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A China Airlines Boeing 747 passenger plane at Taoyuan International Airport in Taoyuan City, Taiwan, 30 January 2020 (reissued on 22 July 2020). Photo: EPA
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28 December 2022
Jubilant Chinese plan trips abroad with Covid quarantine to end
Medical workers take swab samples to be tested for the Covid-19 coronavirus from high school students as they prepare to take the annual "Gaokao" or college entrance examinations in China, in Shenyang in China's northeastern Liaoning province on June 6, 2022. Photo: AFP
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21 November 2022
China records first Covid death since May
China reported its first death from Covid-19 in six months on Sunday as it contends with...
A health worker wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) walks past a fenced residential area under lockdown due to Covid-19 coronavirus restrictions in Beijing on June 20, 2022. (Photo by Noel Celis / AFP)
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08 November 2022
China virus cases at six-month high despite...
China reported its highest daily Covid caseload in six months Monday, despite grinding...
China's President Xi Jinping stands by national flags at the Schloss Bellevue presidential residency in Berlin. Xi Jinping secured a historic third term as China's leader on October 23, 2022 and promoted some of his closest Communist Party allies, cementing his position as the nation's most powerful leader since Mao Zedong. Photo: AFP
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06 November 2022
China doubles down on zero-Covid after reopening...
China said on Saturday that it would "unswervingly" stick to its zero-Covid policy,...
Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) welcomes German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (L) in the East Hall of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, 04 November 2022. Photo: EPA
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05 November 2022
German leader calls for equal trade ties in...
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz told Chinese leaders in Beijing on Friday that Berlin...
US President Joe Biden (R) speaks as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) looks on during the first US, Pacific Island Country Summit with leaders from over 10 countries at the State Department, in Washington, DC, USA, 29 September 2022. Photo: EPA
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31 October 2022
Pacific aid surges as China, US vie for influence
Regional powers poured record amounts of cash into the Pacific Islands during the...
Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu speaks during a press briefing in Taipei, Taiwan, 26 August 2022. Photo: EPA
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27 October 2022
Taiwan Foreign Minister expects greater China...
Beijing will step up efforts to pick off Taiwan's last remaining allies after Xi Jinping...
Xiyuan Hotel in Beijing, China. Photo: EPA
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22 October 2022
US charges seven Chinese nationals over forced...
The United States charged seven Chinese nationals on Thursday for participating in an...
This handout photo taken and released by the Taiwan Presidential Office on October 3, 2022 shows a man taking video of a ceremony to launch the new English-language TV channel TaiwanPlus in Taipei. Photo: HANDOUT / Taiwan Presidential Office / AFP
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04 October 2022
Taiwan launches first English TV channel as China...
Taiwan launched its first English-language TV channel on Monday in a bid to boost its...
US President Joe Biden. Photo: EPA
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20 September 2022
China says Biden's Taiwan remarks '...
Beijing on Monday said President Joe Biden's latest comments that the United States would...
Democratic New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez. Photo: EPA
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15 September 2022
US Senate takes first step to direct military aid...
A Senate committee took the first step Wednesday toward the United States directly...
China has accused the US National Security Agency of launching 'tens of thousands' of cyberattacks. Photo: AFP
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06 September 2022
China accuses US of 'tens of thousands...
Beijing on Monday accused the United States of launching "tens of thousands" of...
Health workers conduct mass testing in Jing, Shanghai, on Monday. Photo: AFP
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17 August 2022
US commander says China missile fire over Taiwan...
China's recent decision to fire missiles over Taiwan is a "gorilla in the room" that has...

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