Apple has removed 39,000 game apps on its China store, the biggest removal ever in a single day, as it set year-end as a deadline for all game publishers to obtain a license. The takedowns come amid a crackdown on unlicensed games by Chinese authorities. Including the 39,000 games, Apple removed more than 46,000 apps … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG , 11th December, 2020 China has been able to power up its first artificial sun Nuclear Fusion reactor. This will improve China’s nuclear power/reactor research capability and open more doors for powerful clean energy sources. This device, located in Southwestern Sichuan Province is working based on the magnet field principle to fuse … Read more
Poverty List China Reports reaching Ekohotblog states that China has achieved the feat of removing all remaining counties from the country’s poverty list. The last nine impoverished counties, all in southwest China’s Guizhou Province, have eliminated absolute poverty, the provincial government announced on Monday. Read Also: Akeredolu Fires Ondo State Attorney General An assessment conducted … Read more
NOVEMBER 6, 2020 The Chinese government has temporarily suspended entry into China by Nigerians and other nationals in Nigeria holding valid Chinese visas or residence permits. This new order is due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Embassy of China and Consulate in Nigeria announced this in a public notice on Thursday, adding that it will … Read more
The Chinese authorities have temporarily barred Nigerians and non-Chinese nationals from coming into its country over the COVID-19 pandemic. The development is contained in a notice issued on Thursday. The Asian country said its embassy will no longer issue certified health declaration form for non-Chinese nationals in the country. It, however, said holders of diplomatic … Read more
Poor leadership at the center has hindered growth of the country Former governor of Cross River state, Donald Duke, says engaging Chinese contractors in Nigeria’s infrastructural development will impede the growth of the country and hinder it from attaining its potential. Duke said this on Saturday at a Symposium organised by the Redeemed Christian Church … Read more
The United States and China, on Tuesday, engaged in war of words over the COVID-19 pandemic at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). President Donald Trump, in his pre-recorded video message, referred to coronavirus as “China virus” Trump maintained that China and the World Health Organisation (WHO) deliberately lied to the rest of the world … Read more
Satellite China has successfully launched a group of nine high-resolution Earth remote sensing satellites China has successfully launched a group of nine high-resolution Earth remote sensing satellites of the Jilin-1 Gaofen-03-1 constellation, into orbit using the Long March-11 carrier rocket, an official said. The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) said this on Tuesday … Read more
Disengagement China and India “quickly disengage” from a tense border standoff during a meeting of the countries’ foreign ministers in Russia China and India agreed to continue their dialogue and “quickly disengage” from a tense border standoff during a meeting of the countries’ foreign ministers in Russia, according to India’s Ministry of External Affairs. Chinese … Read more
China’s leaders have held a triumphant ceremony to celebrate beating the coronavirus on Tuesday, September 8. Ekohotblog understands that the country was able to overcome the virus through a combination of lockdowns and travel restrictions earlier in the year that have officials touting the nation as a coronavirus success story. President Xi Jinping said China … Read more
China issued a fierce rebuke Friday to UN experts who said a draconian national security law imposed upon Hong Kong poses a serious risk to the city’s freedoms and breaches international legal obligations. Beijing has faced a barrage of criticism over the legislation, imposed late June after pro-democracy protests rocked the semi-autonomous city last year. … Read more
A restaurant in northern China has collapsed on Saturday and claimed 17 lives state media said, with rescuers pulling dozens of survivors from the rubble and searching for others believed to be trapped. The two-storey building used for banquets came down in the morning in Xiangfen county, in Shanxi province. it was reported that “45 … Read more
Hundreds of people in eastern China have been infected with bacteria which can cause dysentery after drinking contaminated water, state media said Monday, prompting the closure of a local water plant. Nearly 500 people in the rural town of Baoyi — about 550 kilometres (342 miles) west of Shanghai — have developed fever and diarrhoea … Read more
Beijing Education Authority on Friday said that staff and students shall wear masks at school and only take them off on outdoor occasions where there are no crowds and no contacts. It added that Primary and middle schools will be put under relatively closed management, and the risks of spreading COVID-19 will be reduced by … Read more
The US Senate on unanimously approved a bill banning federal employees from using the social media app TikTok on government-issued devices. Authorities have raised security concerns about the video-sharing platform because it’s owned by the Chinese-based company ByteDance. The vote follows a vow from President Trump to shut down the app entirely in the US … Read more
Another Canadian drug dealer has been sentenced to death on drugs charges Friday, the second in two days to be handed the punishment, as worries occur between Beijing and Ottawa. The Foshan Intermediate People’s Court in the country’s southern province of Guangdong said Ye Jianhui had been sentenced for trafficking and manufacturing drugs and would … Read more
A house of representatives panel has drawn public attention to clauses in loans agreement between Nigeria and China wherein the former will have to concede its independence and sovereignty to the Asian country if the loan is not repaid. The clause described as “lethal” by the panel is in article 8(1) of the commercial loan … Read more
China successfully launched Tianwen-1-its first independent mission to Mars on Thursday. According to Xinhua News Agency, a Long March 5 rocket carrying the spacecraft ignited at the Wenchang Space Launch Site in south China’s tropical Hainan province at 12:41 p.m. (0441 GMT). A live stream of the launch hosted by Chinese media company douyu.com and … Read more
Six months on from the novel coronavirus outbreak, the WHO said Monday it was sending a team to China to work towards finding the source – as it warned the pandemic was far from over. And the World Health Organization warned that in an atmosphere of global division and politicisation of the COVID-19 crisis, it … Read more
At least 14 people were killed and more than 160 wounded after an oil tanker truck exploded on a highway in China on Saturday, state media said. The force of the blast caused nearby homes and factories to collapse, the government said on social media and sent huge clouds of black smoke billowing into the … Read more