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EU envoys agree first China sanctions in three decades

The European Union agreed on Wednesday to blacklist Chinese officials for human rights abuses, two diplomats said, the first sanctions against Beijing since an EU arms embargo in 1989 following…

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China rejects likely EU human rights sanctions, ambassador says

China is deeply concerned over the European Union's likely imposition of sanctions on the country related to human rights, Beijing's ambassador to the EU said on Tuesday. "We are against interference in other's…

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China vaccinated 64.07 million people for Covid-19 as of March 12

China has vaccinated 64.07 million people for COVID-19 as of March 12, National Health Commission Vice Minister Li Bin said on Monday. The data was provided from an English interpretation…

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China eases visa rules in Philippines for recipients of its vaccines

China's embassy in the Philippines said on Monday it would simplify visa applications for anyone in the country who has been inoculated with Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccines to allow regular travel…

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Beijing hit by worst sandstorm in a decade

The Chinese capital Beijing was shrouded in thick brown dust on Monday as a result of heavy winds blowing in from the Gobi desert and parts of northwestern China, in…

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Five Chinese companies pose threat to U.S. national security -FCC

The American Federal Communications Commission (FCC) designated five Chinese companies as posing a threat to national security under a 2019 law aimed at protecting U.S. communications networks. The FCC said…

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COVID-19 outbreak at Hong Kong gym sends shivers through expat community

Hong Kong recorded 60 coronavirus cases on Friday, the city's government said, as it scrambled to contain transmissions mainly amongst its expatriate community after a cluster at a gym spilled…

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Chinese Prime Minister says China to continue to work with WHO to seek COVID-19 origins

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said the country would continue to work with the World Health Organization (WHO) in trying to find the origins of COVID-19, in response to a question…

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Photo Story: China’s international travel health certificate app for smartphones

A woman showcases the new China’s international travel health certificate application example for smartphones in Shanghai, China. The official launch of the Chinese version of the 'International Travel Health Certificate'…

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Russia, China agree to build lunar station together

Russia has signed a memorandum of understanding with China to construct a joint lunar space station, the national space agency, Roscosmos, announced. The station is envisioned as a "complex of experimental…

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China launches COVID-19 vaccination certificates for cross-border travel

China has launched a digital COVID-19 vaccination certificate for its citizens planning cross-border travels, joining other countries issuing similar documents as they seek ways to reopen their economies. As vaccines are…

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Former Chinese Minister says China at least 30 years away from becoming manufacturing ‘great power’

China is at least 30 years away from becoming a manufacturing nation of "great power", a former industry minister said on Sunday, despite boasting the world's most complete industrial supply…

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China to set up vaccine stations for citizens abroad

Senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi said on Sunday that China has plans to set up COVID-19 vaccination stations to administer vaccines to Chinese citizens overseas. China has developed several vaccines…

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End of the road for Hong Kong’s democratic dream as China “improves” its voting system

HONG KONG, March 5 (Reuters) - Ever since Britain returned Hong Kong to Chinese rule in 1997, opposition activists have tried to bring full democracy to the city, believing that China would live up…

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WHO says report on China mission on COVID-19 origins due in mid-March

GENEVA (Reuters) - The findings of a WHO-led mission to Wuhan, China to investigate the origins of the virus that causes COVID-19 are expected in mid-March, the World Health Organization…

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Photo story: China issues images of Mars surface

Handout photos made available by China National Space Administration (CNSA) on 04 March shows the surface of Mars captured from Tianwen-1 spacecraft. shows the surface of Mars captured from Tianwen-1…

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Microsoft says Chinese hackers targeted groups via server software

A China-linked cyber-espionage group has been remotely plundering email inboxes using freshly discovered flaws in Microsoft mail server software, the company and outside researchers said on Tuesday - an example…

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Jack Ma loses title as China’s richest man after coming under Beijing’s scrutiny

Alibaba and Ant Group founder Jack Ma has lost the title of China's richest man, a list published on Tuesday showed, as his peers prospered while his empire was put under heavy scrutiny by…

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China, U.S. should lift COVID-19 travel bans if herd immunity reached

China and the United States should remove all barriers to travel between the two countries if the United States achieves herd immunity for COVID-19 with 90% of its population vaccinated, potentially by August,…

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Survey shows foreign journalists in China see ‘rapid decline in media freedom’

China used coronavirus prevention measures, intimidation and visa curbs to limit foreign reporting in 2020, ushering in a "rapid decline in media freedom," the Foreign Correspondents' Club of China (FCCC)…

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China can hit 500-mln-dose annual capacity of CanSinoBIO COVID-19 vaccine this year

Production capacity for a COVID-19 vaccine developed by CanSino Biologics Inc (CanSinoBIO) and a military-backed institute could hit an annual half a billion doses this year, a scientist leading research…

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China expected to unveil hike in military budget as tensions rise

China is expected to reveal a robust increase in defence spending at the March 5 annual opening of parliament, as its economy rebounds from the COVID-19 pandemic and military tensions…

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Photo Story: Scenes from the Lantern Festival in Beijing

Photos of the lantern decorations on the night of the Lantern Festival outside a shopping mall in Beijing, China. The festival marks the last day of the Chinese Lunar New…

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China court orders man to pay wife for housework

A Beijing divorce court has ordered a man to compensate his wife for the housework she did during their marriage, in a landmark ruling. The woman will receive 50,000 yuan…

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China accused of doing ‘little’ to hunt for Covid origins

Chinese officials did “little” in terms of epidemiological investigations into the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic in Wuhan in the first eight months after the outbreak, according to an internal…

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China steps up focus on food security in major policy document

China will put greater pressure on its regions to boost grain yields and step up support for its domestic seed industry as it strengthens its focus on food security after…

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Over 43 million doses of Sinopharm’s COVID-19 vaccines used globally

More than 43 million COVID-19 vaccine doses from China's state-backed China National Pharmaceutical Group (Sinopharm) have been used, including over 34 million administered in the country and the rest overseas,…

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China calls for reset in Sino-U.S. relations

Senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi said on Monday the United States and China could work together on issues like climate change and the coronavirus pandemic if they repaired their damaged…

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Photo Story: Shanghai remembers Beethoven anniversary

A woman wearing a mask for protection stands near a Beethoven installation in the Concert Hall in Shanghai, China. The Shanghai Concert Hall marked the 250th anniversary of German composer…

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Taiwan scrambles air force again after Chinese exercises in South China Sea

Taiwan’s air force scrambled for a second straight day on Saturday after a dozen Chinese fighter aircraft and bombers carried out drills close to Taiwan-controlled islands in the disputed South…

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China fires back at Washington after it raises concerns about WHO COVID report

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States damaged multilateral cooperation and the World Health Organization in recent years, and should not be "pointing fingers" at China and other countries that supported…

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UPDATED: White House cites ‘deep concerns’ about WHO COVID report

The White House called on China to make available data from the earliest days of the COVID-19 outbreak, saying it has "deep concerns" about the way the findings of the…

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WHO team member says China refused to provide WHO team with raw data on early COVID cases

China refused to give raw data on early COVID-19 cases to a World Health Organization-led team probing the origins of the pandemic, one of the team's investigators said, potentially complicating…

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EU calls on China to reverse ban on BBC World News channel

The European Union called on China to reverse its ban on the BBC World News television, the Associated Press reported on Saturday. China barred Britain's BBC World News from its…

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BBC World News barred from airing in China

British television channel BBC World News was barred on Friday from airing in China, a week after Britain’s media regulator revoked Chinese state television’s licence to broadcast in the United…

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Hong Kong holds scaled-down Lunar New Year fairs amid COVID-19, China crackdown

Hong Kong's Lunar New Year fairs, usually an opportunity to sell creative merchandise critical of the government alongside festive foods and decorations, are subdued this year amid coronavirus restrictions and…

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U.S. President Joe Biden in first direct contact with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping

U.S. President Joe Biden spoke to his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Wednesday, his first direct contact with the leader of the world's second-largest economy since winning the November U.S.…

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China gave 40.52 mln doses of COVID-19 vaccines to key groups as of Feb 9

BEIJING, Feb 10 (Reuters) - China has administered 40.52 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines for key groups of people as of Feb. 9, Mi Feng, spokesman for the National Health…

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White House to scrutinise WHO report that says COVID-19 unlikely from Chinese lab

WASHINGTON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - The Biden administration is looking forward to scrutinizing data included in a World Health Organization report released on Tuesday that said the COVID-19 virus did…

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Number of newborns in China drops 15% in 2020 as coronavirus weighs

The number of newborns in China plummeted 15% in 2020 from a year earlier, according to the Ministry of Public Security, with the onset of the novel coronavirus disrupting the…

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Important clues about role of Wuhan seafood market and coronavirus spread found

Top scientists probing the origins of COVID-19 say they have found “important clues” about the role of a Wuhan seafood market in the coronavirus outbreak, Sky News (AU) Reports. Investigators…

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Thousands of Chinese pay tribute to virus whistleblower on his death anniversary

France24 - Thousands of Chinese social media users paid tribute to Li Wenliang on Saturday, marking the one year anniversary of the death of the doctor who first blew the…

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Getting to the origins of CoVid-19 will take years – WHO Team Member

WUHAN, China (Reuters) - A member of the World Health Organization-led team visiting the central Chinese city of Wuhan said he has been surprised by the complexity of getting to…

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China bat caves need exploring in search for COVID origins, WHO team member says

WUHAN, China, Feb 3 (Reuters) - A member of the World Health Organization-led team searching for clues to the origins of COVID-19 in the central Chinese city of Wuhan said…

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WHO team in Wuhan hold “good discussions” with Chinese counterparts

WUHAN, China, Feb 1 (Reuters) - A World Health Organization-led team investigating the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic on Monday visited the Center for Disease Control and Prevention in China's…

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Taiwan says Chinese fighters, U.S. aircraft both entered defence zone

TAIPEI, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Six Chinese fighter aircraft and a U.S. reconnaissance aircraft entered the southwestern corner of Taiwan's air defence identification zone on Sunday, the island's defence ministry…

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UK opens special visa route for Hong Kong residents to become citizens

HONG KONG, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Hong Kong residents can apply from Sunday for a new visa offering them an opportunity to become British citizens after Beijing's imposition of a…

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China gene firm providing worldwide COVID tests worked with Chinese military

BGI Group, the world's largest genomics company, has worked with China's military on research that ranges from mass testing for respiratory pathogens to brain science, a Reuters review of research, patent filings and other documents…

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U.S. military slams Chinese flights over South China Sea but says they posed no threat

WASHINGTON, Jan 29 (Reuters) - The U.S. military said on Friday that Chinese military flights in the past week in the South China Sea fit a pattern of destabilizing and…

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UK offers Hong Kong residents a route to citizenship, angering China

Britain on Friday hailed a new visa offering Hong Kong citizens a route to citizenship after China's crackdown but Beijing said it would no longer recognise special British passports offered to residents of…

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U.S. and China may meet at Singapore’s ‘Davos’, WEF says

United States President Joe Biden's new administration may hold meetings with Chinese counterparts at a World Economic Forum meeting in Singapore in May, the organisation's president said on Friday. Borge…

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China’s stark warning to Taiwan: seeking independence means war

China has harshly warned Taiwan that attempts to seek independence from Beijing "means war". The warning comes days after Beijing stepped up military activities and sent warplanes near the island.…

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WHO experts begin meetings with Chinese scientists today

WHO experts in Wuhan began meeting with Chinese scientists today, with the group planning a number of visits to labs, markets and hospitals. The group had to first spend two…

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WHO says team in Wuhan to visit labs, markets and hospitals

WUHAN, China (Reuters) - A World Health Organization-led team investigating the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic will meet Chinese scientists on Friday and plans to visit labs, markets and hospitals…

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China launches anal swab tests to detect high-risk Covid-19 cases

Forbes - As Chinese authorities struggle to contain rising Covid-19 infections ahead of the Lunar New Year celebrations, Beijing has introduced anal swabs as a new type of coronavirus test…

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China to conduct military drills in S. China Sea amid tensions with U.S

BEIJING (Reuters) - China said on Tuesday it will conduct military exercises in the South China Sea this week, just days after Beijing bristled at a U.S. aircraft carrier group's…

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U.S. urges China to stop pressure against Taiwan

TAIPEI (Reuters) - A U.S. aircraft carrier group led by the USS Theodore Roosevelt has entered the South China Sea to promote "freedom of the seas", the U.S. military said…

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