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Beijing

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Covid-19
Hong Kong reopens beaches as Beijing relaxes quarantine rules
5 May 2022
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China
Beijing Covid spike prompts mass testing and panic buying amid lockdown fears
25 Apr 2022
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Winter Olympics
Russian figure skater says grandfather's medicine led to positive test: IOC member
15 Feb 2022
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9
ice cool
The remarkable story behind Ireland's flagbearer at the Winter Olympics
4 Feb 2022
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Beijing
Putin hails 'unprecedented' ties with China after meeting Xi Jinping ahead of Winter Olympics
4 Feb 2022
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35
Olympic Games
Beijing reports first local Omicron case ahead of Winter Olympics
16 Jan 2022
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Human Rights
Beijing warns US will 'pay the price' for diplomatic boycott of Winter Olympics
7 Dec 2021
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Olympic Games
Winter Olympics venue to restrict capacity to 20% over Covid-19 concerns
13 Nov 2021
10.6k
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Raids
Dozens of Hong Kong dissidents charged with security crime
28 Feb 2021
9.0k
6
China
Partial lockdown imposed in Beijing over handful of Covid-19 cases
20 Jan 2021
9.8k
8
Hebei province
China seals off two cities and bans millions of people from leaving in bid to stem new Covid-19 outbreak
8 Jan 2021
68.5k
37
Chang’e 5
China probe lands on moon in bid to return lunar rocks to Earth
1 Dec 2020
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20
Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s pro-democracy legislators resign en masse
Updated 11 Nov 2020
22.0k
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Beijing
China passes new law restricting sensitive exports
18 Oct 2020
37.0k
31
Hong Kong
'It's not a crime to mourn June 4': Hong Kong activists in court over banned Tiananmen vigil
15 Sep 2020
7.9k
3
China
US says Beijing's pursuit of offshore resources in South China Sea are illegal
14 Jul 2020
12.8k
36
China
Beijing sees drop in confirmed Covid-19 cases amid efforts to stem spread
18 Jun 2020
10.3k
11
Outbreak
Over 1,200 flights in and out of Beijing cancelled as it aims to halt Covid-19 spread
17 Jun 2020
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China
Parts of Beijing locked down again as new outbreak fuels fears of a second wave
15 Jun 2020
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13
Food Market
Parts of Beijing locked down after dozens of people test positive for Covid-19
13 Jun 2020
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43
Protests
Explainer: Why is a new law in Hong Kong about the Chinese national anthem so controversial?
6 Jun 2020
15.6k
27
Censorship
Chinese-owned app TikTok apologises for removing viral clip which was critical of Beijing
28 Nov 2019
8.1k
14
Shutdown
Universities on shutdown in Hong Kong as foreign students are encouraged to leave over violent protests
14 Nov 2019
7.4k
7
Protests
Subway, shops vandalised in Hong Kong as experts warn independent review of police force needed
10 Nov 2019
8.7k
9
Hong Kong
Xi Jinping warns of 'smashed' bodies and 'bones ground to powder' as Hong Kong protests continue
14 Oct 2019
15.4k
13
Protest
Tens of thousands march in another huge anti-government rally in Hong Kong
21 Jul 2019
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16
Mass Protests
'Hands off Hong Kong': China sends warning to Britain
3 Jul 2019
21.0k
18
Demonstration
Demonstrators clash with police after more than a million people turn out for Hong Kong protests
Updated 9 Jun 2019
21.0k
33
Sanctions
Huawei executive detained in Canada seeks bail and electronic monitoring
11 Dec 2018
10.0k
tourism and transport
Hainan Airlines is scaling back its Dublin-Beijing service only months after launch
2 Aug 2018
16.4k
6
Air China
Flight from Paris to Beijing turns back after terror false alarm
26 Jul 2018
14.0k
3
China
Explosive detonated outside US embassy in Beijing
Updated 26 Jul 2018
10.5k
13
European Tour
Excellent showing from Ireland's Dunne as Bjork wins China Open
29 Apr 2018
8.5k
11
Pyongyang
'Heavy casualties' after Chinese tourists involved in North Korean bus crash
23 Apr 2018
10.0k
5
Diplomatic Relations
China and North Korea confirm that Kim Jong-un took a secret trip to Beijing
28 Mar 2018
13.1k
39
Mass Evictions
Beijing evictions of migrant workers stir widespread anger
3 Dec 2017
11.7k
10
Lunar Palace
Chinese students are living in a cabin for 200 days to simulate living on the moon
16 Jul 2017
8.5k
20
Good relations
'A herculean accomplishment': Trump administration congratulates itself over China trade deal
12 May 2017
13.7k
45
new kids on the rock
China wants to go back to the moon and it could happen as soon as next year
7 Jan 2017
19.1k
61
Guilty
Greek triple jumper fails third drugs test as IOC sanctions 16 athletes over Beijing Games
17 Nov 2016
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