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Thailand starts screening arrivals for proof of Covid vaccinations as it braces for influx of Chinese tourists | South China Morning Post 泰国开始筛查抵达者，以获得新冠肺炎疫苗接种证明，为中国游客的涌入做准备
Thailand starts screening arrivals for proof of Covid vaccinations as it braces for influx of Chinese tourists — Read on www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3206053/thailand-starts-screening-arrivals-proof-covid-vaccinations-it-braces-influx-chinese-tourists 从周一开始，所有飞往泰国的外国人必须出示至少两次注射的证据，或证明他们最近已经从病毒中康复 这些规则将适用到1月31日。这个东南亚国家预计将在未来三个月内迎来30万中国游客
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Beijing has suspended more than 1,000 social media accounts critical of its zero-COVID policy – POLITICO 北京打击社交媒体对新冠病毒政策的批评 中国社交媒体平台新浪微博对1120个帐户发布临时或永久禁令。
Beijing clamps down on social media critics of COVID policies Chinese social media platform Sina Weibo issues temporary or permanent bans on 1,120 accounts. — Read on www.politico.eu/article/china-zero-covid-policy-coronavirus-social-media-critics-sina-weibo/ 据美联社报道，相当于中国推特的新浪微博表示，在处理了12800多起违规行为，包括对专家、学者和医务人员的袭击后，它已对1120个帐户发布了临时或永久禁令。
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Why do China’s ‘mild’ Covid symptoms feel so unbearable? | 为什么中国的“轻度”新冠肺炎症状感觉如此难以忍受？
By lumping asymptomatic and mild cases together, Beijing gave people the ‘wrong expectation’, experts say. — Read on www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3205869/why-do-chinas-mild-covid-symptoms-feel-so-unbearable 专家表示，通过将无症状和轻度病例混为一谈，北京给了人们“错误的期望” 中国的分类是“错误的、误导性的和不可接受的”：病毒学家 Opinion : Is he a real covid expert ? Then how come he and all Chinese people cheered up and proudly said ” We won over the war of…
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Chinese tracking device is ‘discovered inside UK government car’, as senior politician slams Beijing | Daily Mail Online 中国的跟踪设备“在英国政府汽车内部被发现”，因为高级政治家抨击北京是对英国安全的“系统性”威胁
Chinese tracking device is ‘discovered inside UK government car’, as senior politician slams Beijing as a ‘systematic’ threat to Britain’s security — Read on www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11607735/Chinese-tracking-device-discovered-inside-UK-government-car-senior-politician-slams-Beijing.html
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Why Beijing Wants Jimmy Lai Locked Up – The Atlantic 为什么北京想把Jimmy Lai关起来 中国加强对香港的控制，决心树立民主媒体大亨的榜样。
Tightening its grip on Hong Kong, China is determined to make an example of the prodemocracy media tycoon. — Read on www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2023/01/jimmy-lai-chee-ying-hong-kong-prodemocracy-movement/672653/
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State of the Union: What were the top stories in the EU this week? | Euronews 周三，欧盟国家同意“强烈鼓励”要求所有来自中国的旅客，无论其国籍如何，在登上飞往欧洲的航班之前参加考试。
Wednesday, EU countries agreed to “strongly encourage” a requirement for all travellers from China, regardless of nationality, to take a test before boarding a flight to Europe. — Read on www.euronews.com/my-europe/2023/01/06/state-of-the-union-what-were-the-top-stories-in-the-eu-this-week E 不具有法律约束力的决定是由欧盟综合政治危机应对机构做出的，该机构帮助协调27个成员国的危机管理。德国外交部长Annalena Baerbock强调了合作的必要性。 她说，我们需要非常认真地对待冠状病毒从中国传出的消息，中国最近发布的信息很少。 不仅欧洲的密切协调如此重要，而且我们与世界卫生组织合作，充分透明地了解中国当前的局势。
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Hong Kong listing of Apple Daily parent company Next Digital to be cancelled – Hong Kong Free Press HKFP Apple Daily母公司Next Digital在香港上市将被取消
Hong Kong listing of Apple Daily parent company Next Digital to be cancelled — Read on hongkongfp.com/2023/01/06/hong-kong-listing-of-apple-daily-parent-company-next-digital-to-be-cancelled/
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As COVID-19 spreads across China, Beijing hospital runs out of beds | PBS NewsHour 随着新冠病毒在中国各地传播，北京医院的病床用完了
As COVID-19 spreads across China, Beijing hospital runs out of beds — Read on www.pbs.org/newshour/world/as-covid-19-spreads-across-china-beijing-hospital-runs-out-of-beds
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EXPLAINER: Is China sharing enough COVID-19 information? | AP News 中国政府经常持有来自本国公众的信息，特别是任何对执政的共产党产生负面影响的信息。官方媒体对火葬激增的可怕报道视不屑一顾，随着卫生系统达到容量，人们从一家医院跑到一家医院竞相试图接受治疗。政府官员指责外国媒体炒作这一情况。
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — As COVID-19 rips through China , other countries and the World Health Organization are calling on its government to share more comprehensive data on the outbreak. — Read on apnews.com/article/china-covid19-data-sharing-77a28c2fc02f4c01774db8836762b608 中国官员一再表示，他们正在分享信息，指出GISAID的顺序以及与世卫组织的会面。 但世卫组织官员一再要求更多——不仅在基因测序方面，而且在住院、重症监护病房入院和死亡方面。世卫组织总干事Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus本周对中国的生命风险表示关切。 联合国卫生机构负责人说：“数据对于世卫组织对全球局势进行定期、快速和强有力的风险评估仍然至关重要。”
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China ‘under-representing’ true impact of Covid outbreak, WHO says 世卫组织称，中国”低估”新冠肺炎疫情真实影响
China did down play about their covid status as they did always during last 70 years.
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The US keeps offering China its Covid-19 vaccines, but China keeps saying no | The Straits Times 美国一直向中国提供新冠肺炎疫苗，但中国一直说不
The US keeps offering China its Covid-19 vaccines, but China keeps saying no — Read on www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/the-us-keeps-offering-china-its-covid-19-vaccines-but-china-keeps-saying-no 在北京与快速蔓延的新冠肺炎浪潮作斗争时，中国拒绝了美国一再提出的分享先进疫苗的提议，这种拒绝导致担心疫情死灰复燃的美国官员越来越沮丧。 据要求在讨论审议时不愿透露姓名的美国官员称，美国担心新变种的兴起及其对中国经济的影响，多次通过私人渠道向习近平主席政府提供mRNA疫苗和其他援助。
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Top engineers and scientists dying at an unprecedented rate in China after lifting of Covid controls | South China Morning Post 在中国，顶尖工程师和科学家在解除新冠病毒控制后以前所未有的速度死亡
The Chinese Academy of Engineering reported that 20 members have died in less than a month, compared with an average annual death rate of 16 One doctor in Beijing said academy members usually have privileged access to healthcare, but now there are no beds available to treat them — Read…
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US warship travels through Taiwan Strait angering China 美国军舰驶过敏感的台湾海峡；
US warship sails through sensitive Taiwan Strait; — Read on nypost.com/2023/01/06/us-warship-travels-through-taiwan-strait-angering-china/
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Peng Shuai: WTA demands ’in person’ meeting before resuming tournaments in China. 彭帅：WTA要求在中国恢复锦标赛之前举行“面对面”会议
In November 2021, the ex-doubles world number one raised concerns when she accused top Chinese official, Zhang Gaoli of sexual assault. Peng made the claim on the social media site Weibo but the post was quickly deleted and the tennis star then disappeared from the public eye for a number…
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China Covid: Celebrity deaths spark fears over death toll – BBC News 名人死亡引发了对死亡人数的担忧
Celebrity deaths spark fears over death toll — Read on www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-64173824
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‘The Chinese Communist Party is on the verge of turning today’s China into yesterday’s Soviet Union’ “中国共产党即将将今天的中国转变为昨天的苏联”
The resumption of the Chinese economy by the Communist Party confronts the country with the same obstacles that brought down the USSR at the end of the 1980s, analyze the two economists Di Guo and Chenggang Xu, in an article in — Read on www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/article/2023/01/05/the-chinese-communist-party-is-on-the-verge-of-turning-today-s-china-into-yesterday-s-soviet-union_6010372_23.html
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Hong Kong: Media mogul Jimmy Lai gets over five years for fraud – BBC News 亿万富翁香港媒体大亨Jimmy Lai因欺诈被判处近六年监禁。
Jimmy Lai, the billionaire Hong Kong media tycoon, has been sentenced to almost six years in prison for fraud. — Read on www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-63926374
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Biden flags concern over China’s Covid-19 response as WHO doubts death toll | 在世界卫生组织（WHO）表示中国少报了该疾病死亡人数几个小时后，美国总统乔·拜登对中国处理新冠肺炎疫情的担忧，这些言论可能会引起北京周四的回应。
WHO said China under-reporting deaths with data at odds with packed hospitals, morgues. Read more at straitstimes.com. — Read on www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/biden-raises-concern-over-chinas-covid-19-response-after-who-questions-data
China’s buildup of the surveillance state — “Intelligence Matters” – CBS News 中国对监控国家的建立——“情报很重要”
China has some 400 million cameras surveilling the streets, as well as access to a billion smartphones used by Chinese citizens, Wall Street Journal reporters Liza Lin and Josh Chin tell Michael Morell. — Read on www.cbsnews.com/news/chinas-buildup-of-the-surveillance-state-intelligence-matters/