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Bipartisan anger towards China over its handling of the coronavirus is growing with no fewer than four bills recently introduced in Congress.

Unsatisfied simply condemning the public for using the term "China Virus," the media are now rejoicing in America's rising infection rate. The New York Times wrote that the United States apparently leads the world in coronavirus cases, an argu

HANOI Vietnam has sent tens of thousands of people to quarantine camps as waves of overseas citizens return home to escape a coronavirus pandemic spreading in Europe and the United States. Even though Vietnam is one of Southeast Asia's poorer nations,

Chinese media confirmed the legitimacy of an image of a restaurant banner celebrating Chinese coronavirus deaths in the United States.

Communist Party leaders have begun circulating a letter demanding an emergency Politburo to address dictator Xi Jinping's poor performance.

BEIJING (AP) - China to end lockdown of most of virus-hit Hubei province at midnight; restrictions on Wuhan to remain until April 8.

China's claims of how it's handling coronavirus recovery should be taken with more than a few grains of salt.Even before COVID-19 became a global crisis, Chinese leaders had been criticized for their handling of the situation and lack of transparency about the disease's progression. Things now look

Whistleblowers in China have claimed that business leaders are faking the success of the country's 'recovery' from the coronavirus outbreak to appease officials.

A Chinese woman is demanding to know why her "cured" husband died of the coronavirus days after he was released from a Wuhan medical center.

Soot-coloured rainwater was reported falling on several wards in Saitama Prefecture in Japan, on 2 March. Many fearful citizens took to Twitter using #blackrain to discover the reason.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea's military says North Korea has fired at least one unidentified projectile.The launch on Monday came two days North Korea's state media said leader...

Satellite images released by NASA and the European Space Agency reveal that air pollution over China has gone down since the coronavirus outbreak. Production in many factories has been halted and transportation has been restricted in order to prevent spre

Hong Kong permanent residents aged 18 and above will each receive a cash handout of HK$10,000 (US$1,200) in a HK$120 billion relief deal rolled out by the government to ease the burden on individuals and companies, while saving jobs, the Post can reveal.F

The outbreak of the novel coronavirus, which is widely believed to have originated in wild animals, has prompted China's top legislature to roll out a swift decision to comprehensively ban the eating of wildlife across the country.

China is bringing in seven cruise ships to house medical workers in Wuhan, state media said on Saturday, at a time when such ships are under scrutiny after hundreds of passengers on the Diamond Princess liner in Japan contracted the coronavirus.

"This city of 21 million looks like a ghost town. No one goes out. Or very few. And it has been like that for three weeks." “Food is hard to find. Most restaurants are not open. Grocery store shelves are quickly emptied. I am very concerned by all the restaurant workers who cannot earn any money

China has increased efforts to censor access to international coverage of the coronavirus despite official claims the situation is improving.

A journal highlighted the close link of bats and the coronavirus-like pathogens after researchers were attacked by bats in secret labs just a stone's throw away from the notorious wet market in Wuhan where it has been thought up to now the virus origi

The newest deadly strain of the coronavirus may have come from a laboratory near the Wuhan market after all, according to a paper put forth by scientists.

The People's Bank of China announced it will begin destroying notes collected by hospitals, buses, and markets in coronavirus-addles locales, financial news outlet Caixin reported. China's central bank will also disinfect some bills and store them