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FILE - In this Jan. 21, 2020, file photo, a worker monitors display screens for infrared thermometers as they check travelers at Hankou Railway Station in Wuhan in southern China's Hubei province before authorities seals the city. For weeks after the first reports of a mysterious new virus in Wuhan, people poured out of the central Chinese city, cramming onto buses, trains and airplanes as the first wave of China's great Lunar New Year migration broke across the nation. Some carried with them a new virus that has claimed over 560 lives and sickened more than 28,000 people. (Chinatopix via AP, File)

Where did they go? Millions left city before quarantine

By ERIKA KINETZ - Associated Press

Police officers stand guard as protesters stage a rally calling for a ban on Chinese people entering South Korea in front of the Chinese embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020. The death toll in mainland China from the new type of virus has risen to 425, with the total number of cases now standing at 20,438, officials said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

National Symphony cancels 3 China concerts due to virus

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A man wearing a face mask walks past an Apple store in Hong Kong, Sunday, Feb, 2, 2020. Apple is temporarily closing its 42 stores in mainland China, one of its largest markets, as a new virus spreads rapidly. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

Chinese market dives 8% but other world stocks stable

By ELAINE KURTENBACH - Associated Press

Travelers wearing face masks line up to check in for an American Airlines flight to Los Angeles at Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020. China counted 170 deaths from a new virus Thursday and more countries reported infections, including some spread locally, as foreign evacuees from China's worst-hit region returned home to medical observation and even isolation. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Delta, American Airlines suspend flights between U.S., China

By Cathy Bussewitz and Joseph Pisani and Rachel Lerman - Associated Press

A man wears a masks following the outbreak of a new virus as people arrive from the International terminal at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Toronto on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)

Coronavirus forces airlines to suspend China flight

By Adam Schreck and Elaine Kurtenback and David Koenig - Associated Press

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Players split the home-field edge in women’s chess title fight

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Tony Chen, a former OxyContin sales representative who spoke on condition that he only be identified by his English name, for fear of retribution, said Mundipharma required sales staff to upload copies of patients' private medical records, obtained without consent, to a company group chat, in apparent violation of Chinese law, during an interview in China on Sept. 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

OxyContin maker thrives in China with abandoned U.S. tactics

By Erika Kinetz - Associated Press

Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, left, shakes hands Brooks Koepka after Koepka won the final round of the World Golf Championships-FedEx St. Jude Invitational, Sunday, July 28, 2019, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) **FILE**

Rivalries in golf require more than a great year

By Doug Ferguson - Associated Press

China Threat to Taiwan Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Will China swallow up Taiwan?

By Ross Terrill

In this Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019, photo, Brooklyn Nets' Theo Pinson, left, drives against Los Angeles Lakers' Danny Green, right, near a Chinese national flag during a preseason NBA game at the Mercedes Benz Arena in Shanghai, China. When Houston Rocket's general manager Daryl Morey tweeted last week in support of anti-government protests in Hong Kong, everything changed for NBA fans in China. A new chant flooded Chinese sports forums: &quot;I can live without basketball, but I can't live without my motherland.&quot; (AP Photo, File)

Nationalism over NBA fandom: Fans support ‘motherland’ China

By YANAN WANG - Associated Press

Chinese security officers stand guard as fans carrying jerseys and shoes wait for NBA players to autograph outside the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Shanghai, China, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver told the Brooklyn Nets and Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday that the league is still expecting them to play as scheduled this week, even while the rift between the league and Chinese officials continued in ways that clearly suggested the two planned games in Shanghai and Shenzhen were anything but guaranteed. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Seen but not heard: Lakers, Nets, NBA are silent in Shanghai

By TIM REYNOLDS - Associated Press

Spectators use umbrellas while watching the men's doubles match between Novak Djokovic and Filip Krajinovic of Serbia and Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies of Germany during the men's doubles match at the Shanghai Masters tennis tournament at Qizhong Forest Sports City Tennis Center in Shanghai, China, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Federer, Medvedev reach 3rd round in Shanghai; Murray out

By SANDRA HARWITT - Associated Press

The Latest: Openings made in Mar-a-Lago trespassing trial

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In this July 22, 2019, photo, Zhu Xiaohua, a garbage sorting volunteer, watches as a resident pours water into a garbage disposal site in a residential community in Shanghai. China’s biggest city has dived headfirst into a trash sorting program that marks the country’s first serious attempt at cutting the amount of garbage headed for landfills nationwide. (AP Photo/Chen Si)

Shanghai tries to reduce its trash, 1 chicken bone at a time

By FU TING - Associated Press

China billionaire reportedly arrested over child molestation

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At least 9 trapped in Shanghai building collapse

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FILE - In this April 22, 2014, file photo. Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk, right, looks on as a set of Tesla Model S sedans are delivered to its first customers in China at an event in Beijing. Musk said Monday, Jan. 7, 2019 on twitter that the automaker is breaking ground for a Shanghai factory and will start production of its Model 3 by the end of the year. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

Tesla breaks ground on factory in Shanghai

By JOE McDONALD - Associated Press

In this Saturday, Dec. 22, 2018, photo, a sales person waits for customers near a Christmas tree decoration in Zhangjiakou in northern China's Hebei province. At least three Chinese cities have banned Christmas decorations this year. Churches in another city have been warned to keep minors away from Christmas, and at least ten schools nationwide have curtailed Christmas on campus, The Associated Press has found. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Santa not coming to towns across China

By ERIKA KINETZ - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 21, 2018, file photo, a man walks past a Dolce&amp;Gabbana store in Beijing, China. Dolce&amp;Gabbana faced a boycott after Chinese netizens expressed outrage over what were seen as culturally insensitive videos promoting a major runway show in Shanghai and subsequent posts of insulting comments in a private Instagram chat. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

Dolce&Gabbana fiasco shows importance, risks of China market

By KEN MORITSUGU and COLLEEN BARRY - Associated Press

An online post by the Quanzhou police detailing the investigation and an apology for an incident where police personnel let themselves into the hotel room of Zhou Chen, an environmental reporter for Caixin, seen on computer screens in Beijing, China, Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018. Few journalists in China go public about harassment by authorities, but one has broken the silence and won a rare apology from police. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Chinese reporter wins rare police apology for harassment

By Erika Kinetz - Associated Press