Dancing with disinfectant: China’s nightclubs back in the groove

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Winni Zhou, Brenda Goh

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Nightclubs in China have mostly come back to life as owners and customers feel increasingly comfortable the novel coronavirus epidemic is under control, but disinfectant, disposable cups and masks have become part of the experience.

Hong Kong Police Fire Tear Gas As Thousands Protest Security Measure

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May 25, 2020

EMILY FENG

Protests in Hong Kong rekindled as Beijing signals it will push through a national security law that could end Hong Kong’s limited autonomy. The protest was in defiance of social distancing rules.

China Poised To Expand Control Over Hong Kong

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May 21, 2020

EMILY FENG

AUSTIN HORN

Beijing has signaled it will push through sweeping national security legislation for Hong Kong, its most aggressive effort yet to exert its control over the semi-autonomous city since it was returned to Chinese control in 1997.

Amid High Stakes, China Is Fast-Tracking COVID-19 Vaccine Efforts

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May 20, 2020

JOHN RUWITCH

The race for a coronavirus vaccine is on.

This week, Massachusetts-based Moderna Inc. reported promising preliminary results for the vaccine it is developing. It’s one of eight vaccines under development that have been approved for clinical trials, according to the World Health Organization.

China abductions: Parents find son snatched in hotel 32 years ago

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19 May 2020

A Chinese couple whose son was abducted in a hotel in 1988 have been reunited with him after 32 years.

China says boy picked by Dalai Lama now a college graduate

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China says a boy who disappeared 25 years ago after being picked by the Dalai Lama as Tibetan Buddhism’s second-highest figure is now a college graduate with a stable job

By The Associated Press

May 19, 2020

Pro-China and democratic lawmakers scuffle in Hong Kong legislature

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MAY 8, 2020

James Pomfret, Jessie Pang

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Rival lawmakers scuffled in Hong Kong’s legislature on Friday in a row over electing the chairman of a key committee, a fresh sign of rising political tension as the coronavirus pandemic eases in the Chinese-ruled city.