Xinhua has called for an end to ‘outdated practices’ amid complaints about some pandemic-era movement controls still in place ...

The Chinese government has suppressed information about Covid's domestic impact since 2020. This is a major driver of the ...

What’s Happening: Beijing’s “zero-COVID” strategy is facing its most significant ... strong national strength” — appears to now be at risk of turning into a policy trap. Xi has already identified ...

Life is returning to normal on the streets of Beijing after big changes to China's most severe Covid policies. It comes just a week after protests against the strict controls - which included ...

Chengdu has become the latest Chinese city to be locked down as Beijing continues to pursue its controversial “zero-Covid” policy. Around 21 million people have been ordered to stay indoors ...

criticized the Beijing city government for excessive COVID-19 controls, saying it had “no scientific basis.” He called it a “distortion” of the central government’s zero-COVID policy ...

Seamless reading experience. Save your favourite. In December last year, WHO said it has received no data from China on new COVID-19 hospitalisations since Beijing lifted its zero-COVID policy ...

BEIJING-- Administrators at an elite Beijing ... China has stuck tenaciously to its zero-COVID policy. The strict lockdowns with most public areas closed down have played havoc with employment ...

Life is returning to normal on the streets of Beijing after big changes to ... Liu Read more about what partial abandonment of zero-Covid policies mean for people in China here.

More than a year after China dropped its “zero-Covid” policy, some social movement controls imposed during the pandemic appear to be still in place in Beijing. Public complaints piling up on ...