On Friday, the WHO was scheduled to convene an Emergency Committee of experts to advise on the international response to the outbreak.
On Saturday, July 1, Xi inaugurated the new administration headed by Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, the city's first female Chief Executive. Later he witnessed the signing of an agreement between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao to facilitate closer cross-boundary collaboration in developing the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
On Sept 30, Chan was made to eat those words as he became one of the two foreign residents in Shanghai to receive the award. Since its launch in 1989, the Honorable Citizen of Shanghai Award has only been given to 43 expatriates.
On March 29, a video circulated widely on Chinese social media showing a foreign man who refused to wear mask in a public area and cursed at and attacked an epidemic prevention worker in Xi'an, Shaanxi province.
On Sina Weibo, a netizen named "Tutu" said that some residents living inside the Fifth Ring Road may feel sad about not seeing fireworks during the Spring Festival and suggested the government hold public fireworks shows.
On Jan 31, a suspect from Pingdingshan, Henan province, turned himself in after being on the run for 11 years and is now under detention in Linfen, Shanxi province, according to a statement on the local authority's Sina Weibo account.
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On Friday, Vanke's shares ended just a tad up at 23.20 yuan (.48) on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. In Hong Kong, they in fact fell a bit.
On Friday, China's Consulate General in Chicago offered condolences from Chinese Ambassador to the US Cui Tiankai and China's Consul General Hong Lei to Zhang's father, her aunt and her boyfriend, who arrived at the university from China mid June.
On Monday, Trump announced that Attorney General William Barr had submitted a letter of resignation, saying Barr would "be leaving just before Christmas to spend the holidays with his family".
On Friday, it was "Mr President, we'll see you in court" from Attorney General Xavier Becerra as the state filed its 60th suit against Trump, more suits against a sitting US president than any in history.