Why is Taiwan the elephant in every room between US and China?US President Donald Trump met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing. Taiwan remains the most crucial issue for China. The island's self-g...
15 May, 2026, 11.40 AM IST
Bhowanipur showdown: Didi vs Adhikari turns Kolkata’s heartland into battlegroundThe air is electric in Kolkata's Bhowanipur constituency as it gears up for a pivotal election that could reshape its political landscape. ...
24 Apr, 2026, 12.20 AM IST
Beijing warns of 'explosive' COVID outbreak as Shanghai begins mass testingThe warning followed a renewed tightening of COVID curbs in Beijing since Thursday, with at least two districts - including its most populo...
11 Jun, 2022, 04.57 PM IST
Shanghai Covid curbs drag on despite officials declaring victoryAnother compound in the central Jing'an district had its gates chained shut on Wednesday night, after a confrontation between residents and...
02 Jun, 2022, 02.49 PM IST
In Shanghai, lockdown blues make way for Covid testing gripesDespite the deep discontent sparked by Shanghai's stringent curbs - some 2.5 million in the city are still under lockdown - China has vowed...
02 Jun, 2022, 12.03 PM IST
Thousands of Covid-negative Beijing residents sent to quarantineBeijing has been battling its worst outbreak since the pandemic started. The Omicron variant has infected over 1,300 since late April, lead...
21 May, 2022, 10.54 AM IST
Shanghai aims to reopen more COVID-shut businesses, Beijing battles onAll but shut down for more than six weeks, Shanghai is tightening curbs in some areas that it hopes marks a final push in its campaign agai...
15 May, 2022, 05.08 PM IST
With surge in fresh infections, China logs 319 new local Covid 19 casesMeanwhile, as the COVID-19 outbreak continues to spread in more and more cities in China, questions are mounting over the country's much-pu...
08 May, 2022, 09.28 AM IST
China replicating Xinjiang surveillance model in ShanghaiSince April, the 25 million residents of Shanghai have gotten a small taste of the Xinjiang treatment in a strict citywide lockdown, the Ne...
08 May, 2022, 12.11 AM IST
Shanghai residents turn to NFTs to record Covid lockdown, combat censorshipWhile some people have defiantly continued reposting such content, others are turning to NFT marketplaces like the world's largest, OpenSea...
04 May, 2022, 09.06 AM IST
EXPLAINER-Shanghai death numbers raise questions over its COVID accountingShanghai had reported no COVID-19 deaths for more than a month after the current outbreak began in early March. But deaths suddenly started...
28 Apr, 2022, 12.44 PM IST
Shanghai people 'not free to fly' out of homes as COVID cases tick back upShanghai authorities said on Thursday tough restrictions would remain in place for now even in districts which managed to cut COVID transmi...
21 Apr, 2022, 04.54 PM IST
Shanghai to keep COVID-19 curbs as infections outside quarantine rise againThat sober assessment came after health officials earlier in the week had fuelled hopes of some return to normal by saying that trends in r...
21 Apr, 2022, 11.33 AM IST
Shanghai residents scream from windows as China's COVID lockdown prevents them from leaving home for foodIn a clip posted online by a Twitter user that he said was taken by the father of his close friend who reported that "people (are) screamin...
12 Apr, 2022, 09.56 PM IST
Dog-culling, fight over cheap veggies: Tired Shanghai residents post videos of China's hardline virus measuresMany residents have tired of the government's grandstanding and social media has opened a window into their fury at food shortages, strict ...
07 Apr, 2022, 06.44 PM IST
China sends military, doctors to Shanghai to test 26 million residents for COVIDChina has sent the military and thousands of healthcare workers into Shanghai to help carry out COVID-19 tests for all of its 26 million re...
04 Apr, 2022, 11.09 AM IST
- China's middle class becomes growing force
Shanghai resident Lu Guanfeng answers the door at his mid-sized, luxuriously furnished apartment wearing slippers and a button pin that rea...
12 Mar, 2008, 09.37 AM IST