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Death toll in Beijing hospital fire rises to 29 as 12 arrested

Some patients escaped from the windows of the hospital using bedsheets tied together

Evening Standard

Beijing hospital fire death toll rises to 29

Beijing (AFP) - Chinese authorities said on Wednesday they had detained a dozen people over a hospital fire in Beijing that left at least 29 dead and forced desperate survivors to jump out of windows to escape.

AFP

Death Toll in Beijing Hospital Fire Rises to 29

The death toll from a fire at a Beijing hospital has risen to 29, including 26 patients, authorities said Wednesday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Fire kills more than two dozen patients in Beijing hospital

The death toll rose to 29 on Wednesday from a fire at a Beijing hospital that was one of the Chinese capital's deadliest in at least two decades, killing 26 patients and wounding dozens.

Reuters

Beijing hospital fire death toll rises to 29, director detained

Beijing (AFP) - The death toll in a fire that ripped through a hospital in China's capital Beijing has risen to 29, a city official said Wednesday.

AFP

War of words erupts after WA Premier’s hot mic blunder

A war of words has erupted between the WA Premier and a federal opposition frontbencher after an embarrassing hot mic episode.

The New Daily

Death toll in Beijing hospital fire rises to 29

Authorities in Beijing say the death toll in a fire that broke out Tuesday afternoon in a hospital has risen to 29, with 26 of them patients

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Probe under way after Beijing hospital fire kills 21

Beijing (AFP) - An investigation was under way Wednesday after a fire ripped through a hospital in China's capital Beijing, killing 21 people, state media reported.

AFP

Hospital Fire Kills 21 People in Beijing

Blaze starts around noon in eight-story inpatient wing of Changfeng Hospital in Fengtai District; cause under investigation

Caixin Global

UK should not ‘pull the shutters down’ on China, says James Cleverly

Exclusive: British foreign secretary says failing to engage ‘closely and regularly’ with Beijing would be ‘really counterproductive’

The Guardian - UK

21 dead in Beijing hospital fire, dozens evacuated

Chinese state media say 21 people have died in a fire at a Beijing hospital that forced the evacuation of dozens of patients

The Independent UK

Fire in Beijing hospital kills 21

BEIJING: A fire in a Beijing hospital has killed 21 people, the state-run Beijing Daily said on Tuesday.

Bangkok Post

Chinese-Australians face fewer racist insults than at height of diplomatic tensions with Beijing, survey finds

Lowy Institute poll indicates one in five Chinese-Australians were called offensive names in 2022, down 10 points from 31% in 2020

The Guardian - AU

At least 21 dead after hospital inferno in Beijing

At least 21 people have died in a horror fire at a Beijing hospital, Chinese state media reported.

Evening Standard

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Fire kills 21 in a Beijing hospital - Beijing Daily

Twenty-one people were killed after a fire broke out in the east wing of the inpatient department of a hospital in China's capital Beijing, the Beijing Daily reported on Tuesday.

Manchester Evening News

Flights from Manchester Airport to China returning to pre-pandemic levels in 'significant' economic boost

Four flights a week to Beijing will resume next month

AFP

EU chief urges leaders not to let China divide bloc

Strasbourg (France) (AFP) - EU chief Ursula von der Leyen urged the bloc's leaders to show unity in the face of China on Tuesday, one week after French President Emmanuel Macron stirred a fierce debate over ties with Beijing.

AFP

China says 'political manipulation' behind US arrests

Beijing (AFP) - China said on Tuesday that "political manipulation" was behind the arrests of two men the United States accused of setting up an unauthorised Chinese police station in New York.

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U.S.'s Blinken says Beijing needs to make its intentions clear

The United States is able to move forward with its relationship with China following President Joe Biden's meeting with leader Xi Jinping last year, but that requires Beijing to make clear its own intentions, Washington's top diplomat said on Tuesday.

AFP

China's economy rebounds after zero-Covid scrapped

Beijing (AFP) - China's economy grew much better than expected in the first three months of the year as the country reopened after the end of zero-Covid measures, official data showed Tuesday.

AFP

China's economic growth jumps 4.5% in Q1 after zero-Covid scrapped

Beijing (AFP) - China's economy grew a forecast-busting 4.5 percent in the first quarter as the country reopened after the end of zero-Covid measures late last year, official data showed Tuesday.

AFP

G7 vows 'severe costs' for those helping Russia in Ukraine

Karuizawa (Japan) (AFP) - G7 foreign ministers warned Tuesday that those helping Russia wage war in Ukraine would face "severe costs", as they offered a united front on another key policy challenge: China.

Al Jazeera

China’s economy grows 4.5 percent, beating expectations

Latest economic data suggest world’s second-largest economy is firmly on recovery path after end of pandemic curbs.

AFP

China GDP jumps 4.5% in Q1 after zero-Covid scrapped

Beijing (AFP) - China's economy grew 4.5 percent year-on-year in the first quarter, rebounding after the end of zero-Covid measures late last year, official data showed Tuesday.

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Is it time Australian news organisations sent reporters back to China?

Australians are missing out on having on-the-ground news from China as its dominance in the region — and the world — grows.

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