Five tweets landed Li Lin in shackles. A software engineer, Li had traveled to Xinjiang province in 2018 to visit family for the Lunar New Year. He tweeted about his …
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In a unanimous and unsurprising decision Tuesday, the standing committee of the National People’s Congress, China’s rubber-stamp parliament, endorsed proposed changes to how Hong Kong lawmakers and the city’s leader …
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CIA nominee calls China an 'authoritarian adversary,' vows to intensify competition with Beijing
William Burns is sworn in to testify before a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on his nomination to be director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) on Capitol Hill in Washington, …
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The residential community of Ronghui was downgraded to a low-risk area on Tuesday. Currently, all areas in Beijing are low-risk areas for Covid-19 infection, the Xinhua news agency reported. Daxing …
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India has crossed LAC more times than China, says VK Singh; 'unwitting confession', claims Beijing
The face-off between the two countries began in early May following a clash between soldiers of the two sides near Pangong lake File image of VK Singh. PTI On Sunday, …
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Beijing warns off US warship from South China Sea islands, says its 'serious violation of sovereignty'
The USS John S McCain ‘broke into China’s Xisha territorial waters without the permission of the Chinese government’, Beijing’s military said in a statement, using its name for the disputed …
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Beijing Winter Olympics 2022: Human rights, COVID-19 at issue a year from Games – Sports News , Firstpost
A coalition of 180 rights groups sent an open letter on the eve of the one-year-to-go date calling for a diplomatic boycott. Beijing is scheduled to host the Winter Olympics …
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WELLINGTON/BEIJING: China and New Zealand signed a deal that upgrades their existing free trade pact on Tuesday, giving exports from the Pacific nation greater access to the world’s second-largest economy. …
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A series of measures will be taken from Sunday, including the suspension of a number of outdoor construction operations, and halting or restricting production by manufacturing companies, according to the …
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One year ago this week, the Chinese Communist Party was on the verge of its biggest crisis in decades. The coronavirus had brought the city of Wuhan to a halt. …
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China’s new Covid outbreak near Beijing still not close to a turning point, hospital director says
Medical workers collect swab samples from residents at a community Covid-19 testing site in Qiaoxi district of Shijiazhuang, capital of north China’s Hebei Province, Jan. 7, 2021. Yang Shiyao | …
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The penalties are yet another Trump administration move that may make President-elect Joe Biden’s diplomacy with China more difficult when he takes office next week The Trump administration on January …
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Beijing has gone on an alert mode following a sudden spike in COVID-19 cases in the neighbouring Hebei province while China has administered nine million coronavirus vaccines so far in …
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Legislators are “granted the right to disapprove budgets introduced by the government,” Civil Human Rights Front, a pro-democracy group, said. “Through the primary election, the candidates only exercised their rights …
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BEIJING: Chinese authorities on Wednesday imposed travel restrictions and banned gatherings in the capital city of Hebei province, which surrounds Beijing, in the latest escalation of measures to stave off …
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China rushes to curb new COVID-19 clusters developing in a city close to Beijing- Technology News, Firstpost
Agence France-PresseJan 06, 2021 10:23:14 IST Travel has been restricted to a northern Chinese city of 11 million people and schools closed as authorities Wednesday moved to snuff out a …
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Beijing won’t retaliate strongly against the U.S. for delisting Chinese companies, analysts say
A woman adjusts a Chinese flag near U.S. flags. Ng Han Guan | AFP | Getty Images We will need to see if the Chinese government will take retaliation against …
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Nuns Arrested as Beijing Turns Up Heat on Hong Kong Church in Bid to Quell Opposition Voices
In a high-walled Art Deco villa in the Hong Kong suburbs of Kowloon, the Vatican operates an unofficial diplomatic mission, its only political outpost of any kind in China. The …
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Beijing has tightened COVID-19 curbs over concerns that China’s mass travel during the holiday period could cause cases to spike in the capital, as it reported locally transmitted cases for …
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China’s capital has urged residents not to leave the city during the upcoming Lunar New Year holidays, implementing fresh restrictions after several coronavirus infections last week. Two domestic cases were …
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Beijing appoints new commander for PLA’s Western Theatre Command, reports Chinese media amid Ladakh standoff – India News , Firstpost
Xi Jinping, who heads the Central Military Commission, appointed General Zhang Xudong as the Commander of the Western Theatre Command, which oversees the China-India border, as per the official media …
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By: AP | Washington | Updated: December 18, 2020 4:08:42 pm FILE – In this Nov. 4, 2014, file photo, journalists chat near the Beijing’s bid for the 2022 Winter …
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Haze Fan was last in contact with one of her editors just before noon on Monday, and was seen being escorted from her apartment building by “plain clothes security officials” …
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Peter Humphrey was once locked up in China. Now he advises other prisoners and their families how to take on Beijing
He stared at the document, its navy cover embossed with the United States seal, as it gradually dawned on him that the Chinese police officer, in his broken English, was …
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By: Deutsche Welle | December 1, 2020 10:45:09 pm The disqualification of the four pro-democracy legislators prompted the 15 remaining pro-democracy lawmakers to resign en masse, leaving Hong Kong’s legislative …
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India Irked as China Plans to Build Major Dam on Brahmaputra River, But Beijing Downplays Anxiety
China will build a major hydropower project on Brahmaputra river in Tibet and a proposal for this has been clearly put forward in the 14th Five-Year Plan to be implemented …
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