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China to begin reporting asymptomatic coronavirus cases in its daily tally

Steven Jiang, CNN — Wed, 01 Apr 2020 08:50:07 +0000

(CNN) — Chinese health authorities will include asymptomatic cases of the novel coronavirus in their official count starting Wednesday, according to an announcement on Tuesday. The move during growing public concern over asymptomatic cases, of which 1,541 were under medical observation in China by the end of Monday, according to the National Health Commission (NHC). This

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Fan Bingbing reappears in public for the first time in almost a year

Steven Jiang, CNN — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 14:45:25 +0000

(CNN) — Chinese superstar actress Fan Bingbing is back in the spotlight for the first time in almost a year, after she abruptly dropped out of sight in the wake of a massive tax evasion scandal. The 37-year-old dazzled the audience at a corporate gala in Beijing, Monday, as she posed on a red carpet for

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Parents allege children were drugged and molested at Chinese kindergarten

Steven Jiang, CNN — Sat, 25 Nov 2017 12:38:34 +0000

This general view shows the RYB Education New World kindergarten in Beijing on November 24, 2017. (SOURCE: Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty Images)

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Chinese dissident and Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo dies

Steven Jiang, CNN — Thu, 13 Jul 2017 22:58:33 +0000

Beijing (CNN) — Liu Xiaobo, a Nobel Peace Prize-winning Chinese dissident, has died, local authorities said in a statement Thursday. He was 61. Liu had been suffering from liver cancer and died of multiple organ failure. In June, he was granted medical parole after being diagnosed with liver cancer in prison. The Beijing government refused

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Nobel-winning Chinese dissident given medical parole after cancer diagnosis

Steven Jiang, CNN — Tue, 27 Jun 2017 11:08:24 +0000

Beijing (CNN) — Jailed Chinese dissident and Nobel peace laureate Liu Xiaobo has been diagnosed with late-stage liver cancer and granted medical parole, his lawyer told CNN. “When a prison clinic is unable to deal with an inmate’s medical condition, the authorities can approve outside treatment in accordance with law,” said Liu’s lawyer, Mo Shaoping,

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China bans all coal imports from North Korea amid growing tension

Steven Jiang, CNN — Mon, 20 Feb 2017 08:08:32 +0000

(CNN) — China says it’ll halt all coal imports from North Korea from Sunday for the rest of 2017, amid growing tensions on the Korean Peninsula following Pyongyang’s most recent missile test last week. China’s Ministry of Commerce, in a public notice jointly issued with the country’s customs agency Saturday, said the decision was made

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China returns seized US underwater drone

Steven Jiang, CNN — Tue, 20 Dec 2016 13:49:10 +0000

(File photo) Civilians march through Tiananmen to celebrate the 60th founding anniversary of the People’s Republic of China.

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Chinese mother saves son seconds before falling to death inside escalator

Steven Jiang, CNN — Tue, 28 Jul 2015 11:10:12 +0000

The 30-second video begins innocently enough: As the escalator in a shopping mall almost reaches the top, a woman in a white shirt and black skirt lifts up her young son to get ready to step off. But as she does, a metal panel suddenly collapses under her feet and she falls into the gap.

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Chinese police detain suspects linked to viral Uniqlo sex video

Steven Jiang, CNN — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 18:37:34 +0000

Beijing (CNN) — Police have detained several people connected to a viral sex video filmed at a Uniqlo clothing store fitting room in Beijing. “The two people in the obscene video had sex in the fitting room in mid-April and used a cell phone to film their activity,” Beijing police said in a statement about

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Beijing: Clothes come off in viral Uniqlo sex video

Steven Jiang, CNN — Thu, 16 Jul 2015 21:44:25 +0000

Beijing (CNN) — The “hottest” shopping destination in Beijing is putting one of the world’s most popular clothing chains in the hot seat. In a viral smartphone video posted Tuesday (July 14), a young Chinese couple can be seen having passionate sex in what appears to be a Uniqlo store fitting room. A bespectacled man,

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