Covid lockdown in China

Police officers confront a man as they block Wulumuqi street, named for Urumqi in Mandarin, in Shanghai on November 27, 2022, in the area where protests against China's zero-Covid policy took place the night before following a deadly fire in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang region. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP)
News
13 December 2022
China protests shine light on limits of Uyghur solidarity
A worker wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) and security official stand by the entrance to a residential area under lockdown due to Covid-19 coronavirus restrictions in Beijing on November 29, 2022. Photo: AFP
News
02 December 2022
China signals zero-Covid relaxation after protests
China's top Covid official and multiple cities have signalled a possible relaxing of the...
A general view shows roads during a Covid-19 coronavirus lockdown in the Pudong district of Shanghai on May 30, 2022. Photo: AFP
News
04 November 2022
China authorities apologise after boy dies in...
Chinese local authorities apologised Thursday after a three-year-old boy died of carbon...
Workers head into the plant in Zhengzhou. Photo: AFP
News
03 November 2022
China imposes Covid lockdown on 600,000 people...
Chinese authorities imposed lockdowns on 600,000 people in the area surrounding the world...
A man (L) wearing protective gear sits on the street at an area which was recently under lockdown for Coronavirus, in Shanghai, China, 16 October 2022. Photo: EPA
Business
28 October 2022
China economic slowdown to drag on Asia growth:...
China's "sharp and uncharacteristic" economic slowdown is expected to drag on growth...