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Russia, China offer new plan to ease Korean Peninsula tensions
Nov 20, 2019 10:40Russia and China have prepared a new plan of action meant to resolve tensions on the Korean Peninsula, as the United States fails to engage North Korea in demilitarization talks.
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US Senate passes bill backing Hong Kong protesters, angers China
Nov 20, 2019 05:31The United States Senate has unanimously passed legislation which aims to protect protesters in Hong Kong, triggering condemnation from China.
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China lambasts Western media reporting on Uighur community as ‘pure fabrication’
Nov 18, 2019 14:03China has dismissed reports by Western media on Beijing’s treatment of the country’s ethnic Muslim Uighur community in the western region of Xinjiang, lambasting them as “pure fabrication” and “fake news.”
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China warns UK, US against 'external interference' in Hong Kong affairs
Nov 18, 2019 13:47China will not budge on opposing interference of “any” type in the internal affairs of Hong Kong by “some Western countries,” an apparent reference to the governments in Washington and London, a Chinese envoy has warned.
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Hong Kong police fire tear gas at protesters trying to flee university campus
Nov 18, 2019 09:52Hong Kong police have fired tear gas and rubber bullets to force back hundreds of masked protesters who remain trapped in the Chinese city’s Polytechnic University after taking over the site and storing their arms there.
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In high-level talks, Beijing warns US over South China Sea, Taiwan
Nov 18, 2019 07:27China has, during high-level talks, warned the United States to stop “flexing its muscles” in the disputed South China Sea and fueling tensions over self-ruled Taiwan, two main sources of friction between the two powers.
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Fire and fury at Hong Kong's cross harbor tunnel
Nov 18, 2019 07:24Anti-government protesters occupied a Hong Kong university and blocked off a tunnel as well as major roads on Sunday (November 17) amid some of the most dramatic scenes in over five months of unrest.
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US and China still have significant differences in trade talks: US commerce chief
Nov 16, 2019 06:26Top negotiators from the US and China are seeking to narrow differences on a partial trade agreement, but still have significant differences on key issues, according to US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross.
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China completes crucial landing test for first Mars mission in 2020
Nov 14, 2019 09:01China on Thursday successfully completed a crucial landing test in northern Hebei Province ahead of a historic unmanned exploration mission to Mars next year.
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Protesters in Hong Kong now firing arrows at police
Nov 14, 2019 04:59Demonstrators in Hong Kong have taken to the streets for yet another day of protests against the government, firing arrows at police, clogging roads, and disrupting transport links.