A Chinese couple looks at part of the Forbidden City under a polluted sky in Beijing on Saturday, May 15, 2021. The capital’s worsening air pollution has raised fears that athletes could be competing …
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Chinese Visit the National Museum in Beijing, China
Chinese visit the country’s National Museum in Beijing on Saturday, May 15, 2021. Nationalism in China, which has been on an upswing over the past decade due to economic growth and military and …
China’s Mars rover mission lands on the Red Planet
China’s rover successfully touched down on Mars on Friday, giving the United States’ rover some company. Read more on Boston.com …
At Least 12 Killed, 300 Injured in China After Two Tornadoes Hit
Back-to-back tornadoes killed 12 people in central and eastern China and left more than 300 others injured, authorities said Saturday. Eight people died in the inland city of Wuhan on Friday night and …
China lands a rover on Mars; NASA tweets congratulations
The rover is to explore an area known as Utopia Planitia. The landing follows China’s launch of the main section of a permanent space station and a mission that brought back moon rocks last year.
China cancels Mount Everest climbs, citing fears of importing COVID-19 cases from Nepal
While China has mostly curbed domestic transmission of the coronavirus, Nepal is experiencing a surge with record numbers of new infections and deaths.
China Focus: COVID-19 control cranked up after sporadic cases reported
The countywide nucleic acid tests took place after one more locally-transmitted COVID-19 case was reported on Friday. It was the second case in Feixi and the third in Anhui since the first confirmed …
China’s Liaoning reports 4 new confirmed COVID-19 cases
Northeast China’s Liaoning Province reported four confirmed COVID-19 cases and five asymptomatic carriers on Saturday, all locally transmitted, said the provincial health commission. One confirmed …
China lands rover on Mars in ‘milestone’ achievement
China successfully landed a rover-carrying spacecraft on Mars for the first time, state-run media reported Saturday, marking another major victory for the country’s ambitious space program that aims …
China reports 14 new COVID-19 cases
SHANGHAI: China reported 14 new COVID-19 cases on Friday (May 14), up from seven cases a day earlier, the country’s national health authority said …
US Calls on Beijing to Respect Rights of Lawyer Barred From Leaving China
The U.S. State Department is calling on China to respect the freedom of a Chinese rights lawyer linked to the defense of one of 12 pro-democracy activists who attempted to flee Hong Kong for Taiwan…
Japan, US, France hold military drill eyeing China presence
Dozens of Japanese, American and French troops landed amid pouring rain from a CH-47 transport helicopter onto a grassy field at a training area in southern Japan, part of Saturday’s joint scenario of …
Back-to-back tornadoes kill 12 in China; over 300 injured
Back-to-back tornadoes killed 12 people in central and eastern China and left more than 300 others injured, authorities said Saturday. Eight people died in the inland city of Wuhan on Friday night and …
