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3 days ago
A Chinese company will launch sales on Thursday of two tickets for a commercial spaceflight planned for 2027. The tickets sold by firm Deep Blue Aerospace cost 1.5 million yuan ($211,000) and are for seats on a suborbital flight in which passengers will experience five minutes of zero gravity. They go on sale at 6:00…
2 Oct
Top seed Aryna Sabalenka won her 15th match in a row to power into the China Open quarter-finals with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Madison Keys on Wednesday. The US Open champion will face Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic or Spain's Cristina Bucsa in the last eight in Beijing. World number two Sabalenka has…
1 Sep
President Bola Tinubu arrived in Beijing, China, on Sunday to begin his state visit where he will also participate in the 9th Forum on China
27 Aug
Barring any last-minute changes, President Bola Tinubu is scheduled to meet with the President of the People's Republic of China, Xi Jinping
23 May
US President Joe Biden rolled out the red carpet Thursday for his Kenyan counterpart William Ruto, unveiling plans during a lavish state
21 May
Eight China-Africa Youth Festival opened, yesterday, in Beijing, China, with the country's government expressing the need to involve youths
20 May
Beijing said Monday that Taiwan's internal politics did not change the "fact" it is part of China, warning that efforts towards the island's independence were a "dead end" after it swore in new President Lai Ching-te.
30 Mar
The United States announced on Friday that it was "taking steps" to put fresh visa curbs on Hong Kong officials responsible for cracking down on rights in the Chinese city, days after a new national security law came into force.

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