China Covid Lockdown

China is set to further announce a nationwide easing of testing requirements as well as allowing positive cases and close contacts to isolate at home under certain conditions.

After fanning COVID fears, China must now try to allay them

Until the past week, during which there were rallies voicing extraordinary public opposition to the stringent “zero COVID” rules, government officials and state media were still emphasizing the most ominous medical news about the pandemic.

Beijing, Shenzhen loosen more COVID curbs as China easing gathers pace

Three years into the pandemic, China has been a global outlier with its zero-tolerance approach towards COVID that has seen it enforce lockdowns and frequent virus testing.

China cities under heavy policing after protests

China's major cities of Beijing and Shanghai were blanketed with security on November 29 in the wake of nationwide rallies calling for political freedoms and an end to Covid lockdowns. The country's leadership is facing a wave of protest not seen in decades, fuelled by anger over the unrelenting lockdowns as well as deep-rooted frustrations over China's political direction.

Apple supplier Foxconn gives bonuses to staff hit by COVID lockdown: media

Daily bonuses for employees, who are part of a Foxconn unit responsible for making electronics including smartphones at the site, have been raised to 100 yuan ($13.70) between October 26 to November 11.

China's Chengdu under lockdown as fresh bout of Covid hits 41 cities forming 32% GDP

Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province, will be the biggest city to shut down since Shanghai’s two-month lockdown earlier this year.

'The pandemic won't stop us': the Beijingers skirting Covid rules

Schools are closed and almost everyone is working from home in the Chinese capital, but that hasn’t stopped mothers from hosting playdates, youngsters from guzzling beer or elderly neighbours from playing mahjong