Shanghai’s main road lies empty during the evening rush hour on Thurs. Dec. 22, 2022, amid a wave of Covid infections. Future Publishing | Future Publishing | Getty Images BEIJING — It’s been about two weeks since mainland China abruptly ended most Covid controls, but the country still has a long way to go to … Read more
Hong Kong CNN — As China moves ever closer to fully reemerging from three years of government-imposed Covid isolation and reintegrating with the world, economic expectations are high. Beijing’s recent pivot from its stringent zero-Covid strategy — which had long choked businesses — is expected to inject vitality into the world’s second-largest economy next year. … Read more
Editor’s Note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Meanwhile in China newsletter, a three-times-a-week update exploring what you need to know about the country’s rise and how it impacts the world. Sign up here. Hong Kong CNN — After a tumultuous end to a momentous and challenging year, China heads into 2023 with … Read more
China has been rocked by some of its most significant acts of civil disobedience in years after vigils in Shanghai and other big cities to mark a deadly fire in Xinjiang region turned into protests over Xi Jinping’s draconian zero-Covid policies. Social media posts have blamed the deaths of 10 people in the blaze on … Read more
Beijing — The draconian “zero-COVID” policy that China has long touted as a scientific and effective countermeasure against the global coronavirus pandemic seems to be failing. Authorities reported record high COVID-19 case numbers in mainland China for the second consecutive day Friday. 32,695 new infections were recorded on Thursday, the highest figure since the virus was … Read more
Kevin Frayer/Getty Images News It has now been three years since the first COVID-19 case was reported in Wuhan, but China doesn’t seem to letting up on its strict coronavirus policies. In fact, quarantine facilities and makeshift hospitals are expanding across the mainland to deal with the largest surge of cases on record. Panic buying … Read more
In September 2020, President Xi Jinping conferred medals on the heroes of China’s battle with coronavirus and declared that its handling of the pandemic had, once again, proved the superiority of Beijing’s political system. A little over two years later and, far from beating the pandemic, China is suffering record cases and lockdowns, its Covid-19 … Read more
Cities are once again locking down thousands of neighborhoods and sending people into quarantine, even as local Chinese authorities are tasked with easing COVID restrictions. (Image credit: Bloomberg via Getty Images) Source link
Chinese regulators have warned that a wave of initial public offerings from companies claiming to be involved in China’s booming Covid-19 testing sector will be subject to added scrutiny over concerns that their high growth is unsustainable. A group of companies including Dakewe Biotech, a medical equipment distributor, that have prospered under Beijing’s pandemic policies … Read more
Hong Kong CNN — Residents under Covid lockdown in China’s southern manufacturing hub of Guangzhou have torn down barriers meant to confine them to their homes, taking to the streets in defiance of strictly enforced local orders, according to video and images circulating on social media. Some of the images show large crowds cheering and … Read more