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David Cameron said former prime ministers agreed coronavirus was a greater challenge than anything they faced while in government (Chris J Ratcliffe/PA)

Cameron: Ex-PMs believe Covid is greatest difficulty faced in 50 years

March 1, 2021

A vial of the vaccine produced by China’s Sinopharm (Tibor Rosta/MTI via AP)

Hungary begins rollout of Chinese vaccine

February 24, 2021

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has pushed for an investigation into human rights ‘violations’ in Xinjiang (Victoria Jones/PA)

Raab calls for UN to respond to ‘appalling’ human rights violations in China

February 22, 2021

In this image taken from video footage run Feb. 19, 2021 by China’s CCTV via AP Video, China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) regimental commander Qi Fabao, second from left, talks with members of the Indian military as Indian and Chinese troops face off in the Galwan Valley on the disputed border between China and India, June 15, 2020. China’s military said Friday, Feb. 19, 2021 that four of its soldiers were killed in a high-mountain border clash with Indian forces last year, the first time Beijing has publicly conceded its side suffered casualties in the deadliest incident between the Asian giants in nearly 45 years. (CCTV via AP Video)

China says it lost four troops in 2020 India border clash

February 19, 2021

Pro-China supporters hold the pictures of prominent Hong Kong democracy advocate and newspaper founder Jimmy Lai with Chinese words ‘Traitor of China’ in Hong Kong on Thursday (Vincent Yu/AP)

Hong Kong activist publisher Jimmy Lai denied bail again

February 18, 2021

Demonstrators gather in an intersection close to Sule Pagoda to protest against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar (AP)

Troops deployed to major city as Myanmar demonstrations continue

February 17, 2021

Professor John Watson suggested the virus may have emerged outside of China (Ben Birchall/PA)

Covid-19 virus may not have emerged in China, WHO scientist claims

February 14, 2021

Thea Koelsen Fischer of the World Health Organisation team arriving at Wuhan airport to depart the city after the WHO’s recent fact-finding tour ((Ng Han Guan/AP)

China fires back at US allegations of lack of transparency

February 14, 2021

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab (Yui Mok/PA)

Raab condemns China’s ‘unacceptable’ ban on BBC World News

February 11, 2021

WeChat is owned by Chinese tech giant Tencent (Mark Schiefelbein/AP)

US distances itself from Trump attempts to ban WeChat

February 11, 2021

Tianwen-1 is the second of three new Mars mission developments happening in February, after the UAE successfully settled in orbit on Tuesday (Nasa/ESA/PA)

China’s Tianwen-1 probe reaches Mars’ orbit

February 10, 2021