New infections in China: diocese of Beijing closes parish churches  

New coronavirus outbreak in China, Beijing raises emergency level. Authorities closed schools and universities forthwith and suspended indoor sports activities…

Zero cases in China. Father JB Zhang: “Life will go back to normal, but with caution” 

China has recorded no new domestic cases of Coronavirus. In its updates, the National Health Commission (NHC) reported only nine…

Coronavirus in China. Father Zhang (Xinde Press): “Proximity to the victims like the Good Samaritan”

Father John Baptist Zhang, founder of Xinde press and Jinde Charities, in Shijizhuang City, speaks of the contagion that reached…

Coronavirus Covid-19 in China: Catholics on the front line to treat the sick and defeat the epidemics

Storage and distribution of medical supplies. Catholic volunteers and faithful involved in relief efforts and prevention of Coronavirus Covid-19. The…

Coronavirus. Francesco Sisci (Sinologist): “We should be careful to say that China is lying”  

The death toll from Coronavirus topped 1000 in China, with over 42,000 infected. After Wuhan, another large city like Hangzhou…

Coronavirus: journey into the Catholic communities of Hong Kong and Macao where Saint Roch, the protector against epidemics, is being invoked

Fears of contamination, uncertainties on the information given so far, prayers to St. Roch, the most invoked saint in the…

EU Parliament: Ilham Tohti’s daughter, “We ask the Chinese government for freedom and peaceful dialogue”

Elections in Hong Kong. Sisci: “The confidence pact has been shattered. It will be hard to restore”

“Now more than ever it’s important to find a way to reconcile the sensitivities of the people of the People’…

Holy See Pavilion at 2019 Expo in Beijing. Kin Sheung Yan (coordinator), “a space for dialogue, where diversity becomes richness”

A Holy See Pavilion at Beijing 2019 Expo for the first time. It is “a fruit of the dialogue between…

Hong Kong protests. Sisci (sinologist): “The problem is not the law but the lack of trust”

One million people took to the streets of Hong Kong protesting the extradition of criminal suspects to China. Francesco Sisci,…

Ending nuclear arms control, USA and Russia withdraw from treaty. Silvestri (IAI): “Europe is now more exposed to a Russian threat”

“European countries are now more exposed to a Russian threat, which the US should respond to with greater commitment; but…