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1/16/2022 10:34:52 AM
Beijing has reported its first local omicron infection, according to state media, weeks before the Winter Olympic Games are due to start.
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1/15/2022 6:10:27 PM
An Omicron case has been detected in Beijing, officials in the Chinese capital said Saturday, as the country battles multiple outbreaks of the highly transmissible coronavirus variant ahead of the Winter Olympics.
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1/15/2022 1:34:30 PM
China said Saturday it would begin implementing a strategic agreement with Iran, strengthening economic and political cooperation between the two countries as Beijing blasted Washington's sanctions on Tehran.
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1/12/2022 1:35:19 PM
Hong Kong's legislature convened Wednesday for the first time since elections last month that were held under new legislation ensuring that only ``patriots'' who have proven their loyalty to Beijing could run as candidates.
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1/12/2022 12:13:07 PM
China is battling coronavirus outbreaks in several cities, testing the country's strict "zero-Covid" strategy just weeks before Beijing hosts the Winter Olympics.
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1/11/2022 4:54:21 PM
A third Chinese city has locked down its residents because of a COVID-19 outbreak, raising the number confined to their homes in China to about 20 million people.
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1/10/2022 12:46:32 PM
Foreign ministers from Saudi Arabia and other Arab Gulf states are visiting Beijing for meetings with officials from the world's second largest economy, a leading consumer of oil and source of foreign investment.
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1/10/2022 9:35:21 AM
The numbers are small, but the major port of Tianjin may be facing China's first local outbreak of omicron of any size, less than a month before the Winter Olympics open in nearby Beijing.
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1/9/2022 10:01:39 AM
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi was in Sri Lanka on Sunday seeking to advance China's ambitious Belt and Road Initiative, as the island nation looked to Beijing for help as it tries to rescue itself from a foreign currency and debt crisis.
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1/6/2022 10:59:49 PM
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Thursday rejected suggestions that Beijing was luring African countries into debt traps by offering them massive loans, dismissing the idea as a "narrative" pushed by opponents to poverty reduction.
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1/5/2022 9:40:04 PM
A day after Switzerland's team leader asked for talks about possibly postponing the Beijing Olympics because of the coronavirus pandemic, the IOC promised officials worldwide on Wednesday the Winter Games will go ahead as planned.
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1/4/2022 11:30:05 AM
Beijing sealed up its Winter Olympic "bubble" on Tuesday, preparing the Games venues, transport and staff for the world's strictest mass sporting event since the global pandemic.
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1/4/2022 10:24:10 AM
China Tuesday said it will continue to "modernize" its nuclear arsenal and called on the United States and Russia to reduce their stockpiles a day after global powers pledged to prevent such weapons spreading.
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1/3/2022 1:07:19 PM
A state-run Taiwanese liquor company said Monday it has snapped up 20,000 bottles of Lithuanian rum that were blocked from China after a diplomatic row broke out between Beijing and Vilnius.
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1/3/2022 10:51:50 AM
China wants to use the Beijing Winter Olympics to showcase its green credentials but there are concerns over the environmental cost of a Games relying on artificial snow in one of the driest places in the country.
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12/30/2021 10:19:24 AM
Footballers playing in China's national team should remove any existing tattoos and are "strictly prohibited" from getting any new ones, the country's sports administration body has said.
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12/26/2021 4:46:00 PM
The Chinese city of Xi'an, where 13 million residents are currently confined to their homes, announced tightened restrictions on Sunday as the country recorded its biggest Covid-19 infection numbers in 21 months.
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12/24/2021 10:49:17 AM
February's Beijing Winter Olympics look set to be the strictest mass sporting event since the coronavirus pandemic.
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12/24/2021 12:31:59 AM
Intel found itself on the back foot in Washington and Beijing on Thursday after issuing a public apology over a letter to its suppliers referencing US sanctions targeting human rights abuses in China's Xinjiang province.
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12/19/2021 5:51:38 PM
Turnout was looking muted on Sunday as Hong Kongers cast ballots for city lawmakers under Beijing's new "patriots only" rules which drastically reduce the number of directly elected seats and control who can run for office.
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