Populous eastern Asian nation which has undergone a myriad of changes over the years, but remains one of the oldest civilizations in the world.
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Did BGI genetically test Uyghurs in Xinjiang?
In July of last year the U.S. Commerce Department publicly accused subsidiaries of BGI (formerly Beijing Genomics Institute) of genetically testing Uyghurs in Xinjiang as part of a campaign of ethnically-motivated political repression:
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Does China censor online discussions of female orgasms?
A Washington Post article describes how people in China were recently discussing certain taboo subjects using the Clubhouse app:
They asked questions about the protests in Hong Kong, reports of mass detentions of Uighurs in the western region of…
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Did SARS-CoV-2 appear in some (Mojiang) Chinese miners in 2012?
The N.Y. Post wrote in August 2020:
In April 2012, six miners in the Mojiang mine in southwestern China’s Yunnan province fell ill after spending more than 14 days removing bat feces. Three eventually died.
In his thesis, the physician Li Xu, who…
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Did China destroy a Guanyin statue in Hebei province?
From Mongolia live:
It was not the Taliban who exploded the stone carvings, but the Chinese Communist Party
A 57.9-meter-tall cliff stone-carved vertical Guanyin statue in Pingshan County, Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, which spent nearly five years…
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Did Fauci outsource gain-of-function research to China during a US moratorium?
A Times of Israel blog writes:
Back in October 2014, the US government had placed a federal moratorium on gain-of-function (GOF) research—altering natural pathogens to make them more deadly and infectious–as a result of rising fears about a…
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In response to COVID-19, as of 20 April 2020, has China provided the US with over 2.46 billion masks?
A Chinese spokesperson wrote on Twitter:
As of Apr. 20, China had provided the US with over 2.46 bn masks, meaning 7 masks for each in the US, plus nearly 5,000 ventilators & many others. Hope that could save more lives.
Hua Chunying 华春莹 via…
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Did Macron say in 2019 it is better to make concessions to Russia on Ukraine rather than let Russia fall in Beijing's orbit?
The Economist states:
Europeans fear that China and Russia are edging towards the formation of a new bloc that will dominate Eurasia. Mr Macron’s pivot to Russia is in part intended to stop it from slipping into China’s grasp. It is better, he…
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Does the Chinese government officially have access to IT equipment sold abroad?
In this segment from an RT program with Rick Sanchez, published June 6th 2019, a person named James Jordan, from the Stanford U Hoover Institute, claims (03:20) that "Chinese government agencies have access by law and by right to all tech products…
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Is there any DNA evidence that show that Chinese discovered America before Columbus?
Gavin Menzies makes the claim that the Chinese discovered and settled in America, many centuries before Columbus and Europeans did.
He based his claim on the DNA evidence:
Close similarity between the Chinese and native Americans suggest regent…
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Is China creating fake rice which includes resin?
From The Straits Times: "Fake rice made of plastic reported to have reached Asian shores but not Singapore's"
PETALING JAYA (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - The sacred bowl of rice
that used to save lives could now be harmful - and even…
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Did former US Ambassador, Chas Freeman, say “The CIA programs in Tibet, which were very effective in destabilizing it, did not succeed in Xinjiang.”?
In a highly-upvoted Quora answer, Godfree Roberts quotes US Ambassador Chas. H. Freeman [sic]:
The CIA programs in Tibet, which were very effective in destabilizing it, did not succeed in Xinjiang. There were similar efforts made with the Uyghurs…
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Did China lose a submarine (possibly a Xia class SSBN) with all hands on board in 1983-1985?
It's been claimed a video by a US submariner that the Soviet submarine K-10 collided with an unknown submarine in 1983 and this likely was a Chinese one ... because two years later the Chinese press supposedly published an obituary admitting to the…
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Are foreign teachers in China "being drug tested using their hair samples"?
This claim arises on (what appears to be) a legitimate international legal company's blog:
1. Teachers are being drug tested using their hair samples. Many are testing for cannabis and being jailed for 30 days or more and then being deported. This…
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Is it probable that the UK COVID-19 death count will eclipse China's?
The BBC News on March 25 cited a "best case" projected death-count for COVID-19 as 20,000:
it is hoped the steps which have been taken, which are essentially about suppressing the virus, will limit deaths to 20,000.
In an appearance before the…
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Is this video of harassment in an elevator staged?
The Huffington Post has reported on a video showing a man sexually harassing a woman and then getting beat up by her: http://m.huffpost.com/au/entry/9792076
It looks fake. For example the harasser tries to grab her breast by reaching over her…
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