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Watch China launch 3 astronauts to Tiangong space station today

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

China will launch its latest set of crewmembers to Tiangong space station today (April 25), and you can watch the action live. ...

Blinken, in Shanghai, begins expected contentious talks with Chinese officials

Politics
Amanda Smith

SHANGHAI (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken opened his first full day of meetings in China on Thursday by talking ...

China reveals Shenzhou 18 astronauts ahead of April 25 launch to Tiangong space station (video)

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

China has unveiled its latest three-person crew set to embark on a six-month-long mission to low Earth orbit. Shenzhou 18 is poised ...

China to send three astronauts to Tiangong space station, part of its ambitious program

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

JIUQUAN SATELLITE LAUNCH CENTER, China (AP) — China’s space agency is making final preparations to send the Shenzhou-18 crew into low-Earth orbit ...

Blinken begins key China visit as tensions rise over new US foreign aid bill

Politics
Amanda Smith

SHANGHAI (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has begun a critical trip to China armed with a strengthened diplomatic hand ...

As Blinken heads to China, these are the major divides he will try to bridge

Politics
Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken is starting three days of talks with senior Chinese officials in Shanghai and Beijing ...

German EU lawmaker’s aide is arrested on suspicion of spying for China

World
David Turner

BERLIN (AP) — A man who works for a German lawmaker in the European Parliament has been arrested on suspicion of spying ...

China to revise statistics law to fight data fraud

World
David Turner

BEIJING, April 23 (Reuters) – China will revise its statistics law in a bid to fight persistent data fraud, the state-run Xinhua ...

Tens of thousands evacuated from massive China floods

World
David Turner

Authorities have evacuated nearly 60,000 people from their homes in Guangdong, as days of heavy rain caused massive flooding in China’s most ...

Pro-China President Muizzu’s party sweeps Maldives parliamentary elections, preliminary results say

World
David Turner

MALE, Maldives (AP) — Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu‘s political party has swept parliamentary elections in a strong endorsement of his pro-China foreign ...