Western media has racialised the coronavirus outbreak, leading to increased Sinophobia in several countries. Such dehumanisation of a race has no place in functioning democracies
If African governments really cared about their citizens in China, they would bring us home
Africans living in China want to be evacuated
South African students in China are staying behind closed doors due to the coronavirus outbreak
After being in South Africa for almost three years, Miniso left without a trace late last year. This exit has now left a group of franchisees, who have invested millions of rands in its stores, with massive losses
As ‘impisoned’ children at epicentre cry to be reunited with their parents, top official says families mustn’t be ungrateful
Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said the Journal op-ed — titled China is the Real Sick Man of Asia — had a “racially discriminatory” and “sensational” headline
More than 74 000 people have now been infected by the virus in China, with hundreds more cases in some 25 countries
But the department of international relations and co-operation claims they are comfortable and taken care of
A small Free State dorp and 14 days of isolation — this is the plan for citizens returning from China, to prevent a potential outbreak of the disease
We dedicate a lot more time and money to military defence than we do on health responses to deadly pathogens
The country is being pushed to develop more SEZs. But is this a viable strategy, given unemployment and ‘deglobalisation’?
The world needs a new deal to protect its natural environment
The new figure is in line with World Health Organisation estimates of 4.2 million deaths each year linked to ground-level air pollution, mostly from heart disease, stroke, lung cancer and acute respiratory infections in children
The panic generated by the new coronavirus, 2019-nCov, which originated in Wuhan, one of China’s largest cities and a major domestic transport hub, reminds many of the fear and uncertainty at the peak of the 2003 SARS crisis. China’s stock market, after rising for months, has reversed itself in recent days, and global markets have […]
An outbreak of a new coronavirus that began in the Chinese city of Wuhan has already infected over 4000 people – mostly in China, but also in several other countries, from Thailand to France to the United States – and killed more than 100. Given China’s history of disease outbreaks – including of severe acute respiratory syndrome […]
The outbreak of the coronavirus is having a negative effect on global markets
Both countries have a strong orientation towards multilateralism and democratic values
Graduation at the ‘Harvard of Africa’ nearly didn’t take place — because the university ran out of gowns
A virus similar to the SARS pathogen has claimed 81 lives since emerging in a market in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, and spread around the world. Here are the places that have confirmed cases of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus: China As of Monday, more than 2700 people have been infected across China, the […]
Boxing and women’s football qualifying for the 2020 Olympics will be moved from the Chinese city at the centre of a virus outbreak to another location in the country, the organising bodies said on Wednesday. Wuhan was supposed to host China, Taiwan, Thailand and Australia for the group B Asian women’s football qualifiers from February […]
Rights group calls for South Africa to show stronger leadership
China believes a mysterious pneumonia outbreak that struck 59 people is caused by a new strain of virus from the same family as SARS
The co-dependent partnership is in the conflict stage and the real decoupling may be between American politicians and the country’s citizens
Emerging market equities are generally inexpensive — and, by some measures, quite attractive — relative to equity and bond markets globally.
India and China’s slowdown is natural and they’d do well to focus policies on the notion of wellbeing
While populist governments around the world have continued to run up public debts to pay for handouts to their supporters, others are pushing back
The best option is stakeholder capitalism, which links societal benefits to financial returns
Despite having come to the country 300 years ago, hateful comments were made online
The Mongolian government is trying to battle dangerous smog levels in one of the world’s most polluted cities by trying to offer replacements for coal
Enthusiasts have fuelled an expanding bubble in high-priced sneakers, often limited-edition collaborations between big names in sportswear and fashion
Here is a look at the opioid crisis and the tensions it has caused between China and the United States