Covid-19 coronavirus: China builds hospital in five days after surge in virus cases
A similar programme of rapid hospital construction was launched a year ago in Wuhan.
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WHO team arrives in Wuhan to search for pandemic origins
Researchers arrived today in the Chinese city where the pandemic was first detected.
Facing new outbreaks, China places over 22 million on lockdown
New York Times: China is experiencing its worst coronavirus flare-up since last summer.
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A newly declassified document has revealed a US plan to potentially take on China.
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Johnson has hit out at China as the UK records another grim death toll.
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Hong Kong crackdown: China tells Five Eyes nations to back off
NZ chose not to sign the joint statement that has sparked a stinging rebuke from Beijing.
China: WHO experts arriving for coronavirus origins probe
Beijing has been cagey about Covid's origins and reluctant to host the WHO's experts.
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China and Russia delight in Trump chaos
Traditional adversaries of the US struggling to conceal their joy at chaotic election.
China plunges millions back into lockdown
A drastic rise in cases has placed 18 million people into strict lockdown.
Have Covid and brutality killed Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement?
The Times: A year ago, everything seemed possible. Now activists "can't see any light".
WHO Covid investigators denied access to Wuhan
World Health Organisation investigators have been denied access to Wuhan.
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Tech entrepreneur has been MIA since he criticised China's regulatory system.
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China clamps down in secret hunt for coronavirus origins
In December last year, market vendor Jiang Dafa started noticing people were falling ill.
China is set to vaccinate millions - without proof its vaccines work
New York Times: China's Covid shots are user-pays - and they require a leap of faith.
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'Odds against peace': China's 2021 plan could spark 'death, destruction'
They have the world's largest navy. Now an expert says China is primed and ready for war.
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China suspends flights to and from UK
The suspension comes in light of a new variant of the coronavirus in the UK.
Dictators are outwitting a fatally divided West
OPINION: Autocrats used the pandemic to build power. It won't be easy to rein them in.
China 'expels' US destroyer from disputed waters in South China Sea
Beijing says the USS John S McCain 'trespassed' into its waters in latest tense encounter.
No 'negative' news: How China censored the coronavirus
New York Times: Secret documents reveal the power of Beijing's propaganda machine.
China's fishing fleet heading for Australia amid trade war
Beijing's fishing fleet has stripped its own waters bare. Now it's heading for Australia.
'It may be China': Trump downplays Russia's involvement in US cyberattack
President Donald Trump suggests without evidence that China behind US cyberattack.
Singer tries shock therapy as weapon against domestic abuse
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When China battles coal, coal loses
New York Times: China is forcing Australia to realise the coal era is coming to an end.
Australia v China: The critical lessons New Zealand must learn
OPINION: Closer economic ties with China will bring benefits - but also risks.
Mystery of Covid 'patient zero': Italian boy infected in November last year
Europe's first suspected case suggests virus was circulating much earlier than thought.
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