China 'Covid Zero'

BEIJING: China's top Covid official has signalled a possible relaxing of the country's strict zero-tolerance approach to the virus, after nationwide protests calling for an end to lockdowns and greater political freedom. Anger over China's…

As cases rise in China, many citizens are panic buying ventilators and oxygen machines due to the inadequate handling of the Covid-19 pandemic by authorities in Beijing, the Financial Times said in a report.China witnessed a turbulent…

Beijingers are experiencing strict lockdown restrictions and witnessing panic buying as Covid-19 cases continue to rise in the Chinese capital. Beijing saw 1,854 new infections on Thursday, comparatively lesser than what the rest of world’s…

BEIJING: FoxconnTechnology Group has begun offering a 10,000 yuan ($1,400) incentive to staff in China who choose to leave, an unusual decision announced after violent protests rocked the world’s largest iPhone factory. Apple Inc’s main…

For the global economy, 2022 brought forth several unforeseen challenges even as the world hoped to recover after two years of pandemic. Among the most powerful factors that hit the economy hard was the war in Ukraine. From triggering food…

In a major shift to its Covid Zero policy, China on Tuesday reduced quarantine times for incoming travelers by half as its draconian measures to curb the Covid-19 pandemic left its huge economy isolated. Incoming travelers to China will…

SHANGHAI: China's financial hub of Shanghai launched a planned two-stage lockdown of the city of 26 million people on Monday, closing bridges and tunnels, and restricting highway traffic in a scramble to contain surging local Covid-19…

BEIJING: When Covid-19 flared in the northern Chinese border region of Ejin late last year, it revealed a key impediment to the country charting an exit from its zero-tolerance pandemic strategy. The healthcare system is so unprepared that…