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These Parents Were Reunited With Their Son After He Was Abducted 24 Years Ago

3:55pm July 14, 2021

by The Associated Press

Guo Xinzhen was abducted as a toddler outside their home. Abductions of children for sale are reported regularly in China, though how often it happens is unclear.

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, rescuers prepare equipment as they search for survivors at a collapsed hotel in Suzhou in eastern China's Jiangsu Province on Monday.

World News

At Least 8 People Are Dead After A Hotel Collapsed In Eastern China

2:58am July 13, 2021

by The Associated Press

At least 23 people were trapped when the Siji Kaiyuan Hotel in Suzhou collapsed Monday afternoon.

A Giant panda enjoys bamboo at the Beijing Zoo during the first day of the public display on June 5, 2008 in Beijing, China.

Finally Some Good News! China Says Giant Pandas Are No Longer Endangered

4:12pm July 09, 2021

by Sharon Pruitt-Young

The announcement comes five years after the International Union for Conservation of Nature officially removed giant pandas from its endangered list.

Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech Thursday during the celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China at Tiananmen Square in Beijing.

World News

China Celebrates Its Communist Party's Centennial With Spectacle, Saber Rattling

8:05am July 01, 2021

by Emily Feng

In a fiery speech at Tiananmen Square, Communist Party Chairman Xi Jinping vowed to keep an iron grip on Hong Kong and to conquer Tiawan, and warned foreign forces against trying to bully China.

Hong Kong police show their new goose step marching style on National Security Education Day at a police school in Hong Kong on April 15.

World News

China's Tough Hong Kong Law Turns 1 Year Old — And It's Already Grown Teeth

4:44pm June 30, 2021

by Emily Feng

Apple Daily was closed, universities were muzzled and prominent activists were either jailed or exiled. The national security law has surely made an impact in Hong Kong in its first year in force.

President Biden waves as he prepares to depart the airport after meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Geneva, on June 16.

World News

Opinion: We Don't Need A Biden Doctrine Dividing The World Into Good And Bad

6:10pm June 22, 2021

President Biden sees foreign policy as a battle between democracies and autocracies — and that's a flawed doctrine, according to analysts Aaron David Miller and Richard Sokolsky.

Shipping containers are stacked high at the Port of Los Angeles in April. Supply chain disruptions are hitting small-business owners across the United States.

Economy

Cargo Is Piling Up Everywhere, And It's Making Inflation Worse

10:31am June 21, 2021

by Scott Horsley

A surge in imports is overwhelming transportation networks and testing supply chains, making life hard for small-business owners.

Security personnel stand guard outside the Wuhan Institute of Virology during the Feb. 3 visit of the World Health Organization team investigating the origins of the SARS-CoV-2, the virus that triggered a pandemic.

The Investigation Of The Pandemic's Origins Is At An Impasse

5:37pm June 17, 2021

by Will Stone

In the wake of heated debate over the unproven lab leak theory, the world is calling on China to cooperate with investigations. But efforts to delve into this matter seem to be stalling.

Chinese astronauts, from left, Tang Hongbo, Nie Haisheng, and Liu Boming wave as they prepare to board for liftoff Thursday at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan in northwestern China. China plans to launch three astronauts onboard the Shenzho

World News

China Launches First Crew To Live On New Space Station

12:13am June 17, 2021

by The Associated Press

The three astronauts who blasted off Thursday from the Jiuquan launch center in northwestern China will stay three months in the Tianhe, or Heavenly Harmony.

President Biden is set to leave Brussels on Tuesday for Geneva, the last leg of a trip where he sought to mend fences with allies and take a tougher stance on Moscow and Beijing.

Biden And The EU Call A Truce In A 17-Year Trade Fight To Focus On Threats From China

1:38pm June 15, 2021

by Franco Ordoñez

Biden tried to repair ties with European allies and convinced them to take a tougher stance on China. Next he'll confront Russia. But selling this at home remains the hardest part.

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