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DELHI, INDIA – DECEMBER 18: Farmers shout slogans as they participate in a protest at the Delhi Singhu border on December 18, 2020 in Delhi, India. Hundreds of thousands of farmers from surrounding states have been protesting on the outskirts of Delhi for weeks, blockading highways leading to the capital. Farmers say they are protesting against laws that deregulate the sale of crops, which they say will put them at risk of losing their livelihoods and land to big corporations. The government has said that the reforms are necessary to improve the efficiency of the agricultural sector, which is heavily dependent on government subsidies to survive. (Photo by Anindito Mukherjee/Getty Images)

How two of India’s richest men became the target of farmer boycotts

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HONG KONG, CHINA – JANUARY 20: Residents of a neighborhood wait in line for a mandatory COVID-19 test at a temporary testing site where COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in the Sham Shui Po district on January 20, 2021 in Hong Kong, China. Hong Kong issues an isolation order for entire residential blocks for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began as the number of cases continued to climb with mandatory testing of residents in over 70 buildings. (Photo by Anthony Kwan/Getty Images)

Hong Kong is imposing its first COVID-19 lockdown, one year into the pandemic

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ORDOS, CHINA – SEPTEMBER 20: A car is driven past a coal waste pile outside a coal mine operated by Beijing Haohua Energy Resource Co., Ltd on September 20, 2019 in Ordos, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China. (Photo by Ni Shaokang/VCG via Getty Images)

How China’s top coal province is defying Xi Jinping’s ‘carbon neutral’ pledge

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An employee works in a textile factory in Xiayi county in Shangqiu in China’s central Henan province. – Chinese factory activity slowed in October, official data showed on October 31, adding to a growing list of bad news for the Asian giant as it struggles to maintain economic momentum in the face of US tariffs and a weakening yuan.

China’s 2020 GDP means it will overtake U.S. as world’s No. 1 economy sooner than expected

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2019 Jack Ma Awards Rural Teachers & Headmasters In China

China’s consumers are turning against the homegrown Big Tech giants they once revered

By Grady McGregor and Naomi Xu Elegant

TOPSHOT – Members of ground staff walk past a container stacked at the Cargo Terminal 2 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport, which will be used as a Covid-19 coronavirus vaccines handling and distribution center during the media preview in New Delhi on December 22, 2020. (Photo by Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP) (Photo by SAJJAD HUSSAIN/AFP via Getty Images)

Why India just might pull off ‘the world’s largest vaccination program’

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SHANGHAI, CHINA – JULY 25 2018: FILEPHOTO – Headquarters of Pinduoduo, a rising B2C e-commerce platform, in Shanghai, China Wednesday, July 25, 2018.<br />
PHOTOGRAPH BY Feature China / Barcroft Studios / Future Publishing (Photo credit should read Feature China/Barcroft Media via Getty Images)

2 employee deaths and a viral video renew debate of China’s ‘996’ overwork culture

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WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 19: U.S. President Donald Trump stops to speak to reporters as he prepared to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on January 19, 2019 in Washington, DC. Trump is traveling to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware to visit with families four Americans who were killed in an explosion Wednesday in Syria. (Photo by Pete Marovich/Getty Images)

TikTok banned Trump before Trump could ban TikTok

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TOPSHOT – Supporters of US President Donald Trump protest in the US Capitol’s Rotunda on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC. – Demonstrators breached security and entered the Capitol as Congress debated the a 2020 presidential election Electoral Vote Certification. (Photo by Saul LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Chinese state media is already using Capitol riots in its anti-U.S. narrative

By Grady McGregor and Naomi Xu Elegant

2017 US-China Business Leaders Summit

Is Jack Ma missing? The rumors alone represent a chilling new message from Beijing

By Clay Chandler, Naomi Xu Elegant, and others

SHANGHAI, CHINA – DECEMBER 25, 2020 – People watch their favorite movie at a cinema in Shanghai, China, Dec. 25, 2020.<br />
– PHOTOGRAPH BY Costfoto / Barcroft Studios / Future Publishing (Photo credit should read Costfoto/Barcroft Media via Getty Images)

Are movie theaters dead? Certainly not in China

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BEIJING, CHINA – SEPTEMBER 05: An exhibitor shows inactivated COVID-19 vaccine candidate from China National Biotec Group (CNBG) of Sinopharm Group during the 2020 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) at the Beijing Olympic Park on September 5, 2020 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Han Haidan/China News Service via Getty Images)

A Chinese drugmaker says its COVID-19 vaccine candidate is 79% effective

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This photo taken on July 11, 2020 shows judges wearing face shields during an archery competition at the annual Naadam sports festival near Ulaanbaatar, in Mongolia. – Mongolia’s annual Naadam sporting festival kicked off on July 11 without a live audience for the first time in its 800-year history as COVID-19 fears gripped the Central Asian country. (Photo by BYAMBASUREN BYAMBA-OCHIR / AFP) (Photo by BYAMBASUREN BYAMBA-OCHIR/AFP via Getty Images)

These Asian countries have masterfully limited COVID outbreaks. Here’s how they did it

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TOPSHOT – The US Capitol is seen in Washington, DC on January 22, 2018 after the US Senate reached a deal to reopen the federal government, with Democrats accepting a compromise spending bill. / AFP PHOTO / MANDEL NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

How anti-Beijing legislation became one of the few things Democrats and Republicans can agree on

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HONG KONG, CHINA – JUNE 18: People wearing face masks walk by a large screen advertising JD.com’s listing on the Hong Kong stock market on June 18, 2020 in Hong Kong, China. (Photo by Zhang Wei/China News Service via Getty Images)

The 5 biggest Chinese IPOs of 2020—and what to watch for in 2021

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