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Millions in Beijing urged to work from home to fight COVID outbreak
Chinese authorities have pressed on with their zero-COVID policy involving lockdowns and mass testing as they battle the biggest outbreak since the early days...
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Beijing expands mass testing as lockdown fears grow
China is trying to contain a wave of infections in Shanghai - its biggest city - which has been almost entirely locked down for weeks and reported 52 new COVID-19 deaths on Tuesday.
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Beijing COVID spike prompts mass testing, panic buying
Downtown Beijing's most populous district Chaoyang, home to around 3.5 million people, ordered mass testing from Monday for residents and those coming to work there. The area hosts the headquarters of many multinational firms and embassies.
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Beijing tests 2 million for coronavirus as Winter Olympics loom
China's cases constitute a tiny fraction of the massive surge in countries around the globe, with the highly contagious Omicron variant driving a fresh spike in infections.
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Beijing shuts roads, playgrounds amid heavy smog after coal spike
A thick haze of smog blanketed swathes of northern China on Friday, with visibility in some areas reduced to less than 200 metres (yards), according to the country's weather forecaster.
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Beijing launches new mass testing wave after four COVID cases found
The latest flare-up has prompted the grounding of hundreds of flights, the closure of scenic areas and schools and a flurry of stay-home orders in affected housing compounds.
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China's Xi warns of 'grim' situation with Taiwan
China views self-ruled democratic Taiwan as part of its territory and vows to retake it one day, by force if necessary.
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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.
