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Chinese President Xi Jinping calls for unity as country enters ‘new phase’ of COVID-19 policy
Visitors throng a shopping complex on New Year's Eve, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Beijing, China December 31, 2022. REUTERS/Florence Lo
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China appoints U.S. envoy Qin Gang as new foreign minister
FILE PHOTO: A Chinese flag flutters outside the Chinese foreign ministry in Beijing, China February 24, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins
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No immediate surge of Chinese tourists expected after re-opening
Travellers walk with their luggage at Beijing Capital International Airport, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Beijing, China December 27, 2022. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
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Xi Jinping’s grip on China is weaker than it seems
Roger Garside
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In COVID-hit Beijing, funeral homes and crematoriums are struggling to keep up with demand
Workers in protective suits transfer a body in a casket at a funeral home, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Beijing, China December 17, 2022. REUTERS/Alessandro Diviggiano
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Xi Jinping and top Chinese leadership to hold key economic meeting as COVID-19 cases spike
FILE PHOTO: Chinese President Xi Jinping looks on during a meeting with Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Bangkok, Thailand November 19, 2022. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/Pool/File Photo
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Beijing drops COVID-19 testing requirement as wider easing of curbs beckons
People wearing masks line up outside a pharmacy to buy products as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreaks continue in Beijing, China December 6, 2022. REUTERS/Alessandro Diviggiano
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China party officials pay respects to former leader Jiang Zemin
In this image taken from video footage run by China's CCTV, Chinese President Xi Jinping, center left, and his predecessor Hu Jintao, center right, accompanied by leaders pay respect to remain of former president Jiang Zemin before sent for cremation at Babaoshan cemetery, at a military hospital in Beijing, Monday, Dec. 5, 2022. Chinese President Xi Jinping and other current and previous top officials paid their respects Monday to former leader Jiang Zemin, who died last week at age 96. (CCTV via AP)
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Chinese President Xi Jinping unwilling to accept Western vaccines, U.S. official says
Chinese President Xi Jinping attends a meeting with European Council President Charles Michel (not pictured) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China December 1, 2022. European Union/Handout via REUTERS
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Evening Update: Projectiles suspected to be Russian missiles strike Poland; Zelensky addresses G20 leaders
Firefighters work to put out a fire in a residential building hit by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine November 15, 2022. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
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What Xi Jinping’s third term could mean for Canada-China relations
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, center, leads members of the Politburo of the CPC central committee as they visit an exhibition on the history of Yan'an city's 13 years (1935-1948) as the headquarters of the CPC Central Committee at the Yan'an Revolutionary Memorial Hall in Yan'an, northwestern China's Shaanxi Province Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. From left the members of the standing committee of the Politburo of the CPC central committee including Zhao Leji, Wang Huning,Cai Qi, President Xi Jinping, Li Xi, Ding Xuexiang and Li Qiang. (Wang Ye/Xinhua via AP)
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China willing to work with U.S. to find ways for mutual benefit, President Xi says
FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: New Politburo Standing Committee members Xi Jinping and Li Qiang arrive to meet the media following the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China October 23, 2022. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo/File Photo
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As leaders meet, Chinese hope for end to ‘zero-COVID’ limits
BEIJING, CHINA - OCTOBER 21: Chinese and foreign journalists attend a video-link press conference at the press centre for the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in a closed loop hotel, on October 21, 2022 in Beijing, China. Chinese President Xi Jinping is widely expected to secure a third term in power. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)
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China’s Xi Jinping reappears on state TV amid rumors over absence
In this image taken from video footage run by China's CCTV, Chinese President Xi Jinping and other Chinese leaders visit an exhibit with the theme of "Forging Ahead into the New Era" at the Beijing Exhibition Hall on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022. Chinese President Xi Jinping reappeared on state television Tuesday followed several days of absence from public view that had sparked rumors about the 69-year-old leader's political fortunes. (CCTV via AP)
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Biden says he plans to speak with China’s Xi by end of month, casts doubt on Pelosi’s Taiwan trip
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks virtually with Chinese leader Xi Jinping from the White House in Washington, U.S. November 15, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
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Xi Jinping visits Xinjiang for the first time since imposing crackdown
A giant screen shows news footage of Chinese President Xi Jinping visiting Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, at a shopping centre, in Beijing, China, July 15, 2022. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
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Beijing warns of ‘explosive’ COVID-19 outbreak as Shanghai begins mass testing
A street cleaner wearing a face mask walks past metal barriers set up around a neighborhood that was locked down as part of COVID-19 controls in Beijing, Saturday, June 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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China pledges to take steps to support its economy as risks grow from COVID-19 outbreaks
People commute at central business district in Beijing on April 21, 2022. (Photo by Jade Gao / AFP) (Photo by JADE GAO/AFP via Getty Images)
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Xi Jinping proposes ‘global security initiative’, without giving details
A screen shows Chinese President Xi Jinping delivering a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia via video link, at a media centre in Boao, Hainan province, China April 21, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Yao
international business
China tries to calm markets by pledging support for economy
People walk across a bridge with a stocks indicator board in the financial district of Shanghai on March 16, 2022. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) (Photo by HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP via Getty Images)
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Had China known of Russia’s plans to invade Ukraine, ‘we would have tried our best to prevent it,’ ambassador to U.S. says
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, China February 4, 2022. Sputnik/Aleksey Druzhinin/Kremlin via REUTERS
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Suddenly, the assumptions that have long fed emerging-markets enthusiasm look quite wrong
Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin talk to each other during their meeting in Beijing, China, Friday, Feb. 4, 2022. Putin on Friday arrived in Beijing for the opening of the Winter Olympic Games and talks with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, as the two leaders look to project themselves as a counterweight to the U.S. and its allies. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
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In opening of Beijing Winter Olympics, chances at politicking abound
Chinese President Xi Jinping waves during the opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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We’re not entering a new Cold War with China – though it might be better if we were
John Rapley