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China locks down city of 300,000 over single Covid case, says report
China is the last major economy glued to a zero-Covid policy
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Covid curbs push China off global sporting map
By AFP
BEIJING: China's ambitions to be a global sporting hub took a heavy blow as the postponement of this year's Asian Games further isolated a country already cut off by its hardline zero-Covid strategy.
The…
Shanghai lockdown triggers complaints as COVID cases rise
COVID-19 cases in China’s largest city of Shanghai are still rising with millions isolated at home under a sweeping lockdown, as the draconian “zero tolerance” approach to the pandemic increasingly draws complaints from residents fed up…
As Shanghai expands Covid-19 lockdown, life on hold in city of 26 million
China's commercial hub of Shanghai ground to halt on Friday after the government locked down most of the city's 26 million residents to stop the spread of COVID-19, even as official numbers put local cases falling for the second day in a…
China’s ‘zero-Covid’ strategy boomerangs as cases rise: residents ‘unhappy’ with lockdowns
China has been undergoing a tumultuous wave of Covid-19 cases, the worst since the start of the spread of infections in 2019 making the residents question its ‘zero-covid’ strategy that the government credited itself with to bring the…
Shanghai lockdown hurts oil prices, bonds and yen take a beating
Oil prices slid on Monday as a coronavirus lockdown in Shanghai fueled worries about weak demand, while the yen's stomach-churning descent continued as the Bank of…
China daily local symptomatic COVID cases more than triple
China’s case count is far lower than those of many other countries, but the growing number could complicate Beijing’s “dynamic-clearance” ambition to suppress contagion as quickly as possible.
Mainland China reported a two-year high 1,807…