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Nobel Prize-winning physicist Tsung-Dao Lee dies at age 97

Chinese-American physicist Tsung-Dao Lee, who in 1957 became the second-youngest scientist to receive a Nobel Prize, has died at age 97

Nobel Prize-winning physicist Tsung-Dao Lee dies at age 97
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China's Xi calls on world powers to help Russia and Ukraine resume direct dialogue

Chinese President Xi Jinping has called on world powers to help Russia and Ukraine resume direct dialogue during a meeting with Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán

China's Xi calls on world powers to help Russia and Ukraine resume direct dialogue
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Religious and cultural mentions removed from names of China's Xinjiang villages, rights groups say

A report released by Human Rights Watch says authorities in China’s western Xinjiang region have been systematically replacing the names of villages inhabited by Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities to reflect the ruling Communist Party’s ideology

Religious and cultural mentions removed from names of China's Xinjiang villages, rights groups say
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Why is Taiwan so exposed to earthquakes and so well prepared to withstand them?

Taiwan was struck Wednesday by its most powerful earthquake in a quarter of a century

Why is Taiwan so exposed to earthquakes and so well prepared to withstand them?
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Chinese Nobel-winning author targeted in patriotic lawsuit

His writing won China’s first Nobel Prize for Literature, but is it patriotic enough for Xi Jinping’s China

Chinese Nobel-winning author targeted in patriotic lawsuit
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China's embattled former foreign minister steps down as member of the legislature

China’s former foreign minister, Qin Gang, who has been missing from public view since last June, has resigned as a delegate to the country’s top legislature, state media reported Tuesday

China's embattled former foreign minister steps down as member of the legislature
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Major automakers may be using Chinese aluminum produced with Uyghur forced labor, rights group says

A new report says automakers including Tesla, General Motors, Volkswagen and Toyota are failing to ensure they are not using forced labor as part of their China supply chains

Major automakers may be using Chinese aluminum produced with Uyghur forced labor, rights group says
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Taiwan presidential hopeful Hou promises to boost island's defense and restart talks with China

One of Taiwan’s leading opposition party candidates in Saturday’s presidential election has promised to boost the island’s defense capabilities while restarting dialogue with Beijing

Taiwan presidential hopeful Hou promises to boost island's defense and restart talks with China
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Taiwan’s Defense Ministry mistranslates an alert, erroneously saying China launched a missile

Taiwan’s Defense Ministry has mistranslated an alert into English, saying China had launched a missile instead of a satellite and urging caution days before the island’s elections

Taiwan’s Defense Ministry mistranslates an alert, erroneously saying China launched a missile
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Taiwan’s presidential candidates emphasize peace in relations with Beijing

Taiwan’s presidential candidates have expressed a desire for peaceful relations with Beijing

Taiwan’s presidential candidates emphasize peace in relations with Beijing
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Doctor and self-exiled activist Gao Yaojie who exposed the AIDS epidemic in rural China dies at 95

Renowned Chinese doctor and activist Gao Yaojie who exposed the AIDS virus epidemic in rural China in the 1990s, has died at the age of 95 at her home in the United States

Doctor and self-exiled activist Gao Yaojie who exposed the AIDS epidemic in rural China dies at 95
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China is expanding its crackdown on mosques to regions outside Xinjiang, Human Rights Watch says

A report by Human Rights Watch says the Chinese government has expanded its campaign of closing mosques to regions other than Xinjiang, where for years it has been blamed for persecuting Muslim minorities

China is expanding its crackdown on mosques to regions outside Xinjiang, Human Rights Watch says
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China's Xi promises open markets and billions in new investments for 'Belt and Road' projects

Chinese President Xi Jinping is promising foreign companies more access to China’s huge market and more than $100 billion in new financing for other developing economies

China's Xi promises open markets and billions in new investments for 'Belt and Road' projects
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Here are the key leaders joining the Belt and Road forum and their wish lists to Beijing

China is hosting its third international forum centered around President Xi Jinping’s signature policy, the Belt and Road Initiative, which over the past 10 years has built infrastructure across continents, burdening some smaller countries with debt

Here are the key leaders joining the Belt and Road forum and their wish lists to Beijing
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1 dead, more than 300 injured as Typhoon Koinu sweeps parts of Taiwan

Typhoon Koinu is sweeping southern Taiwan

1 dead, more than 300 injured as Typhoon Koinu sweeps parts of Taiwan

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