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China hits US with 84% retaliatory tariffs, EU targets $38b in trade
China has again vowed to “fight to the end” in an escalating trade war with the US as it announced it would raise tariffs on…
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China’s dwindling marriage rate is fuelling demand for brides trafficked from abroad
Fewer people in China are opting to get married. imtmphoto / Shutterstock China’s marriage rate is in steep decline. There were 6.1 million marriage registrations…
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A robot nearly headbutted a festival spectator in China – here are four urgent steps to make the tech safer
Humanoid robots will start to become much more common as prices tumble. thinkhubstudio Humanoid robots are supposed to be our loyal assistants, but we saw…
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China gives “unsatisfactory” answer for firing notification from warships, Minister says
Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles has said that China did not give a “satisfactory” answer for its warships reportedly firing into airspace…
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China outraged after Trump State Department deletes key phrase on Taiwan relations
Chinese officials blasted the U.S. for apparently removing a phrase from the State Department website rejecting Taiwan's independence on Sunday.
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US pressure has forced Panama to quit China’s Belt and Road Initiative – it could set the pattern for further superpower clashes
Following Donald Trump’s repeated claims that the US needs to “take back” the Panama canal from Chinese control, the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio,…
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Trump vs. Xi: Who Will Win the Trade War?
Donald Trump launched a two-year trade war against China during his first term in the White House, and he’s poised to do it again. Even…
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China’s ‘batwoman’ STILL doing ‘potentially catastrophic’ virus tests 5 years after Covid ‘lab leak’ left millions dead
A CHINESE scientist at the centre of the Covid origins debate is still carrying out “risky” research on coronaviruses, scientists have warned. Shi Zhengli, 60,…
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HMPV in China: what you need to know about this virus
In the last few days there have been reports of yet another infectious disease rapidly spreading in China. This time the virus is human metapneumovirus,…
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As Covid lab leak suspicion lingers, WHO urges China to share virus origin data
The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged Beijing to share data on the origins of the coronavirus, five years after the bug that ravaged the…
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