Researchers said those aged 60 and over were slower to respond to the BBIBP-CorV vaccine.

Chinese Covid-19 vaccine candidate 'triggers antibody response'

China, Russia and Cuba have won seats on the UN's Human Rights Council - despite fierce opposition over their "abysmal human rights records".

UN Human Rights appointments 'like letting arsonists in fire brigade'

Residents of Qingdao in the eastern part of the country had enjoyed two months without any new transmissions being registered.

Nine million residents of Qingdao to be tested for Covid after outbreak

Meng Wanzhou is currently fighting a US request for her extradition from Canada where she has been held since 1 December 2018.

How Huawei exec's extradition request escalates US, China and Canada tensions

The vaccines have been administered before final regulatory approval for general use.

Thousands given emergency use Covid vaccine in China despite lack of tests

The move will come into effect on Sunday.

US Tik Tok ban set to come into force - here's why

The 12 activists had set off in a speedboat from Po Toi O harbour on Hong Kong island, hoping to reach Taiwan and seek political asylum. 

Activists fleeing Hong Kong held 'indefinitely' after arrest by China

In a letter signed by more than 130 MPs and Lords they compared modern China to Nazi Germany and said they were committing 'ethnic cleansing' against the Uighur people.

MPs protest against 'ethnic cleansing' of Uighurs in China

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FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020, file photo, an Indian army convoy moves on the Srinagar- Ladakh highway at Gagangeer, northeast of Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir. As the escalating and bitter military standoff between India and China protracts following their bloodiest confrontation in decades in the Ladakh region in 2020, experts warn the two nuclear-armed countries can unintentionally slide into a war over the roof of the world. The two most populous nations share thousands of kilometers (miles) disputed border and have accused each other for opening new fronts. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)



China claims Indian forces crossed into its territory around their border and fired warning shots at a Chinese patrol in a move it called a 'serious military provocation'.

 China claims Indian army crossed border and fired warning shots

The US State Department has responded to a series of reports by ITV News on the treatment of the Uighur people, calling for an end to what it said was an "ongoing campaign of repression".

End 'campaign of repression' against Uighurs US tells China

Turkey’s Uighur population in exile live far from home but distance does not dim their fear. 

Being Uighur in China: 'They tortured me for hours'

Mulan star Liu Yifei reportedly shared a social media post in support of Hong Kong's police force.

Mulan and the #milkteaalliance: campaign to boycott Disney remake reignites

An independent tribunal in London will investigate the Chinese government’s alleged rights abuses against Uighur Muslims - and decide if they constitute genocide.

UK tribunal to investigate Uighur Muslim genocide claims

Nursiman Abdureshid, an Uighur Muslim living in China, says the world is repeating that which it promised to never do or see again.

'After Nazi Germany the world said never again, but it is'

Luke de Pulford, co-founder of the Coalition for Genocide Response and Adviser to the World Uyghur Congress, writes on the 'hallmarks of genocide unfolding in China'.

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