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Shen Hongbing, the director of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, speaks at a press conference on the origins of COVID-19 at the State Council Information Office in Beijing, Saturday, April 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

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China health officials lash out at WHO, defend virus search
By JOE MCDONALD - Associated Press
Sat,04/08/23-6:59AM , 92 Reads
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese health officials defended their search for the source of the COVID-19 virus and lashed out Saturday at the World Health Organization after its leader said Beijing should have shared genetic information earlier.
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In this image taken from video footage run Saturday, April 8, 2023 by China's CCTV, a Chinese fighter jet performs an mid-air refueling maneuver at an unspecified location. The Chinese military announced exercises around Taiwan on Saturday in a new act of retaliation for a meeting between the U.S. House of Representatives speaker and the president of the self-ruled island democracy claimed by Beijing as part of its territory. (CCTV via AP)

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China flies fighter jets near Taiwan after leader's US trip
By JOE MCDONALD - Associated Press
Fri,04/07/23-11:39PM , 130 Reads
BEIJING (AP) — China sent warships and dozens of fighter jets toward Taiwan on Saturday, the Taiwanese government said, in retaliation for a meeting between the U.S. House of Representatives speaker and the president of the self-ruled island democracy claimed by Beijing as part of its territory.
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Pedestrians walk past the Dah Sing Bank's electronic screen in Hong Kong, Friday, April 7, 2023. The figures displayed on the screen are from Thursday. Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher on Friday ahead of a U.S. job market update that traders hope might encourage the Federal Reserve to ease off plans for more interest rate hikes. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)

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Asian stocks follow Wall Street up ahead of US jobs update
By JOE MCDONALD - AP Business Writer
Thu,04/06/23-2:05AM , 81 Reads
BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher on Friday ahead of a U.S. job market update that traders hope might encourage the Federal Reserve to ease off plans for more interest rate hikes.

Shanghai, Tokyo and Seoul gained. Hong Kong and Australian markets were closed for a holiday.
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Visitors wearing masks look at the ARM-structure server processor Yitian 710, developed by Alibaba's in-house semiconductor unit T-Head, at the Apsara Conference, an annual cloud service technology forum hosted by Alibaba Group, in Hangzhou in east China's Zhejiang province on Oct. 19, 2021. Furious at U.S. efforts that cut off access to technology to make advanced computer chips, China's leaders appear to be struggling to figure out how to retaliate without hurting their own ambitions in telecoms, artificial intelligence and other industries. (Chinatopix via AP, File)

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US chip controls threaten China's technology ambitions
By JOE MCDONALD - AP Business Writer
Tue,04/04/23-12:45AM , 77 Reads
BEIJING (AP) — Furious at U.S.
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