More Chinese cities impose COVID curbs as Shanghai cases riseThe Zhengzhou Airport Economic Zone, a central Chinese manufacturing area that includes Apple Inc supplier Foxconn, announced a 14-day lock...
16 Apr, 2022, 01.34 PM IST
One month long lockdown lifts in Chinese city, two million in Beijing testedThe Olympics are being held under strict controls that are meant to isolate athletes, staff, reporters and officials from residents. Athlet...
24 Jan, 2022, 11.28 AM IST
Supply chain woes could worsen as China imposes new COVID lockdownsThe measures have confined tens of millions of people to their homes in several Chinese cities and contributed to a suspension of connectin...
17 Jan, 2022, 04.47 PM IST
Chinese city Xi'an lifts some restrictions after lockdownThe city went into strict lockdown on December 22, following a coronavirus outbreak that officials attributed to the delta variant. Xi'an, ...
17 Jan, 2022, 12.02 PM IST
The army of millions who enforce China’s zero-COVID policy, at all costsThe Xi’an government was quick and resolute in imposing a strict lockdown in late December when cases were on the rise. But it was not prep...
12 Jan, 2022, 11.37 PM IST
China reports major fall in virus cases in locked-down Xi'anXi'an has seen more than 1,600 cases but no deaths in its latest surge. That's a small number compared to outbreaks in other countries, a s...
05 Jan, 2022, 02.33 PM IST
Under lockdown in New Year, Chinese city of Xian continues to reel under COVID-19 surgeThe capital city of north-western Shaanxi province, has so far registered a total of 1,573 local cases since December 9, amid the latest re...
02 Jan, 2022, 08.19 PM IST
- Under lockdown in New Year, Chinese city of Xian continues to reel under COVID-19 surge
Xian, a popular tourist destination, and home of the famous terracotta warrior museum, reported 122 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases on S...
02 Jan, 2022, 08.03 PM IST
China expands lockdowns as Covid cases climbHundreds of thousands more people were ordered to stay home in northern China Tuesday, joining millions under strict lockdown as authoritie...
28 Dec, 2021, 12.04 PM IST
China's Xi'an imposes 'strictest' controls to halt Covid outbreakChina has stuck to a "zero-Covid" strategy of tight border restrictions, lengthy quarantines and targeted lockdowns as Beijing prepares to ...
28 Dec, 2021, 12.07 AM IST
China reports highest number of coronavirus cases in four monthsWhile China has reduced cases to a minimum -- thanks to a zero-Covid strategy of tight border restrictions, lengthy quarantines and targete...
25 Dec, 2021, 02.19 PM IST
China's COVID-hit Xian city reports rise in infectionsXian, a northwest Chinese city of 13 million, detected 75 domestically transmitted cases with confirmed symptoms for Dec. 24, its higest da...
25 Dec, 2021, 10.43 AM IST
China stocks end lower on COVID-19 outbreak; new energy, machinery firms slumpThe blue-chip CSI300 index fell 0.6% to 4,921.34, while the Shanghai Composite Index lost 0.7% to 3,618.05 points.
24 Dec, 2021, 01.43 PM IST
China orders lockdown of up to 13 million people in Xi'anXi'an on Thursday reported another 63 locally transmitted cases over the previous 24 hours, pushing the city's total to at least 211 over t...
23 Dec, 2021, 09.07 AM IST
China orders lockdown of up to 13 million people in Xi'anChina has adopted strict pandemic control measures under its zero-transmission programme, leading to frequent lockdowns, universal masking ...
22 Dec, 2021, 09.49 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
Flights cancelled, schools closed as China fights virus outbreakBeijing has maintained a relentless zero-Covid approach with strict border closures and targeted lockdowns, even as other countries tentati...
21 Oct, 2021, 11.58 PM IST