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China completes Mars lander test ahead of 2020 mission

HUAILAI, China (AFP) -- China on Thursday completed a test of its Mars exploration lander ahead of Beijing's first mission…

Thousands in Hong Kong defy Xi with pro-democracy rallies

by Yan ZHAO / Catherine LAI HONG KONG, China (AFP) -- Thousands of pro-democracy protesters took to Hong Kong's streets…

China’s Xi warns Hong Kong protesters jeopardise ‘one country, two systems’

by Yan ZHAO / Catherine LAI HONG KONG, China (AFP) -- China's President Xi Jinping warned Thursday that protests in…

Hong Kong protesters fire arrows at cops and choke city for fourth day

HONG KONG, China (AFP) -- Pro-democracy protesters challenging China's rule of Hong Kong on Thursday choked the city for a…

Two treated for deadly pneumonic plague in Beijing

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Two people in Beijing have been diagnosed with the pneumonic plague -- a rare instance of…

Mainland China students flee Hong Kong over protest violence fears

  HONG KONG, China (AFP) -- Mainland Chinese students have begun fleeing Hong Kong campuses over security fears, police and…

Chaos in Hong Kong as pro-democracy protests ‘blossom everywhere’

  HONG KONG, China (AFP) -- Pro-democracy protesters Wednesday stepped up a "blossom everywhere" campaign of road blocks and vandalism…

Hong Kong clashes rage on university campus and business district

by Su Xinqi and Jerome Taylor HONG KONG, China (AFP) -- Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters fought intense battles with riot…

51 children injured in chemical attack at China kindergarten

  BEIJING, China (AFP) -- More than 50 people, mostly children, were injured by a man who broke into a…

Protesters hit Hong Kong commute as western powers urge restraint

by Jerome Taylor and Su Xinqi HONG KONG, China (AFP) -- Hong Kong protesters struck the city's transport network for…

Police shoot protester, man set on fire in day of Hong Kong fury

  by Jerome Taylor and Su Xinqi Agence France Presse HONG KONG, China (AFP) -- A police officer shot a…

Chinese consumers spend billions in ‘Singles’ Day’ shopping spree

by Dan Martin SHANGHAI, China (AFP) -- Chinese customers spent billions of dollars during the opening hours of the country's…

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