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Staff Reporter | Apr 03, 2013 01:56 PM EDT
Chinese public have been advised against slaughtering poultry for ancestral worship on the upcoming Tomb-Sweeping Day as authorities strengthen H7N9 bird flu control efforts after three deaths of the newly-found strain that has not previously been detected in humans. read more
Staff Reporter | Apr 02, 2013 08:58 PM EDT
President Xi Jinping has said that China will strengthen military cooperation with Saudi Arabia to jointly safeguard world and regional peace and stability. read more
Staff Reporter | Apr 02, 2013 06:10 PM EDT
Ambassador Cui Tiankai, the new Chinese Ambassador to the United States, arrived in Washington, DC on Tuesday to assume office. read more
Staff Reporter | Apr 02, 2013 02:04 PM EDT
China reported Tuesday that four more people in one province were seriously sickened by a bird flu virus new to humans while cities along the eastern seaboard stepped up public health measures to guard against a disease that has already caused two deaths. read more
Staff Reporter | Apr 01, 2013 01:11 PM EDT
Chinese experts on international relations said on Sunday that President Xi Jinping's first foreign trip as head of state has strengthened relations with China's neighbors, Africa and emerging economies. read more
Staff Reporter | Mar 29, 2013 07:55 PM EDT
Life for the almighty Chinese government official has come to this: car pools, domestically made wristwatches and self-serve lunch buffets. read more
Staff Reporter | Mar 29, 2013 07:51 PM EDT
In the midst of a flare-up of tensions in the Korean peninsula, China on Friday adopted a 'hands off' approach to the crisis, suggesting that it would not directly intervene to restrain Pyongyang. read more
Staff Reporter | Mar 29, 2013 07:09 PM EDT
China's newly appointed President Xi Jinping wrapped up a six-day tour of Africa on Friday in Republic of Congo, where he signed off on infrastructure projects and pledged deeper cooperation between his country and the continent. read more
Staff Reporter | Mar 29, 2013 11:25 AM EDT
A photo of China's new first lady Peng Liyuan in younger days, singing to martial-law troops following the 1989 bloody military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, flickered across Chinese cyberspace this week. read more
Staff Reporter | Mar 27, 2013 11:29 AM EDT
China's increasingly powerful navy paid a symbolic visit to the country's southernmost territorial claim deep in the South China Sea this week as part of military drills in the disputed Spratly Islands involving amphibious landings and aircraft. read more
Staff Reporter | Mar 27, 2013 11:21 AM EDT
Twenty ethnic Uighurs in China's far western region of Xinjiang have been given sentences of up to life in prison following their convictions on charges including terrorism and separatism, Chinese state media reported. read more
Staff Reporter | Mar 26, 2013 10:02 PM EDT
Canada is welcoming two giant pandas on loan from China. Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Chinese ambassador Zhang Junsai were among those on hand at Pearson airport on Monday to welcome five-year-old Er Shun and her prospective mate, four-year-old Da Mao. read more
Staff Reporter | Mar 26, 2013 09:25 PM EDT
A federal judge on Monday sentenced a former employee of a New Jersey-based defense contractor to more than five years in prison for taking U.S. military technology trade secrets to his native China, ignoring the man's contentions that it was an error in judgment and not done with wrongful intent. read more
Due to the coronavirus, people around the world have canceled their travel plans. Governments and health officials have warned the public to avoid boarding cruise ships and long flights. read more
