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BEIJING, April 27 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson has described Tuesday's terrorist attack in Karachi, Pakistan, as very vile, adding that China will work with Pakistan to hunt down the perpetrators, bring them to justice and make them pay a heavy price.

Spokesperson Wang Wenbin made the remarks on Wednesday at a regular news briefing in response to the terrorist attack on a van of the Confucius Institute at the University of Karachi.

BEIJING, April 27 (Xinhua) -- The one-China principle is what underpins peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Wednesday.

It was reported that U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken recently said at a congressional hearing that the U.S. government is determined to make sure that Taiwan has all necessary means to defend itself against any potential aggression.

"We deplore and reject Secretary Blinken's statement," spokesperson Wang Wenbin said at a regular news briefing.

BEIJING, April 26 (APP): Pakistan Ambassador to China, Moin ul Haque Tuesday expressed shock and mourned loss of precious lives including Chinese citizens in a blast in Karachi University.

The entire nation is in shock and mourns the loss of these precious lives including our Chinese friends, he said in a message.

Ambassador Haque said that this cowardly act was a direct attack on the Pakistan-China friendship and ongoing cooperation.

BEIJING, April 26. /TASS/: The Chinese authorities are not seeking World War III and are in favor of resolving the conflict in Ukraine through diplomacy, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Wang Wenbin said on Tuesday.

"No one wants to see World War III, it is necessary to support the process of promoting peace talks [between Russia and Ukraine]," he said at a briefing, responding to a Western journalist's question about how the Chinese foreign ministry assesses Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's recent words about the threat of World War III.

BEIJING, April 26 (Xinhua) -- China's central bank will promote the steady and healthy development of the financial market and foster a sound monetary and financial environment.

The People's Bank of China made the remarks Tuesday in response to recent financial market fluctuations which are mainly driven by investor expectations and sentiment.

China's financial system has been coordinating COVID-19 control with economic and social development, smoothening logistics as well as industrial and supply chains, the bank said.

BEIJING (AP) — Workers put up fencing and police restricted who could leave a locked-down area in Beijing on Tuesday as authorities in the Chinese capital stepped up efforts to prevent a major COVID-19 outbreak like the one that has all but shut down the city of Shanghai.

People lined up for throat swabs across much of Beijing as mass testing was expanded to 11 of the city’s 16 districts.

BEIJING (AP) — China’s capital, Beijing, began mass testing of more than 3 million people on Monday and restricted residents in one part of the city to their compounds, sparking worries of a wider Shanghai-style lockdown.

While only 70 cases have been found so far in the city of more than 21 million since a new outbreak surfaced Friday, authorities have rolled out strict measures under China’s “zero-COVID” approach to try to prevent a further spread of the virus.

BEIJING, Apr 23 (APP): Pakistan Ambassador to China, Moin ul Haque has appreciated Punjab Board of Investment and Trade (PBIT) for its efforts in facilitating the Chinese investors.

In a virtual meeting with Ahmer Malik, CEO, and other senior members of PBIT, the Ambassador assured them of the Embassy’s full supported.

BEIJING, April 22 (APP): Pakistan Ambassador to China Moin ul Haque on Friday said China and Pakistan were committed to acting together to address the challenges faced by the planet Earth.

The ambassador, in a video message to China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation (CBCGDF) on the Earth Day, said, “Our bilateral development agenda, especially the current phase of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, aligns with the vision of Green Silk Road, focuses on high quality development and pays close attention to environmental protection.”

BEIJING (AP) — Officials in Shanghai promised Friday to ease anti-virus controls on truck drivers that are hampering food supplies and trade, while city streets were still largely empty after millions of people were allowed out of their homes.

A deputy mayor, Zhang Wei, promised “every effort” to resolve problems that prompted complaints about lack of food and fears that the shutdown, which barred most of Shanghai’s 25 million people from going outdoors, might disrupt global trade.