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As the coronavirus crisis eases in China and rages elsewhere around the world, it is becoming increasingly assertive in the region.
In a significant strike against democracy activists in Chinese-ruled Hong Kong, police in the city arrested 15 people on Saturday, just days after a senior Beijing official called for the local government to introduce national security legislation “as soon as possible.”
China has also been flying regular fighter patrols near Chinese-claimed Taiwan and has sent a survey ship flanked by coast guard and other vessels into the South China Sea.
Not adding up? UK death toll
Criticism has been growing in the UK for a while that the daily death tolls released by the government under-estimate the true extent of fatalities. That was borne out by data released by the national statistics agency on Tuesday that included deaths in the community to produce a tally more than 40% higher.
The Office for National Statistics said it recorded 13,121 deaths by April 10 in England and Wales, which account for the vast majority of Britain's population, compared with 9,288 in the government's daily toll for those who died in hospital.
If the United Kingdom's figures are still underestimating the death toll by a similar figure, then the true toll could be above 23,000 based on the latest data - making it already the second worst hit in Europe after Italy.
Not tennis
Tennis’s top stars have sponsors and other income streams to help them get through the shutdowns - not so the lower-level players who are the game’s future but depend solely on tournament winnings for their livelihoods.
Twelve-times Grand Slam singles champion Billie Jean King has called on top players to lead the cause for change as the sport's governing bodies discuss plans to provide relief. King said the sport had the chance to emerge stronger from the health crisis.
At the other end of the scale, a 24-second video of two up-and-coming tennis players conducting a rally from the rooftops of their neighboring apartment buildings in Italy has gone viral.
The girls in the Ligurian town of Finale Ligure coolly managed a 12-shot rally featuring forehands and backhands during a 24-second video posted on Facebook last Friday by a local tennis club where the two are members.
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