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China Cuts Medical Benefits For Senior Citizens Due To Cash Shortage
China's government, strapped for cash after enforcing a costly zero-Covid policy, is cutting medical benefits and planning to raise the retirement age, in deeply unpopular moves that are fueling widespread public anger, CNN reported.
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How China's New No 2 Hastened The End Of Xi's Zero-Covid Policy
Beijing has not publicly explained its decision-making process behind its U-turn on the zero-Covid approach.
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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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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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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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"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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Xi Jinping Urges Steps To "Protect" Lives As China Lifts Covid Curbs
Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged officials to take steps to "feasibly protect people's lives", in his first remarks on Covid since Beijing dramatically loosened hardline containment measures this month.
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China Struggles To Control "Zero-Covid" Narrative As Cases Surge
China's state media is struggling and censors are working overtime as Beijing gropes for a coherent narrative in the wake of the sudden reversal of its hallmark zero-Covid policy.
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China Hospital Data Absent From WHO's Latest Reports Amid Covid Surge
The World Health Organization has received no data from China on new COVID-19 hospitalisations since Beijing lifted its zero-COVID policy, prompting some health experts to question whether it might be hiding information on the extent of its outbreak.
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China Lifting Covid Lockdown Could Kill Upto 2.1 Million People: Report
Between 1.3 and 2.1 million lives could be at risk if China lifts its zero-COVID policy given low vaccination and booster rates as well as a lack of hybrid immunity, according to London-based global health intelligence and analytics firm.
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"Impossible" To Track: China As Beijing Sees "Rapidly Growing" Infections
China's top health body the true scale of coronavirus infections in the country is now "impossible" to track, with officials warning cases are rising rapidly in Beijing after the government abruptly abandoned its zero-Covid policy last week.
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IMF Praises China's "Decisive" Move Away From Zero-Covid Policy
The managing director of the International Monetary Fund praised China's "decisive" move away from its hardline zero-Covid policy at a press briefing with the heads of other major economic institutions on Friday.
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Beijing Returns To The New Normal After China Relaxes Zero-Covid Curbs
The Chinese capital showed tentative signs of a return to normal Thursday after a sudden reversal of a hardline pandemic policy that hammered the world's second-biggest economy and ignited rare protests.
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China Cuts Medical Benefits For Senior Citizens Due To Cash Shortage
China's government, strapped for cash after enforcing a costly zero-Covid policy, is cutting medical benefits and planning to raise the retirement age, in deeply unpopular moves that are fueling widespread public anger, CNN reported.
-
How China's New No 2 Hastened The End Of Xi's Zero-Covid Policy
Beijing has not publicly explained its decision-making process behind its U-turn on the zero-Covid approach.
-
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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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.
-
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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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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"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.
-
Xi Jinping Urges Steps To "Protect" Lives As China Lifts Covid Curbs
Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged officials to take steps to "feasibly protect people's lives", in his first remarks on Covid since Beijing dramatically loosened hardline containment measures this month.
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China Struggles To Control "Zero-Covid" Narrative As Cases Surge
China's state media is struggling and censors are working overtime as Beijing gropes for a coherent narrative in the wake of the sudden reversal of its hallmark zero-Covid policy.
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China Hospital Data Absent From WHO's Latest Reports Amid Covid Surge
The World Health Organization has received no data from China on new COVID-19 hospitalisations since Beijing lifted its zero-COVID policy, prompting some health experts to question whether it might be hiding information on the extent of its outbreak.
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China Lifting Covid Lockdown Could Kill Upto 2.1 Million People: Report
Between 1.3 and 2.1 million lives could be at risk if China lifts its zero-COVID policy given low vaccination and booster rates as well as a lack of hybrid immunity, according to London-based global health intelligence and analytics firm.
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"Impossible" To Track: China As Beijing Sees "Rapidly Growing" Infections
China's top health body the true scale of coronavirus infections in the country is now "impossible" to track, with officials warning cases are rising rapidly in Beijing after the government abruptly abandoned its zero-Covid policy last week.
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IMF Praises China's "Decisive" Move Away From Zero-Covid Policy
The managing director of the International Monetary Fund praised China's "decisive" move away from its hardline zero-Covid policy at a press briefing with the heads of other major economic institutions on Friday.
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Beijing Returns To The New Normal After China Relaxes Zero-Covid Curbs
The Chinese capital showed tentative signs of a return to normal Thursday after a sudden reversal of a hardline pandemic policy that hammered the world's second-biggest economy and ignited rare protests.
