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BEIJING (AP) — China has extended COVID-19 tests to newly reopened salons amid a drop in cases, while South Korea continues to face new infections after it eased social distancing rules to lift the economy.

In the U.S., Vice President Mike Pence called off off a planned campaign bus tour in Florida following a surge in confirmed cases there. Hard-hit Italy, meanwhile, registered the lowest day-to-day tally of COVID-19 deaths Saturday in almost three months.

BEIJING, June 27 (APP): A renowned Chinese scholar on Saturday hoped that India would learn from grisly lesson in wake of Galwan Valley clash and would not touch the bottom line of China in any way. If the Indian troops invade Galwan Valley again, the Chinese troops will certainly drive them back.

BEIJING, Jun 25 (APP): China reached an important new level of vaccine development with the start of the phase three clinical trial of an inactivated vaccine candidate against COVID-19 in the United Arab Emirates.

It is the first vaccine of its kind to reach a late-stage, mass-scale human trial, according to China National Biotec Group, China Daily reported on Thursday.

BEIJING, June 25. /TASS/: Authorities in Beijing are expected to curb the outbreak caused by the coronavirus infection by the middle or the end of July, President of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Honorary President of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences Zhang Boli said on Thursday.

BEIJING, June 24 (Xinhua) -- China hopes India can strictly observe and implement the consensus reached with China, work with China and take real actions to restore peace and stability in the border areas, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said Wednesday.

Speaking at a regular press conference, Zhao said that recently the incident in the Galwan Valley in the western section of the China-India boundary has received much attention.

BEIJING, June 24 (APP): Some Chinese living in India say its unsafe for them to go out in public and have closed their shops amid a boycott that has included anti-China graffiti and the burning of Chinese flags.

The wave of anti-China sentiment in India erupted after a border clash in Galwan Valley between China and India, Global Times reported on Wednesday.

Since then some Indians have launched campaigns calling for a boycott of Chinese products and businesses. Anti-China protests are being held in many cities.

Beijing, Jun 24 (AP/PTI) China has warned that it will take countermeasures after the US added four more Chinese media outlets to a list of organisations that should be considered foreign missions in the United States because of their ties to the government and ruling Communist Party.

BEIJING (AP) — New coronavirus cases in the U.S. have surged to their highest level in two months and are now back to where they were at the peak of the outbreak.

The U.S. on Tuesday reported 34,700 new cases of the virus, according to a tally compiled by Johns Hopkins University that was published Wednesday. There have been only two previous days that the U.S. has reported more cases: April 9 and April 24, when a record 36,400 cases were logged.

BEIJING, June 23 (APP): China on Tuesday rejected the media reports of 40 Chinese troops casualties in the Galwan valley border clash with India and termed them as ‘fake news’.

“As for what you saw in the media, for example, some people alleged that casualties on the Chinese amounted to 40. I can tell you for sure this is fake news,” Chinese Foreign Ministry’s Spokesperson Zhao Lijian said during his regular briefing held here.

BEIJING (Reuters) - The president of European Union Chamber of Commerce in China said on Tuesday that he doubts the China-EU investment agreement will be finished this year.

Joerg Wuttke told reporters during a briefing that he was disappointed the latest EU-China meetings did not lead to a joint communique, adding that he was concerned China is drifting towards isolation.