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Partial lockdown in Beijing over COVID-19 outbreak
Seven cases were reported in the city on Wednesday, including six in southern Daxing district.
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Trump bans US investment in Chinese firms that help military
The executive order said the Chinese government obliges private firms to support these activities and through capital markets "exploits United States investors to finance the development and modernization of its military."
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Beijing bars more foreign arrivals for fear of virus resurgence
COVID-19 first emerged in central China late last year, but Beijing has largely brought its outbreak under control through tight travel restrictions and stringent health measures for anyone entering the country.
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Beijing bars arrivals from UK, Belgium due to second COVID-19 waves
COVID-19 first emerged in central China late last year, but Beijing has largely brought its own outbreak under control through tight travel restrictions and stringent health measures for anyone entering the country.
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Beijing says support for Taiwan independence 'doomed to fail'
Taiwan has been ruled separately from China since the end of a civil war in 1949, but Beijing considers the island part of its territory awaiting reunification.
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International flights to Beijing resume after five months
Travellers arriving in China need to show a negative coronavirus test before boarding, and are subject to centralised quarantine on arrival for 14 days, along with two more tests, officials said this week.
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Student arrests in Hong Kong deepen 'white terror' fears
Student and rights groups condemned the arrests, saying they heralded the kind of political suppression ubiquitous on the authoritarian Chinese mainland.
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China takes possession of closed US consulate in Chengdu: foreign ministry
Relations deteriorated in recent weeks in a Cold War-style standoff, with the Chengdu mission Friday ordered to shut in retaliation for the forced closure of Beijing's consulate in Houston, Texas.
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China orders US to shut Chengdu consulate, retaliating for Houston
The foreign ministry spokesman said some Chengdu consulate personnel were 'conducting activities not in line with their identities' and had interfered in China’s affairs and harmed China’s security interests, but he did not say how.
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Chinese county restricts travel as Beijing races to contain virus
Essential service vehicles are allowed into Anxin, about 150 kilometres (90 miles) from Beijing, while regular and government cars can enter and leave only if they have permission, state media said.
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Beijing on heightened alert as coronavirus cases mount
Health officials recorded 31 new confirmed infections for 16 June, bringing the cumulative infections since Thursday to 137 cases, the worst resurgence of the disease in the city since early February.
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Beijing imposes partial travel ban, closes schools over virus outbreak
Fearing that progress could unravel, authorities locked down several residential areas and announced new restrictions on Tuesday.
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Coronavirus resurgence in Beijing prompts return of tough measures
The recent outbreak has been traced to a major wholesale food market, Xinfadi, which accounts for 80% of Beijing’s farm produce supply sourced both domestically and from overseas.
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China reports 57 new virus cases as Beijing cluster grows
The NHC said 36 of the new cases were local transmissions in the capital, and Beijing health officials said later that all three dozen were linked to the Xinfadi market.
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New domestic cases in Beijing raise fears of new virus wave
The majority of China's cases in recent months were overseas nationals tested as they returned home, with the domestic outbreak brought largely under control .
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China reports three new COVID-19 cases, down from seven a day earlier
All of the new cases were locally transmitted - two in the northeastern Liaoning province and one in Jilin province that borders Liaoning, the National Health Commission said in a statement on Thursday.
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Mainland China reports 17 new COVID-19 cases amid new infections in Wuhan
Of the new cases reported on Sunday, seven were so-called imported cases in Inner Mongolia involving travellers from overseas, compared with two reported a day earlier.
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Beijing to reopen some schools after coronavirus closures - state media
Senior high school students are set to return to campus on 27 April, and senior students at middle schools will return to campus on 11 May.
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Beijing hit by record imported coronavirus cases, zero China transmissions
It was the first time since the virus took hold late last year in Hubei province - including the city of Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak - that China has recorded no locally transmitted cases.
