Bloomberg For decades, Hong Kong served as a bridge between China and Taiwan. Now, that appears to be just one more thing that’s changing in the former British colony. China’s insistence that Taiwanese officials as a condition of stay in Hong Kong sign a statement agreeing that both sides belong to “one China” adds pressure on Taipei to close its ...

Bloomberg An Indonesian state-owned drugmaker plans to start human trials of Sinovac Biotech Ltd’s coronavirus vaccine next month and aims to begin commercial production early next year. PT Bio Farma will administer the vaccine supplied by Beijing-based Sinovac on 1,620 people in the age group of 18 to 59 years, company’s President Director Honesti Basyir said in a statement. The ...

Bloomberg The mask may have reached a tipping point. President Donald Trump’s administration pushed to encourage mask-wearing, explicitly endorsing a measure widely seen as crucial to stemming the coronavirus pandemic, and potentially quelling a bitter debate that experts say costs lives. The president, who for months resisted covering his face in public, tweeted that “it is Patriotic to wear a ...