Press conference will also be scrapped in future years unless there are exceptional circumstances, NPC spokesman says.
Statement from NPC Standing Committee meeting says Qin Gang was not dismissed or expelled.
Gao’s work made international headlines in the 1990s when she exposed the link between HIV and Henan province’s ‘plasma economy’.
Beijing has released its first position paper on the war, which includes a broad-based forum aimed at achieving the two-state solution.
Witness reports the man asked ‘where’s the CCP?’ as he emerged from blue Honda after crashing into the San Francisco building.
Despite some positive signs, a meeting is unlikely to arrest the decline in relations between the two countries, observers say.
Chinese president says both countries should improve the environment for business and investment as he welcomes New Zealand leader to Beijing.
The US secretary of state will discuss the importance of keeping open lines of communication and discuss potential areas of cooperation, Washington says.
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The two countries have been tussling for weeks over Taiwan, with South Korea falling more in line with the US.
The two issues ‘are completely different in nature’, vice foreign minister Sun Weidong says after summoning the South Korean ambassador.
Shen Hongbing, the head of China’s CDC, complained that senior WHO officials were ‘going against the spirit of science’ and urged them to remain impartial
Dong Ensheng was the force behind the Johns Hopkins Covid map, which will end updates on March 10.
The remarks come amid reports that the UN health body has abandoned investigation into pandemic’s beginnings because of challenges in conducting studies in China.
Short-term visas will once again be available from Saturday, the Chinese embassy in Seoul has announced.
Border reopening just ‘signal that the worst is over for Hong Kong’, not a breakthrough for economic and social development, professor says.
The drug maker has not yet reached a deal to provide Paxlovid through the country’s public health scheme due to a disagreement over pricing.
The antiviral has not been included in a national register that would have brought the cost down to consumers.
Scientists say infection wave has likely crested in Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing and Guangzhou, but cases in inner provinces expected to spike around mid-January as migrants travel home for Lunar New Year.
Local health authorities urged to form networks to respond as peaks in cases hit throughout the system.
State Council announces travel changes that will ease travel into the country and is expected to prompt a rebound in Chinese heading abroad.
Public scepticism over China’s official virus death toll; high-profile deaths include renowned designer, former footballer and opera singer.
Infected doctors and other staff are pushing on at work so hospitals in China’s capital can continue to treat the public.
Residents scramble for medication in short supply and form long lines at fever clinics.
Beijing has been laying increasing stress on the milder nature of omicron and some cities have already started easing their rules
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Several cities call for use of rapid antigen tests after some exempted from PCR testing.
Vice-premier in charge of Covid-19 controls tells health experts that small, progressive refinements in approach will continue.
Low vaccine uptake, particularly among the elderly, has been a major hurdle for the country’s reopening.
Infections are on the rise – along with concerns about being sent to unsanitary isolation centres.