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Commander: Iranian Navy ready to cross Atlantic Ocean
Dec 12, 2019 03:55A senior Iranian commander expressed the Navy’s preparedness to sail across the Atlantic Ocean.
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China says Taiwan intimidating people, inciting hostility
Dec 11, 2019 08:38China says a proposed bill in Taiwan purportedly aimed at combating Chinese influence is spreading alarm among the Taiwanese business community in China and inciting hostility.
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Iran-China trade at $20bn in 8 months despite US sanctions: Envoy
Dec 11, 2019 03:17China’s ambassador to Iran says American sanctions have failed to affect economic cooperation between the two countries, adding that the value of bilateral trade has reached almost $20 billion between late March and late November this year.
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Hong Kong leader says no to ‘unlawful’ demands of protesters
Dec 10, 2019 05:13Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam has ruled out conceding to the unlawful demands of protesters in the semi-autonomous Chinese region.
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Europeans will not activate JCPOA trigger mechanism for now: Araqchi
Dec 10, 2019 02:33Deputy foreign minister for political affairs says despite their recent threat to activate the trigger mechanism envisaged in the nuclear accord with Iran, the European signatories to the deal will not do so for the time being.
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Unlawful US bill on Uighurs gross meddling in China affairs: Xinjiang governor
Dec 09, 2019 10:22The governor of China’s western Xinjiang Province has lashed out at the United States for passing legislation over Beijing’s treatment of its Uighur Muslim minority in the volatile region, saying the move constitutes a “violation of international law” and “gross interference” in the country’s internal affairs.
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Zarif: INSTEX likely to become operational
Dec 09, 2019 05:06Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said a financial mechanism that the EU has devised for trade with Iran in defiance of the US sanctions could take effect in future.
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US objects to World Bank’s new lending plans for China
Dec 07, 2019 10:17US President Donald Trump has called on the World Bank to stop lending money to China, which has "plenty of money," a day after the international institution adopted a new five-year plan to aid Beijing with a low-interest loan.
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China imposes reciprocal restrictions on US diplomats
Dec 07, 2019 05:45Beijing says American diplomats will now have to notify Chinese authorities before any meetings with local officials and academics in China, explaining that the measures are taken in response to a similar restriction by Washington.
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Europeans will not invoke trigger JCPOA dispute mechanism: China envoy
Dec 07, 2019 03:09European parties to the Iran nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), did not invoke a mechanism that could lead to the re-imposition of United Nations sanctions against Tehran, a Chinese envoy says.