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Facing COVID-19 surge, China expanding hospitals, ICUsPresident Xi Jinping's government is officially committed to stopping virus transmission, the last major country to try. But the latest mov...
China COVID Lockdown: Vice-premier signals minor relaxation in COVID policy after violent protests in GuangzhouDespite daily high case counts, China has signaled a change in its Covid stance by moving to ease restrictions after violent protests in Gu...
China eases Covid rules after wide protests of lockdownsThe city government of Beijing announced on Monday it would no longer set up gates to block access to apartment compounds where infections ...
China's economic growth falls to 0.4 pc amid virus shutdownsThe anti-virus controls disrupted shipping in Shanghai, the world's busiest port, and disrupted manufacturing there and in other major citi...
China premier Li Keqiang issues warning on Covid-hit economyIn some ways, the challenges now are "greater than when the pandemic hit hard in 2020", Premier Li Keqiang told a State Council meeting on ...
In Xi Jinping's big year, political price of China's pandemic policy climbsHard lockdowns, mass testing and tight border controls had for two years batted back the virus and led to relatively few deaths in the worl...
Shanghai says lockdown to ease as virus spread mostly endsVice Mayor Zong Ming said 15 out of Shanghai's 16 districts had eliminated virus transmission among those not already in quarantine.
China fights economic slump, sticks to costly 'zero COVID'The ruling Communist Party has declared its "zero-COVID" goal of preventing all infections takes priority over the economy. It is a decisio...
Asian Games 2022 in China postponed: Organisers"The Olympic Council of Asia has announced that the 19th Asian Games, originally scheduled to be held in Hangzhou, China from September 10 ...
Shanghai allows 4 million out of homes as virus rules easeChina's case numbers in its latest infection surge are relatively low, but the ruling Communist Party is enforcing a "zero-COVID" strategy ...
China's March exports grow despite virus; imports flatExports rose to $276.1 billion despite anti-virus controls in Shanghai and other industrial centers that are causing factories to reduce pr...
Shanghai eases two-week shutdown, letting some residents outAbout 6.6 million people can go outdoors, but some must stay in their own neighborhoods, the online news outlet The Paper reported, citing ...
US warns of 'arbitrary' Covid measures in ChinaUntil March, China had kept cases low with snap lockdowns, mass testing and travel restrictions, but more than 100,000 cases have been repo...
Xi Jinping defends China's zero-COVID policy amid Shanghai lockdown to curb sharp spike in cases"Against the background of the COVID-19 pandemic that rages across the world, we have put first the health of all participants, adhered to ...
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 ...
China tries to limit economic blow of Shanghai shutdownAt the Shanghai port, the world's busiest, operations were normal and managers made extra efforts to ensure vessels "can call normally," st...
China testing blunders stemmed from secret deals with firmsThe flawed testing system — at a time when the virus could have been slowed — stopped scientists and officials from seeing how fast it was ...
China steps up scrutiny of inbound travellers as imported coronavirus cases hit recordGuangzhou is enforcing anti-virus measures on anyone who enters the city from across the national border, regardless of nationality, race o...
China shares end lower as investors take stock of global shutdownsAt the close, the Shanghai Composite index was down 0.9% at 2,747.21.
Researchers identify two coronavirus types associated with the disease outbreakThe researchers, from Peking University's School of Life Sciences and the Institute Pasteur of Shanghai under the Chinese Academy of Scienc...