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BEIJING: China on Friday denied Western suggestions it had covered up the extent of its coronavirus outbreak and rejected US allegations it has an overly cozy relationship with the World Health Organization. Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian acknowledged that the virus’s rapid spread had contributed to undercounting that resulted in …

China said on Thursday it is committed to a moratorium on nuclear tests. The statement from its Foreign Ministry followed a US State Department report that said China may have conducted low-level underground nuclear test explosions. Spokesman Zhao Lijian told reporters that China has been actively fulfilling commitments to treaties …

BEIJING: As the coronavirus pandemic slows down in China, one person has died in the country from hantavirus, another infectious disease, local media reported on Tuesday. Chinese daily The Global Times said a person from southwestern Yunnan province passed away after contracting the virus. “A person from Yunnan Province died …

BEIJING: “Pakistan is a real friend. That Chinese people are very certain [of].” This and other similar remarks were recently posted under a Chinese news report on President Arif Alvi’s visit to China. According to data collected from Jin Ri Toutiao (Headlines Today) and WeChat — two of the most …

BEIJING: An influential former Chinese property executive who called President Xi Jinping a “clown” over a speech he made last month about the government’s efforts to battle the coronavirus has gone missing, three of his friends said. Ren Zhiqiang, a member of China’s ruling Communist Party and a former top …

BEIJING: The number of new coronavirus cases imported into mainland China from overseas surpassed the number of locally transmitted new infections for the first time on Friday, data released by the National Health Commission showed on Saturday. Mainland China had 11 new confirmed cases on Friday, up from eight cases …

BEIJING: The Chinese Foreign Ministry has not ruled out the possibility that the United States was to blame for the spread of the new coronavirus in the Asian country. Geng Shuang, the ministry spokesman, sidestepped questions on Friday about whether Beijing viewed Washington as responsible for the deadly virus outbreak …

BEIJING: China eased travel restrictions on Thursday on two cities at the epicentre of its coronavirus outbreak as the number of fresh infections dropped to a new low. Another 11 people died nationwide, the lowest daily increase since late January, bringing the toll in China to 3,169 deaths, according to …

BEIJING: China would help Pakistan establish and improve a comprehensive pest control system and effectively improve its ability to prevent and control biological disasters, said a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson on Monday. Geng Shuang said commenting on supply of pesticides and spray equipment to help Pakistan fight locust onslaught that …

SHENZHEN: China is making uneven progress in its return to work after more than a month of coronavirus disruption, with many factories running at under half capacity and office workers avoiding their colleagues. New reported cases of the virus cases are declining outside of Hubei province, the epicenter of the …