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Eye On China, Centre Eases Foreign Direct Investment Rules For Neighbours
The rules for foreign investment by neighbouring countries - put in place amid the Covid pandemic to protect domestic firms - has finally been relaxed by the government.
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"Provoking Trouble": Chinese Covid Whistleblower Gets 4 More Years Of Prison
A Chinese journalist jailed for four years after documenting the early phases of the COVID-19 outbreak from the pandemic's epicentre was sentenced on Friday to four more years in prison, Reporters Without Borders said.
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China Expert Warns Of "Something Worse" Than Covid After US Fungus Smuggling Case
A top US-based expert on China has warned of "something worse" than Covid if the United States is not careful, days after two Chinese scientists were charged with allegedly smuggling a toxic fungus into the US.
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How China Marked 5th Anniversary Of First-Ever Covid Death
The fifth anniversary of the first known death from Covid-19 passed seemingly unnoticed in China Saturday, with no official remembrances in a country where the pandemic is a taboo subject.
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Chinese Cat Owners Are Feeding Covid-19 Pills To Their Pets. Here's Why
Merck & Co.'s Covid-19 antivirals are getting a new lease of life in post-pandemic China, as cat owners seize on them as antidotes to a life-threatening disease caused by a coronavirus that infects their feline companions.
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China Defends Covid-19 Data Sharing, Says 'Did Not Hold Any Information Back'
China insisted on Tuesday that it had shared information on Covid-19 "without holding anything back", after the World Health Organization implored China to offer more data and access to understand the disease's origins.
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Five Years On, WHO Urges China To Share Data On Covid Origins
The World Health Organization on Monday implored China to share data and access to help understand how Covid-19 began, five years on from the start of the pandemic that upended the planet.
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China's Overseas Travel Recovery From Covid Lags Due To Costs, Visa Snags
A recovery in Chinese overseas travel from the COVID-19 pandemic is fading as rising costs and difficulties in securing visas cement a preference for local and short-haul destinations.
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Weak Economy, COVID Rampage Likely Shrank China's Population Again In 2023
China's population likely dropped for a second consecutive year in 2023 due to a surge in COVID-related deaths after the country abruptly ended strict lockdowns, while weak confidence in the economy's prospects keeps birth rates depressed.
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China On Alert Over Likely Covid Relapse Ahead Of Winter: Report
Chinese experts have sounded an alert about the relapse of COVID-19 infections during the current winter season and asked elderly and vulnerable populations to get vaccinated.
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Nearly 2 Million Excess Deaths After China Abruptly Ended Covid Curbs: Study
China's abrupt move to dismantle its strict COVID-19 regime, which unleashed the virus onto its 1.4 billion residents, could have led to nearly 2 million excess deaths in the following two months, a new U.S. study shows.
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China Economy Slips Into Deflation As Post-Covid Recovery Falters
China slipped into deflation for the first time in more than two years in July, official data showed Wednesday, as slowing domestic spending weighs on the post-Covid economic recovery.
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China Unlikely To Impose Lockdown Despite COVID-19 Surge: Report
In December, China abruptly abandoned its "Zero Covid" policies amid a surge of infections and rising public anger against lockdowns.
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China Battles New Wave Of Covid Variant, May See 65 Million Cases Weekly: Report
The Chinese authorities are rushing to push out vaccines to combat an ongoing new wave of the coronavirus that is expected to peak in June and infect as many as 65 million people a week.
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"Era Has Passed": Beijing Subway Drops Mandatory Covid Mask Rule
Beijing's subway has dropped mandatory mask requirements for travellers, local media reported on Sunday, days after a Chinese health expert said the threat of COVID-19 to humans is no longer at a serious level.
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Eye On China, Centre Eases Foreign Direct Investment Rules For Neighbours
The rules for foreign investment by neighbouring countries - put in place amid the Covid pandemic to protect domestic firms - has finally been relaxed by the government.
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"Provoking Trouble": Chinese Covid Whistleblower Gets 4 More Years Of Prison
A Chinese journalist jailed for four years after documenting the early phases of the COVID-19 outbreak from the pandemic's epicentre was sentenced on Friday to four more years in prison, Reporters Without Borders said.
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China Expert Warns Of "Something Worse" Than Covid After US Fungus Smuggling Case
A top US-based expert on China has warned of "something worse" than Covid if the United States is not careful, days after two Chinese scientists were charged with allegedly smuggling a toxic fungus into the US.
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How China Marked 5th Anniversary Of First-Ever Covid Death
The fifth anniversary of the first known death from Covid-19 passed seemingly unnoticed in China Saturday, with no official remembrances in a country where the pandemic is a taboo subject.
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Chinese Cat Owners Are Feeding Covid-19 Pills To Their Pets. Here's Why
Merck & Co.'s Covid-19 antivirals are getting a new lease of life in post-pandemic China, as cat owners seize on them as antidotes to a life-threatening disease caused by a coronavirus that infects their feline companions.
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China Defends Covid-19 Data Sharing, Says 'Did Not Hold Any Information Back'
China insisted on Tuesday that it had shared information on Covid-19 "without holding anything back", after the World Health Organization implored China to offer more data and access to understand the disease's origins.
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Five Years On, WHO Urges China To Share Data On Covid Origins
The World Health Organization on Monday implored China to share data and access to help understand how Covid-19 began, five years on from the start of the pandemic that upended the planet.
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China's Overseas Travel Recovery From Covid Lags Due To Costs, Visa Snags
A recovery in Chinese overseas travel from the COVID-19 pandemic is fading as rising costs and difficulties in securing visas cement a preference for local and short-haul destinations.
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Weak Economy, COVID Rampage Likely Shrank China's Population Again In 2023
China's population likely dropped for a second consecutive year in 2023 due to a surge in COVID-related deaths after the country abruptly ended strict lockdowns, while weak confidence in the economy's prospects keeps birth rates depressed.
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China On Alert Over Likely Covid Relapse Ahead Of Winter: Report
Chinese experts have sounded an alert about the relapse of COVID-19 infections during the current winter season and asked elderly and vulnerable populations to get vaccinated.
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Nearly 2 Million Excess Deaths After China Abruptly Ended Covid Curbs: Study
China's abrupt move to dismantle its strict COVID-19 regime, which unleashed the virus onto its 1.4 billion residents, could have led to nearly 2 million excess deaths in the following two months, a new U.S. study shows.
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China Economy Slips Into Deflation As Post-Covid Recovery Falters
China slipped into deflation for the first time in more than two years in July, official data showed Wednesday, as slowing domestic spending weighs on the post-Covid economic recovery.
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China Unlikely To Impose Lockdown Despite COVID-19 Surge: Report
In December, China abruptly abandoned its "Zero Covid" policies amid a surge of infections and rising public anger against lockdowns.
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China Battles New Wave Of Covid Variant, May See 65 Million Cases Weekly: Report
The Chinese authorities are rushing to push out vaccines to combat an ongoing new wave of the coronavirus that is expected to peak in June and infect as many as 65 million people a week.
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"Era Has Passed": Beijing Subway Drops Mandatory Covid Mask Rule
Beijing's subway has dropped mandatory mask requirements for travellers, local media reported on Sunday, days after a Chinese health expert said the threat of COVID-19 to humans is no longer at a serious level.
