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Chinese Song Expressing Friendship During Pandemic Backfires With Wary Filipinos

10:35am April 28, 2020

by Scott Neuman

A video for "One Sea" was posted by the Chinese Embassy in Manila in an effort to foster solidarity in the fight against COVID-19. But many Filipinos saw it as Beijing pressing territorial claims.

The Wuhan Baishazhou Market in Wuhan in China's Hubei province, shown last week. China's wet markets have come in for criticism after one was identified as the likely source of the novel coronavirus.

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U.S. Pressures China To Close Wet Markets Thought To Be Source Of COVID-19

9:48am April 23, 2020

by Scott Neuman

In a statement, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo cited a link between pathogens that jump from animals to humans and the traditional Chinese markets that sell live fish, meat and wild animals.

A staff member keeping watch at a checkpoint in Suifenhe, a city on the border with Russia in China's northeastern Heilongjiang province, on Tuesday.

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China Imposes Strict Measures In Northeast To Keep Out Coronavirus From Russia

12:02pm April 22, 2020

by Scott Neuman

Earlier this month, China — the original epicenter of the pandemic but which later saw daily new domestic cases fall to zero — has in recent weeks seen a wave of infections arriving from Russia.

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt filed a lawsuit against the Chinese government, the Chinese Communist Party and others, alleging that the hiding of information and other actions at the outset of the coronavirus outbreak led to loss of life and sign

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Missouri Sues China, Communist Party Over The Coronavirus Pandemic

9:08pm April 21, 2020

by Frank Morris

Missouri's attorney general alleges that China "engaged in misrepresentations, concealment, and retaliation to conceal the gravity and seriousness of the COVID-19 outbreak from the rest of the world."

An employee wears a face mask as he works at a blower and fan manufacturing plant in northeastern China's Liaoning province. The economy contracted by 6.8% in the first three months of 2020 from the same period a year ago.

China's Economy Retreats, With Pandemic Causing Biggest GDP Drop In Decades

11:20am April 17, 2020

by Scott Neuman

China's economy contracted by 6.8% in the first three months of 2020 from the same period a year ago — its biggest drop since 1992.

Cathay Pacific Airways jetliners lined up on the tarmac at Hong Kong International Airport last month. The global airline's flying schedules have declined since the outbreak of COVID-19.

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Cathay Pacific To Cut U.S. Cabin Crew As COVID-19 Grounds Most Of Its Flights

9:37am April 17, 2020

by Scott Neuman

The Hong Kong-based airline, which is flying just 3% of its schedule in the wake of the pandemic, will lay off nearly 300 employees in New York, San Francisco and LA.

U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Kelly Craft meets with President Trump at the White House on Dec. 5, 2019. Craft says the president acted out of "moral obligation" when he said he would halt funding for the WHO.

U.N. Ambassador Says Inaction By WHO, China Would Be 'Unforgiveable'

11:07pm April 15, 2020

by Jason Breslow

Kelly Craft, the U.S. ambassador to the U.N., defended President Trump's decision to halt funding for the international health body, and said both Beijing and the WHO must show more accountability.

As mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg officially had relinquished control of his company. In reality, his former executives say, Bloomberg was in frequent contact and shared his aspirations for growth in China.

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Bloomberg News Killed Investigation, Fired Reporter, Then Sought To Silence His Wife

9:50am April 14, 2020

by David Folkenflik

The investigation into Chinese political elites would "wipe out everything we've tried to build there," Matthew Winkler, Bloomberg's editor-in-chief at the time, said on audiotape obtained by NPR.

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A worker wearing a protective face mask to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus sprays disinfectant as a vehicle prepares to enter an office building carpark in Beijing, on Monday.

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China Reports 169 New Coronavirus Cases — Highest In 5 Weeks

8:19am April 13, 2020

by Scott Neuman

Officials said Monday that mainland China had 169 new confirmed cases, 98 of which were described as "imported." It was the largest increase since March 6.

Is COVID-19 Changing How We Measure Distance?

8:00am April 12, 2020

Liying is from Wuhan, China. She's married to Federico, from Lombardy, Italy. Now in the U.S., they describe the rapid shift in perceptions of the pandemic as it has spread through each country.