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Wary Of Unrest Among Uighur Minority, China Locks Down Xinjiang Province

11:43am September 26, 2017

by Rob Schmitz

Following riots and attacks in past years, residents of Urumqi, the capital of the western region, now live and work under intense surveillance, and are subject to detention after traveling abroad.

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Trucks drive over the Friendship Bridge, from the North Korean town of Sinuiju to the Chinese border city of Dandong on Sept. 5. China says it will ban textile imports from North Korea.

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China Moves To Limit Fuel, Textile Trade With North Korea

3:48am September 23, 2017

by James Doubek

China accounts for the vast majority of North Korea's trade. President Trump has accused China of not doing enough to push back North Korea's nuclear program.

A patient with the H7N9 avian flu is treated in a hospital in Wuhan, in central China's Hubei province, in February of this year. The 2017 outbreak was the deadliest in China since H7N9 first appeared in humans in 2013.

Deadly Bird Flu In China Evolves, Spreads To New Regions

4:51pm September 07, 2017

by Michaeleen Doucleff

In the 2017 outbreak, the Chinese government reported 759 cases of the H7N9 avian flu, with 281 deaths. By comparison, in 2016 there were 123 cases.

Hong Kong in 2012. The territory's public-service broadcaster will replace the BBC with the China National News, broadcast in Mandarin, China's official language, instead of the Cantonese dialect more commonly spoken in Hong Kong.

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Hong Kong Broadcaster's Decision To Drop BBC Prompts Anger

11:21pm September 04, 2017

by Scott Neuman

RTHK, the territory's public-service broadcaster, says it will drop a 24-hour stream of the BBC World Service, prompting an online petition and concern over press freedom in Hong Kong.

A newly detected type of Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteria (in red) has acquired genes that make it more deadly.

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Triple Threat: New Pneumonia Is Drug-Resistant, Deadly And Contagious

12:59pm September 02, 2017

by Michaeleen Doucleff

When microbiologist Sheng Chen and his team sequenced the microbes found in the pneumonia infections, they were shocked at what they saw.

Chinese President Xi Jinping, center, arrives for a welcome ceremony for Tajikistan's President Emomali Rahmon in Beijing on Thursday. State media announced a key Chinese Communist Party meeting held once every five years will start on Oct. 18.

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China Has Set Oct. 18 For Its Communist Party Congress. Here's What To Expect

11:28pm August 31, 2017

by Anthony Kuhn

There's little suspense about one outcome of the congress: President Xi Jinping is all but assured of another five-year term. He's maintained a grip on power to a degree not seen in China for decades.

Passers-by look at the North Korean missile's path over Japan, displayed on a huge screen in Tokyo on Wednesday. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he and President Trump have agreed to increase pressure on Kim Jong Un's regime after it launched a ba

'All Options Are On The Table': Unease Reigns After North Korean Missile Test

9:35pm August 29, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

Some people in Japan woke with unease to a text saying: "Seek shelter," while in South Korea, the response was defiant. In the U.S., President Trump said Pyongyang's message landed "loud and clear."

Residents of the Galápagos Islands demonstrate outside the court where the crew of the Chinese-flagged ship had a hearing last week. The Ecuadorean navy earlier this month seized the ship, which had been carrying some 300 tons of fish, including several

Fishermen Caught With 6,600 Sharks In Galápagos, Now Headed To Prison

6:22pm August 29, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

The dead sharks, mostly endangered hammerheads, were part of a 300-ton haul of fish found on a Chinese boat off the Galápagos Islands. An Ecuadorean judge fined and jailed the crew up to four years.

Ten Chinese and Russian companies as well as six individuals are targeted by a new round of U.S. sanctions aimed at curbing Pyongyang's weapons program. This follows a round of U.N. sanctions.

Trump Administration Unveils New Sanctions To Curb North Korea's Weapons Program

9:30pm August 22, 2017

by Jackie Northam

Ten Chinese and Russian companies and six individuals are targeted. Many were tied to rogue nation's coal and resource trade and its efforts to send workers abroad.

Cambridge University Press had removed some 300 articles from the "China Quarterly" site at the behest of the censors, including articles about the Tiananmen Square military crackdown. Earlier this summer, thousands gathered in Hong Kong to mark the anniv

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'China Quarterly' Publisher Restores Articles Following Backlash From Scholars

8:24pm August 22, 2017

by Leslie Cook

Cambridge University Press had removed articles about Tibet, Taiwan and Tiananmen Square from its Chinese website at the request of authorities. Days later, the publisher reversed course.