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Chinese police officers from two provinces clashed with each other and members of the public on March 27 in a dispute over the reopening of a provincial border following weeks of quarantine measures to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus.

For decades, China has used banners to promote government policies and regulations. The fight against the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 has inspired a whole new set of banners across the country as the government scrambles to find ways to educate the public about how to avoid spreading the illness.

To avoid physical contact amid the spread of the coronavirus, a restaurant owner has turned to throwing his products to customers.

Liu Ting turned down a seat on the flight that evacuated 247 Taiwanese and their family members from Wuhan, the Chinese mainland city that is the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak. Her wife, Yang Xi, who is from Wuhan, repeatedly urged Liu to escape without her. But because of a loophole in Taiwan’s same-sex marriage law, only relationships between people who are both Taiwanese are fully recognized. Since they do not have legal marriage status on the self-ruled island, Taiwan resident Liu could not bring her mainland Chinese partner with her onto the evacuation flight. They decided to stay together and live under lockdown in Wuhan, and have spoken about their experience in the video abov

Hong Kong bookseller Gui Minhai has been found guilty of providing intelligence overseas, almost five years after he was first detained by Chinese authorities. Gui was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment and deprivation of political rights for five years by a Chinese court on Monday. A statement by the Intermediate People’s Court of Ningbo said Gui would not appeal at the end of the trial. Gui, a Swedish national, ran Causeway Bay Books in Hong Kong – an outlet known for selling gossipy titles about Chinese Communist Party officials.  He was one of five booksellers who disappeared in 2015. The Monday court statement also said Gui “agreed to restore his Chinese citizenship” in 2018, a move B

Dancers at Shanghai Ballet Company have started training again after an extended Lunar New Year break. But the coronavirus outbreak means their pirouettes and plies won’t look the same.

A model in eastern China’s Zhejiang province amazed many online for how fast she can change poses. She can strike two poses every second and model up to 485 sets of outfits a day.

As families are forced indoors because of the coronavirus outbreak, this woman from southwestern China’s Sichuan province started a dance battle with her neighbors living across from her block.

Many people in the central Chinese city of Wuhan have worked to keep the city functioning after the coronavirus outbreak was first reported there. “If we give up, how would ordinary people’s lives continue in Wuhan?” a delivery worker asked.

A man from northeastern China’s Liaoning province and his mother have attracted over 7 million followers with their dancing skills. Check out their moves in the video above.