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Taiwan's plan to achieve independence through COVID-19 vaccine will fail:
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 31 (ANI): China has said Taiwan's plan to achieve independence through the COVID-19 vaccine "will not succeed" after the island ruled out the possibility of importing Chinese vaccines.
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China reports 20 new COVID-19 cases as authorities rush to contain mini-ou
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Guangdong [China], May 31 (ANI): With the reporting of 20 new local COVID-19 cases in China's Guangdong on Sunday, authorities have locked down areas of the capital city of the southern Chinese province due to a mini-outbreak.
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China announces 3-child policy amid declining birthrate, ageing population
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 31 (ANI): In a major shift, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on Monday announced that it will allow all couples to have three children, ending a two-child policy that has failed to boost the country's declining birthrate and ageing population.
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Chinese millennial couples reluctant to have children due to lack of affor
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 31 (ANI): As the 2020 census shows a falling fertility rate in China, Chinese millennial couples are reluctant to have children as the lack of affordable public healthcare, rising living costs and grueling hours are worrying the world's most populous country.
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High-price Chinese COVID vaccine sparks row in Sri Lanka
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 30 (ANI): Disclosure of procurement price of China's Sinopharm vaccine in Sri Lanka has sparked a row after reports emerged that Colombo had to shell out a higher per-dose price than its fellow South Asian country Bangladesh.
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Chinese military faces significant challenge as fertility rate falls in 20
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 30 (ANI): After the new census showed a fall in the fertility rate of China, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) is facing a significant challenge as it seeks to fill the need of hundreds of thousands of new recruits each year, being the world's largest military.
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Indonesia to ramp up submarine fleet in response to Chinese incursions
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], May 30 (ANI): In response to repeated Chinese incursions into its waters, Indonesia aims to expand its submarine fleet by as much as triple its current line up to 12 vessels, according to multiple defence sources.
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Competitive jobs market in China forces graduate from top university to se
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 30 (ANI): New graduates in China are facing difficulties in the increasingly competitive jobs market, which came to the fore after the resume of a graduate from a top Chinese university seeking work as a domestic help stunned internet users.
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Philippines lodges protest against 'incessant deployment' of Chinese vesse
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 30 (ANI): The Philippines has lodged protest against China's continuing "illegal presence and activities" near Pag-asa Islands on Saturday.
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Lobsang Sangay warns China trying to transform Tibet into Chinese province
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 30 (ANI): As the oppression of Tibetans by the Chinese government continues, the outgoing Tibetan President-in-exile Lobsang Sangay has warned that China wants to transform Tibet into a Chinese province.
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'Covid-19 has no credible natural ancestor': Explosive study claims Chines
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], May 30 (ANI): Amid calls for a fresh probe into the origins of Covid-19, an explosive new study has found that Chinese scientists created the virus in a lab in Wuhan, then tried to cover their tracks by reverse-engineering versions of the virus to make it look like it evolved na
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Taiwanese skeptical over China's offer to provide COVID vaccines
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], May 29 (ANI): As China offered to provide Taiwan with Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccines, the majority of Taiwanese are skeptical of Beijing's motives and of the vaccines which have lower levels of efficacy than many competitors.
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