Charting the global economy: Oil storms higher on war escalationIran's escalating attacks on Arab Gulf states, including oil facilities in Kuwait and gas processing in Abu Dhabi, have sent oil prices soa...
05 Apr, 2026, 10.37 AM IST
China says to accelerate push to vaccinate elderly against Covid-19Beijing's National Health Commission (NHC) pledged to "accelerate the increase in the vaccination rate for people over the age of 80, and c...
29 Nov, 2022, 01.46 PM IST
Xi Jinping Step Down: Protestors call for Chinese President, Communist Party to resign amid strict Covid restrictionsViolence-filled rallies have recently broken out from Zhengzhou to Guangzhou in response to Covid restrictions and snap lockdowns, which ha...
28 Nov, 2022, 03.59 PM IST
Covid-19 cases continue to hit a record high for third consecutive day in China amid protests over lockdownsChina on Saturday reported over 34,900 cases, mostly that of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, as officials went about imposing lockd...
26 Nov, 2022, 07.39 PM IST
Shanghai enforces new COVID testing, some areas in China extend lockdownChina is adamant about implementing its dynamic zero COVID policy of eliminating outbreaks as soon as they emerge. Previously when a flare-...
18 Jul, 2022, 01.34 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
After lockdown, Shanghai tries to mend fences with foreign firmsThe Shanghai government plans to hold 20 meetings this month with foreign firms engaged in key industries such as automobiles, trade, semic...
08 Jun, 2022, 01.07 PM 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
China reports 24,268 new confirmed coronavirus cases on April 14 vs 3,020 a day earlierThat compares with 29,411 new cases a day earlier - 3,020 symptomatic and 26,391 asymptomatic infections, which China counts separately.
15 Apr, 2022, 12.17 PM IST
Eat only one meal a day: Shanghai's stringent COVID lockdown puts megacity out of foodOn April 3, the Chinese government announced the deployment of thousands of military personnel to Shanghai to assist in the mandatory testi...
12 Apr, 2022, 05.54 PM IST
As Shanghai expands Covid-19 lockdown, life on hold in city of 26 millionChina's outbreak is small by global standards. But Shanghai, now accounting for three out of every four local asymptomatic cases across the...
01 Apr, 2022, 12.33 PM IST
China reports 1,787 new local COVID-19 cases in past 24 hoursOf the new local infections, 1,363 were reported in Jilin, 358 in Shanghai, 16 in Heilongjiang, 10 in Zhejiang, and nine in Jiangsu, accord...
01 Apr, 2022, 11.25 AM IST
China’s covid lockdowns could threaten half of economyAuthorities on Sunday placed Shenzhen’s 17.5 million residents into lockdown for at least a week amid a surge of Covid-19 infections in the...
14 Mar, 2022, 01.04 PM IST
Millions locked down as China wrestles worst virus outbreak in two yearsA nationwide surge in cases has seen authorities close schools in Shanghai, lock down central neighbourhoods in the southern tech powerhous...
13 Mar, 2022, 01.12 PM IST
China locks down city of 9 million amid new spike in Covid-19 casesChina reported another 397 cases of local transmission nationwide on Friday, 98 of them in Jilin province that surrounds Changchun. Just tw...
11 Mar, 2022, 07.18 PM IST
Why China is the world’s last ‘zero Covid’ holdoutThe strict covid restriction has, increasingly, made China an outlier. The rest of the world is reopening, including New Zealand and Austra...
29 Oct, 2021, 10.17 AM IST
Third Chinese city placed under COVID-19 lockdownThe country has taken a zero tolerance approach to the virus since it first emerged in central China in 2019, stamping out emerging flare-u...
28 Oct, 2021, 01.49 PM IST