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As the United States struggled to contain the initial onslaught of the coronavirus pandemic, a few conservatives peddled an outlandish theory to explain the origins of the disease. The virus, they claimed, did not emerge in the Wuhan market where most experts believed it had appeared, but at the Wuhan…

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Facing pressure from the trade war with the U.S. and an economy hit by the pandemic, China’s leadership appears to be taking a tougher line on issues related to sovereignty from Taiwan to the India border, says Jayadeva Ranade, a former Additional Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India, and President,…

By: Reuters | Beijing | Published: June 7, 2020 2:09:45 pm China will strengthen international cooperation in future COVID-19 clinical vaccine trials, building on earlier collaboration in vaccine development, the science and technology minister said on Sunday. (Reuters/File)China will strengthen international cooperation in future COVID-19 clinical vaccine trials, building on…

FILE PHOTO: French President Emmanuel Macron shakes hands with China's President Xi Jinping after a joint news conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China November 6, 2019. REUTERS/Jason LeePARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron has told Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping he is following events in…

BEIJING (Reuters) - The last British colonial governor of Hong Kong said the city’s democrats are on the same side of history as Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King, and blamed Chinese President Xi Jinping for “tightening the screws” on the city’s freedoms. FILE PHOTO: Former Hong Kong governor Chris…

Protests have erupted across more than 580 cities in the United States, after the killing of George Floyd in the hands of police on May 25. Viral videos of the 46-year-old Black man's final moments – his neck pinned to the ground by a cop's knee despite consistent pleas that…

The protesters didn’t expect to be back on the streets so soon. Life in Hong Kong had only just started to resemble a new normal after the threat of the pandemic subsided. But there they were again on May 24, dressed in black, ready for the storm brewing. “This is…

FILE PHOTO: Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the closing session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China May 28, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins/File PhotoBEIJING (Reuters) - China needs to improve its monitoring for diseases of unknown causes and unusual public health…

From asiatimes.com Strip away the veneer of President Xi Jinping’s “China Dream” policy and you will find 600 million people earning just 1,000 yuan a month. Depending on the conversion rate, that works out at US$140, or $4.6 a day. It was hardly surprising then that Premier Li Keqiang would…