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Flights cancelled and schools closed as Beijing hit by storm
City authorities issued warnings to residents to stay home as the Chinese capital faced its biggest storm this year.
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China passes anti-foreign sanctions law
Beijing has accused the United States of "suppressing" Chinese firms and issued veiled threats of retaliation after President Joe Biden last week expanded a blacklist of companies Americans are barred from investing in.
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Fast & Furious star Cena apologises for calling Taiwan a country
Beijing sees democratic, self-ruled Taiwan as part of its territory which is to be seized one day, by force if necessary, and rages at any diplomatic attempts to recognise the island as an independent nation.
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US warns China will use Olympics to gloss over abuses
Human rights groups and figures from former president Donald Trump's Republican Party have urged a boycott of the Beijing Olympics, amid a sharp deterioration of relations between the United States and China.
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China now 'non-compliant' with Hong Kong joint declaration: UK
"The UK now considers Beijing to be in a state of ongoing non-compliance with the Sino-British Joint Declaration," the foreign ministry said in a statement.
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Dozens of Hong Kong dissidents charged with security crime
On Sunday, police confirmed 47 of them had now been charged with one count each of "conspiracy to commit subversion" -- one of the new national security crimes -
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China targets Muslim minorities with more prosecutions, longer prison terms:HRW
More than 250,000 people in the northwestern region have been formally sentenced and imprisoned since 2016, according to Human Rights Watch.
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China's Mars probe sends back video of Red Planet
In the video, published by state broadcaster CCTV, the surface of the planet is seen coming into view out of a pitch-black sky against the outside of the Tianwen-1, which entered the orbit of the Red Planet on Wednesday.
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China approves second domestic COVID-19 vaccine
The vaccine has already been rolled out to key groups at higher risk of exposure to coronavirus but Saturday's approval allows for its use on the general public.
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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.
