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Bejing slaps sanctions on 'anti-China' Trump officials

The sanctions are largely symbolic but underscore Beijing’s antipathy toward a US administration it regarded as hostile.

21/01/2021

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China's famous Ice Town sees annual sculpture festival scaled back

While Ice and Snow World and the Snow Sculpture Exhibition, two of the most famous festival sites, are open, all mass gatherings have been cancelled.

16/01/2021

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China: WHO inspectors arrive in Wuhan to probe COVID-19 origins

It comes as the country is witnessing a surge in cases of the coronavirus.

14/01/2021

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COVID-19 tests in northern China administered by robot

According to the developer, the droid can automatically register the subjects' information, making the whole sampling process traceable and ensuring the authenticity of that sampling.

13/01/2021

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China expands lockdowns, cancels summit, amid new COVID-19 outbreak

World Health Organization scientists are due to arrive in China on Thursday to investigate the origins of the coronavirus.

12/01/2021

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China's Hebei province scrambles to contain new COVID-19 outbreak

It comes ahead of the Lunar New Year, when millions of Chinese citizens traditionally travel to their home towns and villages.

11/01/2021

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Are you brave enough to ride in the world’s tallest outdoor elevator?

Located in China’s Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, this lift is definitely one for the bucket list.

08/01/2021

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Harbin Ice and Snow Festival halted by new COVID-19 cases

The home of one of the world’s biggest ice and snow theme parks has had to scale back events due to COVID-19.

06/01/2021

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EU calls for immediate release of over 50 detained Hong Kong activists

53 former lawmakers and democracy activists were arrested in Hong Kong on Wednesday for allegedly violating a national security law imposed by Beijing.

06/01/2021

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China space probe due to enter Mars' orbit

China's Mars probe spacecraft is due to enter the red planet's orbit within a month after traveling 400m kilometres since its launch in July

03/01/2021

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China jails citizen journalist for reports on Wuhan COVID-19 lockdown

Zhang Zhan's broadcasts from inside the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak were widely shared on social media before she was arrested in May.

28/12/2020

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Winter fishing season has come once again to Chagan Lake in China

Each year, local fishermen use a centuries-old fishing technique to catch fish and are joined by visitors from across China coming to witness the carnival as temperatures fall from 20 to 30 degrees Celsius below zero.

27/12/2020

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China to replace US as 'world's biggest economy by 2028' due to COVID

"We now think that the Chinese economy in dollar terms will overtake the US economy in 2028, a full 5 years earlier than we thought last year," the annual report from the Centre for Economics and Business Research has found.

26/12/2020

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Virtual idol digital avatars take to the real-life stage in China

Although the phenomenon originated in Japan, virtual idols are now stealing airtime in China, appearing at concerts, TV shows, billboards and even news programmes.

22/12/2020

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First lunar soil samples collected in 44 years arrive in Beijing

Chinese scientists have laid their hands on a very precious container. Inside are the first samples of soil taken from the surface of the moon in 44 years.

19/12/2020

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Team of experts to travel to China in search of coronavirus origin

The mission is expected to start next month and continue for four-to-five weeks.

16/12/2020

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Wuhan river swimmers happy to be back after virus lockdown

Wuhan was where the first cases of COVID-19 were detected at the turn of the new year.

14/12/2020

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China condemns new US sanctions over Hong Kong security law

China has lashed out at the United States over its new sanctions against 14 Chinese officials for their actions in Hong Kong.

08/12/2020

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Rare spinning ice disc spotted on China river

The rare phenomenon of a rotating ice disc has been spotted on a river in China.

06/12/2020

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Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai denied bail on fraud charge

Jimmy Lai of Next Digital, which publishes the Apple Daily newspaper, was among 10 people arrested Aug. 10 on what police said was suspicion of violating a national security law and collusion with a foreign country.

03/12/2020

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Hong Kong pro-democracy activists Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow jailed

Hong Kong pro-democracy activists Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow and Ivan Lam were sentenced to jail on charges related to an unauthorised anti-government protest last year.

02/12/2020

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China's space probe will bring rocks back to Earth from the moon

It will be the first time samples from the moon have been brought back to Earth since the 1970s.

02/12/2020

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Asia's top wingsuit athlete jumps into the void from Tianmen Mountain

Asia's top wingsuit athlete takes a calm look out across a jagged mountain range in central China before leaping head first off the cliff and speeding towards the ground. Zhang Shupeng's sport consists of jumping into the void from a mountain with a flexible wing-shaped suit.

01/12/2020

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Samples from Chinese mission could unlock 'enigma' of moon's history

A lunar expert says any rocks returned from the moon by China's Chang'e 5 lunar probe could answer the unexplored 'enigma' of the moon's history.

24/11/2020

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Hong Kong’s Joshua Wong taken into custody after guilty plea

Wong, together with fellow activists Ivan Lam and Agnes Chow, pleaded guilty to charges related to organising, taking part in and inciting protesters to join an unauthorised protest outside police headquarters last June.

23/11/2020

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Hong Kong students chant pro-democracy slogans in rare act of defiance

A new national security law has all but wiped out the mass democracy protests that rocked the city last year and has left swathes of the population too scared to speak out.

19/11/2020