The new variants emerged as China was looking to relax its stringent dynamic zero COVID policy by reducing quarantine time and allowing more international air travel.
Monthly Archives For July 2022
Shenzhen Codifies Living Wills, Giving Terminally Ill Patients More Rights
Shenzhen has become the first place in China to incorporate the living will in local legislation, ensuring that hospitals take patients’ written or recorded wills into consideration when treating them …
China’s first COVID-19 vaccine mandate to be introduced in Beijing
About one in five over-60s in Beijing were said to still be unvaccinated in April – and there are now fears over the more transmissible BA.5 Omicron subvariant.
Fresh COVID-19 outbreaks put millions under lockdown in China
Chinese health authorities reported more than 300 infections in the historic northern city of Xi’an – home to the Terracotta Army – and the country’s biggest city Shanghai.
China Finds Over 250 Covid-19 Testing Labs to Not Be Fit for Purpose in Nationwide Probe
More than 250 Covid-19 nucleic acid testing agencies have been ordered to correct their practices or have had their licenses revoked after China launched a nationwide investigation last month …
Ahead of G-20 Ministers’ Meeting, China Slams US, NATO
China has launched a scathing attack on the U.S. and NATO, days before a meeting between U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
China Offers Women Perks for Having Babies. Single Moms Don’t Qualify.
Beijing is giving incentives to stem a demographic crisis, but its control over childbirth and its suppression of women’s rights are making it difficult for some aspiring parents to start a family.
China Approves Import of AstraZeneca’s Pioneering Preventive Covid Drug
China has given the green light to import AstraZeneca’s Evusheld, the first medicine approved by the American Food and Drug Administration to be used to prevent Covid-19 infections. Customs …
U.S. hints at rollback of China levies
China’s envoy to trade war talks with Washington expressed concern about U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports during a phone call Tuesday with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, the Ministry of Commerce …
China extends record imports of Russian oil into June, cuts Saudi supply – trade
China extended record imports of low-priced Russian crude oil into June despite a lockdown-induced slackening in its total crude oil imports, squeezing out supplies from the Middle East and West …
U.S. weighs option to roll back China tariffs to ease inflation
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and the Senior Economic Official in Beijing, Vice Premier Liu He of China, met earlier this week to discuss ways to decrease inflation and balance the global …
China May oil imports from Russia soar to a record, surpass top supplier Saudi
China’s crude oil imports from Russia soared 55% from a year earlier to a record level in May, displacing Saudi Arabia as the top supplier, as refiners cashed in on discounted supplies amid sanctions …
Marcos plays balancing act in meeting with China’s FM
New Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will meet China’s top diplomat to discuss long-simmering disputes in the South China Sea as he wades into foreign policy dilemmas that include the U.S.-Ch …
