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Explainer: Why does China take back its 'gifted' pandas?
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Explainer: Why does China take back its ‘gifted’ pandas?

A farewell Thousands of Japanese bade an emotional farewell to four pandas that will return to China this week. Xiang Xiang, who was born at…

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At job fairs in China, employers are thrifty and applicants timid
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At job fairs in China, employers are thrifty and applicants timid

BEIJING: China’s job fairs are making a comeback after being forced online by Covid-19 for three years, but subdued wages and less abundant offerings in…

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China warns US to suffer 'consequences' if it escalates balloon incident
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China warns US to suffer ‘consequences’ if it escalates balloon incident

BEIJING: China warned the United States on Sunday it would “bear all the consequences” if it escalated the controversy over a Chinese balloon that the…

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China reports 98 Covid-related hospital deaths from February 10-16
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China reports 98 Covid-related hospital deaths from February 10-16

BEIJING: China recorded 98 Covid-related deaths at its hospitals between February 10-16, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention said in a statement on…

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China's top diplomat urges 'healthy development' of relations with UK - foreign ministry
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China’s top diplomat urges ‘healthy development’ of relations with UK – foreign ministry

BEIJING: China and the Britain should eliminate all kinds of interference and push for healthy development of bilateral relations, China’s top diplomat Wang Yi told…

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Covid: China's zero-Covid structures take on second lives
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Covid: China’s zero-Covid structures take on second lives

BEIJING: With China’s dropping of its “zero-Covid” policy, makeshift quarantine centres and testing booths are being repurposed as mini-libraries, information points or even housing.Since Beijing…

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Can’t ask for talks and fuel tension: China on Biden’s ‘no apology’ jibe
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Can’t ask for talks and fuel tension: China on Biden’s ‘no apology’ jibe

BEIJING: China on Friday sharply reacted to US President Joe Biden’s remarks defending his orders to shoot down a Chinese spy balloon and his assertion…

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China top tech dealmaker goes missing amid graft crackdown
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China top tech dealmaker goes missing amid graft crackdown

HONG KONG: Shares of the company that operates one of China’s top investment banks, China Renaissance, plunged on Friday after the firm said it had…

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China declares 'decisive victory' over Covid-19
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China declares ‘decisive victory’ over Covid-19

BEIJING: China’s top leaders declared a “decisive victory” over Covid-19, claiming the world’s lowest fatality rate, although experts have questioned Beijing’s data as the coronovirus…

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Revival of Chinese economy 'complicated' due to growing global competition: Xi Jinping
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Revival of Chinese economy ‘complicated’ due to growing global competition: Xi Jinping

BEIJING: Efforts to revive China’s economy have become “‘complicated’ with growing global competition to attract investment, President Xi Jinping has said, calling for steps to…

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