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Why your face could be set to replace your bank card
Jan 28, 2021 02:29Welcome to the futuristic world of facial recognition payment. It might sound like something from a science fiction movie, but this kind of transaction is already happening millions of times a day across China's major cities.
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China: Military exercises near Taiwan ‘solemn warning’
Jan 27, 2021 09:02China says its military exercises near Taiwan are a “solemn warning” to secessionist factions in the self-ruled island and their foreign supporters.
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China urges US to exercise rationality, objectivity in bilateral ties
Jan 27, 2021 05:24The Chinese ambassador to the United States says Beijing expects the new US administration to exercise rationality and objectivity regarding China.
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China’s Xi offers indirect advice for new US administration
Jan 26, 2021 10:15Chinese President Xi Jinping has implicitly warned US President Joe Biden that he would risk a “new Cold War” if he followed in the footsteps of his predecessor, Donald Trump, calling for multilateralism instead.
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A year after Wuhan lockdown, a world still deep in crisis
Jan 26, 2021 05:56The anniversary of the coronavirus lockdown in the Chinese city of Wuhan on Saturday Jan. 23, comes as more contagious variants of the coronavirus spread and efforts to vaccinate people against COVID-19 have been frustrated by disarray and limited supplies in some places. The scourge has killed over two million people worldwide.
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India, China troops clash at disputed border, injuries on both sides
Jan 25, 2021 08:16A new clash has broken out between Indian and Chinese soldiers in a disputed border area, leaving several troops injured on both sides.
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US sends carrier to South China Sea after Beijing gives fire order
Jan 24, 2021 09:10The US has dispatched an aircraft carrier group to the South China Sea, in a move that is set to escalate tensions after China authorized its coast guard to open fire on foreign vessels deemed to pose threats to its sovereignty.
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First of 22 trapped miners rescued from Chinese mine: Media
Jan 24, 2021 05:01Rescue workers lift out the first of 22 miners trapped for two weeks hundreds of meters underground in an east China mine.
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Under Biden, US says supports Taiwan, accuses China of intimidation
Jan 24, 2021 04:55The United States has rallied behind Taiwan, accusing China of putting pressure on the self-ruled island after Taipei said Chinese warplanes, capable of carrying nuclear weapons, had entered the island’s airspace.
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China authorizes coast guard to open fire on foreign vessels in disputed waters
Jan 23, 2021 05:18China has introduced a new law that allows its coast guard, for the first time, to open fire on foreign vessels deemed to pose threats, a move that could make the contested waters around China more turbulent.