What are Covid policies in China and how have they changed?Reports say the Chinese government has eased the strict lockdown measures irrespective of the increase in the number of COVID-19 virus-infe...
07 Dec, 2022, 11.52 PM IST
Beijing city relaxes Covid-19 test norms following widespread protestsAs per the new announcement, negative nucleic acid test results are no longer required to enter shopping malls, supermarkets, commercial bu...
07 Dec, 2022, 12.00 AM IST
After doom and gloom, China's propaganda shifts gears on CovidThat policy shift has been accompanied by rapid changes in pandemic messaging in both state media and official statements -- which now down...
05 Dec, 2022, 12.52 PM IST
China's 'zero-COVID' limits saved lives but no clear exitMost protesters on the mainland and in Hong Kong have focused their anger on restrictions that confine families to their homes for months. ...
29 Nov, 2022, 09.44 AM 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
Challenges lie ahead for Xi Jinping as economic slump grips ChinaEven though Xi Jinping is focused on the importance of ideology, economic growth remains important for the people of China. In comparison t...
11 Nov, 2022, 07.30 PM IST
China COVID cases surge to 6-month high as tensions in affected cities buildNew locally transmitted cases rose to 3,871 on Thursday, according to regular data released by the National Health Commission, the highest ...
04 Nov, 2022, 02.44 PM IST
Mithun Chakraborty's 'Jimmy, Jimmy' new anthem for Chinese citizens frustrated with Covid lockdownsThe people are showing their anger with Bappi Lahiri's 1982 superhit song.
01 Nov, 2022, 08.16 AM IST
China sends college students to quarantine under zero-COVIDQuarantining anyone considered to have been in contact with someone who tested positive for the virus has been a pillar of China's "zero-CO...
11 Sep, 2022, 11.07 AM IST
China's zero-Covid policy hits India's diamond exportsThe China lockdown and Beijing’s zero-Covid policy have started to impact India’s exports of cut and polished diamonds, which fell for the ...
02 Sep, 2022, 02.00 PM IST
Zero COVID policy not sustainable; shift strategy: WHO tells ChinaWorld Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said this on Tuesday while commenting on China's zero COVID pol...
11 May, 2022, 02.30 PM IST
Xi Jinping warns people for questioning China's zero-COVID policyAs severe, regular lockdowns stoke public anger and hit the Chinese economy, China's top leader Xi Jinping has issued the harshest warning ...
06 May, 2022, 09.14 PM IST
China stocks plunge with no respite from lockdownsThe CSI 300 Index slumped 1.8% on Thursday -- capping a fifth day of losses -- as President Xi Jinping defended China's lockdown-dependent ...
22 Apr, 2022, 06.03 AM IST
Shanghai lockdown could shave off about 2% of China's total GDPThe share of Shanghai's economy in China's total GDP amounts to more than 3.5 per cent. According to Statista, in 2021, GDP of Shanghai mun...
15 Apr, 2022, 12.25 PM IST
View: How to not control a PandemicLocked down since March 28, Shanghai residents are feeling the heat of a draconian move, and airing their anger and frustration on Weibo, t...
11 Apr, 2022, 12.33 PM IST
Supply chain woes could worsen as China imposes new Covid lockdownsChina used lockdowns, contact tracing and quarantines to halt the spread of the coronavirus nearly two years ago after its emergence in Wuh...
17 Jan, 2022, 09.08 AM IST