China's zero-Covid

Chinese President Xi Jinping (on screen) attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin via video conference at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, 30 December 2022. Photo: EPA
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02 January 2023
More countries roll out China traveller checks amid Covid surge
Protests against’s China strict Covid restrictions have erupted in various cities including Beijing and Shanghai, triggered by a tower fire that killed 10 people Xinjiang’s capital, Urumqi. Photo: EPA
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25 December 2022
China's propaganda machine sputters in zero-...
China's state media is struggling and censors are working overtime as Beijing gropes for...
People shop in a supermarket in Beijing, China, 02 November 2021. Photo: EPA
Business
15 December 2022
China retail sales plunge in November on Covid...
China's retail sales plunged last month, official data showed Thursday, as Covid...
Beijing has announced an end to large-scale lockdowns, mandatory quarantine in central gacilities, and a broad relaxation of testing measures. Photo: AFP
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12 December 2022
China retires major Covid tracking app as virus...
China said Monday it would retire an app used to track Covid-19 contacts, a milestone in...
Security guards in personal protective equipments (PPE) are seen at a residential compound under lockdown due to Covid-19 coronavirus restrictions in Beijing on November 24, 2022. Photo: AFP
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25 November 2022
China fatigued by lockdowns as covid cases...
China has ordered six million people into lockdown in a city where violent protests broke...
A Chinese employee working on a production line of automobiles at a factory in Changchun. Photo: AFP
Business
16 November 2022
China October retail sales, industrial output...
China on Tuesday reported slower-than-expected growth in factory output and retail sales...
People lineup for a COVID-19 test in Beijing, China, 09 August, 2022. Chinese authorities have closed Tibet's Potala Palace after COVID-19 cases were detected in Lhasa. Photo: EPA
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29 October 2022
Hundreds of Han Chinese in Tibetan capital stage...
Hundreds of people in the Tibetan capital Lhasa have taken to the streets to protest...