China in Focus Full Headlines for August 14

Chinese internet celebrities famous for ‘eating broadcasts’ (mukbang) are feeling the heat from authorities. That, as the country responds to the leader’s order on reducing food waste.

4 virus experts in China were awarded with national honors, including the military officer who took over the Wuhan P4 lab, and an expert who denied human-to-human transmission in the early stage of the outbreak.

A Chinese netizen described the situation of Chinese people living within the firewall with a video. And other netizens discovered new insights from the scenes.

Chinese economists warn that Beijing needs to get prepared for the financial decoupling between China and the U.S. And Hong Kong’s police credit union is moving assets to Chinese banks, citing worries over U.S. sanctions.