10.04.2020, Beijing.
General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee Xi Jinping held a meeting dedicated to the fight against the coronavirus and the resumption of the country’s economy, the Xinhua News Agency reported.
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China’s State Council accuses USA of making chaos and humanitarian disasters
13.03.2020, Beijing.
The USA policy has resulted in global chaos and humanitarian disasters, according to the report The Record of Human Rights Violations in the United States in 2019 published by China’s State Council on March 13.
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South Korea may become the “second Wuhan”
24.02.2020, Seoul.
South Korea has the highest number of coronavirus COVID-19 cases outside China, Rossiyskaya Gazeta reports on February 24.
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China abolishes duties on goods used to fight against coronavirus
02.02.2020, Beijing.
Duties, VAT and consumer tax on imported products used to fight the 2019-nCoV virus have been temporarily abolished by the Chinese authorities. This was reported on the Chinese Financial Ministry official website on February 2.
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India may start oil and gas production in the Russian Arctic
15.01.2020, Moscow.
India may become the first non-Arctic state to be allowed onto the Russian Arctic shelf, Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with the Times of India on January 15.
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Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergei Lavrov, photo by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russian Federation, licensed under CC BY 4.0
Terrorists are moving from Syria to Lybia to sow discord
14.01.2020, Colombo.
Terrorists are moving from Syria to Libya, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated on January 14 at the concluding press conference of the talks with Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka Dinesh Gunawardena.
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Beijing is responding to Soleimani’s murder
05.01.2020, Beijing.
The Chinese embassy in Washington issued today a warning of increased security risks for Chinese citizens, who live in the US, following the assassination in Iraq of Major General Kassem Soleimani, a representative of Iran’s highest military command. This was reported by the South China Morning Post on January 5.
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China urges international community to condemn USA’s INF policy
13.12.2019, Beijing.
The international community must condemn Washington’s violating international treaties, the Spokeswoman of the Foreign Ministry of the People’s Republic of China Hua Chunying said on December 13 speaking to journalists.
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China bans Freedom House and several other NGOs for supporting Hong Kong protest
02.12.2019, Beijing.
China passed a law that would impose restrictions on non-government organizations (NGOs) from the US, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying at a news conference in Beijing on December 2.
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Protesters in Hong Kong cut a cake shaped like Chinese President’s head
01.12.2019, Hong Kong.
Radical protesters in Hong Kong cut a cake shaped like Winnie the Pooh’s head during an improvised “Sweet Fair” on December 1, a Rossa Primavera News Agency source reports.
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