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At U.N. General Assembly, China underscored commitment to claim Taiwan
Foreign Minister of China Wang Yi addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022 at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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U.S. steps up diplomatic efforts with China on Taiwan, Russia
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi during the 77th United Nations General Assembly on Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. (David 'Dee' Delgado/Pool Photo via AP)
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Trudeau, South Korean leader discuss threats from Russia and China
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol are seen before a meeting in his office on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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New ambassador to China must speak out on human-rights abuses, Trudeau says
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to name career diplomat Jennifer May as ambassador to China. Photo credit Diplomat Magazine
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Hong Kong to scrap COVID hotel quarantine
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The ‘friendship’ between Xi and Putin has hit a rough patch
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Morning Update: Trudeau to name career diplomat Jennifer May as Canada’s first female ambassador to China
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to name career diplomat Jennifer May as ambassador to China. Photo credit Diplomat Magazine
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Security experts predict China will be capable of invading Taiwan by 2027
Military personnel stand next to U.S. Harpoon A-84, anti-ship missiles and AIM-120 and AIM-9 air-to-air missiles prepared for a weapon loading drills in front of a U.S. F-16V fighter jet at the Hualien Airbase in Taiwan's southeastern Hualien county, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. China announced sanctions on Friday, Sept. 16, 2022, against the CEOs of American defense contractors Raytheon and Boeing Defense over a major U.S. arms sale to rival Taiwan. (AP Photo/Johnson Lai, File)
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New China ETFs test investor appetite amid Sino-U.S. tech war, market rout
A man stands on an overpass with an electronic board showing Shanghai and Shenzhen stock indexes, at the Lujiazui financial district in Shanghai, China Jan. 6, 2021.
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China’s biggest lake declares ‘red alert’ as long drought lingers
(FILES) This file photo taken on August 23, 2022 shows caked mud before the usually half submerged Luoxing Dun, a small island with ancient temples on it, in China's largest freshwater Poyang Lake in Juijiang, China's central Jiangxi province. - China has logged its hottest August since records began, state media reported on September 6, 2022, following an unusually intense summer heat wave that parched rivers, scorched crops and triggered isolated blackouts. (Photo by Noel Celis / AFP) (Photo by NOEL CELIS/AFP via Getty Images)
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Trudeau to name career diplomat Jennifer May as Canada’s first female ambassador to China
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to name career diplomat Jennifer May as ambassador to China. Photo credit Diplomat Magazine
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China sends regulators to Hong Kong to assist U.S. audit inspection, sources say
FILE PHOTO: A general view of skyline buildings, in Hong Kong, China July 13, 2021. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo
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South Korean leader pushing for access to Canadian critical minerals, natural gas
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol speaks during the Global Fund's Seventh Replenishment Conference, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
technology
Nvidia CEO sees ‘large space’ for company’s data centre chips in China despite U.S. restrictions
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Nvidia Corporation is seen during the annual Computex computer exhibition in Taipei, Taiwan May 30, 2017. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
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Chinese police establish stations overseas in ‘worrying’ crackdown on citizens abroad
Unit 1 & 2 at 220 Royal Crest CT, in Markham, On. photographed on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022. This address, home to a registered NGO is reportedly being used by Chinese police as a base of operations in the GTA. Yader Guzman/The Globe and Mail
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Apple may move a quarter of iPhone production to India by 2025, JPMorgan analysts say
FILE PHOTO: An Apple logo hangs above the entrance to the Apple store on 5th Avenue in the Manhattan borough of New York City, July 21, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Segar
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Canada sails warship through Taiwan Strait
Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship Vancouver makes its approach on United States Naval Ship Yukon for a Replenishment-at-Sea on August 23, 2022, off the coast of Guam during Operation PROJECTION. Please credit: Sgt Ghislain Cotton, Canadian Armed Forces photo
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Number of Chinese millionaires to double by 2026, Credit Suisse says, despite slowing economy
(FILES) This file photo taken on September 17, 2021 shows residential buildings in Beijing. - After years of explosive growth Chinese authorities launched a crackdown on excessive debt in 2020, squeezing financing options for property sector giants such as Evergrande as they struggled to make repayments and restructure mountains of debt. Now they are facing mortgage boycotts and government pressure to deliver pre-sold homes. (Photo by Greg Baker / AFP) / TO GO WITH CHINA-ECONOMY-PROPERTY-MORTGAGE,FOCUS BY BEIYI SEOW (Photo by GREG BAKER/AFP via Getty Images)
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Construction industry struggles to meet unprecedented building cost inflation
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Chinese buyers snap up luxury homes as ‘hard currency’ in soft property market
Villas of real estate property "Viva Villa" developed by Ping An Real Estate are seen under construction in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China, June 20, 2019. REUTERS/Lusha Zhang