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By Jeff Mason, Matt Spetalnick and Alexandra AlperWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday ratcheted up his rhetoric against China over the coronavirus, saying Beijing should have acted faster to warn the world and dismissing criticism that his labeling it the "Chinese virus" was racist.Trump's tougher language marked…

President Donald Trump sent a xenophobic tweet Monday evening, noting that he plans to bail out airlines and other industries “that are particularly affected by the Chinese Virus.” Only a few hours earlier, Trump held a White House news conference on the emerging coronavirus outbreak and was praised for finally…

As the number of coronavirus cases outside China passes the number of cases inside that country, Beijing is trying to recast itself from the source of the global pandemic to the world’s savior. Its latest gambit: sending testing kits and masks to the U.S. Jack Ma, the billionaire founder of…

A general view of empty streets in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, in a Feb. 7, 2020, file photo. Stringer/Getty Images On the second floor of a residential building in northwest Wuhan, John Zhu has made his home a fortress against the virus. His wife and 13-year-old son have not stepped…

Chinese President Xi Jinping at Huoshenshan Hospital in Wuhan on Tuesday.CGTNXi Jinping visited Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus, for the first time during the outbreak on Tuesday.The visit came as China recorded a dramatic reduction in new cases and deaths, suggesting it has turned a corner with the outbreak.Xi…

Xi Jinping visited Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus, for the first time during the outbreak on Tuesday.The visit came as China recorded a dramatic reduction in new cases and deaths, suggesting it has turned a corner with the outbreak.Xi has been largely absent from the front lines, placing Premier…

Image copyright Reuters Image caption President Xi Jinping said the virus had been successfully tackled in Wuhan and Hubei province President Xi Jinping has visited the city of Wuhan, the centre of the coronavirus outbreak, sending a message that Beijing has the situation under control.His visit comes as China recorded…

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday made his first visit to Wuhan since a coronavirus outbreak forced a lockdown of the city of 11 million people, in a sign that authorities’ efforts to control the virus are working. Xi’s arrived on the same day that Wuhan shut…

(BEIJING) — President Xi Jinping on Tuesday made his first visit to the central Chinese city hit hardest by the new virus epidemic since the first cases of a then-unidentified respiratory illness emerged in December. The disease’s spread in China cast scrutiny on Xi’s leadership, as he was conspicuously absent…

FILE PHOTO: Chinese President Xi Jinping leaves after a news conference at Prague Castle in Prague, Czech Republic, March 29, 2016. REUTERS/David W CernySHANGHAI (Reuters) - China’s President Xi Jinping arrived in Wuhan, the epicenter of coronavirus outbreak, on Tuesday morning where he is set to inspect epidemic control efforts…