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Fri, 26 Mar 2021 16:05:11 +0800
Chinese kids don't do drugs, says Beijing
Beijing said on Friday that its efforts to crack down on drug use among young people have been so successful that the problem has essentially been eradicated from the nation's schools. The announcement was made in a Xinhua News Agency article with a...

Fri, 26 Mar 2021 15:07:32 +0800
Australian envoy reportedly calls China 'vindictive'
Australia’s ambassador to Beijing has reportedly described China as a “vindictive” and “unreliable” trading partner as Australian officials revealed steep declines in most exports to the nation’s most important market. Ambassador Graham...

Fri, 26 Mar 2021 15:04:56 +0800
Beijing starts offering foreigners Covid-19 vaccines
Beijing has started offering domestically developed Covid-19 vaccines to foreigners, the city's foreign affairs office said on Friday. Foreigners without the city-backed insurance scheme will pay 93.5 yuan per dose for the two shot-based regimen, wh...

Fri, 26 Mar 2021 11:38:23 +0800
Taiwan, US agree marine partnership after China law
Taipei and Washington have signed their first agreement under the Biden administration, establishing a Coast Guard Working Group to coordinate policy, following China's passing of a law that allows its coast guard to fire on foreign vessels. The new...

Fri, 26 Mar 2021 09:26:11 +0800
China hits UK with sanctions over Xinjiang row
China sanctioned organisations and individuals in the United Kingdom on Friday over what it called "lies and disinformation" about Xinjiang, days after Britain imposed sanctions for alleged human rights abuses in the northwestern Chinese region. The...

Fri, 26 Mar 2021 00:50:23 +0800
Protests as Wang Yi visits Turkey for talks
Nearly 1,000 Uighurs rallied in Istanbul on Thursday as Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met his Turkish counterpart for talks expected to focus on coronavirus vaccines and the countries' extradition treaty. Wang also met privately with Turkish Pres...

Thu, 25 Mar 2021 13:53:58 +0800
State media attack brands for Xinjiang 'concerns'
A growing number of multinational brands have come under attack in China, with state media urging people to boycott the firms for making “scathing and false" remarks about the human rights situation in Xinjiang. The calls come after Swedish fashi...

Thu, 25 Mar 2021 11:01:37 +0800
Mainlanders 'angered' by Nike Xinjiang statement
Anger with Nike erupted on Chinese social media late on Wednesday after China's netizens spotted a statement from the sporting goods giant saying it was "concerned" about reports of forced labour in Xinjiang and that it does not use cotton from the r...

Thu, 25 Mar 2021 03:35:07 +0800
Facebook bans hackers who "targeted Uyghurs"
Facebook said on Wednesday it had blocked a group of hackers in China who used the platform to target Uyghurs living abroad with links to malware that would infect their devices and enable surveillance. The social media company said the hackers, kno...

Wed, 24 Mar 2021 18:34:43 +0800
China accuses EU of 'hypocrisy' over Uyghur row
Beijing accused the EU of "hypocrisy" on Wednesday after the two sides summoned each other's envoys in an escalating row over the treatment of China's Muslim Uyghurs. France, Germany and other EU nations called in Chinese ambassadors to protest agai...

Tue, 23 Mar 2021 23:39:35 +0800
EU states summon Chinese envoys over sanctions
Germany and other EU nations called in Chinese ambassadors on Tuesday to protest at sanctions imposed by Beijing targeting their citizens, as China and Europe faced off over claims of rights abuses against China's Muslim Uyghur minority. The diploma...

Tue, 23 Mar 2021 18:33:05 +0800
Chinese ambassador 'too busy' for summons by Paris
French officials expect China's ambassador in Paris to comply "as quickly as possible" with a foreign ministry summons over recent tweets targeting French lawmakers and a researcher, Europe Minister Clement Beaune said on Tuesday. The foreign minist...

Tue, 23 Mar 2021 16:57:41 +0800
China helping the whole world with Covid: Beijing
China and Russia on Tuesday rejected accusations they are seeking to use coronavirus vaccines to project their influence around the world, with Beijing saying they only want to help the whole world tackle the virus. Speaking to reporters after talks...

Tue, 23 Mar 2021 16:28:11 +0800
Vaccine safe for children: Sinovac
Sinovac says its Covid-19 vaccine is safe in children ages 3-17, based on preliminary data, and it has submitted the data to Chinese drug regulators. More than 70 million shots of Sinovac’s vaccine have been given worldwide, including in China. ...

Tue, 23 Mar 2021 16:06:56 +0800
Xi, Kim share messages reaffirming ties
The leaders of China and North Korea are reaffirming their traditional alliance following contentious talks between top diplomats from Washington and Beijing and diplomatic isolation and economic problems in the North that have left it ever-more depe...

Tue, 23 Mar 2021 14:42:11 +0800
Days of 'wanton interference' are over, Beijing says
Foreign Minister Wang Yi warned on Tuesday that Western forces should know that the days when they could "wantonly interfere" in China's internal affairs are over – and they won't be coming back. Wang made the remark during talks with his Russian ...

Tue, 23 Mar 2021 14:01:29 +0800
Bomb blast attack in Guangdong kills four
Four people were killed when a man detonated a homemade bomb in a village government office in Guangdong province, authorities said. A 59-year-old man suspected of being responsible for the explosive device was also killed in the explosion, local po...

Tue, 23 Mar 2021 13:31:23 +0800
China, Russia officials meet in show of unity
The foreign ministers of China and Russia displayed unity at their meeting Tuesday amid criticism and Western sanctions against them over human rights. Wang Yi and Sergei Lavrov rejected outside sniping at their authoritarian political systems and ...

Tue, 23 Mar 2021 02:29:15 +0800
West coordinates sanctions over Xinjiang
The EU, US, Britain and Canada on Monday imposed sanctions against Chinese officials over the alleged crackdown on the Uighurs, and Beijing responded by hitting Europeans with immediate tit-for-tat measures. Brussels, London and Ottawa blacklisted f...

Tue, 23 Mar 2021 00:37:26 +0800
UK joins coordinated sanctioning over Xinjiang
Britain imposed sanctions on Monday on four Chinese officials and a state security body over human rights abuses against the mainly Muslim Uighur community in Xinjiang, part of coordinated action by some Western countries to put pressure on Beijing. ...



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