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A medical worker wearing a protective suit swabs a child for a coronavirus test in Huaxian County in central China's Henan Province, Friday, Jan. 14, 2022. China further tightened its anti-pandemic measures in Beijing and across the country on Friday as scattered outbreaks continued ahead of the opening of the Winter Olympics in a little over two weeks. (Chinatopix via AP)
Anti-coronavirus measures tightened across China

Jan. 14, 2022 04:28 AM EST

FILE - Peng Shuai of China celebrates after winning the women's singles match against Venus Williams of the United States in the China Open tennis tournament at the National Tennis Stadium in Beijing, Monday, Oct. 3, 2016. The disappearance of tennis star Peng Shuai in China following her accusation of sexual assault against a former top Communist Party official has shined a spotlight on similar cases involving political dissidents, entertainers, business leaders and others who have run afoul of the authorities. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)
Tennis trailblazer: Peng known for her grit on the court

By Andrew Dampf Nov. 19, 2021 07:46 AM EST

People shop at the La Vega market in Santiago, Chile, Saturday, June 12, 2021, amid the new coronavirus pandemic. The Chilean capitol has reinstated quarantine measures due to the increase in COVID-19 infections. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
The Latest: Lebanon marks daily record of vaccinations

By The Associated Press Jun. 13, 2021 01:40 AM EDT

Odessa College nursing student Moon Suk Kim prepares doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for use in a vaccination clinic hosted by Odessa College Thursday, June 3, 2021 in Odessa, Texas. (Eli Hartman/Odessa American via AP)
The Latest: Melbourne's 4th pandemic lockdown to end Friday

By The Associated Press Jun. 08, 2021 02:17 AM EDT

A man is administered the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine in Bratislava, Slovakia, Monday June 7, 2021. (Jakub Kotian/TASR via AP)
The Latest: Hawaii's eviction moratorium extended 60 days

By The Associated Press Jun. 07, 2021 02:14 AM EDT

A Croatian border police office inspects travel documents at the border crossing between Croatia and Slovenia, in Bregana, Wednesday, June 2, 2021. The European Union wants to revamp Europe's ID check-free travel area after coronavirus restrictions placed new strains on tourism and business travel throughout the bloc. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
The Latest: More cases in virus cluster in southern China

By The Associated Press Jun. 02, 2021 05:58 AM EDT

Monks get tested for the coronavirus in a district in Guangzhou in southern China's Guangdong province on Sunday, May 30, 2021. The southern Chinese city of Guangzhou shut down a neighborhood and ordered residents to stay home Saturday to be tested for the coronavirus following an upsurge in infections that has rattled authorities. (AP Photo)
China re-imposes travel curbs on province after virus cases

May. 30, 2021 11:28 PM EDT

Residents line up for coronavirus testing in the Liwan District in Guangzhou in southern China's Guangdong province on Wednesday May 26, 2021. The southern Chinese city of Guangzhou shut down a neighborhood and ordered its residents to stay home Saturday for door-to-door coronavirus testing following an upsurge in infections that has rattled authorities.(AP Photo)
Chinese city locks down neighborhood after virus upsurge

May. 29, 2021 01:38 AM EDT

Players of the South Korea national soccer team exercises during a training session at the BSFZ-Arena stadium in Suedstadt, Austria, Friday, Nov.13, 2020. South Korea faces Mexico on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020 in an international friendly soccer match. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)
8 months after stoppage, Asian Champions League East resumes

By John Duerden Nov. 13, 2020 07:12 PM EST

The logo of a Miniso shop is seen at a shopping mall in Beijing, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. Miniso, a Chinese discount retailer known for its fashionable but affordable household products, is expected to raise up to $562 million in a U.S. initial public offering in New York. The Guangzhou-based retailer is the latest Chinese company to list in the U.S., amid tensions that have taken U.S.-China relations to their worst level in decades. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Shares of Chinese retailer Miniso rise in Wall Street debut

By Zen Soo Oct. 15, 2020 08:22 AM EDT

Chinese Super League starts season more than 5 months late

Jul. 25, 2020 12:12 AM EDT
BEIJING (AP) — Eight-time champion Guangzhou Evergrande made a winning start to its Chinese Super League title defense on Saturday after a five-month delay...

The website of the Canton Fair delivers live streaming from vendors is seen on a computer screen in Beijing on Friday, June 19, 2020. The twice-a-year fair usually draws more than 180,000 foreign buyers and 60,000 Chinese vendors to the southern city of Guangzhou. But with most foreign visitors barred from China, the event has transformed itself into an e-commerce platform with mini-shopping channels for nearly 8,000 vendors. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
China moves vast trade fair online, but few buyers follow

Joe Mcdonald And Zen Soo Jun. 19, 2020 04:36 AM EDT

List 3/3 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press Jun. 18, 2020 01:02 PM EDT
AUSTRALIAN RULES Round 1 from March 19-22, no spectators. Competition from March 22 suspended. From June 11 restarted, no spectators. ...

A Chinese paramilitary policeman wearing a face mask to protect against the new coronavirus stands guard outside the Australian Embassy in Beijing, Saturday, June 6, 2020. China is advising its citizens not to visit Australia, citing racial discrimination and violence against Asians, in what appears to be Beijing's latest attempt to punish the country for advocating an investigation into the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Australia voices concern over man sentenced to die in China

By Rod Mcguirk Jun. 15, 2020 05:04 AM EDT

A Chinese paramilitary policeman wearing a face mask to protect against the new coronavirus stands guard outside the Australian Embassy in Beijing, Saturday, June 6, 2020. China is advising its citizens not to visit Australia, citing racial discrimination and violence against Asians, in what appears to be Beijing's latest attempt to punish the country for advocating an investigation into the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Australia 'disheartened' by death sentence in China

Jun. 13, 2020 09:25 PM EDT

Anthony Pawnell, a Drake University law student, joins more than a thousand protesters outside the Des Moines Police Department on Friday, May 29, 2020. The protests were a response to the recent death of George Floyd, a Minneapolis man who was killed by a Minneapolis police officer. (Bryon Houlgrave/The Des Moines Register via AP)
In unusual move, US embassies in Africa speak up on Floyd

By Cara Anna May. 30, 2020 05:30 AM EDT

El director del Instituto Nacional de Alergias y Enfermedades Infecciosas, el doctor Anthony Fauci, habla durante una reunión del grupo de trabajo contra el coronavirus en la Casa Blanca, el viernes 10 de abril de 2020, en Washington, D.C. (AP Foto/Evan Vucci)
The Latest: South Korea vice health minister urges alertness

By The Associated Press Apr. 12, 2020 01:25 AM EDT

African nations, US decry racism against blacks in China

By Cara Anna Apr. 11, 2020 07:55 AM EDT
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — African officials are confronting China publicly and in private over racist mistreatment of Africans in the Chinese city of Guangzhou, and...

Residents desperate for a planned distribution of food for those suffering under Kenya's coronavirus-related movement restrictions push through a gate and create a stampede, causing police to fire tear gas and leaving several injured, at a district office in the Kibera slum, or informal settlement, of Nairobi, Kenya Friday, April 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
Stampede in Kenya as slum residents surge for food aid

By Tom Odula And Idi Ali Juma Apr. 10, 2020 09:55 AM EDT

A walks past a delivery man outside a gold jewelry shop on the streets of Wuhan in central China's Hubei province on Wednesday, April 8, 2020. Streets in the city of 11 million people were clogged with traffic and long lines formed at the airport, train and bus stations as thousands streamed out of the city to return to homes and jobs elsewhere. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Masked crowds fill Wuhan's streets, trains as lockdown ends

By Sam Mcneil Apr. 08, 2020 02:12 AM EDT