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China fires rods into the sky to make it rain amid worst ever heat wave
Chinese planes are firing rods into the sky to bring more rainfall to its crucial Yangtze River, which has dried up in parts, as swathes…
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Pentagon chiefs’ calls to China go unanswered amid Taiwan crisis
Top Chinese military officials have not returned multiple calls from their American counterparts this week as a crisis erupted in the Pacific over House Speaker…
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China’s Xian imposes temporary, partial lockdown to fight omicron flare-up
The northwestern Chinese city of Xian said on Friday it will temporarily impose a partial lockdown to reduce its 13 million residents’ movement, after reporting…
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Activist imprisoned in China returns to Taiwan after five years
A Taiwanese pro-democracy activist who served five years in China returned to Taiwan on Friday morning, a Taiwanese government ministry confirmed. Lee Ming-che was arrested…
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Shanghai residents frustrated by food shortages, prolonged COVID-19 lockdowns
Shanghai residents voiced growing frustration on Friday at confusion over a week of snap COVID-19 lockdowns, taking to social media to complain about food shortages…
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China closes city of 17 million people; faces biggest crisis since Wuhan Covid outbreak
March 14 (PTI) – China’s high-tech Shenzhen city, which has a population of over 17 million, was the latest to shut down to control the…
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China says willing to play role in mediating Ukraine crisis
March 9 (CNN) – President Xi Jinping said Tuesday that China is willing to “work actively” with the international community to mediate the war in…
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China has set GDP growth target at around 5.5 % for 2022
Beijing, March 5 (CGTN): : The opening meeting of the fifth session of the 13th National People’s Congress (NPC) began at the Great Hall of…
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Ukraine invasion: why China is more likely to support Russia than in the past
Chinese President Xi Jinping meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Brazil in 2019. Alamy China’s general approach to Russian actions in its neighbouring regions…
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US aims to counter China by opening Solomon Islands embassy
The US says it will open an embassy in the Solomon Islands, laying out in unusually blunt terms a plan to increase its influence in…
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