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we are restarting cooperation between the United States and PRC [Peoples Republic of China] on counternarcotics.

The official said the Chinese have already acted against several of the companies after the U.The protest was organized by a coalition of groups.

Congressional staffers received an alert telling them no one would be permitted to enter or exit any House office buildings.pepper sprayed officers and attempted to pick up a bike rack.

Some were later evacuated in police vehicles.the latest reflection of boiling tensions over the bloody conflict.