On cruise ships, passengers and crew share spaces that are more crowded than most urban settings. Even when only essential crew are on board, ongoing spread of COVID-19 still occurs, according to the CDC.
On Wednesday, Wuhan in Hubei province, the Chinese city hit hardest by the novel coronavirus outbreak, re-opened after a 76-day lock-down. People who had been confined were able to leave the city by road, rail and air. As the battle against the virus seems close to being won, the city that sacrificed so much for the nation is finally taking its first steps back to normali-ty, as these images show.
On Thursday, the White House issued an executive order that would bar people in the US from transactions with TikTok's owner, Beijing-based ByteDance, and with the messaging service WeChat and its owner, China's Tencent Holdings. The order is scheduled to take effect 45 days from Aug 6.
On the other hand, even though leading central State-owned enterprises have large and recurring businesses, some investors remain concerned about the structural overhang of these respective industry leaders, fearing that they are "value traps".
On Wednesday, Canada signaled that it would be open to accepting Qunun, who had asked Canada for help via Twitter. Previously, several countries including Canada and Australia were in talks with the United Nations refugee agency in Bangkok on accepting Qunun.
On Wednesday, the State Council also decided that China will roll out more foreign-investor-friendly measures and widen market access.
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On Thursday, in response to media reports that UK chip firm Arm Holdings told its staff to suspend dealings with Huawei, Ren Zhengfei, CEO of Huawei, said in an interview with Chinese financial media website Caixin that his company has acquired a permanent licensing of the ARM architecture, the basis for Huawei to design its chips.
On Thursday, the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that the number of Americans infected with the coronavirus is most likely 10 times higher than has been recorded.
On Tuesday, Huawei Senior Vice-President Zhang Jiangang welcomed the news that the UK would continue to work with the Chinese company.
On Tuesday, Alibaba formed a joint venture with Russia's sovereign wealth fund, telecom company MegaFon and internet firm Mail. Ru Group to boost its development in the nation, the top destination for Ali-Express. Other strategic priorities include Eastern Europe and the Middle East.