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Trump calls India, China air 'filthy'
Trump charged that Biden's climate plan was an "economic disaster" for oil states such as Texas and Oklahoma.
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China beefs up laws to handle epidemics, protect whistleblowers
The new biosecurity law, approved by lawmakers on Saturday, flags the right to report 'acts that endanger biosecurity' and calls for risk prevention systems, ranging from active monitoring to emergency plans.
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New global lockdowns from China to Europe as coronavirus trials stumble
The virus is still spreading rapidly worldwide, with over one million deaths and 37 million infections.
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Nearly half of Chinese city of 9 million swabbed for COVID-19 in two days
Queues for testing stretched across the eastern city for a another day on Tuesday after authorities detected six virus cases on the weekend and swiftly swung into action to head off a wider outbreak.
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China to test entire city in '5 days' after six COVID-19 cases
On Sunday, six cases were confirmed in Qingdao - a northeastern city of 9.4 million - originating in a hospital, the Qingdao municipal health commission said in a statement on Monday.
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Hong Kong leader hails 'return to peace', anniversary protests banned
The People's Republic of China celebrates its founding on October 1 with a holiday and carefully choreographed festivities.
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TikTok to keep ticking in US for now
An order from US President Donald Trump sought to ban new downloads of the app at the end of Sunday, but allowed until November 12 for a second phase aimed at stopping TikTok from operating in the US entirely.
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'New Cold War with China' demands US-Europe united front: Germany
With just five weeks to go until the US election, the German government's coordinator for relations with the United States and Canada, Peter Beyer, insisted there were more shared interests than differences.
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China stakes claim as climate leader while lambasting US 'obstruction'
The goals, which include a pledge to reach peak emissions in 2030, are still the most concrete yet announced by China, which is the world's biggest polluter and accounts for a quarter of the planet's greenhouse gas blamed for rising temperatures.
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Trump says UN must 'hold China accountable' for COVID-19 pandemic
The US president, who faces a difficult re-election fight on 3 November, has sought to deflect overwhelming voter criticism of his handling of the pandemic by blaming China.
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Chinese tycoon and Xi critic jailed for 18 years for corruption
Ren Zhiqiang - once among the ruling Communist Party's inner circle - disappeared from the public eye in March, shortly after penning an essay that lambasted Xi's pandemic response.
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Stranded babies, sobbing parents: Pandemic splits surrogates from families
China banned all forms of surrogacy –- both commercial and altruistic -- in 2001 due to concerns poor women were being exploited.
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US judge halts WeChat download ban
The Trump administration had ordered a ban on downloads of video-sharing app TikTok as well as messaging platform WeChat, both owned by Chinese companies.
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India digs deep to boost defences on crucial China frontier
The nuclear-armed Asian giants blame each other for a brutal high-altitude battle in June that left 20 Indian soldiers dead and an unspecified number of Chinese casualties.
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As deadline looms, scramble on TikTok deal structure
A deal appeared to be taking shape this week that would allow Silicon Valley-based Oracle to be the US technology partner for TikTok to allay Washington's concerns that the platform could be used for Chinese espionage.
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China locks down city on Myanmar border over coronavirus
Seven other cases were reported around China on Tuesday - all brought in from other countries, the National Health Commission said.
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'Mulan' movie boycott calls grow over scenes filmed in Xinjiang
Viewers spotted that Disney included 'special thanks' to eight government entities in Xinjiang - including the public security bureau in Turpan, a city in eastern Xinjiang where multiple internment camps have been documented.
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China's Xi says China acted openly and transparently on COVID-19
Xi, speaking at a ceremony honouring role models during the country’s fight against the disease, said China is the first major economy to return to growth during the pandemic - a fact he said demonstrates the country’s strong abilities and vitality.
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China says forced to take 'countermeasures' against India at tense border
The relationship between the two nuclear-armed neighbours has deteriorated since a clash in the Ladakh region on 15 June in which 20 Indian troops were killed.
