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FM Zarif in China to further expand 'strategic partnership'
Oct 10, 2020 10:36Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has arrived in China for an official visit at the invitation of his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi.
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China demands halt to US provocative moves in South China Sea
Oct 10, 2020 04:55China’s military has announced the intrusion of a US warship into its territorial waters near the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea without authorization from Beijing, demanding the halt of “such provocative actions.”
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China joins WHO plan for global distribution of COVID-19 vaccine
Oct 09, 2020 08:43China has joined a global initiative, backed by the World Health Organization (WHO), to help an equitable distribution of coronavirus vaccines, in a move that is expected to anger US President Donald Trump, who already rejected the plan.
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Zarif to visit China on Friday
Oct 08, 2020 10:11Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will visit China on Friday for talks on a range of bilateral, regional and international issues.
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Chinese COVID-19 vaccine proves successful, WHO hopeful about unspecified vaccine
Oct 08, 2020 03:00Chinese scientists say an experimental coronavirus vaccine has proven safe, and the United Nations (UN) health agency has expressed hope for the mass production and distribution of billions of doses of vaccines to people across the globe by the end of the year.
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Rich countries are total vaccine hogs; COVID-19 must change that
Oct 07, 2020 06:18Multiple COVID-19 vaccines are working their way through trials, but we haven’t yet figured out what to do when they get here. Distribution faces technical challenges — shortages of glass vials and syringes are already being reported — but there are also ethical supply quandaries. How do we decide who gets a shot first?
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Beijing reacts as Pompeo urges ‘Quad’ alliance against China’s ‘exploitation’
Oct 07, 2020 05:55United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has blasted what he referred to as China’s “exploitation,” prompting Chinese officials to tell the US top diplomat to drop his “Cold War” mentality.
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China in talks with WHO over global use of local COVID-19 vaccines
Oct 06, 2020 09:15China is in talks to have its locally-produced COVID-19 vaccines assessed by the World Health Organization, as a step toward making them available for international use, a WHO official said on Tuesday.
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China's envoy describes Syria as important partner, hopes for enhanced cooperation
Oct 02, 2020 03:35The Chinese ambassador to Damascus has described Syria as a strategic and important partner for his country, saying that Beijing is interested in further development of political, economic and trade ties with the Arab nation.
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India moves missiles closer to border with China: Report
Oct 01, 2020 10:25India has moved its long-range missiles closer to its common border with China, a report says, as relations between the two nuclear-armed countries remain strained over the disputed common border in the Himalayan region.