A dozen former presidential security agents and airline employees were sentenced to prison terms over their roles in a cigarette smuggling scandal two years ago.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken stressed the need for cooperation and transparency over the origins of COVID-19 in a call with his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi on Friday and raised other sensitive topics, including China's treatment of Uyghur Muslims, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
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