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FILE – China’s Shuai Peng plays a shot against Romania’s Sorana Cirstea during their first round match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium, in Paris, France. Tuesday, May 30, 2017. Chinese authorities have squelched virtually all online discussion of sexual assault accusations apparently made by the Chinese professional tennis star against a former top government official, showing how sensitive the ruling Communist Party is to such charges. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File) XHG204 XHG204

November 18, 2021 at 2:30 am

Where is Peng Shuai? A #MeToo case pits women’s tennis against Chinese censorship

It is a case that touches on the most sensitive topic in China: abuse of power by Communist Party leaders. It also comes as Beijing...

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February 14, 2021 at 3:49 am

A year after the COVID-19 pandemic began, Wuhan has become a city of forgetting

Where the pandemic began, life has returned to familiar rhythms. Fewer than 10 infections have been reported since last April. Beijing has turned Wuhan into...

June 4, 2020 at 9:55 am

Hong Kong protesters defy police and the ban on their Tiananmen vigil

What was supposed to be a banned event commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre instead became one of Hong Kong's most unifying vigils in 31...

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March 19, 2020 at 12:40 am

Woman who flew from U.S. to China for coronavirus test faces criminal charges

A woman who flew from Massachusetts to LA and then to Beijing in order to get a coronavirus test is under investigation in China on...

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A nurse tears up as she talks about the situation in Jinyintan Hospital, designated for critical COVID-19 patients, in Wuhan in central China’s Hubei province Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020. China on Thursday reported 254 new deaths and a spike in virus cases of 15,152, after the hardest-hit province of Hubei applied a new classification system that broadens the scope of diagnoses for the outbreak, which has spread to more than 20 countries. (Chinatopix Via AP) XHG805 XHG805

February 25, 2020 at 11:54 am

Doctors and nurses fighting coronavirus in China die of both infection and fatigue

The rate of new infections and deaths overall appears to be slowing in China. But the toll on medical workers reflects the harrowing costs of...

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September 29, 2019 at 9:39 am

Communist China at 70: Decades of revolution

BEIJING - The 70th anniversary of the People's Republic of China on Tuesday will mark a triumphal moment for the nation's ruling Communist Party, as...

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July 24, 2019 at 12:11 pm

Beijing strikes ominous tone, saying military could intervene in Hong Kong

BEIJING - The latest protests in Hong Kong appear to have touched a nerve in Beijing, where officials and state media have escalated rhetoric against...

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A Huawei store in Beijing May 20, 2019. President Donald Trump’s move last week to bar U.S. telecommunications networks from acquiring or using equipment from foreign suppliers has left small broadband companies under a cloud of uncertainty. (Lam Yik Fei/Minneapolis Star Tribune/Zuma Press/TNS) 1321411 1321411

May 26, 2019 at 5:00 pm

Huawei fight is a threat to rural internet

President Trump's move this month to bar U.S. telecommunications networks from acquiring or using equipment from foreign suppliers such as Huawei left small rural broadband...

December 12, 2018 at 8:47 pm

What’s the big deal about Huawei?

The arrest of a Chinese tech executive in Canada this month has quickly become a focal point in a wider battle between the U.S. and...

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August 13, 2018 at 3:53 am

Suspects in latest Jordan attack are homegrown militants

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Suspected militants who killed five members of Jordan's security forces over the weekend are Jordanian citizens who support the ideology of...

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