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Winter Olympics: threat of boycotts clouds China’s ‘joyful rendezvous’ in the snow
Beijing is working overtime for another 2008-style showcase in 2022, but world is very different place this ti…
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Flu vaccine shortages hit China after rush to avoid ‘twindemic’
Long queues and inflated prices amid fears that flu could complicate anti-Covid effortA surge in demand for fl…
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Exiled Uighurs call on ICC to investigate Chinese ‘genocide’ in Xinjiang
Activist group submits evidence to international court accusing Xi Jinping and other Beijing officials of crim…
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Write a diary, take action: Hubei residents on fighting coronavirus anxiety
As Covid-19 spreads worldwide, the people of Hubei explain how they dealt with the lockdownCoronavirus – lates…
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‘American coronavirus’: China pushes propaganda casting doubt on virus origin
Diplomats, state media and officials in China encourage idea that Covid-19 came from the USCoronavirus – lates…
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Xi Jinping visits Wuhan for first time since coronavirus outbreak began
Leader’s arrival at the centre of the epidemic signals that Beijing believes the tide has turned in its fight …
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‘Gratitude education’: Wuhan boss faces backlash over calls to thank leaders
City’s top official scorned for saying citizens should thank President Xi and communist party for coronavirus …
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‘Fake, Fake’: senior Chinese leader heckled by residents on visit to coronavirus city
Sun Chunlan was visiting Wuhan when residents apparently criticised efforts to combat virusA top Chinese offic…
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Coronavirus: US, Australia and Thailand report first deaths
China reports 573 new cases with further travel bans and large gatherings restrictedCoronavirus – live updates…
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Gui Minhai’s daughter says China ‘buried’ his sentence amid coronavirus outbreak
Angela Gui says her bookseller father’s 10-year sentence was pushed through in the hope it would go ‘unnoticed…
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Wuhan nurses’ plea for international medics to help fight coronavirus
Open letter urges health workers to go to China, saying resources there are stretchedCoronavirus – live update…
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China: child found home alone with dead grandfather amid coronavirus lockdown
Anger after five or six-year-old boy was discovered in Hubei during checks by community workersLatest updates:…
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One Wuhan family’s tale of quarantine, followed by infection … and tragedy
Liu Mengdi could only look on as her relatives were ravaged by the virus. Now she has been warned to stop post…
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Coronavirus: outspoken academic blames Xi Jinping for ‘catastrophe’ sweeping China
Xu Zhangrun says culture of suppression and ‘systemic impotence’ have created the crisis that has killed more …
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‘Regret and unhappiness’: China offers muted response to US trade deal
State media plays down agreement, in contrast to Donald Trump’s assertion it is the ‘biggest deal anyone has e…