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Major Chinese New Year events are being cancelled to avoid mass gatherings of people as the coronavirus continues to spread.

The CDC issued a level 3 travel warning for people visiting Wuhan, China, urging travelers to "avoid all non-essential travel" to the city to due to the spread of the new coronavirus that has left at least 17 people dead.

Ten members of a radical anti-government group were arrested on Tuesday and Wednesday by Hong Kong police, who also seized a powerful pipe bomb.Officers made the first arrests on Tuesday in a subdivided flat in Mong Kok and Ho Par village in Sheung Shui,

The World Health Organization has advised hospitals what to do in the event of the unidentified virus spreading. A total of 41 cases have been identified in China, and one in Thailand.

Taiwan's voters went to the polls Saturday and sent a strong message to Beijing. The island also known as the Republic of China since 1945 re-elected President Tsai Ing-wen in a massive landslide. Tsai earned nearly 58% of the vote with more than 99%

A mysterious pneumonia outbreak thats sickened dozens of people in China has prompted airports in Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan to introduce fever screening, as scientists search for the infectious source.

President Trump likes to believe the best of his foreign dictator friends.In a teleconference to U.S. military members on Tuesday, Trump was asked about the "Christmas gift" that North Korean officials threatened the U.S. with ahead of year-end nu

The United States flew four surveillance planes over the Korean peninsula Wednesday according to an aviation tracker, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported.

President Xi Jinping said on Friday China would never allow foreign forces to interfere with its special regions of Hong Kong and Macau, as he swore in a new pro-Beijing government for the gambling hub of Macau.

Britain urged China on Thursday to open dialogue with Hong Kong protesters and r...

The recovery of the ozone hole over Antarctica looks likely to be delayed at least two years by the illegal production of an ozone-destroying gas in China

One of the United States' most respected experts on China's oppression of Muslim minorities says the communist nation's touted "poverty alleviation" is nothing more than forced labor. Adrian Zenz, a senior fellow in China studies at th

Hong Kong police say they have made 6,022 arrests and fired nearly 16,000 tear gas rounds during six months of anti-government protests.

Over 10,000 rounds of tear gas have been fired in the crowded city since June

What began in early 2019 as peaceful marches against a bill to allow extraditions to mainland China has exploded into a direct challenge to Beijing's grip on Hong Kong. The local government eventually withdrew the legislation, but the protests continu

China has banned U.S. warships and military aircraft from stopping in Hong Kong after the U.S. passed legislation supporting pro-democracy protesters in the country. Last week, President Donald Trump signed the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, wh

Protesters in Hong Kong are celebrating after US President Donald Trump signed legislation that effectively backs their civil rights.Crowds of several thousand pro-democracy activists waved the US national flag in Hong Kong's central district on Thurs

A search of the Hong Kong Polytechnic campus found just one woman, in weak condition, and a senior university official said it's unlikely anyone else remains

American and British officials are fighting the Chinese "cyber army" attempting to interfere in Taiwan's upcoming presidential elections, the Washington Examiner has learned.

The Chinese government has rounded up more than a million Uyghurs and other minorities, throwing them into concentration camps.'