Zero covid

BEIJING: Xi Jinping's close associate Li Qianghas become the new Chinese Premier, but the question is whether he will wield any influence at all as his superior is busy consolidating all power in his hands.The flip side, however, is that…

BEIJING: Left to fend for herself after China abruptly ended the world’s strictest Covid restrictions, 31-year-old Share Xue and her daughter found themselves with 40C (104F) fevers and an expired bottle of Motrin. “I didn’t think it would…

China's economy slowed sharply in 2022, with the gross domestic product (GDP) growth registering its worst in nearly half a century, pressuring policymakers to provide more stimulus to boost the economy this year.The National Bureau of…

China's economy slowed sharply in 2022, with the gross domestic product (GDP) growth registering its worst in nearly half a century, pressuring policymakers to provide more stimulus to boost the economy this year.The National Bureau of…

For the straight 16th month, the property market in China saw a slump in home prices, as widespread covid outbreaks “complicated” efforts to rescue the sector that has for months witnessed a steady fall. As per a Bloomberg report, 70 cities…

BENGBU: Exhausted doctors working overtime, tests and treatments nowhere to be found, and under-resourced clinics inundated with patients -- in Anhui, one of east China's poorest provinces, Covid hit hard.Since China reversed its zero-Covid…

BEIJING: China's state media played down the severity on Tuesday of the Covid-19 wave surging over the country, with its scientists expected to give a briefing to the World Health Organization on the evolution of the virus later in the…

SYDNEY: Australia on Sunday became the latest country to demand travellers from China provide a negative Covid-19test before arrival, citing a "lack of comprehensive information" from Beijing about the country's wave of casesHealth…

Last Updated: December 24, 2022, 18:02 ISTFile Photo: Hong Kong's Chief Executive John Lee attends the APEC Leaders' Informal Dialogue with Guests event during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Bangkok. (AFP)The border has…

At the public hospital in Shanghai where Nora, a 30-year-old doctor, works, tension has spiraled since China relaxed its stringent zero-COVID policy on Dec. 7. Patients quarrel with doctors to access drugs that are in short supply, like…