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China's economy slows after hits from Ukraine war, COVID lockdowns and local policies

Saturday, March 26, 2022

China's once red-hot economy is slowing down. Analysts say it's due to successive coronavirus lockdowns, Russia's invasion of Ukraine and restrictive business policies.

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China's search for survivors from crashed jetliner turns up nothing so far

Tuesday, March 22, 2022

The flight, with 132 passengers and crew aboard was en route from Kunming to Guangzhou when it crashed in a forested area of southern China on Monday.

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Investigators are trying to determine why a Chinese airline plane crashed

Tuesday, March 22, 2022

A China Eastern Airlines plane with 132 passengers and crew aboard crashed on Monday west of Hong Kong. Authorities don't yet know why the Boeing 737 went down.

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The living, breathing sauce that's at the heart of China's regional cuisines

Monday, March 21, 2022

One of the great cornerstones of Chinese culture is its food. And at the heart of China's many regional cuisines is one, secret sauce: Lu.

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Jetliner crashes with 132 aboard in southern China, officials say

Monday, March 21, 2022

Authorities have not yet determined the total number of casualties or why the plane went down as debris is seen littered across a mountainside in Guangxi's Teng county.

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The leaders of the U.S. and China will talk by phone about pressing issues

Friday, March 18, 2022

So far, China has remained noncommittal about whether it opposes Russia's war in Ukraine. President Biden will push China to come out more strongly against Russia.

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China seems to be pro-Russia. Here's what that means for the war in Ukraine

Tuesday, March 15, 2022

China says it's neutral when it comes to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Domestically however, China is signaling it is solidly on Russia's side.

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A surge in COVID-19 spurs new lockdowns in China's cities

Tuesday, March 15, 2022

In the latest wave, the highly transmissible omicron variant has moved more quickly than contact tracing allows.

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China's 'Two Sessions' meetings commence, setting the political agenda for the year

Saturday, March 05, 2022

Meetings this weekend in Beijing will give party leader Xi Peng a chance to persuade officials that he deserves a third term.

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The battle for Ukraine could test the limits of closer ties between China and Russia

Friday, March 04, 2022

The Cold War rivals have grown much closer in recent years. But China's ties to Russia are now becoming a bigger liability than Beijing expected.

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China erases thousands of social media accounts for vulgarity, negativity and more

Thursday, March 03, 2022

China is reshaping popular culture by taking down tens of thousand of celebrities, bloggers and influencers it deems immoral. The reasons are sometimes unclear, such as the figure not being patriotic.

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U.S. delegation is sent to Taiwan to show support amid potential Chinese aggression

Tuesday, March 01, 2022

The visit to Taiwan by the high-level delegation comes at a time when the White House has expressed growing concern about Beijing's ties with Moscow.

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China is a Paralympics star, but its people with disabilities face high hurdles

Monday, February 28, 2022

China has dominated the medal count at the last five Paralympic Games. That's in stark contrast with the low level of disability access in Chinese society.

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Woman found chained in Chinese village is victim of trafficking, authorities say

Friday, February 25, 2022

The 44-year-old woman who was filmed in a TikTok video, had been sold at least three times, Chinese officials said.

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In phone call, China plays a balancing act over Russia's invasion of Ukraine

Friday, February 25, 2022

In a phone call with his Russian counterpart, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi emphasizes dialogue and negotiation in the Russia-Ukraine crisis.

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How the U.S. benefits when China turns its back on Bitcoin

Thursday, February 24, 2022

Until the middle of last year, most cryptocurrency mining took place in China. Then authorities pulled the plug. So Chinese bitcoin miners began moving their gear to U.S. towns like Kearney, Nebraska.

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Examining the strategic alignment between China and Russia

Wednesday, February 23, 2022

China has been drawing closer to Russia. It's a signal that the two are increasingly ideologically aligned — even as Russia threatens Ukraine, and that's put China in a tough position.

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The mystery of the chained woman in China

Thursday, February 17, 2022

A video shows her chained inside a shed. It got nearly 2 billion clicks and has sparked a national debate over her identity, whether she is mentally ill — and whether she was trafficked as a bride.

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China's politics — not sports — spill out during heated Olympic news conference

Thursday, February 17, 2022

Each day the International Olympic Committee holds a press conference to answer a variety of press questions. Today, the spokeswoman for the Beijing Games interjected several times to defend China.

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Not a married heterosexual woman? You might not get certain reproductive care in China

Tuesday, February 15, 2022

Rules around the country cut out unmarried women and LGBT people of maternity benefits, even as China's leaders try to get citizens to have more babies to reverse the declining birthrate.

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