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China to strengthen epidemic control along land border
Chinese authorities urged border provinces and regions to improve their prevention and control plans in light of the rapid spread of the pandemic overseas.
China to give more support for businesses hit by COVID-19: Xi
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said China will roll out more targeted measures to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) hit by the COVID-19 outbreak restart production and further develop.
China to strengthen prevention, control of asymptomatic COVID-19 infections
The leading group of China's COVID-19 response on Monday stressed the control of cases of infections that show no symptoms.
China sends medical aid to Pakistan to combat virus outbreak
China has sent a plane loaded with medical personnel and supplies to aid Pakistan in the fight against the spread of the coronavirus in one of the world's most populous nations, the Pakistani foreign ministry said Saturday.
Myanmar receives 6.7 mln USD from China under LMC Special Fund
Myanmar received over 6.7 million U.S. dollars from China under the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) Special Fund on Monday.
China, on virus PR offensive, sends masks and experts abroad
As the fight against a new virus shifts to Europe and beyond, China is supplying millions of masks and other desperately needed items to struggling governments, hoping to build political ties and defuse criticism that it allowed the disease to spread early on.
Bangabandhu's birth centenary celebrated in China
With due solemnity and befitting manner, the Bangladesh Embassy in Beijing on Tuesday celebrated the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the National Children’s Day.
Starbucks to have 6,000 stores in China by 2022
Starbucks has announced it would invest approximately 130 million U.S. dollars in China, aiming to have 6,000 stores in the country by 2022.
Apple temporarily shuts stores outside China to fight virus
Tech giant Apple is closing its stores outside of China for two weeks and will only sell online as part of efforts to fight the global viral pandemic.
Several detained in China over quarantine building collapse
Chinese authorities have taken several people into custody as part of their investigation into the collapse of a coronavirus quarantine facility that killed 29 people.