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Presidents Biden and Xi hold first phone call amid tense US-China relations
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Presidents Biden and Xi hold first phone call amid tense US-China relations

WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) – US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping held their first telephone call as leaders,…
Chinese spacecraft nearing Mars, world’s 2nd in 2 days
World

Chinese spacecraft nearing Mars, world’s 2nd in 2 days

BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese spacecraft appears poised to enter orbit around Mars, one day after an orbiter from the…
WHO team: Coronavirus unlikely to have leaked from China lab
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WHO team: Coronavirus unlikely to have leaked from China lab

WUHAN, China (AP) — The coronavirus is unlikely to have leaked from a Chinese lab and is more likely to…
China reports no new local COVID-19 infection for first time in nearly two months
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China reports no new local COVID-19 infection for first time in nearly two months

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China reported no new locally transmitted mainland COVID-19 case for the first time in nearly two months,…
Egyptian Health Ministry reports 7 side effects from Sinopharm vaccine
Egypt

Egyptian Health Ministry reports 7 side effects from Sinopharm vaccine

Egyptian Health and Population Ministry on Sunday announced several potential side-effects from the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine: Pain, redness, stiffness and…
Blinken presses China on Xinjiang, Hong Kong in call with Beijing’s top diplomat
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Blinken presses China on Xinjiang, Hong Kong in call with Beijing’s top diplomat

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told top Chinese diplomat Yang Jiechi in a phone call on…
China to grant Egypt 300,000 doses of coronavirus vaccine
Egypt

China to grant Egypt 300,000 doses of coronavirus vaccine

The Chinese Embassy in Cairo has announced that Beijing will give Egypt 300,000 doses of coronavirus vaccine for free, which…
Turkey Uighurs fear sellout to China in exchange for vaccine
Middle East

Turkey Uighurs fear sellout to China in exchange for vaccine

BEIJING (AP) — Abdullah Metseydi, a Uighur in Turkey, was readying for bed last month when he heard commotion, then…
Anti-China activists in Japan call for boycott of Beijing 2022 Games
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Anti-China activists in Japan call for boycott of Beijing 2022 Games

TOKYO (Reuters) – A group of anti-China activists campaigning for human rights in Tibet and support for ethnic Uighurs called…
China looks to Winter Olympics as chance for rare soft power win amid COVID, rights concerns
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China looks to Winter Olympics as chance for rare soft power win amid COVID, rights concerns

BEIJING (Reuters) – The Winter Olympics, due to begin in one year, offer China a chance to show off its…
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