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While China’s response to the new coronavirus outbreak is being praised in comparison to its handling of the SARS epidemic, some are suggesting officials may have gone too far by ordering a quarantine of the city of Wuhan. CBC | World News
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Coronavirus ability to spread increasing, China’s health minister says
China’s health minister says the ability of the coronavirus to spread in his country appears to be getting stronger and infections could continue to rise. CBC | World News
Read More »Death toll from coronavirus outbreak in China’s Wuhan rises to 6
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Read More »China’s population now over 1.4 billion as birthrate falls
China’s population has crept past 1.4 billion last year for the first time, even as the birthrate continues to fall. CBC | World News
Read More »China’s economic growth sinks to lowest level in decades
China’s economic growth sank to a new multi-decade low of 6.1 per cent in 2019 as consumer demand weakened and Beijing fought a trade war with Washington. CBC | World News
Read More »Tech trends for 2020: minimalism, satellite-driven data and China’s rise as a superpower
Every January, along with the new year come scads of predictions about what lies ahead. Sure, there will be flashy wearables and new smartphone models. But here are the real innovations and trends according to tech columnist Ramona Pringle. CBC | World News
Read More »China’s mystery ‘coronavirus’ isn’t currently spreading, WHO says
An outbreak of respiratory illness that has killed one person in China and infected 40 others appears to be linked to a single seafood market in the central city of Wuhan and has not so far spread beyond there, the World Health Organization said on Sunday. CBC | World News
Read More »Security fears, political tensions souring China’s relations with Central Europe
A half-decade ago, China planted an economic flag in Central Europe with its multi-billion-dollar Belt and Road plan to build a vast infrastructure network. Five years on, though, some of those countries are finding the relationship increasingly uncomfortable. CBC | World News
Read More »The man, the myth: How Xi Jinping’s rise from village life explains China’s ambitions
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s path from a small village to the centre of power echoes China’s struggle to overcome poverty and humiliation to become a global force. CBC | World News
Read More »China’s Belt and Road Initiative: Where it goes and what it’s supposed to accomplish
Back in 2013, when the U.S. and many other countries were still recovering from the Great Recession, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced perhaps the most transparently ambitious foreign policy of the new century: The Belt and Road Initiative. Here’s what you need to know about it. CBC | World News
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