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Chengdu locks down 21 million people in fresh Covid outbreak
Authorities impose sweeping restrictions as China holds fast to zero-Covid policyAbout 21 million people in th…
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China’s Communist party to hold congress set to cement Xi’s rule
Xi Jinping expected to be given third term and be anointed as country’s most powerful leader in decadesChina’s…
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China charges 28 people over restaurant attack on group of women
Incident in Tangshan sparked outrage over gender-based violence when video went viralChinese authorities said …
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China calls on Myanmar junta to hold talks with opponents
Foreign minister tells regime Beijing expects it to seek ‘political reconciliation’, amid regional concerns ov…
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Shanghai reports no new Covid cases for first time since March
Latest outbreak in city of 25 million subsides after months of lockdowns and other restrictionsChina has repor…
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Dozens missing after building collapses in China in latest incident
At least 23 people trapped under rubble and more are uncontactable, say authorities, after eight-storey block …
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Beijing bans restaurant dining as holiday begins in zero-Covid clampdown
Chinese capital says negative test needed to enter some public areas, sporting events and to use public transp…
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China Eastern plane crash: both black boxes found, all 132 on board dead
Searchers find flight data recorder buried 1.5 metres underground by impact, after earlier recovering cockpit …
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MI6 chief thanks China for ‘free publicity’ after James Bond spoof
Rare response from Richard Moore comes after state news agency posted video mocking western intelligenceThe he…
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Torrential rain lashes central China, leaving 21 dead
Hundreds of homes destroyed and almost 6,000 people evacuated amid power cuts and landslides in Hubei province…
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Russian man ‘trapped’ on Chinese reality TV show finally voted out after three months
Vladislav Ivanov says he regretted his decision to join Produce Camp 2021 but fans refused to vote him outThe …
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Beijing cuts Hong Kong’s directly elected seats in radical overhaul
Measures are passed to increase Beijing’s control of city, including vetting of election candidatesChina has p…
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Chinese hotel with polar bear enclosure opens to outrage
Harbin hotel keeping threatened species in pen overlooked by bedrooms angers animal welfare groupsA Chinese ho…
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China starts using anal swabs to test ‘high-risk’ people for Covid
Method can increase detection rate among infected people, senior Beijing doctor tells state TV Coronavirus – l…
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Teacher in China sentenced to death for poisoning children’s porridge
Wang Yun put sodium nitrite in children’s breakfast in act of revenge against a colleagueA nursery school teac…