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7 dead, 9 missing after rope breaks on China bridge site

Seven people were killed and 9 others were missing after a rope broke at a bridge under construction in northwest China on Friday, state media reported.

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Northern China flash flood kills 10, two others missing

At least 10 people died in a flash flood in northern China, state media reported yesterday, with two others still missing, as the East Asian monsoon continues to unleash atmospheric chaos across the world’s second-largest economy.

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China’s Wang to visit India on Monday

China’s top diplomat will visit India next week for talks about their shared boundary, Beijing’s foreign ministry said yesterday, as the two countries consider resuming border trade after a five-year halt.

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China offers help in Thai-Cambodia row

Beijing yesterday offered to help Thailand and Cambodia patch up relations after their deadliest border clashes in decades, as the three nations’ foreign ministers met for talks in China.

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China deploys robot antelope to surveil real herds

To the wolves of Tibet, China’s first ‘robot antelope’ may look as appetising as the real herds that roam the rugged tundra, but the “creature” is part of Beijing’s growing surveillance that now even reaches into its most remote places.

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China, Brazil can model ‘self-reliance’ for Global South

China’s President Xi Jinping yesterday told his Brazilian counterpart the two countries could set an example of “self-reliance” for emerging powers, as trade and geopolitical challenges mount.

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Trump signs order to extend China tariff truce by 90 days

The White House's halt on steeper tariffs will be in place until November 10

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Floods kill 10 in northwest China

President Xi Jinping yesterday ordered “all-out” rescue efforts in China’s arid and mountainous northwest after flash floods caused by exceptionally heavy rain killed 10 people and left 33 missing.

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Rubio to meet China's Wang on sidelines of ASEAN talks

Rubio said Thursday the United States has "no intention of abandoning" the Asia-Pacific region

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US lifted some export curbs

China said yesterday that the US has eased certain export restrictions in line with a “hard-won” framework reached at talks last month, warning against “blackmail and coercion”.

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China willing to take lead in signing SE Asia treaty Says a foreign ministry spokesperson

China firmly supports establishing a Southeast Asia nuclear weapon free zone and has made clear its willingness to take the lead in signing the treaty, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said yesterday.

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China warns against trade deals that 'hurt' others after Vietnam-US pact

Beijing's commerce ministry said it had "always firmly opposed" US tariffs

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Six dead from floods in China’s south

Six people have died from floods inundating China’s Guizhou province, state media said yesterday, after more than 80,000 people were driven from their homes this week.

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US and China set for trade talks in London on Monday

Vice Premier He Lifeng will be in the United Kingdom between June 8 and June 13

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China says will 'resolutely safeguard' its students' rights after US visa ban

Trump announced a six-month ban on foreign students enrolling at Harvard University

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China sets up int’l mediation body in Hong Kong

China yesterday signed a convention setting up an international organisation for mediation in Hong Kong that Beijing hopes will be on par with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and bolster the city’s international credentials.

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China launches space probe seeking asteroid samples

China yesterday launched a space probe on the country’s first mission to retrieve samples from an asteroid and bring them home for research, the Xinhua state news agency reported.

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China slams 'unreasonable' US decision to revoke student visas

President Donald Trump's administration vowed a day earlier to revoke the visas of Chinese students

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