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The mysterious, unsolicited packages of seeds supposedly being sent from China to homes across America – prompting agriculture departments in at least 31 states to issue warnings against planting them – may be tied to a fake product review scam, police and officials are saying.The packages, based on photographs and statements from officials, appear to have been shipped by China's state-owned postal company and contain Chinese lettering on the exterior, advertising…

BEIJING (AP) — The head of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention says he has been injected with an experimental coronavirus vaccine in an attempt to persuade the public to follow suit when one is approved.“I’m going to reveal something undercover: I am injected with one of the vaccines,” Gao Fu said in…

CHENGDU, China -- The U.S. closed its consulate in the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu on Monday, a victim of the rising tensions between the global powers.China ordered the mission closed late last week in retaliation for a U.S. order to shut down the Chinese Consulate in Houston earlier the same week.KEVIN MCCARTHY: DEMS FAILING…

Huge crowds gathered near the U.S. consulate in Chengdu, China, over the weekend as American officials packed boxes and prepared to move out ahead of Monday’s deadline to evacuate. Regional media reported that thousands of onlookers watched as U.S. officials vacated the premises with boxes and files in their hands, while buses and trucks moved…

The removal of diplomats creates a barrier to future deescalation -- and that could be dangerous.