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BEIJING, Feb 8 (APP): Top leaders of China and Pakistan reaffirmed their support for the high-quality development of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), agreeing that the CPEC has significantly contributed to Pakistan’s economic and social progress, according to a joint statement released by the two countries in Beijing.

BEIJING, Feb 8 (APP): The joint statement issued by Pakistan and China at the end of four-day visit of Prime Minister Imran Khan to China has triple significance as it charted the course for further development of the all-weather strategic cooperative partnership, Cheng Xizhong, visiting professor at Southwest University of Political Science and Law, said on Tuesday.

HONG KONG, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- The office of the commissioner of the Chinese foreign ministry in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on Tuesday strongly rejected the so-called statement issued by Britain and some other members of the "Media Freedom Coalition".

The office firmly rejected the so-called statement which slandered Hong Kong's press freedom and smeared the HKSAR government's law enforcement activities, said a spokesperson of the office.

BEIJING, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Tuesday that Lithuania should stop engaging in malicious hype and asking others to join its acts against China.

According to media reports, the Lithuanian foreign minister said in an interview that the main topic of his upcoming visit to Australia would be how Lithuania and Australia can help each other to deal with China's "coercion" and trade sanctions.

BEIJING, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- China firmly opposes the adding of 33 Chinese entities to the U.S. export-control "unverified list," urging the United States to correct its wrongdoing and return to the right track of win-win cooperation, the Ministry of Commerce said on Tuesday.

BEIJING, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- China firmly opposes and strongly condemns the United States' plan for the sale of arms worth 100 million U.S. dollars to Taiwan and urges its immediate cancellation, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Tuesday.

Spokesperson Zhao Lijian said that the sale of weapons to the Taiwan region of China by the United States severely violates the one-China principle and the three China-U.S. joint communiques, especially the August 17 Communique.

BEIJING (AP) — China has ordered inhabitants of the southern city of Baise to stay home and suspended transportation links amid a surge in COVID-19 cases at least partly linked to the omicron variant.

Classes have been suspended, non-essential businesses closed and mass testing of residents ordered. Restaurants are only permitted to serve take-out. Traffic lights have been switched to red only to remind drivers to stay home.

As of Tuesday, 135 cases had been reported in the city — at least two of them found to be omicron, health authorities said.

BEIJING, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- China voiced firm opposition on Monday to a U.S. bill containing negative content related to China, urging the U.S. side to view China's development and China-U.S. relations in an objective and rational way.

According to media reports, on Feb. 5 the U.S. House of Representatives passed the so-called "America COMPETES Act of 2022."

BEIJING, Feb. 6 (APP): Pakistan is ready to learn from the Chinese experience to develop and promote winter sports in its scenic northern areas, said Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Chaudhry Fawad Hussain.

Pakistan and China have good economic and strategic bonds and now converting into sports ties. Chinese media and culture are not known as much as western media in Pakistan but now we are working on these areas, he said in interview with China Economic Net (CEN).

BEIJING (AP) — Not enough food. Inedible meals. No training equipment. Some Olympic athletes unlucky enough to test positive for the coronavirus at the Beijing Olympics feel their quarantine conditions are making a bad situation much worse.

“My stomach hurts, I’m very pale and I have huge black circles around my eyes. I want all this to end. I cry every day. I’m very tired,” Russian biathlon competitor Valeria Vasnetsova posted on Instagram from one of Beijing’s so-called quarantine hotels.

Her problem wasn’t with any symptoms of the virus. It was the food.