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24 January 2023
'Not afraid of the virus': Wuhan turns page on Covid, three years on
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21 January 2023
Chinese turn to traditional remedies to fight...
As Covid-19 rips through China's vast population, making millions sick and fuelling a...
Passengers wearing face masks walk with their luggage in front of the Beijing Railway Station in Beijing, China, 10 January 2023. Photoe: EPA
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21 January 2023
'We can't wait!': Jubilant Chinese...
Piling onto a packed train, factory owner Wang Chunfeng was among millions of Chinese...
This photo taken on January 13, 2023, shows people at a night market in county-level city of Ruili in Dehong prefecture, in China's west Yunnan Province. (Photo by Noel CELIS / AFP)
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16 January 2023
China-Myanmar border towns eye revival after...
At a checkpoint on China's southern frontier with Myanmar, shuttered stores advertising...
This photograph taken on January 14, 2023, shows the border checkpoint between China and Myanmar, in Ruili, west Yunnan Province. Photo: AFP
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16 January 2023
Major Myanmar-China border crossing partially...
A Myanmar-China border crossing vital to trade has partially reopened, an official said...
Medical workers work at a fever clinic at Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, 15 December 2022. Photo: EPA
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04 January 2023
China slams 'unacceptable' Covid curbs...
China called the mounting international restrictions on travellers from its territory "...
Chinese President Xi Jinping. Photo: EPA
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02 January 2023
China's Xi says 'light of hope in front...
President Xi Jinping said Saturday the "light of hope is right in front of us" as China...
An employee works at SinoHytec Fuel Cell Engine Plant at Daxing International Hydrogen Energy Demonstration Zone in Beijing, China. Photo: EPA
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01 January 2023
China's manufacturing activity drops despite...
China's manufacturing activity contracted sharply in December for the third month in a...
An elderly man receives a Covid-19 vaccine in Qingzhou in China’s eastern Shandong province on December 16, 2022. Photo: AFP
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19 December 2022
China nursing homes struggle to keep residents...
China's nursing homes are fighting an uphill battle to keep their elderly residents safe...
(File) The Chinese national flag is hoisted during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Asian Games at the Gelora Bung Karno main stadium in Jakarta on September 2, 2018. Photo: AFP
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20 July 2022
China to host Asian Games in 2023 after Covid...
China will host the 2022 Asian Games in autumn 2023, organisers said on Tuesday, after...
A person wearing a face mask displays a green QR code on his phone to show his health status to security at a train station in Wenzhou, China. Photo: AFP
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16 June 2022
China Covid pass system allegedly used to block...
Authorities in central China allegedly used the country's powerful Covid tracking system...
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11 May 2022
SEA Games to light up in Hanoi after COVID delay
The Vietnamese capital Hanoi is gearing up to host the Southeast Asian Games, which will...
Residents are seen boarding an ambulance on a street next to a neigborhood during a Covid-19 coronavirus lockdown in the Jing'an district in Shanghai on May 8, 2022. Photo: AFP
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11 May 2022
WHO says China's zero-Covid strategy...
China's flagship zero-Covid strategy to defeat the pandemic is unsustainable, the World...