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A former military surgeon, Jiang Yanyong, who blew the whistle on Chinese authorities’ cover-up of the 2003 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) epidemic, has died at the age of 91. Jiang died of pneumonia on Saturday in Beijing, the China’s capital, according to a report by family, friends and Chinese- language media in Hong Kong […]
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China says it will resume issuing visas to foreign tourists for the first time since closing its borders at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic three years ago. The announcement comes after the country said it defeated the virus and is in the last step in ending its three-year zero-COVID policy. In December 2022, China’s […]
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Chinese President Xi Jinping secured an unprecedented third term as president of China on Friday during a parliamentary session. Nearly 3,000 members of China’s rubber-stamp parliament, the National People’s Congress (NPC), voted unanimously in the Great Hall of the People. According to Reuters, the 769-year-old leader of the most populated country emerged in a ceremonial […]
Continue ReadingMore than 50 people were trapped after a coal mine collapsed in northern China’s Inner Mongolia region on Wednesday, state news agency Xinhua reported. “The accident happened on Wednesday afternoon, and a preliminary investigation showed that more than 50 people were trapped under the mine”, Xinhua said, adding that three people had been lifted out, […]
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China’s foreign minister said Tuesday that Beijing is “deeply concerned” about the conflict in Ukraine, which is “intensifying and even getting out of control.” Beijing will “work with the international community to promote dialogue and consultation, address the concerns of all parties and seek common security,” Qin Gang said in a speech on global security. […]
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The United States aviation authorities on Saturday closed down three airports in the eastern part of the country due to a “national security effort” amid controversy over a suspected Chinese spy balloon in US skies. Arrivals and departures were paused at three airports in the states of South and North Carolina “to support the Department […]
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