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Author Archives: Laurent Thomet

Posted inChina, United States

China to expel US journalists in tit for tat move

by Laurent Thomet and Shaun Tandon March 18, 2020March 18, 2020

China on Wednesday announced it would expel American journalists from three major US newspapers in one of the communist government’s biggest crackdowns on the foreign press, escalating a bitter row over media freedoms. The move against The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal came as the superpowers also feuded over […]

Posted inWorld

WHO urges world to take virus more seriously

by Laurent Thomet March 6, 2020March 6, 2020
Posted inWorld

Almost 300m students off school in virus battle

by Dmitry Zaks and Laurent Thomet March 5, 2020March 5, 2020
Posted inWorld

US toll rises as WHO issues strong warning

by Laurent Thomet and Issam Ahmed March 3, 2020March 3, 2020
Posted inChina

WHO warns of pandemic risk after virus peaks in China

by Dario Thuburn and Laurent Thomet February 25, 2020February 26, 2020
Posted inChina

China virus death toll leaps past 1,600

by Laurent Thomet and Jing Xuan Teng February 16, 2020February 18, 2020
Posted inChina

China virus death toll surges past 1,500

by Laurent Thomet February 15, 2020February 18, 2020
Posted inChina

China’s virus death toll approaches 1,400

by Laurent Thomet February 14, 2020February 18, 2020
Posted inChina

China’s virus death toll surges to over 240 in a day

by Helen Roxburgh and Laurent Thomet February 13, 2020February 18, 2020
Posted inChina

HK imposes a quarantine for mainland Chinese

by Laurent Thomet February 8, 2020February 18, 2020
Posted inChina

China virus crisis grows as whistleblower doctor dies

by Laurent Thomet February 7, 2020February 18, 2020
Posted inChina

China halts Wuhan flights, trains amid WHO talks

by Dario Thuburn and Laurent Thomet January 23, 2020February 18, 2020
Posted inChina

SARS-like virus spreads in China, 140 new cases

by Laurent Thomet January 20, 2020February 18, 2020
Posted inCanada, China, World

One year of ‘brutal’ China detention for Canadian pair

by Eva Xiao and Laurent Thomet December 8, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inChina, United States, World

Trump, Xi are in no hurry to ink trade deal

by Douglas Gillison and Laurent Thomet November 23, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inChina

China marks 70 years as HK unrest looms large

by Helen Roxburgh and Laurent Thomet October 1, 2019February 18, 2020

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