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Why China Remains Undeterred About Opening Up Its Economy
The country's economy, the world's second-largest, has struggled to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic, facing challenges like a debt crisis in the housing sector, low consumption, and high youth unemployment.
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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's Top Leaders Laud "Miracle" Of Zero-Covid Reversal: Report
China's top leaders today hailed the "miracle" of the country's zero-Covid reversal, calling the dramatic turn away from hardline virus curbs a "major decisive victory" and "completely correct", according to state media.
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No New Variants In Weeks After China ended Zero-Covid Policy: Study
No new variants of Covid-19 emerged in Beijing in the weeks after China ended its zero-Covid policy late last year, a new study said on Wednesday.
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No Jobs For Migrant Workers Due To China's Zero Covid Policy: Report
China lifted the 'Zero Covid' policy hoping it would give their citizens relief but it didn't go well with migrant workers as they have to search for new jobs after being affected by the stringent regulations, Voice Against Autocracy reported.
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China Says Covid Deaths Down By 80% In New Year
A wave of virus cases has washed over the world's most populous nation since Beijing abruptly ended its zero-Covid policy last month.
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WHO On China's "Excess Covid Mortality"
China said on Saturday that nearly 60,000 people with COVID-19 had died in hospital since it abandoned its zero-COVID policy last month.
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Thailand Reverses Covid Vaccination Entry Rule For Visitors
Thailand has rescinded an entry policy announced at the weekend requiring visitors to show proof of a COVID-19 vaccination, its health minister said on Monday, citing sufficient immunisation levels in China and globally.
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China Suspends Social Media Accounts Of The Critics Of Its Covid-19 Policy
Weibo reported nearly 13,000 violations, including attacks on experts, scholars, and medical personnel.
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"Felt Like Fever Dream": 'Zero Covid' Ends, China Set For Homecoming Rush
China's long-awaited border reopening - the final step in its dismantling of Covid Zero - is set to spark a homecoming rush for many diaspora, though a full rebound in travel is likely to take longer.
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Xi Jinping Calls China's Covid policy "Well Thought-Out": Report
Chinese President Xi Jinping defended his COVID-19 policy in his public address on the occasion of the new year, calling it "rational and well-thought-out."
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China Subjected Covid Protesters To Intense Surveillance, Interrogation
The Chinese protesters who demonstrated against the zero-Covid policy were subjected to intense surveillance measures and aggressive interrogations in police custody, reported Cate Cadell and Christian Shepherd in The Washington Post.
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Xi Jinping's New Year Message To China Amid Explosion Of Covid Cases
President Xi Jinping said Saturday the "light of hope is right in front of us" as China faces an explosion of Covid-19 cases after an abrupt lifting of restrictions.
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"Virus Should Just Go And Die": Anger In China Over Online Censorship
New Year's Eve in China prompted an outpouring of reflection online, some of it critical, about the strict zero-COVID policy the country adhered to for almost three years.
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China's Covid Pivot Sparks Fears Worldwide
Beijing's sudden pivot away from containing Covid-19 has caused jitters around the world, with the United States saying it may restrict travel from China following its decision to end mandatory quarantine for overseas arrivals.
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Why China Remains Undeterred About Opening Up Its Economy
The country's economy, the world's second-largest, has struggled to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic, facing challenges like a debt crisis in the housing sector, low consumption, and high youth unemployment.
-
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's Top Leaders Laud "Miracle" Of Zero-Covid Reversal: Report
China's top leaders today hailed the "miracle" of the country's zero-Covid reversal, calling the dramatic turn away from hardline virus curbs a "major decisive victory" and "completely correct", according to state media.
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No New Variants In Weeks After China ended Zero-Covid Policy: Study
No new variants of Covid-19 emerged in Beijing in the weeks after China ended its zero-Covid policy late last year, a new study said on Wednesday.
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No Jobs For Migrant Workers Due To China's Zero Covid Policy: Report
China lifted the 'Zero Covid' policy hoping it would give their citizens relief but it didn't go well with migrant workers as they have to search for new jobs after being affected by the stringent regulations, Voice Against Autocracy reported.
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China Says Covid Deaths Down By 80% In New Year
A wave of virus cases has washed over the world's most populous nation since Beijing abruptly ended its zero-Covid policy last month.
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WHO On China's "Excess Covid Mortality"
China said on Saturday that nearly 60,000 people with COVID-19 had died in hospital since it abandoned its zero-COVID policy last month.
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Thailand Reverses Covid Vaccination Entry Rule For Visitors
Thailand has rescinded an entry policy announced at the weekend requiring visitors to show proof of a COVID-19 vaccination, its health minister said on Monday, citing sufficient immunisation levels in China and globally.
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China Suspends Social Media Accounts Of The Critics Of Its Covid-19 Policy
Weibo reported nearly 13,000 violations, including attacks on experts, scholars, and medical personnel.
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"Felt Like Fever Dream": 'Zero Covid' Ends, China Set For Homecoming Rush
China's long-awaited border reopening - the final step in its dismantling of Covid Zero - is set to spark a homecoming rush for many diaspora, though a full rebound in travel is likely to take longer.
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Xi Jinping Calls China's Covid policy "Well Thought-Out": Report
Chinese President Xi Jinping defended his COVID-19 policy in his public address on the occasion of the new year, calling it "rational and well-thought-out."
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China Subjected Covid Protesters To Intense Surveillance, Interrogation
The Chinese protesters who demonstrated against the zero-Covid policy were subjected to intense surveillance measures and aggressive interrogations in police custody, reported Cate Cadell and Christian Shepherd in The Washington Post.
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Xi Jinping's New Year Message To China Amid Explosion Of Covid Cases
President Xi Jinping said Saturday the "light of hope is right in front of us" as China faces an explosion of Covid-19 cases after an abrupt lifting of restrictions.
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"Virus Should Just Go And Die": Anger In China Over Online Censorship
New Year's Eve in China prompted an outpouring of reflection online, some of it critical, about the strict zero-COVID policy the country adhered to for almost three years.
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China's Covid Pivot Sparks Fears Worldwide
Beijing's sudden pivot away from containing Covid-19 has caused jitters around the world, with the United States saying it may restrict travel from China following its decision to end mandatory quarantine for overseas arrivals.
