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September 23, 2020 at 7:14 pm

China is building vast new detention centers for Muslims in Xinjiang VIEW

KASHGAR, China — A huge Brutalist entrance gate, topped with the red national flag, stands before archetypal Chinese government buildings. There is no sign identifying...

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August 7, 2020 at 5:44 am

China sentences second Canadian in as many days to death

BEIJING — China's courts have sentenced two Canadians to death in the space of two days, deepening tensions between Beijing and Ottawa linked to the...

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June 15, 2020 at 5:54 am

Beijing carries out mass testing as coronavirus spreads in the Chinese capital

Beijing has set about testing hundreds of thousands of people for coronavirus in an exhaustive effort to stamp out a new eruption of the disease...

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June 10, 2020 at 2:34 am

Two-husband strategy may be a remedy for China’s one-child policy, professor posits

Chinese authorities have been trying for three years to reverse the devastating imbalances of their one-child policy and coax couples to have more children. They've...

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May 30, 2020 at 8:30 am

Trump hammers China over Hong Kong, China responds with: What about Minneapolis?

Chinese officials appeared to shrug off President Donald Trump's latest slaps against Beijing and struck back with their own rhetorical punch Saturday: highlighting the growing...

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May 24, 2020 at 6:58 am

China tells U.S. to stop taking them ‘to the brink of a new Cold War’

The United States should abandon its "wishful thinking about changing China" and stop pushing the two countries "to the brink of a new Cold War,"...

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In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, center, attends the opening session of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Thursday, May 21, 2020. (Li Xueren/Xinhua via AP) XIN801 XIN801

May 21, 2020 at 8:40 am

China to impose sweeping national security law in Hong Kong, bypassing city’s legislature

The move is the boldest yet from Beijing to undercut Hong Kong's autonomy and bring the global financial hub under its full control as it...

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May 21, 2020 at 5:22 am

China to impose sweeping national security law in Hong Kong, bypassing city’s legislature

HONG KONG — China's Communist Party will impose a sweeping national security law in Hong Kong by fiat during the annual meeting of its top...

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Surfers prepare to enter the water for a sunrise surf at Sumner Beach as level four COVID-19 restrictions are eased in Christchurch, New Zealand, Tuesday, April 28, 2020. New Zealand eased its strict lockdown restrictions to level three at midnight to open up certain sections of the economy but social distancing rules will still apply. (AP Photo/Mark Baker) XMB106 XMB106

April 28, 2020 at 4:42 pm

New Zealanders emerge from coronavirus lockdown — craving fast food

After 33 days of Level Four restrictions, New Zealand has managed to squelch its coronavirus outbreak and has reduced its public limits to Level Three....

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March 11, 2020 at 4:28 am

Nike to review supply chains in China after reports Uighurs forced to make shoes

Nike said it was reviewing its suppliers' hiring practices in China, after The Washington Post and an Australian think tank reported that members of the...

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