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                                <title><![CDATA[ China 'concerned' about impact of Afghan policies on women's rights ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 14 Apr 2023 05:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The comments at a regional summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan come after a decision by the conservative Taliban authorities to bar women from working for the United Nations sparked international outrage. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ China Covid data shows no new variant but under-reports deaths, WHO says ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2023 00:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Global unease has grown about the accuracy of China's reporting of an outbreak that has filled hospitals and overwhelmed some funeral homes since Beijing abruptly reversed its 'zero Covid' policy. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ China urges 'final victory' over Covid as global concern mounts over spread ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2023 04:36:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ China's axing of its stringent controls last month has unleashed Covid on a 1.4 billion population that has little natural immunity having been shielded from the virus since it emerged in its Wuhan city three years ago. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ China state media plays down severity of Covid wave before WHO meeting ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2023 03:39:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ China's abrupt U-turn on Covid controls, as well as the accuracy of its case and mortality data, have come under increasing scrutiny at home and overseas and prompted some countries to impose travel curbs. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Indonesia lifts remaining Covid restrictions ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2022 08:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The world's fourth-most populous country has recorded more than 6.7 million cases overall, with 160,583 fatalities. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ US weighing new Covid rules for travellers from China ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2022 02:26:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The move comes after Japan, India and Malaysia announced stepped up rules on travelers from China in the last 24 hours, citing a rise in infections there. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Macau to drop Covid tests for arriving passengers ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Visitor arrivals to the world's biggest gambling hub dropped by 36.8% on the month and 54.3% year-on-year to 366,511 in November, reports say. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ China says no new Covid deaths after changing criteria ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2022 02:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Hospitals are struggling, pharmacy shelves are stripped bare and crematoriums are overwhelmed in the wake of the Chinese government's sudden decision to lift years of lockdowns, quarantines and mass testing. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ China races to install hospital beds as Covid surge sparks concern abroad ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2022 04:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ China abruptly began dismantling its stringent 'zero-Covid' regime of mass lockdowns after protests against curbs that had largely kept the virus at bay for three years but at significant costs. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ China megacity says people with symptomatic Covid can work 'as normal' ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2022 04:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The world's most populous nation is unwinding years of hardline coronavirus policy, with Covid spreading rapidly in the wake of the official end of mass lockdowns, testing and quarantines. ]]></description>
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