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Children and their parents wait at an outpatient area at a hospital in Beijing on Thursday. Photo: Jade Gao/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesChina provided the World Health Organization with data on a pneumonia outbreak among children in the country after the agency made an unusual public request for the information—a gesture that renewed questions about Beijing’s transparency on public health. In a statement issued Wednesday, the WHO cited reports about “clusters of undiagnosed pneumonia in children in northern China,” which prompted the United Nations agency to ask Beijing for “additional epidemiologic and clinical information, as well as laboratory results” related to the infections.

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Children and their parents wait at an outpatient area at a hospital in Beijing on Thursday. Photo: jade gao/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesThe World Health Organization said it has asked China to provide more information on an outbreak of pneumonia among children in northern parts of the country, an unusual public disclosure that revives questions about Beijing’s transparency on the spread of infectious diseases. In a statement issued Wednesday, the WHO cited reports about “clusters of undiagnosed pneumonia in children in northern China,” which prompted the United Nations agency to ask Beijing for “additional epidemiologic and clinical information, as well as laboratory results” related to the infections.

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China’s espionage law, passed by lawmakers Wednesday, is prompting concerns that Western companies could be required to provide information to Chinese security officials. Photo: PANG XINGLEI/XINHUA/ZUMA PRESSChina rewrote its law against espionage to tighten state control over a wider swath of data and digital activities, an expansion of its power to neutralize perceived foreign threats that raises the risks for businesses operating in the world’s second-largest economy. Foreign executives say the expanded scope and powers of the legislation threaten to turn everyday interactions into national-security offenses and underscore the increasingly hostile environment that many foreign businesses believe they face in the country.

Members of the Shenzhen Holy Reformed Church in Pattaya, Thailand, last month. A congregation of Chinese Christians seeking asylum abroad is traveling to the U.S. with plans to resettle permanently, capping a three-year quest for a new home outside China that was impeded by repeated legal setbacks and police detention. The 63 members of the Shenzhen Holy Reformed Church, who were detained in Thailand last week for visa violations, have departed the Southeast Asian country for the U.S., a spokeswoman for the United Nations’ refugee agency and a Thai police official told The Wall Street Journal on Friday.

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