Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday called for “maximum restraint” in Ukraine and said China is “pained to see the flames of war reignited in Europe,” state media reported, in his strongest statement to date on the conflict. Xi, speaking at a
The death toll from a new coronavirus in China rose sharply to 132 on Wednesday with nearly 1,500 new cases, heaping pressure on Beijing to control the disease as US officials said the White House was weighing whether to suspend flights to the country. The White House is holding daily meetings on the outbreak and
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MELBOURNE, Aug 17 (Reuters) – Police in Melbourne issued a warning on Saturday after small scuffles erupted between supporters and opponents of the Hong Kong protest movement during a rally attended by several hundred people from the city’s Chinese community on Friday evening. “We respect the right of the community to express their views peacefully
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The United States President Trump nullified previous suggestions that he will meet with his Chinese counterpart before the current trade war truce period ends on March 1, the Financial Times reported, recasting doubt over whether a concrete arrangement will be achieved before the deadline. President Donald Trump said during a visit by Chinese Vice President Liu
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Chinese authorities are investigating Meng Hongwei, who heads the global law enforcement organisation Interpol, for suspected violations of the law, China’s antigraft watchdog says. Mr Meng, who is also a vice minister of public security in China, had been reported missing after traveling from France, where Interpol is based, to China. Interpol said France received
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China has launched its first cargo spacecraft, making further progress in its goal of establishing a permanently manned space station by 2022. The Tianzhou-1 cargo resupply spacecraft lifted off early evening on Thursday on a Long March-7 Y2 rocket from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Centre in the southern island province of Hainan. Mission accomplished for
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