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China's long-term improving trend for the economy will not change

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Coronavirus outbreak challenges China's social governance

A medical worker (R) diagnosed with the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) pneumonia is cured and discharged from the hospital in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Janu

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China urges against the restriction of trade, travel

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi has expressed gratitude to the international community for donations and assistance, as China continues to try to c

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How to blow through capital at an incredible rate

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Britain after Brexit

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Nigeria may lose 2 Million children to pneumonia, UNICEF warns

On 16 January 2020, a health worker examines Jorim John, 3, in a health clinic in Yola, Adamawa state, northeastern Nigeria. Pneumonia claims the lives of more than 800,000 children under five ev

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Trump to sign USMCA amid ongoing impeachment trial

President Donald Trump on Wednesday is set to celebrate his biggest legislative achievement since Democrats took control of the House in 2018 with the signing of a revi

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Tough choices needed to bring coronavirus outbreak under control

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The psy-war attitude towards China in the coronavirus crisis must end

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Expert explains how to distinguish a common cold from novel pneumonia

03:04 An academician with the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and director of the State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, provided suggestions on preve

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SkyBridge Capital founder calls for solving trade tensions cautiously

The China-U.S. phase one trade deal may calm investors worldwide a bit, and as the two economies are twined tightly, both sides should be careful in unraveling the tensions, according to Anthony S

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Wuhan is on lockdown, here's what it's like

01:51 This is supposed to be the most festive time of year in China. But in Wuhan, the city at the center of the deadly coronavirus outbreak, holiday spirit has been ec

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Healthy food more valued on New Year's dinner table

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Protests as France welcomes business leaders for investment summit

Demonstrators scuffled with police outside an investment gathering near Paris where nearly 200 international business leaders met the French president.Emmanuel Macron hosted the annual event amid the

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Boeing is in talks to borrow $10 billion or more as 737 Max crisis wears on

Boeing is in talks with banks to secure a loan of $10 billion or more, according to people familiar with the matter, as the company faces rising costs stemming from two

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Deadly new virus can be transmitted by humans, China confirms

Chinese authorities have confirmed a deadly virus that has infected more than 160 people in four countries can be transmitted via human-to-human contact.The confirmation comes as airports around the

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Tenderness on the Mountain

07:08 What is hope?For Cai Jinglan and her husband, hope is needed to stay alive.Cai lives in a small village in the mountains. She'd been a migrant worker to support h