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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
People walk around Beijing, China, 21 August 2020. Photo: EPA
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31 May 2022
China fails to ink security pact with Pacific...
Talks between Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and 10 Pacific Island nations failed to...
A handout photo made available by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) shows UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet (L) during a virtual meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping (R, on screen), in Guangzhou, China, 25 May 2022. Photo: EPA
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30 May 2022
US 'concerned' after UN human rights...
The United States expressed concern on Saturday over China's 'efforts to restrict and...
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet attends a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Photo: EPA
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29 May 2022
UN rights envoy defends controversial China visit
The UN rights envoy on Saturday defended her contentious visit to China, but urged...
An exiled Tibetan takes part in a March 2022 rally in New Delhi as the United States raises concerns about China's human rights record. Photo: AFP
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28 May 2022
Blinken says global order must survive China, but...
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Thursday for vigorous competition with China...
Members of the Muslim Uyghur minority present pictures of their relatives detained in China during a news conference in Istanbul. Photo: AFP
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23 May 2022
China's Xinjiang crackdown under scrutiny...
China's crackdown on Muslim minorities in the remote region of Xinjiang will return to...
(From left) Cardinal Joseph Zen, barrister Margaret Ng, professor Hui Po-keung and singer Denise Ho announce the closure of the 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund, established to support democracy protesters in Hong Kong August 18, 2021. Photo: AFP
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13 May 2022
China defends Hong Kong cardinal's arrest as...
China on Thursday defended the arrest of a 90-year-old Catholic cardinal under Hong Kong'...
Residents are seen boarding an ambulance on a street next to a neigborhood during a Covid-19 coronavirus lockdown in the Jing'an district in Shanghai on May 8, 2022. Photo: AFP
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11 May 2022
WHO says China's zero-Covid strategy...
China's flagship zero-Covid strategy to defeat the pandemic is unsustainable, the World...
A health worker takes a swab sample from a woman at a Covid-19 coronavirus testing site in Beijing on April 29, 2022. Photo: Jade GAO / AFP
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01 May 2022
Beijing tightens Covid restrictions as long...
Beijing residents will need clear Covid tests to enter public spaces, officials said...
People wait in line to be tested for the Covid-19 coronavirus at a swab collection site in Beijing on April 25, 2022. Photo: AFP
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25 April 2022
Beijing Covid spike prompts mass testing, panic...
Fears of a hard Covid lockdown sparked panic buying in Beijing as long queues formed on...
A thermal power plant is seen in Hangzhou, in China's eastern Zhejiang province on July 16, 2021. Photo: AFP
Business
18 April 2022
China economy grows 4.8% in first quarter as...
China's economy grew 4.8 percent in the first quarter, the National Bureau of Statistics...
Chinese President Xi Jinping applauds during the commending meeting for Beijing, China. Photo: EPA
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16 April 2022
China swings behind Myanmar junta as Russia...
After a year of tentative ties with Myanmar’s democratic opposition, China this month...
Beijing is considering a request for another $2.5-billion loan package from crisis-hit Sri Lanka, China's ambassador said on March 21 as a fourth person died in queues outside fuel stations. Photo AFP
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22 March 2022
Sri Lanka seeks more Chinese aid as economic...
Beijing is considering a request for another $2.5 billion loan package from crisis-hit...

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