Tag: #XiJinPing
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China virus death toll surges past 1,500
Beijing, Feb 15 (AFP/APP): The death toll from China’s new coronavirus epidemic jumped past 1,500 on Saturday but new infections fell following a mid-week surge caused by a change in the way cases are counted. More than 66,000 people have now been infected in China from a virus that emerged in central Hubei province in…
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Heroes and villains: Beijing crafts its narrative on virus outbreak
Beijing, Feb 15 (AFP/APP): China’s government is purging unpopular local officials and commandeering heroic stories of doctors on the frontline as it tries to shield itself from public rage over the handling of the deadly coronavirus epidemic. Facing the biggest challenge of his presidency, Communist Party leader Xi Jinping has cast the crisis as a…
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Beijing mobilises the masses in ‘people’s war’
Beijing, Feb 13 (AFP/APP): Banners rallying the nation behind a cause and panicked citizens who hide in their homes and report on each other: China’s Communist Party has deployed an old toolkit to battle a new enemy. Authorities have tapped their propaganda powers to wage what President Xi Jinping has dubbed a “people’s war” against…
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Update: China virus death toll passes 1,000
Beijing, Feb 11 (AFP/APP): The death toll from a new coronavirus outbreak surged past 1,000 on Tuesday as the World Health Organization warned infected people who have not travelled to China could be the spark for a “bigger fire”. The rise came after President Xi Jinping made a rare visit to a hospital in Beijing,…
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Pakistan’s support to China in difficult time highlights deep friendship: Wang Yi
BEIJING, Feb 1 (APP): Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has said that Pakistan’s help and support to China in the difficult time view of new coronavirus outbreak had once again highlighted the deep friendship between the two countries. “At a time when the Chinese people are experiencing difficulties, Pakistan has spared no effort to give…
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China says virus spreading between humans as WHO set to meet
Beijing, Jan 21 (AFP/APP): China has confirmed cases of human-to-human transmission in the outbreak of a new SARS-like virus as the number of cases soared and the World Health Organization said it would consider declaring an international public health emergency. The coronavirus, which has spread to three other Asian countries and infected more than 200…
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Pak-China friendship to reach greater heights in 2020: Ambassador Hashmi
BEIJING, Jan 20 (APP): Naghmana Hashmi, Pakistan’s Ambassador to China, Naghmana Hashmi has hoped that the friendship between China and Pakistan could reach even greater heights in 2020. “As Chinese President Xi Jinping has himself said that Pakistan and China have a very unique all weather strategic cooperative partnership which is like no other relationship…
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China and Myanmar ‘stand together’ despite Rohingya backlash
Naypyidaw, Myanmar, Jan 18 (AFP/APP): China and Myanmar inked dozens of mammoth infrastructure and trade deals after a meeting Saturday between President Xi Jinping and fallen rights icon Aung San Suu Kyi, as Beijing doubles down on its support for a government under fire for its treatment of Rohingya Muslims. The Chinese leader’s two-day state…
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US, China set to sign vital trade truce
Washington, Jan 15 (AFP/APP): The world’s two dominant economic powers, the United States and China, are poised to sign a trade truce Wednesday that will allow businesses around the globe to breathe a sigh of relief. Although tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars of two-way trade will remain in place, likely at least until…
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US-China ‘Phase One’ trade deal to be signed January 15
Washington, Jan 1 (AFP/APP): A partial new US-China trade agreement will be signed in the middle of next month, US President Donald Trump said Tuesday, announcing that he will also then travel to China for continued talks. Trump’s tweet, sent moments before Wall Street opened for the year’s final trading day, set a calendar date…