Power to the People’s Republic: A view from the front-line of China’s tech revolution

Beijing is often smothered by great dirty clouds of smog. But on the day I touched down in this ancient city late last year, a strong wind had blown away the grime and a cheery blue sky shone above the metropolis. It was a pleasant start to my trip to a country that, if I’m being honest, I was a bit scared of visiting. I was in China in part of the first group of foreign reporters to be given a tour of an innovations lab operated by a company called Lenovo – the world’s biggest PC manufacturer. The company flew dozens of journalists to China to discuss its ambitions to lead a ‘smart transformation’ in which artificial intelligence is embedded in everything from phones to cars. Lenovo wants to present an image and corporate identity that will appeal to socially-conscious millennials and members of Generation Z. Which is why, I think, it summoned such a large contingent of journalists and influencers to China, where we were all housed in a marvellously lavish hotel with incredible views over the capital city. I also got a sense that it wants to play down its association with China, a country lots of potential customers are still a bit iffy about. High up in a plush hotel in downtown Beijing, a cool American guy called Torod Neptune, Lenovo’s chief communications officer, set out the company’s vision in the sort of language you’d expect to hear from a Silicon Valley marketeer rather than a communist party apparatchik.

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Associate professor of music at Grinnell College: felt safer in China than in the U.S.

On 6th March 2020, most shops are closed due to the Coronavirus. The Korean Street is located in Minhang District of Shanghai.

When my family returned to the United States after six weeks of quarantine in Shanghai, our friends and relatives responded with congratulations and relief that we were finally safe. Less than a week since arriving back home, however, we don’t quite share our loved ones’ sentiments. We felt safer in Shanghai as conditions improved than we do in the U.S.

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Chinese official Zhao Lijian asks US to be transparent on COVID-19

A Chinese official has suggested that the US army may have brought the deadly coronavirus into China, without providing any evidence for his eyebrow-raising claim.

Zhao Lijian, a foreign ministry spokesman, made the assertion on Twitter late Thursday, echoing similar conspiracy theories proliferating on Chinese social media that blame the US for the pandemic. (Beijingimpact.com posts Zhao Lijian quoted article here here https://www.beijingimpact.com/society/2758-covid-19-further-evidence-that-the-virus-originated-in-the-us.html)

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China Bought the West Time. The West Squandered It.

Why did so many countries watch the epidemic unfold for weeks as though it was none of their concern?

Mr. Ian Johnson - a writer based in Beijing.

When I got off my flight from Beijing to London nearly two weeks ago, I knew what I had to do: go straight into self-quarantine.

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USA citizen ‘feels safer’ in China amid coronavirus crisis

After vacationing in Vietnam over the Lunar New Year holiday, Dover High School alumnus Douglas Coleman, 26, headed back to China. That was Jan. 27, less than a week after the Chinese government instated a lockdown in Wuhan in response to the new coronavirus.

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Italian ambassador to the EU: Only China responded bilaterally.

Maurizio Massari is the Italian permanent representative to the European Union.

The coronavirus crisis is not just a national crisis. It’s a European crisis, and it needs to be treated as such.

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Shanxi Bethune Hospital: the Nucleic acid test to confirm coronavirus infection

Nucleic acid test is an important method for clinical diagnosis of new coronavirus infection. The Enhanced Bio Lab of Shanxi Bethune Hospital is in charge of the Nucleic acid test for the whole hospital, that's the battle field against the Coronavirus.

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USA citizen: I am 100x more concerned for my own safety during this crisis than I ever was in China

Qingdao Airport border police check during the outbreak of Coronavirus. This photo has nothing to do with the Bay Area man.

'It was surreal': How a Bay Area man spent a week in China amid the coronavirus outbreak before following the CDC's advice to self-quarantine for 2 weeks after returning to the US.

It was a strange sight in Kunming, China, for Chinese New Year.

The 40-day event celebrates the beginning of the new year in the traditional Chinese calendar. Also known as the Lunar New Year Spring Festival, 3 billion trips are made throughout China during the holiday and many in the country typically are off work. It's a time to spend with family and is a cause for celebration.

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Shanghai Enhances Corona Virus Control at Airports 2020

On 4th March 2020, Shanghai Customs at Shanghai Pudong international airport checks the medical declaration of travelers. At the same time, Shanghai Hongqiao airport implements the same rule.

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Shanxi Bank Equiped with Sterilizer for Cash while Coronavirus Outbreak 2020

24th Feb 2020, Agriculture Bank of China branch in Taiyuan (the capital of Shanxi province) put cash in a sterilizer.According to the new rules of China's central government, cash has to be stored for 14 days after disinfected by ultraviolet rays or high-temperature sterilization.

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Wuhan fights against new Coronavirus 2020

Huoshenshan Hospital is a 1,000-bed facility built in 10 days as part of China’s sweeping efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus.

Hu Jing, matron of Section 1 of Huoshenshan Hospital, uses red disinfecting can disinfect the room before new patients move in. 

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Yichang Measures against Coronavirus

The Yichang government decided to lock down all the micro-districts in Yichang city to fight against Coronavirus from 17th Feb 2020.

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