China sentences "XXX Return of Xander Cage" actor Kris Wu to 13 years in prison for raping minorAccording to reports, Wu was detained and accused in August last year. His case was heard without media access in June. Du Meizhu, a beauty...
27 Jan, 2023, 12.17 PM IST
'Sick of everything': Beijingers fed up with tightening restrictionsAs infections in Beijing surge, residents are increasingly fed up with navigating vague, shifting restrictions and exhausted by the uncerta...
24 Nov, 2022, 01.10 PM IST
China records first Covid death since MayOn Sunday, municipal officials announced an 87-year-old man had died in Beijing as the National Health Commission said it had recorded more...
20 Nov, 2022, 01.16 PM IST
Beijing in 'race against time' to contain COVID surgeThe flare-up means millions of people are facing mandatory testing and thousands are under targeted lockdowns, just days after the city sta...
14 Jun, 2022, 06.17 PM IST
COVID-19: Virus cluster at nightclub sets off new Beijing clampdownA total of 166 cases have been linked to the Heaven Supermarket club in the downtown Gongti nightlife area after an infected person visited...
13 Jun, 2022, 01.46 PM IST
Normal life is weeks away for Shanghai, despite 'zero COVID' statusUS-HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-Normal life is weeks away for Shanghai, despite 'zero COVID' status
17 May, 2022, 10.48 AM IST
No lockdown in Beijing as Shanghai hunts CovidDaily cases in Beijing have remained in the dozens, a tiny fraction of the outbreak in Shanghai and what other cities around the world now ...
13 May, 2022, 12.07 AM IST
As Beijing Covid outbreak proves stubborn, mass tests becoming routineMost of the 25 million people in the commercial hub of Shanghai, China's most populous city, had been confined to their housing compounds f...
08 May, 2022, 08.58 AM IST
Millions in Beijing urged to work from home to fight CovidChinese authorities have stuck to their zero-Covid policy of lockdowns and mass testing as they battle the biggest outbreak since the early...
05 May, 2022, 02.11 PM IST
Beijing orders COVID-19 tests for its 21 million people; Shanghai reports 52 more deathsThe Chinese capital, which is battling the spread of the Omicron variant in the city, similar to Shanghai, has ordered mass testing from Tu...
26 Apr, 2022, 10.18 AM IST
Beijing Covid spike prompts mass testing, panic buyingChina is already trying to contain a wave of infections in its biggest city Shanghai, which has been almost entirely locked down for weeks ...
25 Apr, 2022, 03.11 PM IST
Beijing on alert after COVID-19 cases discovered in schoolCity officials suspended classes in the school for a week following the positive test results on Friday. The Chinese capital also reported ...
24 Apr, 2022, 12.08 AM IST
Beijing seals off mall, housing compounds over virus outbreakChina has largely curbed widespread transmission of the coronavirus through snap lockdowns, mass testing and travel restrictions, but autho...
11 Nov, 2021, 05.00 PM IST
China weighs carrots and sticks in push to vaccinate millionsIt's unclear how easy it will be to opt out of having the jab in the city, which borders Muse in neighbouring Myanmar, where escalating unr...
08 Apr, 2021, 12.47 PM IST
Beijing tightens COVID-19 curbs as cases detected across capitalA meeting led by the capital's Communist party boss, Cai Qi, urged all districts in Beijing to enter an "emergency" mode, sealing off resid...
27 Dec, 2020, 12.38 PM IST
China's 'toilet revolution': Beijing upgrades 500 public loosBeijing authorities have upgraded 500 public toilets this year, the report said.
01 Dec, 2017, 05.52 PM IST
Beijing to end coal usage by 2020 to reduce smogAn official of the Beijing's Environmental Protection Bureau said boosting efforts to cut air pollution in northern China, especially winte...
12 Jan, 2016, 01.22 PM IST