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Watch the FINA Champions Swim Series in China
Click the video player above on Wednesday at 7 a.m. ET to watch live coverage of the FINA Champions Swim Series season-opening event from Shenzhen, China. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen has China to thank for landslide re-election win
Saturday’s election victory for Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen was big, but the defeat for Beijing was bigger, a stark lesson the dictatorship next door — no matter how powerful or prosperous — holds little appeal for the only part of “Greater China” that gets a real vote on its own democratic future. CBC | World News
Read More »China reports 1st death from ‘new type of coronavirus’
Health authorities in the central Chinese city of Wuhan are reporting the first death from a new type of coronavirus. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. congressional study urges sanctions on China over ‘crimes against humanity’
A U.S. congressional report called for sanctions against China over human rights abuses, and for U.S. officials to keep rights concerns in mind during dealings with Beijing, including trade negotiations. CBC | World News
Read More »Authorities say mysterious respiratory illness in China not SARS
The mysterious respiratory illness that has infected dozens of people in a central Chinese city is not SARS, local authorities said Sunday. CBC | World News
Read More »China seeks to identify cause of mystery pneumonia infecting 44
Chinese health authorities are trying to identify what is causing an outbreak of pneumonia in the central city of Wuhan, officials said on Friday, as the tally of cases rose to 44 and Singapore said it would screen arrivals on flights from there. CBC | World News
Read More »Google Maps: Mysterious fireballs spotted in South China sea – what are they?
Google Maps is a useful tool for gaining insight into far-flung locations across the globe. Occasionally users come across unexpected sightings, such as these mysterious glowing orbs in the South China sea. What could they be? Daily Express :: Travel Feed
Read More »China and India are richer than UK – so WHY are we still sending them AID MONEY?
BORIS JOHNSON is being urged to overhaul Britain’s £14.6bn foreign aid programme after it emerged tens of millions were being pumped into the massive economies of China and India which are both wealthy enough to run their own nuclear and space operations. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »China convicts researcher who claimed to create world’s first gene-edited babies
A Chinese scientist who set off an ethical debate with claims he had made the world’s first genetically edited babies was sentenced Monday to three years in prison because of his research, state media said. CBC | World News
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