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COVID-19: China stands with India, will provide full support to combat sec
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 1 (ANI): Asserting that Beijing stands with New Delhi amid the COVID-19 crisis, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday said all BRICS member countries including China will provide support and assistance to India as it fights against the second wave of the pandemi
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China jails blogger for 8 months over remarks on casualties in Galwan clas
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 1 (ANI): A popular Chinese blogger, detained earlier this year for his comments regarding military casualties of Galwan valley clash with India, has been sentenced to eight months in prison.
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China's newly-announced 3-child policy receives unenthusiastic response
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 1 (ANI): In the face of a looming demographic crisis, China on Monday eased its two-child policy to allow couples to have three children. However, this step has received a notable lack of enthusiasm on Chinese social media.
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Son of detained Japan-based Chinese historian calls for release of his fat
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], June 1 (ANI): The eldest son of a prominent Chinese historian who taught at a university in Japan's Hokkaido and is currently detained by Chinese authorities on suspicion of espionage is calling for his father to be released, Kyodo News reported.
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Australia, New Zealand concerned over Hong Kong developments, chide Chines
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Canberra [Australia], May 31 (ANI): Australia and New Zealand expressed "deep concern over developments that limit the rights and freedoms of the people of Hong Kong" and also criticised China's treatment of the Uyghur minority in Xinjiang.
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American writer, who chided China's COVID response, loses teaching post at
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Beijing [China], May 31 (ANI): American writer Peter Hessler, who voiced against China's "botched" response to the COVID-19 outbreak, said that he is returning to the United States after a Chinese university declined to renew his teaching contract.
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'Ecological disaster': China's plan for fishing harbour in Sierra Leone dr
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Beijing [China], May 31 (ANI): China's plan for an industrial fishing harbour in Sierra Leone has drawn criticism from conservationists and landowners, terming it "a catastrophic human and ecological disaster".
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Taiwan's plan to achieve independence through COVID-19 vaccine will fail:
Updated : 4 years, 10 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
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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
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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
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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
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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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