News World Chinese virologist, Shi Zhengli, condemns the COVID-19 ‘lab leak’ theory by Matthew Leong Chinese virologist, Shi Zhengli, has condemned the popular ‘lab leak’ theory for COVID-19. In a rare interview, Shi Zhengli from the Wuhan Institute of Virology (where she specialises in emerging…
Arts Interviews An artist on living the cautious ‘gé lí’ (socially distant) life in China by Heidi Harrington-Johnson Shenzhen-based artist Victoria Jin says that in times like these, we don’t need fictional heroes. “We have them right here among us.” “The nurses, doctors, volunteers on the front lines;…
News Paul McCartney says “medieval” Chinese markets should be banned by Claudia Schmidt In a recent interview, Paul McCartney has called for the ban of Chinese wet markets, calling them “medieval”. A widely held theory posits that Wuhan’s wet animal market was the…
News Did Guy Sebastian bring coronavirus to Australia? An investigation by Happy As Australia continues to enforce strict social distancing and self-isolation laws, many are wondering exactly how the dreaded coronavirus originally made its way to our shores. Well, a huge new…
News Coronavirus may not have originated at Wuhan’s Huanan Seafood Market by Manning Patston We know that at some point, somewhere, the infamous coronavirus crossed over from the animal kingdom to humankind. Wuhan’s Huanan Seafood Market has so far been the most widely reported…
News Could coronavirus change the way we think about the environment? by Claudia Schmidt Whilst the impacts of coronavirus are mostly negative across the board, there’s been one positive side effect, increasingly taking hold. As a result of reduced travel and increasing business closure,…
News How coronavirus is unexpectedly benefiting the environment by Claudia Schmidt Whilst the impacts of coronavirus are mostly negative across the board, there’s been one positive side effect, increasingly taking hold. As a result of reduced travel and increasing business closure,…
News Some guy reckons he cured his coronavirus with whisky by Claudia Schmidt A 25-year-old man has claimed that he cured his coronavirus using the simple remedy of an inhaler, a bottle of whisky, and some honey. The British man admits that he…
