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Chinese Actress Disappears From Social Media As China Cracks Down On Influencers

Thursday, September 02, 2021

Movie star Zhao Wei, also known as Vicki Zhao, has seen her work disappear from the internet as the country continues to tighten restrictions on figures with a lot of social influence.

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Here's What A Taliban-Controlled Afghanistan May Mean For China

Monday, August 23, 2021

What Beijing has offered the Taliban so far is an open hand and a hint of legitimacy. Taliban leaders have pledged to leave Chinese interests alone and not to harbor anti-China extremist groups.

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U.S. Evacuations In Afghanistan Evoke Memories Of Saigon's Fall

Friday, August 20, 2021

For some Vietnamese-Americans, the news out of Afghanistan has brought back memories of the fall of Saigon in 1975, when South Vietnam's capital was overrun by Communist forces.

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China's New U.S. Ambassador Pioneered The Foreign Ministry's Brash Tone

Wednesday, July 28, 2021

Qin Gang brought a tougher style to China's foreign ministry pulpit. Now he is Beijing's man in Washington, inheriting a hard post amid the most fraught relations in years between China and the U.S.

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China Issues Counter-Sanctions After U.S. Warned Against Doing Business In Hong Kong

Friday, July 23, 2021

China is imposing fresh counter-sanctions on United States entities just days ahead of a visit by U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman.

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Torrential Downpour Continues In China's 'Once-In-5,000-Year Rainstorm'

Wednesday, July 21, 2021

Heavy rain continues to fall in China's Henan province, causing the worst flooding in recorded history. So far, the government says 25 people have died and around 100,000 have been evacuated.

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Biden Administration Warns Against Doing Business In Hong Kong

Friday, July 16, 2021

President Biden has issued a warning to U.S. companies doing business in Hong Kong that because of China's national security law, the former colony is no longer a safe place for commerce.

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Looking Back On 100 Years Of China's Communist Party

Thursday, July 15, 2021

Chinese propaganda paints the U.S. as a big, bad foreign power out to hold China down. This kind of rhetoric is as old as China's Communist Party, as it celebrates its 100th birthday this month.

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China Removed Didi From App Stores, Accused The Company Of Violating Security Rules

Monday, July 12, 2021

Just days after Chinese ride-hailing company Didi's $4 billion market debut in June, the Chinese government removed it from app stores and accused the company of violating data security rules.

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China's 100-Year-Old Communist Party Has More Members Than Most Countries Have People

Saturday, July 10, 2021

China's ruling Communist Party is now a century old. One of the biggest political parties in the world, it has more members than most countries have people, which poses a challenge for leadership.

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China Sends A Record 28 Military Planes Into Airspace Controlled By Taiwan

Tuesday, June 15, 2021

The sortie was the biggest of its kind since the Taiwanese government began publishing information about the frequent incursions last year. They have followed actions that Beijing disapproves of.

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Senate-Passed Bill Encourages Tech Competition, Especially With China

Wednesday, June 09, 2021

The bill appropriates nearly $250 billion for science and technology in a bid to counter China's rise. It had strong bipartisan support — a sign of how large the perceived threat from China looms.

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Elephants Wandered Hundreds Of Miles Into A Chinese City. Nobody Knows Why

Friday, June 04, 2021

The 15 Asian elephants — some mature and others still young — left a nature reserve near China's border with Myanmar and Laos more than a year ago and have been northward bound ever since.

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A Herd Of Elephants Far From Home Is Baffling Scientists

Friday, June 04, 2021

A herd of 15 elephants has wandered some 300 miles from their traditional reserve in Southwest China. Their trek has been tracked by authorities who aren't clear why the herd is so far from home.

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Hong Kong's Tiananmen Square Vigil Is Banned As Authorities Arrest Organizers

Thursday, June 03, 2021

Friday marks the 32nd anniversary of the massacre of protesters in Beijing. But this June 4 in Hong Kong will be unusually quiet for the second year in a row.

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China Has COVID-19 Well-Contained, But Has Resisted Collaborating To End The Pandemic

Friday, May 28, 2021

China has had tremendous success containing the spread of COVID-19 while simultaneously being resistant to cooperating and collaborating with international partners to end the pandemic.

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Biden Orders Investigation Into Origins Of The Coronavirus

Friday, May 28, 2021

President Biden has ordered a fresh investigation by US intelligence agencies into the coronavirus. A question is: how can they do this without Chinese cooperation?

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Senate Is Poised To Approve A Major Science Funding Bill To Compete With China

Thursday, May 27, 2021

The Innovation and Competition Act of 2021 would allocate billions to scientific research and has strong bipartisan support. It could be a game changer for some U.S. cities.

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Bipartisan Bill Would Pour Billions Into Science And Technology To Compete With China

Thursday, May 27, 2021

The Senate is poised to pass a major bill that would pour billions into science and technology to compete with China. It's one of the few pieces of legislation with strong bipartisan support.

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Taiwan Faces Uptick In Coronavirus Cases

Tuesday, May 25, 2021

Early in the pandemic, Taiwan was praised for handling COVID-19 exceptionally well. Now, Taiwan is struggling through its worst bout of coronavirus yet.

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