Category: speculation

Chinese Regime Seeks to Douse Speculation of Shrinking Population

BEIJING—China’s population grew last year, the statistics bureau said on April 29 in an apparent bid to quash reports that it had fallen, but authorities stopped short of saying from which year numbers had grown. On Tuesday, the Financial Times newspaper said China was set to report that its population fell below 1.4 billion last…


WHO Team Visits Wuhan Virus Lab at Center of Speculation

WUHAN, China—World Health Organization investigators on Wednesday visited a research center in the Chinese city of Wuhan that has been the subject of speculation about the origins of the coronavirus, with one member saying they’d intended to meet key staff and press them on critical issues. The WHO team’s visit to the Wuhan Institute of…


Pandemic the Priority, Not Election: PM Scott Morrison

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has declined to rule out an election this year, but says his “one priority” for 2021 is getting the nation through the COVID-19 pandemic. There is speculation Morrison could call a poll in the second half of the year. The legal window for calling a House of Representatives and half-Senate election…