virus that first emerged at a Wuhan seafood market can be transmitted from person-to-person.

Chinese Virus Is Spreading Between Humans, Prompting Outbreak Fears

By Dan Robitzski

The mysterious pneumonia-like virus that hit China last month has now spread to Japan and Thailand. Experts still aren't sure how.

China’s Mysterious Virus Spreads to Japan and Thailand

By Dan Robitzski

China's world record, "alien-hunting" telescope, FAST, became fully operational on Saturday, quadrupling the amount of the universe astronomers can examine.

Science & Energy

China Finally Boots Up Colossal Alien-Hunting Radio Telescope

By Dan Robitzski

China is reportedly working on a "laser attack platform" for cannons that can be attached to its military's planes, the South China Morning Post reports.

China Wants to Mount Laser Cannons on Its Fighter Jets

By Victor Tangermann

Last month in China, dozens of people in the city of Wuhan fell ill with a new disease, a strain of the pneumonia virus, and officials worry it may spread.

A Strange Disease Is Sweeping China

By Dan Robitzski

China successfully launched its largest and most powerful rocket, the Long March-5 Yaosan, after a 2017 attempt ended in failure.

China Successfully Launches Powerful Long March 5 Rocket

By Victor Tangermann

Criminals are using drones to drop items infected with swine flu on herds of pigs in order to force farmers to sell the animals cheaply.

Chinese Farmers: Criminals Are Using Drones to Infect Our Pigs

By Kristin Houser

According to a New Scientist exclusive, the first ever pig that had a small proportion of Its cells derived from a monkey was born in a lab in China.

First-Ever “Pig-Monkey Chimeras” Born in Chinese Lab

By Victor Tangermann

China is taking DNA samples from its persecuted Uigher population to develop a troubling new form of genetic surveillance.

China Is Using Blood From Minorities For Genetic Research

By Dan Robitzski

Chinese construction company Winsun has finished building a 3D-printed river revetment more than 500 meters (1,640 feet) long.

China Just Completed the World’s Largest 3D-Printed Structure

By Kristin Houser

A new law in China will make it illegal to create or share deepfakes without properly disclosing that they're not real videos.

Artificial Intelligence

China Makes Deepfakes Illegal

By Dan Robitzski

After a TikTok video criticizing China's systematic anti-Muslim discrimination went viral, its creator found herself locked out of her account.

TikTok Bans 17-Year-Old for Criticizing China

By Dan Robitzski

The booster from a Chinese rocket landed on populated settlement on Saturday — and China could have prevented the whole situation from unfolding.

Chinese Rocket Launch Covers Village in Toxic Debris. Again.

By Kristin Houser

In 2018, China completed more successful orbital launches than any other nation for the first time, and it's on track to hold 2019's record, too.

China Now Launches More Orbital Rockets Than Any Other Country

By Victor Tangermann

China has successfully launched its Tianwen-1 — Heavenly Questions — mission to Mars, including an orbiter, lander, and a rover.

China Successfully Tests Mars Lander in Giant Drop Test

By Victor Tangermann

The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation announced the country's first ever plans to send astronauts to the surface of Mars.

China Unveils Plan to Send Astronauts to Mars

By Victor Tangermann

China is actively selling killer drones to the Middle East, and one company is working to market its fully-autonomous robots.

China Is Selling Autonomous Killer Drones to the Middle East

By Dan Robitzski

China has a new plan to send robotic vehilces to the Moon and bring back lunar samples of rocks. It'll be the first lunar retrieval mission since 1976.

China Is Going to the Moon, Coming Back With Moon Rocks

By Dan Robitzski

The China Lunar Exploration Program has released a new photo of the mysterious "gel-like" and "colored" substance found by its Moon rover.

Science & Energy

China Releases New Pic of Weird Substance Its Moon Rover Found

By Victor Tangermann

A small survey shows that most Chinese workers would prefer to be managed by an impartial AI algorithm than a human, in a positive twist on job automation.

88 Percent of Chinese Workers Would Prefer a Robot Boss

By Dan Robitzski

China is building a flying saucer-like experimental attack helicopter, and according to state media, it could fly as soon as 2020.

New Chinese Military Aircraft Looks Exactly Like a Flying Saucer

By Jon Christian

Citizens in China will have to have their face scanned by facial recognition when signing up for internet services or a new number.

China Will Make Citizens Scan Faces to Sign Up for Internet

By Victor Tangermann

Farmers in China are breeding pigs that weigh as much as 500 kilograms in response to the African swine fever that recently devastated its pig population.

China Is Breeding Massive Pigs That Weigh More than a Grand Piano

By Kristin Houser

The U.S. Space Development Agency is seeking over $11 billion to deploy up to 1,200 low-orbit satellites to monitor next-generation hypersonic missiles.

The US Plans to Track Hypersonic Missiles With 1,200 Satellites

By Victor Tangermann

China just revealed the spacecraft it wants to use to ferry astronauts to the Moon. In other words, a new Space Race is heating up.

China Reveals Spacecraft Built to Ferry Astronauts to the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

Using a camera-equipped drone, police were able to track down a fugitive living in a tiny cave after escaping from a prison camp 17 years ago.

Police Drone Catches Fugitive Living in Remote Cave

By Kristin Houser

Newly-shared pictures of the cotton plant China briefly grew on the Moon shows that it fared a little bit better than previously thought before freezing.

Science & Energy

China Shares Photos of Its Doomed Moon Plant

By Dan Robitzski

The Chinese government has a startling level of control over TikTok, according to leaked documents that reveal how the government censors political posts.

TikTok Mods Censor App for China, Scrubbing Tiananmen Square

By Dan Robitzski