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Messi's Argentina to play against El Salvador, Nigeria in the US, replacing China tour
Argentina will play in the U.S. in March instead of China after Lionel Messi didn’t play at Inter Miami’s preseason game in Hong Kong.
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US says it blocked a China cyber threat, but warns hackers could still disrupt lives of Americans
FBI Director Chris Wray has told House lawmakers that Chinese government hackers are busily targeting critical infrastructure inside the United States, including water treatment plants, the electrical grid and transportation systems.
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Landslide in mountainous southwestern China buries at least 47 people
A landslide in southwestern China’s mountainous Yunnan province has buried 47 people and forced the evacuation of 200 more.
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13 students reported killed in an elementary school dorm fire in China's Henan province
Chinese state media say 13 students have died after a fire broke out in dorms at a boarding school for elementary students in central Henan province.
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Chinese exchange student found safe inside tent in Utah after ‘cyber kidnapping,' police say
A foreign exchange student from China who was reported missing last week in Utah has been found in what authorities said was an apparent “cyber kidnapping” scheme to extort $80,000 from the student’s family.
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China's Alibaba must face a US toymaker's lawsuit over sales of allegedly fake Squishmallows
A judge in New York has ruled that Alibaba must face a lawsuit by a U.S. toymaker alleging that the Chinese ecommerce giant’s online platforms were used to sell counterfeit Squishmallows.
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Death toll from China's powerful earthquake rises to 149
The death toll from China’s most powerful earthquake in years has risen to 149, with two people still missing after the tremor hit northwestern parts of the country last week.
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China vows to keep up military pressure on the Philippines as territorial dispute grows tenser
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi says the country will maintain military pressure on the Philippines amid a dispute over sovereignty in the South China Sea that could involve U.S. forces defending their treaty partner.
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Earthquake in China kills at least 126 people and injures scores more
State broadcaster CCTV says 113 died in the province of Gansu and another 13 in neighboring Qinghai province
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Chinese coast guard rams Philippine vessel, blasts others with water cannons
The Philippines and its treaty ally, the United States, have separately condemned a high-seas assault by the Chinese coast guard and suspected militia ships that repeatedly blasted water cannons to block three Philippine fisheries vessels from a disputed shoal in the South China Sea.
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China's government can't take a joke, so comedians living abroad censor themselves
While some Chinese comedians tell jokes that couldn’t be said back home, usually in English, many Mandarin-speaking comedians and fans agree that politics should be strictly off limits in the comedy club.
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China says a surge in respiratory illnesses is caused by flu and other known pathogens, not novel virus
China’s health ministry says a surge in respiratory illnesses across the country that has drawn the attention of the World Health Organization is caused by the flu and other known pathogens and not by a novel virus.
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Citizens of five European countries and Malaysia can soon enter China without a visa
Starting Dec. 1, citizens of France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Malaysia will be allowed to enter China for up to 15 days without a visa.
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Biden to Xi: ‘I think it's paramount that you and I understand each other clearly'
President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping made opening statements to kick off bilateral discussions in California.
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Philadelphia Orchestra returns to China for tour marking 50 years since its historic 1973 visit
The Philadelphia Orchestra has returned to Beijing for a tour that will mark 50 years since its historic performance in China, the latest sign of improving ties between the two countries ahead of a highly anticipated meeting between Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping. The orchestra first visited China in September 1973, marking a thaw in U.S.-China relations after Richard...
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WATCH: Chinese jet flies within 10 feet of US Air Force B-52
The Department of Defense said Thursday that a Chinese aircraft had executed an unsafe and “unprofessional” intercept after flying within feet of a U.S. Air Force plane in international airspace.
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Chinese fighter jet came within 10 feet of US B-52 bomber over South China Sea, military says
A Chinese fighter jet came within 10 feet of an American B-52 bomber flying over the South China Sea, nearly causing an accident, the U.S. military says, underscoring the potential for a mishap as both countries vie for influence in the region.
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China launches its youngest-ever crew to space as it seeks to put astronauts on moon before 2030
China has launched its youngest-ever crew for its orbiting space station as it seeks to put astronauts on the moon before 2030.
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Washington state Sen. Jeff Wilson arrested at Hong Kong airport over gun in bag
A Washington state senator was arrested at the airport in Hong Kong and charged with possession of an unregistered firearm, his office said.
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‘Highly concerning': US releases footage of hundreds aircraft intercepts by Chinese planes
The Pentagon has released footage of some of the more than 180 intercepts of U.S. warplanes by Chinese aircraft that have occurred in the last two years.