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China steps up online controls with new rule for bloggers
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China steps up online controls with new rule for bloggers

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Ma Xiaolin frequently wrote about current affairs on one of China’s leading microblogging sites, where he…
Beijing smog casts gloom over China’s Lunar New Year holiday
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Beijing smog casts gloom over China’s Lunar New Year holiday

BEIJING (Reuters) – Beijing was once again shrouded in smog on Saturday after several days of heavy pollution which have…
BBC World News barred in mainland China, radio dropped by HK public broadcaster
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BBC World News barred in mainland China, radio dropped by HK public broadcaster

BEIJING (Reuters) – China barred Britain’s BBC World News from its television networks on Friday and Hong Kong’s public broadcaster…
Presidents Biden and Xi hold first phone call amid tense US-China relations
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Presidents Biden and Xi hold first phone call amid tense US-China relations

WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) – US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping held their first telephone call as leaders,…
Chinese spacecraft nearing Mars, world’s 2nd in 2 days
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Chinese spacecraft nearing Mars, world’s 2nd in 2 days

BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese spacecraft appears poised to enter orbit around Mars, one day after an orbiter from the…
WHO team: Coronavirus unlikely to have leaked from China lab
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WHO team: Coronavirus unlikely to have leaked from China lab

WUHAN, China (AP) — The coronavirus is unlikely to have leaked from a Chinese lab and is more likely to…
China reports no new local COVID-19 infection for first time in nearly two months
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China reports no new local COVID-19 infection for first time in nearly two months

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China reported no new locally transmitted mainland COVID-19 case for the first time in nearly two months,…
Egyptian Health Ministry reports 7 side effects from Sinopharm vaccine
Egypt

Egyptian Health Ministry reports 7 side effects from Sinopharm vaccine

Egyptian Health and Population Ministry on Sunday announced several potential side-effects from the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine: Pain, redness, stiffness and…
Blinken presses China on Xinjiang, Hong Kong in call with Beijing’s top diplomat
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Blinken presses China on Xinjiang, Hong Kong in call with Beijing’s top diplomat

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told top Chinese diplomat Yang Jiechi in a phone call on…
China to grant Egypt 300,000 doses of coronavirus vaccine
Egypt

China to grant Egypt 300,000 doses of coronavirus vaccine

The Chinese Embassy in Cairo has announced that Beijing will give Egypt 300,000 doses of coronavirus vaccine for free, which…
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