
Trending rumor: Xi Jinping under house arrest
Social media is abuzz with unverified news that Chinese President Xi Jinping on 24 September is "under house arrest by the People's Liberation Army."
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Social media is abuzz with unverified news that Chinese President Xi Jinping on 24 September is "under house arrest by the People's Liberation Army."
DT · · 1 min read

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Rescuers scoured through the rubble of remote villages in mountainous southwestern China Tuesday in a race to find survivors of an earthquake that claimed at…
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Beijing on Monday accused the United States of launching "tens of thousands" of cyberattacks on China and pilfering troves of sensitive data,…
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Cassius and Roxie have spent three months at a Hong Kong dog shelter waiting for new owners.
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China's top legislator Li Zhanshu will visit Russia next week, Chinese state media reported on 4 September.
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The United States on Friday announced a $1.1 billion arms package for Taiwan, vowing to keep boosting the island's defenses as tensions soar with Beijing,…
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