china
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Highway To Nowhere Drives Entire Country Deep Into Debt
The small country of Montenegro might go broke, all thanks to the last government’s shortsighted decision to take out Chinese loans to hire a Chinese company to build a freeway. Now there isn’t enough money to complete the road or pay back the loan, and the envisioned 435 km freeway may remain an uncompleted stretch…
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Apple Purges 39,000 Games From China’s App Store
In its biggest single-day purge, Apple removed 39,000 games from its China store as part of a crackdown on games without a government licence in the country.
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China Considers Hefty Fines For Viral Video Creators Who Binge Food and Drinks
Lawmakers in China are considering new legislation that would impose fines against anyone who creates videos where people eat large quantities of food or binge drinks, according to a new report from Chinese state media outlet China News. The proposed media rule, part of broader legislation to discourage food waste, would also allow restaurants in…
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CDC Reports 550,000 Americans Have Received First Dose of Covid-19 Vaccine
Over 550,000 Americans have received their first dose of the vaccine against the coronavirus as of Sunday night, according to new figures released online by the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. The number of vaccinated Americans is encouraging news as covid-19 continues to devastate the U.S., a country that has averaged over new 216,000…