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Chinese authorities have moved to lock down multiple cities, home to more than 23 million people, in an unprecedented effort to contain the deadly coronavirus.The respiratory virus has claimed 18 lives since emerging from a seafood and…

Chinese authorities have moved to lock down multiple cities home to more than 18 million people in an unprecedented effort to contain the deadly Coronavirus.The respiratory virus has claimed 17 lives since emerging from a seafood and…

SINGAPORE/DAVOS, SWITZERLAND – Chinese President Xi Jinping has offered personal assurances that he won’t use the protests in Hong Kong as an excuse to tighten Beijing’s controls on the region, Chief Executive Carrie Lam…

A deadly new virus reminiscent of one of China’s biggest public health debacles has the country’s leaders rushing to keep another outbreak from becoming a political crisis.After three weeks of revelations about a mysterious strain…

International airports are screening passengers for a mysterious SARS-like disease that has been confirmed as passing from human-to-human and has also jumped China’s borders.The number of cases of the new coronavirus “2019-nCoV”, which…

BEIJING – A World Health Organization emergency panel will meet this week to discuss a SARS-like virus that has spread beyond China and that a Beijing government expert said Monday is contagious between humans.The new coronavirus…

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA – The first stage of an extradition hearing for a senior executive of Chinese tech giant Huawei started in a Vancouver courtroom Monday, a case that has infuriated Beijing, caused a diplomatic uproar…

BEIJING – The head of a Chinese government expert team said Monday that human-to-human transmission has been confirmed in an outbreak of a new coronavirus, a development that raises the possibility that it could spread more quickly…

That’s one crappy computer glitch.Facebook was forced to apologise Saturday after a “technical issue” caused Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s name to appear as “Mr. S – thole” when translated from Burmese to English in posts on its platform,…

Clashes broke out between protesters and police in Hong Kong on Sunday, cutting short a rally after thousands had gathered at a park to call for electoral reforms and a boycott of the Chinese Communist Party. Police fired tear gas near…

HONG KONG – Hong Kong police fired tear gas Sunday at a public park that was overflowing with thousands of protesters calling for electoral reforms and a boycott of the Chinese Communist Party.Sporting their movement’s trademark…

YANGON – Facebook Inc. on Saturday blamed a technical error for Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s name appearing as “Mr. S—-hole” in posts on its platform when translated into English from Burmese, apologizing for any offense caused.The…

NAYPYITAW – China and Myanmar inked dozens of deals on Saturday to speed up infrastructure projects as Beijing seeks to cement its hold over a neighbor increasingly isolated by the West.But no major new projects were agreed on…

ATAMI, SHIZUOKA PREF. – The Japanese Communist Party criticized China’s current leadership in the first revision since 2004 of its fundamental policy platform, adopted Saturday, saying Beijing’s quest for “great-power chauvinism…

SINGAPORE/NAYPYIDAW – In China’s carefully choreographed diplomatic calendar, the itinerary of the president’s first overseas trip can send signals about his long-term strategic goals.In 2017, Xi Jinping opened with a speech at the…

The Russian parliament has overwhelmingly backed President Vladimir Putin’s surprise choice for prime minister after a “January revolution”, a major political overhaul that some say could set Putin up as leader for life. The State Duma,…

HONG KONG – Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam said Thursday that the “one country, two systems” framework under which the city enjoys freedoms unknown in China could continue after the 2047 deadline if loyalty to Beijing is…

HONG KONG – In her first term, President Tsai Ing-Wen secured more than $10 billion in high-profile U.S. weapons to defend Taiwan against China. Over the next four years, it may be more important to acquire less glamorous, but…

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump signed a trade agreement Wednesday with China that is expected to boost exports from U.S. farmers and manufacturers and is aimed at lowering tensions in a long-running dispute between the…

President Vladimir Putin has engineered a surprise shake-up of Russia’s leadership, proposing changes to the constitution that could keep him in power well past the end of his term in 2024.Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev resigned his post…