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China detects more Omicron cases as cities tighten restrictions

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- China reported more cases of the highly transmissible Omicron coronavirus variant on Monday, with authorities on…

Strong quake hits China’s Qinghai province: USGS

A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 struck China's remote northwestern Qinghai province early Saturday, the US Geological Survey…

At least 3 dead in SW China building collapse

by Matthew WALSH BEIJING, China (AFP) -- At least three people died when an explosion caused a building to collapse…

China’s Xi praises ‘strong measures’ against protesters in Kazakhstan: state media

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- China's President Xi Jinping on Friday praised the Kazakhstan government's deadly crackdown on protesters as "highly…

How China is keeping to its strict ‘zero Covid’ strategy

by Jing Xuan TENG BEIJING, China (AFP) -- The distressing case of a pregnant Chinese woman miscarrying after a strict…

At least 20 trapped by govt office canteen blast in SW China: state media

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- At least 20 people were trapped after an explosion Friday at a government office in the…

China punishes officials after woman miscarries outside lockdown hospital

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Chinese authorities said Thursday they have punished officials after footage went viral of an eight-month pregnant…

Beijing’s smog woes cast pall over ‘green’ Winter Olympics

BEIJING, China (AFP) - Beijing's air pollution is far below acceptable World Health Organization levels with the Chinese capital a…

China to test 12 million in Zhengzhou as Xi’an outbreak eases

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- The city of Zhengzhou ordered its 12 million residents to take Covid-19 tests Wednesday after a…

China says Xi’an outbreak controlled but other cities face restrictions

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Covid cases in the locked-down Chinese city of Xi'an fell to their lowest in weeks on…

14 killed in Chinese construction site landslide

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- A landslide at a construction site in southwest China's Guizhou province has killed at least 14…

China will continue to ‘modernize’ nuclear arsenal: foreign ministry

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- China Tuesday said it will continue to "modernize" its nuclear arsenal and called on the United…

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