Based in Beijing, Zhuang Pinghui joined the Post in 2004 to report on China. She covers a range of issues including policy, healthcare, culture and society.
China has choices to counter confrontation from Trump’s pick for secretary of state, but experts say broader challenge is next cabinet’s hardline posturing.
China-US ties are more stable but still at risk if ‘red lines’ are crossed, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi said before US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday.
The US secretary of state will discuss the importance of keeping open lines of communication and discuss potential areas of cooperation, Washington says.
Shen Hongbing, the head of China’s CDC, complained that senior WHO officials were ‘going against the spirit of science’ and urged them to remain impartial
The remarks come amid reports that the UN health body has abandoned investigation into pandemic’s beginnings because of challenges in conducting studies in China.
Scientists say infection wave has likely crested in Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing and Guangzhou, but cases in inner provinces expected to spike around mid-January as migrants travel home for Lunar New Year.