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China

Hong Kong: 'Hundreds' held amid protests as new security law enforced

Police say they have detained hundreds of people at a protest for Hong Kong independence after warnings were issued to the crowd.

01/07/2020

China

Swine flu with pandemic potential discovered in China

Researchers said that 10 per cent of swine workers they tested were positive to the new virus. For now, there is little evidence of human to human transmission.

30/06/2020

China

EU 'deplores' China's adoption of national security law for Hong Kong

The legislation is aimed at curbing subversive, secessionist and terrorist activities, as well as foreign intervention in the city's affairs. It follows months of anti-government protests that at times descended into violence in Hong Kong last year.

30/06/2020

Green News

Why is this the most trafficked mammal in the world?

They have existed on earth for 60 million years, but now illegal wildlife trade means numbers are rapidly declining.

23/06/2020

China

Beijing faces new lockdown as cases spike in Chinese capital

A spike in cases near Beijing's biggest fruit and vegetable market has got the Chinese authorities spooked.

17/06/2020

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Beijing braces for second wave after 49 new COVID-19 cases confirmed

Beijing has closed the Xinfadi market, ordered tests to be carried out on all its workers and put surrounding neighbourhoods in lockdown.

15/06/2020

China

Beijing tightens controls amid fears of second coronavirus wave

The Chinese capital rushes to contain a new outbreak of COVID-19 cases seemingly linked to a food market, just as EU countries reopen their borders.

15/06/2020

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Hong Kong's Ocean Park reopens to visitors

Hong Kong amusement park Ocean Park reopened Saturday after shutting down four months ago because of the coronavirus outbreak

13/06/2020

China

Coronavirus: Fears of second wave as cases spike in China

The largest wholesale food market in #Beijing was shut by authorities this weekend, after the discovery of the first locally transmitted cases of #coronavirus in the Chinese capital for 50 days.

13/06/2020

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Hong Kongers sing protest anthem one year after major clashes

Thousands sang and chanted as they marked the first anniversary of major clashes in Hong Kong between police and pro-democracy demonstrators.

12/06/2020

China

Twitter removes Chinese state-backed disinformation network

The network included 23,750 accounts which mostly tweeted about Hong Kong pro-democracy protests and the COVID-19 pandemic for the Chinese diaspora, researchers said.

12/06/2020

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Protesters in Hong Kong mark one year since millions marched

A few hundred demonstrators held flash-mob protests during lunchtime at multiple malls in Hong Kong on Tuesday.

09/06/2020

China

Satellite data suggest COVID-19 started much earlier: Harvard research

A sharp increase in hospital attendance in the Chinese city of Wuhan was first observed in August 2019, researchers from Harvard Medical School have said.

09/06/2020

China

Why ‘superspreaders’ may make coronavirus easier to control

"We just need to stop superspreading," a professor of epidemiology told Euronews. His research showed 20 per cent of cases caused 80 per cent of transmissions.

04/06/2020

China

Euroviews. China is stamping its mark on the post-COVID-19 world as a new global order begins to emerge ǀ View

China's provocative moves in Hong Kong, and the ensuing US response, reinforce the bilateral US-China rupture and formalises the establishment of a new global order that will define the remainder of the 21st century.

04/06/2020

China

Hong Kong outlaws insulting China's national anthem

Hong Kong's legislature has outlawed insulting China's national anthem just as activists planned to commemorate Beijing's 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre despite a ban.

04/06/2020

China

China 'bullying' is damaging its reputation in Europe, analyst says

China is pushing ahead with a new national security law in Hong Kong.

27/05/2020

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Hong Kong protests over law to ban ridicule of China's national anthem

Demonstrators gathered at Hysan Place shopping mall on May 27.

27/05/2020

China

Hong Kong police fire tear gas on protesters

Pro-democracy supporters in Hong Kong have criticised the national security law and say it goes against the “one country, two systems” framework.

24/05/2020

China

Hong Kong protests resume as China attempts to curb opposition's power

A pro-Beijing politician had to be escorted out of the chamber of the Hong Kong Legislative council after a protest broke out over a new bill tabled by China to limit opposition powers in the semi-autonomous territory.

22/05/2020

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Scuffles and shouting break out in Hong Kong's legislature

Hong Kong's legislature was plunged into chaos on Monday after a pro-Beijing lawmaker was elected chair of a key committee.

18/05/2020

Green News

The Maowusu Desert in China has vanished from the map

It was the size of the Netherlands, and now is barely visible. What happened to this Chinese desert?

17/05/2020

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Police chase Hong Kong Mother's Day protesters

Small flashmob demonstrations broke out in at least eight malls throughout Sunday afternoon prompting riot police to rush in heckling crowds of activists

10/05/2020

China

COVID-19 'has exposed fundamental tensions' between EU and China

Former Australia PM Kevin Rudd says the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed fundamental EU-China tensions.

08/05/2020

World

Coronavirus in your eyes: risk is higher due to strength of strain

Researchers based in Hong Kong say that COVID-19 infection via the eyes is a greater risk than before because it is stronger than previous coronaviruses - but hand hygiene rather than protective eyewear still remains paramount.

08/05/2020

China

China says its new space station will be completed by 2022

Chinese astronauts are not allowed on the International Space Station due to objections from the U.S.

06/05/2020